Month: August 2017

  • Summer, I love you!

    We have had such an amazing summer. Well, OK, *I* had an amazing summer.  My two teenagers and 8 year old will total cry about how bored they were. Most of the summer I did precisely what I set out to do, perhaps without the reward I was hoping for, but still enjoyable. There is one final week and back to the regular school routine.

    The highlights to my summer, related to this blog and crafting anyway, were a couple custom orders. They were fun and well received. Also I was invited to participate in a Farmer’s Market, yes I had also requested to be a vendor, but she had forgotten my name as she had sent it to “Crafting Homestead”…then she saw a Facebook post and invited me.  😀  That made me happy. Now, I just have to be sure I have enough items to bother attending. I know, I should just jump on it and DO IT. I *must* step out of my comfort zone. This is what I want…and it’s scaring me.  I can’t wait to share how this pans out.

    Until then, other things:

    The 16 year old got her permit

    The 16 year old got a job

    (…so this is what happens when you neglect your blog and post the draft you created a year and a half ago. Can we agree I am distracted?)

  • My epsom salt turned yellow.  :(

    My epsom salt turned yellow. 🙁

    Whilst attempting a cute little craft that would use some fake snow I discovered that baking soda, while white, doesn’t really come off looking like snow. Hmmm, what else do I have? Corn starch would have the same trouble, too soft and fine. Alright, Pinterest time…

    Epsom salt! Yes, ok, I believe I have some…pour it into my little jars and…ugh!  Why is it yellow?  Who would want a cute winter/Christmas-y candle with yellow snow?!?

    Back to Pinterest, nothing. Google nothing. So, I don’t know why it yellowed, age? some mysterious ingredient added? Whatever the case, I still want to make this craft and have “white snow”. With nothing to lose short of a cup of Epsom salt which wouldn’t be any issue, I added some of the baking soda, not bad! I didn’t measure it but it’s roughly 1:1, so half Epsom salt and half baking soda.

    What do you think? How does it look now? Not perfect perhaps, but certainly improved!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Here’s to hoping you don’t get yellow Epsom salt, but if you do, now you have an easy remedy.  🙂

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