• Blog - Kitchen

    Pinterest FAIL!!!!

    September 17, 2012 - By 

    The boys were gone all day Sunday so Little J and I made plans to do lots of fun “girl stuff” that we like.
    We shopped a bit, visited my mom, went out to eat then came home to get to some crafting.

    We planned to make some salt dough and “better than salt dough” ornaments, tags, etc.  Little J loves to both cook and paint so I figured “two birds” right?!?

    As you can see we had a bit of an issue with the “better than salt dough” recipe.

    I saw the recipe on Pinterest under the most beautifully white and perfect ornaments. Yeah…what the recipe gave me was a goopy mess. I tried to salvage it by using metal cookie cutters as forms while they dried at 175°F in the oven.

    Lesson learned… people aren’t always careful about what they post.

    We did go on to make some salt dough ornaments that actually did turn out.
    As you can see they aren’t the pristine white I was going for but then again I use unbleached flour so what can I expect!

  • Art - Blog - Creativity

    It "niche" the end.

    September 9, 2012 - By 

    Now I realize that title only makes a bit of sense if your pronounce as knee-sh
    …not knit-ch.
    Regardless of how you say it…my Nature book is complete!!

    I decided to place one of the prairie dog photos I took at the MN Zoo under the niche.

     The opening of the niche was slightly larger than the photo so I recreated the sandy hill this little guy was perched upon in sand.
    Worked perfect and if I hadn’t told you why, you’d have just thought I was terribly clever. *wink*
    I’ve decided not to alter the outside of the book as it lays relatively flat. This way it can sit on the shelf along side the rest and be a big surprise to anyone who pulls it out to read.
    Such a good feeling to complete another project. It’s been tucked away in among the rest of the UFO’s for several years.
    Thanks to Elizabeth for her online class that got this book started in the first place.