Craft weekend - whatchya doing?

[Misschief]

My plans haven't come to fruition either. Husband's plans came first. Today, though, I'm making soap while my idea is still fresh in my mind.

 

[lenarenee]

I had a nice rainy (those are rare in So Cal) to make 3 loaves of salt bars. Correction: 2 loaves of salt bars and 1 loaf Spiced Amber Ale saltless soap bar (because I was busy oohing and aahing over the beautiful color from MM Summer Bronze and forgot to add the salt!)

 

[shunt2011]

I accomplished very little. Husband didn't work, baby sat my granddaughter, so we went out and did some fun stuff. Next weekend will be a must do things weekend. I really, really need to get my soaping room storage area reorganized. It's such a disaster right now.

 

[jcandleattic]

I got my lab cleaned, and then realized I was out of masterbatch oils. So, I need to do some masterbatching before I can make anything. Didn't get any candles made either, so maybe this weekend. However, since this weekend is my anniversary, I probably will get nothing done then either.

 

[Lin19687]

My "crafty" thing today was shoring up the fence so the NEW FOOT + of snow coming doesn't flatten it out like last week.
Set up the Auto Chicken coop door
Finished laundry

 

[amd]

I've been uninspired this year to make soap (I've ranted about this quite frequently the last few months on the What Soapy Thing Have You Done Today thread, so I'll spare y'all my heartache here), so I decided that I would do more of the other things are that I love until I get over my soapy slump. One thing I have always loved is reading. Up until 2011 I read 90-100 books a year - then I bought a house which doubled my square footage for cleaning and gave me a huge yard to maintain, so my book reading declined to 40-50 a year. And then I discovered soap making and my reading declined to 10-20 books a year. (I use GoodReads to keep track of my books, so these numbers aren't in anyway exaggerated.) When my slump kicked in, I decided to refocus some energy on reading. The result? Books read since January: 10. TEN.BOOKS. That's 4 books less than I read the entire last year and it's only half way through March. Reading is my "crafty" thing, and I'm kind of excited about it.
Just finished: Still Missing by Chevy Stevens. 4 stars. Read it in 2 days.
Just started: About the Night by Anat Talshir

 

[lenarenee]

I've been uninspired this year to make soap (I've ranted about this quite frequently the last few months on the What Soapy Thing Have You Done Today thread, so I'll spare y'all my heartache here), so I decided that I would do more of the other things are that I love until I get over my soapy slump. One thing I have always loved is reading. Up until 2011 I read 90-100 books a year - then I bought a house which doubled my square footage for cleaning and gave me a huge yard to maintain, so my book reading declined to 40-50 a year. And then I discovered soap making and my reading declined to 10-20 books a year. (I use GoodReads to keep track of my books, so these numbers aren't in anyway exaggerated.) When my slump kicked in, I decided to refocus some energy on reading. The result? Books read since January: 10. TEN.BOOKS. That's 4 books less than I read the entire last year and it's only half way through March. Reading is my "crafty" thing, and I'm kind of excited about it.
Just finished: Still Missing by Chevy Stevens. 4 stars. Read it in 2 days.
Just started: About the Night by Anat Talshir

Maybe you can help me. I can't find anything interesting to read. As a kid I read all the time. As an adult I couldn't find anything appealing. I enjoyed fantasy; but adult fantasy was too battle oriented, young adult are too....juvenile. Oprah's book selections usually too morose; I don't want to read about fictionalized suffering (husband left, parent has cancer, etc. and drama. I've long outgrown romance. Oddly enough I read tons of JR Ward for a couple of years, but had enough. I love mystery...but not murder ones and that's all there are ....murder mysteries!! The last book I read I did enjoy; was a diary kept from the Observation project in England during WWII; Nella Last's War. Can you think of any suggestions off the top of your head?

 

[dibbles]

Can you think of any suggestions off the top of your head?

It's hard to find a mystery that isn't a murder mystery. But I've read most of Tana French's books and enjoyed them. In the Woods was the first. While not a series, at least one character is in the book that follows chronologically. It doesn't matter if they are read out of order. If you haven't read any John Sanford, Rules of Prey was good. Ken Follett's Eye of the Needle was good also. If you want something outside of mystery, I read A Man Called Ove about a year ago - even DH liked that one. The Rosie Project is one still on my list, but DD recommended it to me. Kane and Able (Jeffrey Archer), The Pull of the Moon (Elizabeth Berg) and The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan) were books I remember as books I liked. If you aren't opposed to a long book, The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett) might be my all time favorite. And then there is the John Grisham plethora of legal thrillers.

 

[SunRiseArts]

well, I started my paintings, and made a soap in between!

Not done yet, though.

 

[amd]

@lenarenae Have you read anything by Sarah Waters? I recently read Fingersmith which is a dramatic mystery. There us a slight lesbian theme in the book but I didn't find it obtrusive and handled tastefully.

 

[shunt2011]

Okay, I really may be having senior moments more frequently these days. Received an email confirming me for a show this Saturday. I don't remember sending the application or payment. I can't find my checkbook (rarely use it) and I have an application but it's blank. So, do I do it or not? I've done this show in the past but it's been awhile.

 

[Lin19687]

I would check the Checkbook first.
I guess you have 2 choices.... If you didn't pay but have a TON of stock and Want to go, print off the Confirmation and go.
2) if you don't really have the stock nor want to go and you didn't pay for it. Call them and say there is a mistake.



is it a good show ?

 

[jcandleattic]

Can you think of any suggestions off the top of your head?

Not a mystery by any stretch, but one I am enjoying at the moment (just started it yesterday) is Born a Crime by Noah Trevor.

 

[Serene]

Soap room coming along (for about 2 months now, ugh) I have been a total slug lately and cant seem to get motivated to do the 894878203775 batches I want to try for testing purpose. I have yet to send Sunrise her mold even though its sitting here looking at me and screaming "send me already". Took a pic of completed molds and thats as far as I have gone. I also need an intervention so I can stop shopping for FOs and Micas. Please help, somebody!!

 

[SunRiseArts]

Shunt if you have good stock, do it! I feel like Serene lately ... but then you force yourself, and bam! Maybe you will have a good time, who knows?

The only bazar I did, there was this couple next tome, and the husband had me cracking all day.