I love taking a closer look at my betta, snails and cherry shrimp! Haven’t had much success seeing the fish with this dome magnifier on the 45gal tank though. They need to be pretty close up and slower, curious swimmers like my betta.
Are others in this community utilizing magnifying glasses for their tank gazing time? It completes the experience for me.
I posted here about a month ago about wanting to send this mini of a Tailoring Shop I made to my mom for Mother’s Day and asked for packing advice. Here’s an update!
There was so much great advice but particularly the commenter who suggested the “floating box method”. I did a version of this by wrapping the mini first in bubble wrap (instead of a second box) and filling it carefully with packing peanuts. Also put a lot of little glue spot checks for extra security before packaging up. Once packed, nothing moved when shaking the box around. See the pics if you are interested in the step by step!
It arrived today without any damage! She was so excited to receive it that she opened it right away instead of waiting for Mother’s Day. :) It reminded her of her mom who sewed all her children’s clothes and the household bedding. My mom learned how to sew, then taught me (such a handy skill to have!). I’m glad it made my mom feel connect to motherhood. The first pic is the piece in her house!
I’m so relieved it arrived in one piece - I was really overthinking the whole thing (probably because I put ~25 hours into the build and have seen waaaay too many careless shipment loading videos 😆). Thank you everyone who gave me advice and encouragement!