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luthiest · 4 months
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12.04.23
been super inactive lately on tumblr and in all aspects of life… the seasonal depression hits hard as soon as the temperature drops below 40°F and the sun sets at 5pm :’)))))
besides that, i’ve started rehashing old notes and working on another pg model—also enlisted a friend to help me bring a tree home for christmas. apparently they need to be watered? this was news to me lol
🎧 : two-way mirror - loathe
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luthiest · 4 months
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hii idk if you do requests but could you make a board (is it called that?) with studying inspo for algebra?
much love<333
hii! i don’t really do math.. kinda just a violin making/lifestyle blog at this point. sorry !!
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luthiest · 4 months
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I hope you're well since you haven't been active lately. 🙏
thank you :’)))) frankly, the last week has been… trying. a tad stressed w social stuff, but ty for checking in 🥹🥹 hopefully i’ll have some nice photos and life updates soon, but for now just know….. it never hurts to ask for a student mediator in classmate conflicts lolol
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luthiest · 5 months
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hi! love your blog sm <3 do you have any tips for shopping on ebay? all the choices/the UI can be a bit intimidating, but i'd love to learn how you whittle down all the options + find gems!
hiii thank you !! 🤍🤍 yeah the sheer amount of stuff on there can def be intimidating… idk that i have any really helpful advice other than to start your searches with something specific in mind, look for good lighting/lots of photos if possible, and only buy clothing w measurements?
also there’s a lot of drop shipping now, same with etsy, so be suspicious of photos that look professional/edited and take the time to browse through plenty of search results—if you see repeat photos from diff sellers it’s definitely drop shipped.
as far as ui goes, i find bidding to be super stressful so i don’t really do it if i can help it lol. i just hit buy now if it lets me 😅😅 but u can always message sellers with offers, a lot of the time people are just trying to get rid of stuff and not lose money on shipping !
i wouldn’t call myself an expert by any means, but i hope this helps at least a little :))))
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luthiest · 5 months
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hey!!!:) i love ur blog <3 i was wondering if u have a goodreads 💗
i doooo but it’s filled to the brim w a frankly spectacular amount of terrible romance novels that i read on my kindle and immediately erase from my memory as a form of virus protection for my poor brain. i’m afraid for the safety of the public it must remain obscured 😔😔
trust that i post any books i do recommend here tho ! i’ll add tags to my pinned post for recs and live book reactions at some point, if that might be helpful :)))
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luthiest · 5 months
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the back cover of american gods by neil gaiman reads, “days before his release from prison, shadow’s wife, laura, dies in a mysterious car crash.” and the first two pages are about how much he can’t wait to get out of prison and see his wife………… i am decidedly unwell
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luthiest · 5 months
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after 2 weeks of traveling, i’m home having miso soup, an egg over rice, and my favorite loose leaf earl grey for breakfast. never underestimate a slow morning at home :))
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11.05.23
inverness <3 we did loch ness, urquhart castle, culloden battlefield, the clava cairns, and leaky’s ! also the warhammer store lol. so not everything, but respectable for a 7 hour time frame, i think. maybe in 10 years the scottish highlands will need a violin repair shop? 😅
🎧 : lochness - julie
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i just finished a night in the lonesome october, (half on the train and half on the plane because i paced myself like an adult✌🏼) and it was such a good end of october/beginning of november read !! wonderful writing, humorous with all the best kind of mundanities of horror: logistics of murder, ritualistic magic and such… the cream of the crop of fantasy, really.
