Apple TV remote and Zvox soundbar

Not exactly craft related, but it took me a bit to sort this out so I thought I’d leave this here for those who may need it.

This morning our Zvox sound bar and the AppleTV remote quit talking to each other.

Swearing, turning it on and off and just randomly stabbing at the settings in the Apple TV menu made it worse.

This link led me to the super simple fix of resetting the Apple tv remote. Which you do by holding down the home button (on our remote it looks like a tv) and the down volume button for about 5 seconds. Nothing signals it is doing anything (no flashing lights or sounds) but when I pressed the up volume button it was magically talking to the Zvox box again.

December 28, 2024 by Good to know

Sign in the sky?

Chemtrails in the sky forming an asterisk

from this morning’s walk at a local park.

unanswerable question – at what point this did go from random to planned on the part of the aircraft pilots?

December 22, 2024 by Now

Careful Pattern Positioning

Careful Pattern Positioning is key when creating a stenciled T-shirt | suzerspace

I’ve detailed my process for stencil painting on fabric a couple of times, but recently I decided to branch out a bit and instead of just doing one graphic, try out a pattern.

This isn’t any more complicated than repeating the basic process several times all over the shirt, but just as I was sitting down to work on this one, I had a sudden memory of a post by Sum of Their Stories about hand embroidering a sweater (she calls them “jumpers”) and working up a placement that avoided any “unfortunately placed daisies.”

Since I was also working with daisies, I very much wanted to avoid “unfortunate placement” so I first put my T-shirt on, and then using a mirror and some painters blue tape, marked off the two spots where daisies would be funny, but not work safe.

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June 13, 2023 by I made this In the Craft Room Using a Computer or iPad Using my Silhouette Cameo

Now – May 14, 2023

Hand painting fruit slices on a pair of pants to cover up a grease stain. Might need to make a matching tee. Do they make Garaminal clothes for adults? They totally should.

Patting myself on the back for figuring out how to tighten my own bike brakes.

Plotting this week’s dinners. I don’t meal plan – it’s more of a what did I buy that I forgot about that is still edible but needs to be used this week kind of system.

May 14, 2023 by Now

Super Easy Graduation Garland

Quick and Easy Graduation Banner | superspace.com

It’s starting to be graduation time, and I’m ever so grateful that I have access to several thousand dollars of software and hundreds of thousands of dollars in printing equipment.

But I really don’t need it.

Here’s the simplest and cheapest way I know of to create a super easy graduation garland. This post looks like it is a lot of steps, but once you see the pattern, it’s super easy, and it’s not just limited to a graduation theme. You can make pretty much any garland this way.

You will need:

  • A computer with internet access. I bet this can be done on a tablet, but I haven’t tried, and I don’t have the patience or the eyesight to try this on a phone but if you are brave, go for it.
  • A printer
  • Some string (dental floss works in a pinch)
  • A stapler (tape would also work)
  • A Canva account.
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May 1, 2023 by I made this In the Craft Room Using a Computer or iPad
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