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I've been wanting to get into needlepointing for almost a year now, and yesterday I finally bought my first canvas. I hope to paint my own canvases soon, but this one was so charming and reminded me of my time in the saddle. I want to add my old showpony's name to the nameplate. I'll also be swapping where the shadows are, bc they don't make sense with where the highlights are IMO.

I'm really looking forward to a hobby that's low mess that I can do in bed in the midst of fatigue. I came back yesterday from buying this utterly exhausted but still had a great time doing the first few stitches. It kept me from doomscrolling, which is my usual low energy habit, so I'm already so happy. I'm pretty pleased with how it's turning out so far :)

So I got my first two bug mounts and I'm so excited, but during shipping, the glass on the back of one broke 😭 Itried using clear nail polish as a way to try and fill the cracks and make it less visible to no avail. Is there any other way/product to reduce this, or is there a way I can unglue the butterflies so I can mount them on a different piece of glass, or am I SOL? Thank you!