10/10, read if you get the chance
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11.02.23
edinburgh ! tysm for all the recs, i could only get to some in the 2 days we were there… the big stuff: arthur’s seat, edinburgh castle, (the audio tour was actually terrible) armchair books, golden hare books, dean village, the leith river walk, torn vintage, a super sweet cafe called grow urban… no surgeons hall or botanical gardens unfortunately :/// but my mom and i did get matching barbour waxed jackets, which i’ve been wanting for a while for the boston weather !
a perfect vacation after poland ☺️
🎧 : strained - no vacation
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luthiest · 5 months
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Hihihi I was wondering, what inspired you to start a tumblr blog?
i’ve been on tumblr since like 6th grade 😅😅 but this blog in particular? i was working at a cute little bookshop and i liked taking pictures… i guess i just wanted to take part in aesthetic posting and motivate myself to do more “things” in general, academic and otherwise. it’s definitely become more than i expected it to, which i’m super grateful for :)))
(i actually started this blog before i began school for violin making, so if you scroll back far enough, u can watch me sort of stumble my way through the process lolol)
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11.02.23
edinburgh ! tysm for all the recs, i could only get to some in the 2 days we were there… the big stuff: arthur’s seat, edinburgh castle, (the audio tour was actually terrible) armchair books, golden hare books, dean village, the leith river walk, torn vintage, a super sweet cafe called grow urban… no surgeons hall or botanical gardens unfortunately :/// but my mom and i did get matching barbour waxed jackets, which i’ve been wanting for a while for the boston weather !
a perfect vacation after poland ☺️
🎧 : strained - no vacation
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luthiest · 5 months
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thank you guys for all ur edinburgh recommendations !!!! my mom and i are very grateful, definitely trying to hit up as much as we can while we’re here 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 did dean village yesterday, got matching barbour jackets, sat in cute cafes, and hopefully getting to arthur’s seat, edinburgh castle, and the surgeons hall museum before we go.. plus cafes and bookstores in between because that’s just me hehe
anyone have edinburgh/inverness recommendations? cafes, bookstores, yarn stores, trinket shops, must see sights?
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luthiest · 5 months
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Okay, this might sound really random but I get the vibe that you really romanticize your life and the world around you If that is something you do intentionally, what advice would you give people who want to live life to the fullest?
(PS: I luuv your content, it makes my day :3 <<3)
hi tea :)) i don’t know that i romanticize it in my mind, but i can see how it comes through photos like that,,, i think maybe documenting the things that catch your attention or break you out of your head/internal monologue can be helpful to not just live on the outside of your life. pictures, writing, drawing, that sort of stuff.
i try to have conversations with the strangers i see regularly—the people who work at my favorite coffee places, a person on the train reading a book i like, the people who work at the train station. doing that makes me feel more like i exist with other people rather than among them sometimes when i’m feeling untethered.
also, finding humor in the inexplicable/ridiculous can be useful in turning things that may be monotonous or disappointing into more nuanced and memorable experiences. nothing is more sad and alarming to me than when i try to think back on a period in my life and i have no particular memories of anything i did or enjoyed. (basically all of high school for me 🫢)
anyways, doing things like this helps me stay grounded and present… most of the time lol. maybe it’ll help you too? who’s to say ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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10.28.23
soooooo i participated in my first violin making competition this week w my first instrument !! 10/10, met a lot of really lovely people, got to explore poznan a bit, had some helpful feedback on my instrument, and i came away w a couple awards for best score in acoustic quality 🥳🥳 (none for the workmanship but i’ll get there one day lolol)
the last two weeks have been pretty inspiring—low key excited to get back to school and do work? who would’ve thought
🎧 : need 2 - pinegrove
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luthiest · 5 months
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on a vacation of sorts rn, and i’ve spent most of my mornings sitting in different cafes and drawing… doing creative things is kinda healing, i see what all the hypes about
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10.26.23
biiiiiiig things on the horizon… i definitely spent longer on this one instrument that was really necessary or advisable, and i’ll probably do the same for the next few, but such is life.
got to hear it played for the first time, too, which was pretty unreal. hooray for finished projects 🥰
🎧 : jigsaw falling into place - radiohead
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luthiest · 5 months
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I’ve recently taken up luthiery as a hobby. Do you have any advice or something you wish you knew early on?
oo congrats!
definitely more of a “do as i say, not as i do” piece of advice, but if you’re having trouble w something, odds are you need to sharpen your tools. i’m totally guilty of this, but try not to put it off—you’ll thank yourself later lolol
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