Vanessa Theodore Art

  Join Me In A Taxidermy Adventure! Hello Everyone, It's Vanessa from Prismatic Skies and today we are going to get into taxidermy with a Tosena Albata Cicada.  This taxidermy piece will be available on my website once it goes live in March of 2024!!! What to expect from this blog post This post will be getting into how I have created this taxidermy piece as well as educational information about the Tosena Albata Cicada and taxidermy laws. In the video I kept calling the insect a moth, and it's not a moth, so I do apologize for that.  I had another taxidermy piece in my head while doing this and I was getting the two mixed up, I apologize.  This isn't the one that I found in my yard though, like I did with the moth that I kept referencing in the videos.  LOL, I guess that's what I guess for juggling a million things at once, haha. Tosena Albata Cicada What Is A Tosena Albata Cicada The Tosena Albata is a cicada species from Southeast Asia and in the past, has...

  Resin Inspiration at Prismatic Skies: December 4, 2023 I’ve been getting inspiration a lot lately by watching unique resin artists videos and want to challenge myself and make a diorama. What do my first diorama be of?  Fantasy?  Dragons? Unicorns? Mermaids?  Woods?  Nautical?  Christmas? Tell me your ideas & I’ll challenge myself to make it! Just Remember, It Has To Be In Resin… Not everything can go in resin for a variety of reasons;  insects can go in resin but depending on the taxidermied insect and how delicate it is because resin can burn some materials.  Real flowers and faux flowers can go in resin.  Real flowers should be dried out first.  Fresh can go in but there will be more likelihood of bubbles, also, the color WILL fade out in resin.  Faux can give bubbles to but they can go in there.  Would be best to get a machine that gets rid of the bubbles - like a vacuum degassing chamber.  Candy can go in, so c...

  ISN’T THIS THE CUTEST?! I’m super excited about this bat trinket tray because I’ve never made one before.  It was easy to make.  Great, sturdy mold. It’s actually a pretty decent size tray too!  Check the dimensions below! It’s not listed on the website yet, but it will be this week, and absolutely on time for the March 2024 store opening. I still need to cut off the spillover pieces that typically happens with resin & molds.  Then I need to sand those areas & then polish it! I bought a new dremel tool for my resin products and I’m charging it.  Every time I used it, it would dye on me, haha.  I guess that’s what I get for being impatient!  Haha! The colors that I chose are a purple, blue, and I’m fairly certain gold chameleon mica powder with a black background - it makes the chameleon powder stand out more. The next colors that I will be doing will be on the lighter side, definitely pastel colors.  I really want to do pastel goth ...

  𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐌 𝐖𝐀𝐗 𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐄𝐒!!!!  And I am offering the 𝐷𝑜 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝐹𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑥 𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑡 for custom orders. The reason that this is particular style is being offered as a custom wax melt order is because of the mold and the quantities available. This product and photos were made for stock photo purposes for my website to showcase what your wax melt will look like. Custom orders typically do not take me a lot of time to create and ship out, but for precaution, I tell customers to allow 3-4 weeks for delivery.   Why such a long time for one wax melt?  Well…a few factors;  I have a full-time career where I work 12 hour days - my career comes first, ordering supplies if needed - but I typically have the oils on-hand, process time - will take one day to make, curing time - typically takes one full day to properly cure to be able to unmold & package - it is a de...

  This is style 1 of the 𝐷𝑜 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝐹𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑊𝑎𝑥 𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑠 These have just been added to my website , which goes live March 2024. 𝐖𝐀𝐗:  Soy  Paraffin 𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒:  Wax | Fragrance Oils | Glitter | Candle Dye 𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒:  Nag Champa | Dry Fruit Accord | Spices | Cocoa | Tobacco Leaves | Tonka | Citrus | Sweet Wood | Maple 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒙 𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒕𝒔 I know it’s a Blue Oyster Cult song, however, it’s the H.I.M. cover that actually got me inspired to do these melts. Both fantastic versions, IMHO. What do you guys think of these melts?  Like the scent notes?  Which version of the song do you like?  Do you know another cover?  Leave us a comment below!! -Vanessa Here are the songs…

𝑱𝑼𝑺𝑻 𝑨𝑫𝑫𝑬𝑫 𝑻𝑶 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑾𝑬𝑩𝑺𝑰𝑻𝑬: Caramel Pumpkin Pancake Wax Melts These will go live with the rest of the website in March of 2024! 𝐖𝐀𝐗:  Soy  Paraffin 𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒:  Wax | Fragrance Oils | Mica Powder | Candle Dye 𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒:  Coconut | Citrus | Marshamllow | Caramel | Milk | Cocoa | Vanilla | Whipped Cream | Yellow Pumpkin | Waffles | Peach | Spice | Maple Syrup | Sweet Musk | Brown Sugar 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒙𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒕𝒔 Aren’t these beautiful?!  I love autumn fragrances the most out of the, “𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙,“ fragrances. What do you think of the new melts look?  What are your favorite autumn fragrances?  Leave a comment below!! -Vanessa

  A new item has been added to my (upcoming) website!  It’s a cute crescent moon trinket dish that I made out of resin, mica powder, and alcohol ink. It’s a fairly small dish, for dimensions, please see last photo below in this blog post. It cannot hold many things, however, it can hold: loose change, pills, earrings, rings, 𝒐𝒓 it can just be a decorative piece n any room! I will be making more of this style in a variety of colors, stay tuned!! What do you guys think of the new item that I made? Leave a comment below!!! -Vanessa

  I made another dedication wax melt!  H.I.M.’s cover of the Blue Oyster Cult classic, “𝐷𝑜 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝐹𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟,“ got me totally inspired to make this wax melt. These are just test runs for these shapes, but I think they’ll be the large anatomical hearts going forward as I prefer that mold now for the melts… 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒: Nag Champa | Dry Fruit Accord | Spices | Cocoa | Tobacco Leaves | Tonka | Citrus | Sweet Wood | Maple  These will be ready once the site is open in March 2024!! I’m so excited  🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

  The Turquoise & Orange Resin Ghost Lamps Hey Everyone!!! Vanessa here!  Just wanted to tell you a little bit about the resin ghost lamps that I am making.  Started these today.  Never made them before.  They're super cute so far, and I am hoping, and thinking they will be, these come out great. The Resin Ghost Lamps I didn't want to do traditional colors completely, but I also really wanted to do orange, because ghosts are typically done in white, clear, and silver.  I am planning on doing a bunch of different colors for more resin ghost lamps. I used Let's Resin turquoise color, and it's more on the green side of turquoise, rather than the balanced green & blue that turquoise typically is. I really like it as of now, but I am curious how it will cure. I'm coming up with some ideas for other ghost lamps that I want to do.  I want to play around with it. Let's Resin Orange & Turquoise Alcohol Inks The ghosts are fairly small.  Maybe t...

  The Girl's Not Grey Anatomical Heart Shaped Wax Melts Creative Process Video I have made a quick video to show you folks part of the creative process that I go through in creating wax melts.  It's not the best video...it's quite frankly my very first video that I have made and edited.  I have a lot to learn but I think I did rather well for it being my first time. I don't want to give too much away of how I create everything mainly because the fragrances that I have are my own custom made blends and I use a variety of different manufacturers, and have worked too hard to share that side of my creative process, but I'm open to showing more when the time comes.  Just certain things will not be shared. What Does The Girl's Not Grey Wax Melts Smell Like? Well, the scent notes are some things that I have never worked with before and was a bit hesitant at first because of what I wanted to mix them with.  I'm the type to think of something random and then I just g...