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Sunday Scrolling: April 9, 2017

Today is the last day in the regular NHL season – the Stanley Cup Playoffs (which are practically a full season themselves) start on Wednesday. While waiting for the playoffs to start, you can entertain yourself with this great noisy site.

Several parks in our area have installed these cool Bicycle repair stations that have a rack, tools and QR codes you can scan to see videos of common bike issues that you can fix. I’m not sure how many manufacturers there are for these, but here’s a map from one of them to see if there are any where you ride.

Via FiveThirtyEight – Apparently there is a Vigilante Grammarian roaming England, correcting apostrophe mistakes in signage. Sometimes I’m tempted to bring my own Sharpie/White Out kit to the grocery store and correct all those misplaced possessives myself.

None of the links in this post are affiliate – they are all just things that caught my interest this week.

April 9, 2017 by suzer Links and Things To Remember

Stencil Painted T-Shirt

When I created my personalized bike license plate, I realized that the weeded part of the vinyl letters from my name would be a perfect stencil for a T-shirt.

I’ve painted T-shirts before, but not since I bought my Silhouette Cameo. Blogs abound with the instructions for cutting vinyl for a stencil and then painting either fabric or wood signs, and I definitely wanted to try this technique.

And it turns out it’s pretty easy and fun.

April 8, 2017 by suzer I made this In the Craft Room Using my Silhouette Cameo

First Friday: April 7, 2017

First Friday Craft Roundup at SuzerSpace.com

Spring was a big theme for March crafting.

Here’s a look back at a few of the projects I did at SuzerSpace!

Westie Face Paper Box
Black Capped Chickadee Garland
Bicycle Print & Cut Garland
Aldi Quarter Keeper
Bee Happy Banner
Crafty Crab Water Level Marker
Sparkly Spring Sign

April 7, 2017 by suzer I made this Links and Things To Remember

Black and Bleu Wrap

The trick to eating with a focus on good nutrition and a tight budget is to think like a restaurant.

Besides frying everything, and using a lot of salt to make everything taste good, restaurants know that layers of flavor are the key to a good dish.

If you take a flatbread wrap, throw on some cheese and black beans and nuke it in the microwave, it’s a little bit soggy and sad.

But if you heat the beans first, and then layer the wrap with cheese, the beans, arugula and top with chunks of bleu cheese, suddenly you have something special.

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Black Beans and Bleu Cheese Wrap

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 1 minute

Total Time 6 minutes

Servings 1

Ingredients

1 Flatbread (we use low-carb)
1/8 cup Shredded Cheese
1/4 cup Black Beans Rinsed and Drained
Arugula Washed and Patted Dry
Bleu Cheese Chunks* (see note)

Instructions

In a microwave safe bowl, heat beans in the microwave for about 30 seconds, until really warm but not dried out.
On flatbread, sprinkle cheese in center
Layer on black beans, arugula and black beans. Add salsa on top if desired.
Roll and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

*Note: I don't actually like Bleu Cheese - Mr. SuzerSpace does. I make my version with Feta, but we still call them Black and Bleu Wraps. Sounds fancier that way 🙂

April 6, 2017 by suzer In the Kitchen

Teeny Tiny Tip: Protect Your Work Area from Glue

Save you junk mail to create a protective surface for using a glue stick | suzerspace.com

A glue stick is often my weapon of choice when putting together simple crafts. But the trick is finding a way to use it so that you can apply it and not turn everything else around it to a sticky mess.

Enter today’s teeny tiny tip – use your junk mail. Those magazines you get but you are positive you didn’t subscribe to? Perfect. Apply glue stick liberally to the item you want to stick together while it is on top of the first page of the magazine. Don’t worry about the glue that goes wide of the item. Keep moving the craft that needs to be glued to a safe spot on the sheet as you go, until that sheet is too sticky to use. Tear it off and recycle it, and guess what? Another sheet is ready to go, right below it.

Also visible in this photo is an even tinier tip – paperclips make great clamps for holding the edges of paper together as the glue dries.

April 4, 2017 by suzer I made this In the Craft Room Links and Things To Remember

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