Crafting 9/28

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What have you been working on?

Questions, vents, or anything else you want to say?

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I played around with my modeling chocolate recipe to get a softer consistency to use for a particular part of LO's birthday cake. I also played around with color mixing to get the right shade. I got both aspects figured out.

I finished a few simple birthday decorations with the exception of attaching the one to an empty peanut butter jar because we haven't quite finished eating the last bit of peanut butter yet to have the needed empty jar. I also have almost all the pieces cut out for a banner and will then be ready for assembly.

[sanibel21]

Yay cam for having to practice with chocolate? Got to eat the practice product??

I've been working on a butterfly cross stitch for LOs nursery. But I am running out of one of the colors. And it wasn't DMC brand, the most common brand, and I cannot find it online I'm hoping I can bring a sample into a craft store and match it to a DMC brand. Any cross stitchers who might be able to help? It's a dark purple and whatever brand it is the number I wrote on it was 210. I've been googling with no success.

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Sept 28, 2016 14:45:37 GMT -5 sanibel21 said:

Yay cam for having to practice with chocolate? Got to eat the practice product??

Yep, definitely been enjoying the practice product. Fun to play with and to eat. Talk about a win-win.

[younglove316]

I'm just here to pick your crafty brains

We redid DD1s room this weekend and we now have a very small space that is currently just dead space. Any ideas to make a simple reading nook in a small area? I don't know how to post pictures on here otherwise I would.

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Oct 3, 2016 12:51:05 GMT -5 younglove316 said:

I'm just here to pick your crafty brains

We redid DD1s room this weekend and we now have a very small space that is currently just dead space. Any ideas to make a simple reading nook in a small area? I don't know how to post pictures on here otherwise I would.

Depending on the area, a few ideas: Bean bag, pile of pillows (or a jumbo-sized pillow), or some other cozy place to curl up. Book storage could be a half-height bookcase, one of those shelving units that is about a foot wide by a foot deep by 3 feet tall, a tiered cloth book display rack, a small bin or basket, etc.

[sanibel21]

younglove316 I'm not sure how big the space is, but we bought a cheap crib mattress and are supposed to buy a couple body pillows for our backs. Then we put a bunch of books in a box next to it. It's working ok. Not exactly what I envisioned but maybe some of that might be useful.