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A Completed Peg Board for My Sewing Area
It’s done. I actually completed my own peg board after being inspired by Cami at Creating by Cami. Here’s one of them… and here’s the second one… (The black string was some I found in our barn that held a hay bale together. 🙂 ) My brother-in-law gave us quite a bit of peg board that he had used in his furniture store. It was pink but my laundry room is beige & black… so Serenity spray painted them. then we hot glued white ric-rac along the edges. Then I used the peg board holders that I purchased from Home Depot and placed them where I wanted. So easy, so…
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Peg Boards for Craft Rooms
When we redid the boy’s bedroom (which reminds me – I haven’t posted pictures of that) my laundry room ended up having an extra little cubbyhole. I am thinking of turning this tiny little spot into a permanent sewing area. By small I mean it’s only about 2 1/2″ – 3′ wide but it has quite a bit of depth so I’ll use some of that space for storage. Serenity really desires to learn to sew and I’m actually in the middle of writing up a unit study that we can do together that will cover learning to sew as well as some of the history & science of it all. I…
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Making Soap
One of the items we offered at our Middle Ages market stand was soap. I got into soap making several years ago and made my own for a short while but then eventually stopped. I decided it might be fun to offer soap at our stand, so I got out all my dusty supplies and made a few batches. This is the book I use when making soap. I usually always make the Basic Soap recipe. First I assembled all my supplies: distilled water, lye, kitchen scale (a must), glass jar w/ long wooden spoon, olive oil, palm oil, coconut oil, grapefruit seed extract, essential oils for scent. The…
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Craft/Work Day for our Back to the Middle Ages Co-op Day
We were able to accomplish quite a bit yesterday in our craft/work day. When everyone arrived we began a group project of making mosaic stepping stones. This young lady is feeling the pain at the thought of breaking a pretty salad plate. Breaking tile and dishes was great for the boys. They did it with relish – with not one iota of remorse. 🙂 After making our stepping stones we took a break for lunch. Then it was on to sewing for the girls and a wood working project for the boys. The girls were making little coin bags for our co-op day. We are going to hand…
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A Little Crafty Advice, if You Please
I bought this plate recently at Goodwill for half off – $2.50. I may not be the most savvy of decorators but I’m pretty sure the previous owner didn’t make a wise choice when they used blue/red ribbon with a pink plate. It kinda makes me want to shudder when I look at it. But take that ribbon off and I don’t think it’s half bad. The problem is my house isn’t pink, much to my husband and boys’ delight; 🙂 so I want to paint the plate white. I thought I read somewhere that this was possible. Is it? If so, what special paint should I use?
