I went to all that work designing a new class but I'm lucky I didn't finish kitting all of them. That would have sucked!
It's not that doing a circle is "hard" but that you have to pay attention and keep things in order. Working with five different washi papers can get confusing if you don't keep them in order in front of you. Toward the end of the circle things aren't in numeric order either so you have to pay attention to the pattern.
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| Barilla $2.50 VS Banza .99 |
Gluten free products have gotten a whole lot better from when I first started out. Back in the day, most were not edible at all. When I was up in Incline Village this summer there aren't many places to shop. I would normally not even look at the Banza brand because in the early days anything made with chickpeas were terrible. I really had no choice because that's all the store had at a price point I was willing to pay. Being a vacation town everything is very pricey. All the "experts" said to go with Banza, but in my mind, have they really try it? Did they just looked at the list of ingredients? I decided since I didn't really have any other choice, I picked up a box. It's was actually was pretty good if used with a good sauce. It's basically tasteless (just rice flour and chickpeas) but it holds together well. I'm slowly using up my stash of Barilla and stocking my pantry with Banza. I could make my own pasta (I've done it before) but I like having a stocked pantry.
I like the Hedi Kyle pocket book because it uses a 12X12 scrapbooking paper, which most of us have. It's pretty simple once you've done it a few dozen times. :)
I watched another card maker do color smooshing and thought that would be fun for the class. I like making a mess and everyone's combo will be different. I think people in my class will have fun with it.
I found this Hedi Kyle pocket book pattern online and thought that would be perfect for the class. Something a little different using what you can find at FabMo. Took me several tries to get it right. I watched Hedi's videos but there are a few steps that weren't very clear. I finally had to research if anyone else has done a how to video that was better at explaining her pattern my brain could follow. I did order her book from the library to see what else she has done. Look interesting!
I really like tender white popcorn, which I have a lot of. Use to make popcorn all the time so have a ton of it around. It's not the brand that they suggest you use but I went for it anyways. Overall it went well if you don't count all the very hot kernels flying out of the pan. You have to let the steam out so the lid has to be kept open a little bit. Even with that small gap they shot out like rockets! On top of having to keep shaking the pan while dodging the kennels was a challenge! The one thing I didn't expect was the fried oil smell. So if I where to do this again, I would use the side burner on my outdoor grill.
Saw this lobster purse and thought it's cute but not cute enough for me to drop $40+! You can't get anything inside it other than a chapstick! With cell phones and watches, do woman really need to carry a purse anymore? I'm I showing my age in thinking a purse should be some what useful and not only decoration?
The furniture that was left was really nice but the resell value for dark wood is limited. All the original artwork was also very nice but I could tell they went with a color palette that matched the furniture. Still very impressive but limited market for oversized artwork. The flat file cabinet in the garage is super cool and I hope it finds a new home. If I had the space for it, I would dragged it home!
Side story. The gold and silver guys stopped by to check out the silver. They check it out and confirm what it is and then make an offer, 75% of spot. If it can't be sold at the sale for more, she will sell it to them. I really don't like that she's using the guys to test the silver and get a baseline of the value but then not selling it to them. OK rant over.
One of the guys saw what he thought was dutch silver (didn't know that was a thing) on MaxSold. Since you can't actually see it in person it's a risk. The sellers listed it as silver plate because they also didn't know what that mark meant. He took a chance got it for $32. It was what he thought it was. Scrap value was over $800! Really wish I had a picture but it's already been processed. Experience (not Google) knowing what your looking at does make a difference!
I was emptying the dish washer and when I saw I had a jar that was the right size for the dressing. While everything was simmering, I moved things around in the garage, making more space for my bleach and sun printing. Doing back to back estate sales and auctions, things started piling up on the table. I have a string of witches hat out on the front porch waiting for me to hang them up but first I have to get the giant spider down from the attic. Neighbors think it's way too early to put up Halloween decorations, which I agree with. Going up and down the narrow attic stairs is always scary and I need to psych myself up to do it. So I just went for it.
