CannaBliss

Here in Washington state we're a little more progressive than most states (except maybe California and Colorado). For years we've had laws supporting medical marijuana. I had the occasion to visit a dispensary, and immediately wanted to replicate what I saw in miniature. When I learned that Bright Delights actually made several "water pipes", that clinched it!

I started off with the Contemporary Ranch kit by Real Good Toys. A lot of the dispensaries around here are converted from old houses, and the attached greenhouse in the kit would make a perfect grow room.

I kit bashed a bit, filling in some openings and creating others. The green theme seemed appropriate, as well as handicapped parking and the address number being 420 (tongue in cheek).

When you first go into a dispensary you are in a sort of waiting room. You go up to a (usually) bulletproof window, sign in and wait for them to verify your "card". Don't act a fool, tho! You're on the security cameras!

Once you've been verified, you get to go into the store - a magic land full of every kind of marijuana that ever was crossbreed and imagined, including edibles such as canna cookies, canna candy, oils, balms, capsules, sauces and straight canna butter for your own culinary creations. You can also purchase pre-rolled products, glassware, and other accessories.

This particular dispensary has it's own canna kitchen dedicated to making delicious and freshly made edibles. It looks like the mini chef is in the middle of making canna butter and a batch of nice fresh brownies. Looks like there's plenty of snack foods on hand for the inevitable munchies!

The grow room was a really fun room to research and complete! I made grow light, marijuana plants, a clone machine, ballasts, reservoir, nutrients and supplements. The walls have a reflective surface to create more light for the plants.

This was a fun project and I enjoy going back and looking at all the detail again and again. The best part by far tho is the reaction I get from guests who see it for the first time!

Tangled And Tired

Fourth of July weekends usually find us out where electronic devices don't work so much, delighting in campfires, forest sounds and tranquility. Not so this year. We are enjoying a relaxing weekend at home. On Tuesday, we'll be barbecuing with the family at my brother's place. One last day to love on my parents before we say our bittersweet goodbyes. They leave for their exciting new home in AZ Wednesday morning...

Being home gave me time to start on the can lights for the ceiling. I painted the once silver grommets to a gold-er tone, then got them and the bulbs installed. See all of those wires? Today I will be labeling, combining and inserting into plugs. I have to make twenty LED bulbs and eleven 12v bulbs connect to only twelve outlets on the power strip. Excuse me for a moment while I go take my ginkgo and eat my Wheaties...

Facing that task has taken me a couple of days to work up to. Probably a lack of sufficient sleep - Woodson has been getting up with the light at about 4:40 every morning. He's not yet two, so the appreciation for sleep hasn't occurred to him yet. Instead, I focused (ha!) on some fun and less mentally challenging things...

These little resin candlesticks are super cute, but I thought I could make them even better. I drilled a 1/16" hole through the center so that candle flame bulbs could be added.

Then I painted the bases, candles and bulbs. I also made up some Mary Kinloch maidenhair fern leaves and added them to a couple pot metal planters.

Here they are in the fireplace - hope to have them wired in later today.

Here are the ferns in their planters on the dining room wall...

And to further avoid monumental brain work, I made a topiary and played with some accessories for the dining room furniture. It's so hard to decide what to put where - especially since it will not be easily seen. The sticks in the little bonsai pot will eventually become, well, bonsai-ed. Thanks Casey for the inspiration! Mine won't be nearly as detailed, but it has to be tiny for that space.

Now the question becomes... Shall I permanently attach the decor to the furniture for easier placement later on? I better give that some serious thought. What do you do?

Hope you are all off enjoying some Independence from responsibility, doing something you love!

Jodi