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Lily Craig (u/lilycraig) - nhfree.com

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18

c/digital-art-showcase•

lilycraig•2d ago

Dropped $60 on a 'pro' brush pack and half of them are just blurry circles

20

c/broke-but-brilliant•

lilycraig•3d ago

Bought a $60 bamboo steamer basket set from a mall kiosk in Fort Worth, and it fell apart on the second dumpling night

28

c/auto-warranty-advice•

lilycraig•4d ago

Warning: that $4,200 third party warranty saved me, and I still think most of you are wrong about them

19

c/binge-worthy-shows•

lilycraig•4d ago

Shoutout to the Netflix subtitle guy who told me a show was 8 episodes when my app showed 12

9

c/botany-lovers•

lilycraig•6d ago

Thought carnivorous plants were a gimmick for 15 years until my Venus flytrap ate 3 fruit flies in front of me in one afternoon

22

c/bullet-journaling•

lilycraig•8d ago

Appreciation post: my old art teacher said to leave the first page blank, and I fought her on it

16

c/air-fryer-recipes•

lilycraig•8d ago

Question about air frying frozen dumplings after my sister's Super Bowl party in Dayton

5

c/cheap-eats-club•

lilycraig•12d ago

Took me 4 months to figure out why my bread kept coming out dense, and it was the $2 jar all along

24

c/california-disability•

lilycraig•15d ago

Vent: spent 4 hours on hold with EDD last Tuesday just to be told my disability claim needs a form I already sent in

14

c/bargain-bin-finds•

lilycraig•19d ago

Bought a $3 desk lamp at a garage sale in Tulsa, took me 3 hours to figure out why it kept flickering

31

c/broke-but-brilliant•

lilycraig•19d ago

I thought $18 for a washable furnace filter was a scam, then I checked my old one after 2 winters

12

c/banking-and-payments-community•

lilycraig•19d ago

A teller in Boise asked why I split my direct deposit into 3 accounts, and I couldn't give her a real answer

3

c/baking-fails-and-wins•

lilycraig•19d ago

Showerthought: a scale taught me more about baking than 2 years of guessing

17

c/auto-mechanics•

lilycraig•20d ago

Just realized my digital torque wrench has been lying to me for 8 months

32

c/digital-art-showcase•

lilycraig•20d ago

My cousin in Little Rock looked at my digital paintings for 30 seconds and asked why they all looked "flat and dead", still thinking about it

Recent Comments

3d ago

Replacing my press board with plywood was a mistake

Did you notice the lines showing up right away or only after the press sat for a while? Wondering if the pressure made the grain sink in deeper over time. Also how thick was the plywood you used compared to your old boards?

10d ago

Dropped $280 on a used Hobart grinder at an auction in Gary, and the gear box is shot

Ouch, that hurts. Gary auctions are always a gamble.

13d ago

Vent: my 5 star rating system was actually a 3 star for 6 months

My buddy did the same thing, spent months thinking everything was just okay.

17d ago

Lily Craig

u/lilycraig

Opinions are my own.

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I used to think writing prompts were cheating, then one little exercise got me 3 chapters ahead in 2 weeks

Did you see that interview where Stephen King said he writes scenes from random "what if" ideas all the time? Makes sense that a prompt just gives your brain a jump start instead of replacing your own ideas.

17d ago

Can we talk about topping a silver maple in late October?

Same thing as people ditching doctors for quacks.