After seeing crafters posting about making glass lamp shades into ghosts, it inspired me to give it a try. I had this milk glass vase in my booth at CCB for awhile and I knew it would make a great ghost. It was the hat part I had to think about. I drafted a pattern after watching a few videos and just started stitching. I did run out of orange thread so I hope I have more in my stash at home. Plan to add a small spider hanging from the top of the hat. Best part is I have just pull off the eyes and turn it back in to a vase after the holidays. It just cracks me up. :)
Back before the pandemic Tuesday Morning was the place to go for craft supplies. I watched resellers fill shopping carts with everything in the crafting section. There were also You Tubers posting videos on what was new and their hauls. One employee told me that most of what these content creators were getting would be returned in a few days. Yeah that's a thing some resellers do. If it doesn't sell they return it to the store. Happens a lot with high end clothes.
So I was wondering if this was the same thing happening with these purses? The purses are cute but not really functional and the quality is very low. I'm now looking for the "rare" sardine can purse just for fun. :)
The original plan was to paint the glue red. Since these will be seen from a distance, maybe I'll go with a multi-color look or just keep it as is. Now on the hunt for creepy hands holding a wine glass. :)
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| Booth fillers |
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| One of 5 lots that didn't sell |
Someone's collection of oil lamps was there. Very impressive collection, many I've never seen in the wild. They don't sell well at all, at least for me. Another reseller at the store does well but she only prices them at $20. The opening bids on these lots were super high. Out of the five lots, only one sold. That's a really bad sign when other resellers passed on them. No one thought there was a profit to be made.
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| Ikea Coat Rack |
Today coming home from Savers, I decided to use surface streets instead of getting onto the freeway. Someone must be remodeling their closet as this was out on the street. Did a couple of u-turns (it was a busy street) and I threw this into my car. It's in perfect condition and very clean. Being so light weight so I'm sure it couldn't hold a lot of clothes but it's perfect for what I need!
I thought I could up-cycle the little frame so it came home with me instead of going into the dumpster. I'm guessing it's a scene of San Francisco. So far I like it as a night light so it may be a while before I switch it up to something else. :)
When I got home I decided I really had to give the bleach printing a try. I have all the parts so there is no excuse. My first attempt didn't go well. That the first picture. So with trial and error this is what I learned.
1) I used a 50/50 mix of water and bleach. Lined the inside of the shirts with cardboard to keep the bleach from leaking to the other side.
2) Remove the lace as soon as your done spraying the beach on.
3) Go lightly and don't over spray and soak the garment.
4) Let it sit for 5-10 minutes or until you get the look you want. The black shirt took the bleach super fast. The denim shirt took a little longer.
5) I threw everything (including the lace table cloth) in the washing machine and used the quick wash cycle. It was super hot today so I just hung everything up to dry.
I'm going to keep experimenting on the denim shirt and see how far I can go until it falls apart. :)
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| Did I manifest this? |
This wasn't the only $$$ I found. We had been asked to find the dad's Rolex watch. It didn't turn up so I asked my psychic friend if she knew where it was. She said it was behind some boxes on a counter but it left the house the week before in someone's pocket. We checked the bathroom counter anyways (there was a shoe rack on the counter) and found a big bag of cash! Large yellow envelope with about $400 in new $2 bills from the 70's. It still had the bank band around it.
Then during the estate sale I thought the kitchen cabinets had been sorted out but they weren't. So I opened one of the corner cabinets and found where all the sterling silver was stored! Two large candelabras and several smaller pieces. That was another "holy sh*t" moment!
The only down side was I locked the briefcase tonight thinking the numbers showing was the combination, well it wasn't. But it did get me wondering why wasn't it locked and why doesn't the name on the airline label match the dad's name? So I took the suitcase to a psychic friend to get her reading on it. I said finding all this money and valuables in random places made me think (sense) that he did some things under the table. Not saying illegal, but just a little shady. Her take on it was he lived a double life. He was a courier of what we're not sure (probably money) but the suitcase/briefcase was used a lot. The suitcase gave off a happy partying feeling, lots of drinking and laughing.
Update - The silver coins I found came in at $50k!
