Becca's Book of Randomness: The Sequel

For Future Refernce DIY

Forgot to post this couple nights ago... there was some weird problem that I couldn't post it right away and then I forgot RIP

I just had the cutest DIY craft idea but I have to wait a few months in order to to it so I'm writing it down here

So it would be like a jar filled with borax crystals on the inside, except for one part you could write something on? Or have some cutouts with cute saying you can change out every once in a while or something. Maybe you could even turn it into a lamp?

But to do it you'd need to grow some borax crystals. I did this for a science fair experiment in like 5th grade so I kinda remember how to do it and if you spray the inside of the jar with maybe like a clear spray paint or something? Something clear but gives more surface to the glass (assuming this is a clear glass jar.)
Then you put like something to cover up an area of the glass, and that's your window. My brain went to a frame covered in wax paper so the crystals could grow over the frame, but once you're done you can take the frame off easier and you'd have a clear area to look through. Maybe you once you do this like I said you could have several more frames with sayings or something on them.

If you fully saturate some water with borax so it can't dissolve any more borax and add a food dye or something and leave the solution for a few days/weeks, the borax will form into crystals (hopefully) on the inside of the jar. After you're satisfied with the quantity you can carefully drain the solution and you have an aesthetic jar filled with colored crystals!

Then my brain went to like what if you also put a single Christmas light in the solution in that time and let crystals grow around it, but that would probably break the light and the efforts would go to waste. But if you wanted to make this a lamp you could carefully drill a hole after all this and feed a wire or strand of lights in and if the crystals aren't too thick then the light could shine through and look pretty freaking cool

I just really wanted to write this down before I forget it in a few months since I won't be able to really try this until like August? Most likely even later because I'm moving and stuff is gonna be hectic

Also this is part 199 so I gotta go publish this and then write a closing chapter and start another randomness book XD

Auf weidersehen!
-Becca!