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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 Links and Things To Remember

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 I made this In the Craft Room Links and Things To Remember

Sunday Scrolling: April 2, 2017

I have not tried any of these snacks but the the part where she says “…but for me, it’s one of those foods where applying the whole all-in-moderation philosophy of eating is almost laughable” means we are on the same team.

New emoji! I’m looking forward to the Steven Cobert inspired eyebrow raise, the one that swears, and especially the one looks like me! Not sure I like the label of “older adult” on that one since I’ve been gray since my mid-thirties and have worn glasses since I was 3. But that is most definitely my haircut.

Yesterday was April Fool’s Day, which is not my favorite, but this list of books from comics and humorists looks to offer a few good suggestions.

None of the links in this post are affiliate. They are just things I found interesting on the Internet this week.

April 2, 2017 by Links and Things To Remember

Teeny Tiny Tip: Tool Tray

 

A plastic soap dish holds tools for my Silhouette Cameo

When I craft with my Silhouette Cameo, I’m forever chasing my hook and spatula. They are rounded on the handles, and no matter where I place them they roll.

A few weeks ago, while at Ikea, I bought a simple plastic bathroom set that had a soap/lotion dispenser, soap dish, toothbrush holder and water glass. It’s called the Varpan, and I’d link to it, but it doesn’t seem to be on the website. You don’t, of course, need the exact set from Ikea. Any similar soap dish will do. But then you don’t get to wander around Ikea dreaming of a more organized life.

The set was very inexpensive, and I really needed the toothbrush holder and soap dispenser portion. I didn’t have a use for the soap dish, until today.

When I realized it is perfect for holding my tools. It’s shorter than they are, so they stick out for easy grabbing. And they fit at any angle, so I’m actually likely to put them there while working.

Less chasing. Less dropping on the floor. More time for crafting!

 

March 28, 2017 by I made this In the Craft Room Links and Things To Remember Using my Silhouette Cameo
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