tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240982462024-02-03T05:58:27.092-08:00The Craft DilettanteAn inch deep and a mile wide - Heather's musings on being a Renaissance Woman in the world of makin' stuff. Plus silly attempts at balancing family, work, and "art."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-79691144778654176552012-04-01T10:48:00.001-07:002012-04-01T10:48:19.118-07:00Patty Thurlby Now has an Etsy Shop!<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleLaLaOriginals">LittleLaLaOriginals by LittleLaLaOriginals on Etsy</a><br />
I wrote a few years back about one of my favorite crafters, Patty Thurlby. She now has an etsy shop. I love her stained glass window valences and they're very affordable for handmade beauty.<div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-44662644232331341552012-03-31T15:50:00.000-07:002012-03-31T15:50:45.110-07:00Eggs, eggs, eggs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Last night I set up a skype chat with my sister because Kid #2 was desperate to spend some time with her "Lala." We both prepped eggs for Easter via videochat.<br />
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I abhor the smell of hard boiled eggs so I use an alternate method:<br />
1. Poke a hole at bottom (biggest) end of an egg using a roofing nail. Make the hole about 1/4".<br />
2. Insert a straw in the hole. <br />
3. Hold the egg and straw over a bow. Blow into the straw.<br />
4. The egg insides come out through the bottom around the straw.<br />
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You can then wash, dry and decorate your eggs. I used the egg insides to make quiche.<br />
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My quiche method results in about 4 Weight watchers points for 1/8th of a pie. Recipe makes 2 pies:<br />
Mix 18 eggs, 1.5 cups of shredded cheese, 1 t mustard powder, 2 t chicken broth powder, 1/2 cup milk and A LOT of veggies. I like to use about 1.5 lbs of frozen veggies - either purchased of home frozen. Spinach or kale is really nice in the dish. <br />
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Line the bottom of a pie pan with a big tortilla. Pour in egg mixture. Bake at 320 for 2 hours, if you have a slow, weird oven.<br />
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You could also make it in muffin tins and freeze the mini quiches. They defrost easily and it's a good way to preserve eggs, which don't otherwise freeze well.<br />
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This year we're thinking of using the decorated eggs to make brownies: we'll slosh oil around the inside and then pipe brownie batter in and bake inside the shell for an Easter Egg surprise.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-61002236618613490092012-03-18T21:48:00.001-07:002012-03-18T21:48:55.166-07:00Skip the grinding - use an immersion blenderI bought Husband a juicer for Valentine's Day and tried it out for making tofu at home. The first batch took forever to grind the soaked soybeans. The second batch went mug faster - I used my immersion blender. Wabam!<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rehgMVA0T3E/T2a6tnHbxeI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/gFgY2xb53Zo/s640/blogger-image-1186382844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rehgMVA0T3E/T2a6tnHbxeI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/gFgY2xb53Zo/s640/blogger-image-1186382844.jpg" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-42715714596636247522012-03-18T21:46:00.001-07:002012-03-18T21:46:57.816-07:00Ocean floorMultiple layers of watered-down black, teal and cobalt stain on concrete overlay bathroom floor. I just wanna dive in!<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3q2mhw6iPzU/T2a6QFS9pLI/AAAAAAAAAZI/VjsVFHZiO-E/s640/blogger-image--1505542160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3q2mhw6iPzU/T2a6QFS9pLI/AAAAAAAAAZI/VjsVFHZiO-E/s640/blogger-image--1505542160.jpg" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-80603776218784834352012-02-15T11:37:00.003-08:002012-02-15T11:40:54.597-08:00My little valentineKid2 made a quiver by decorating and painting an old Pringles can. She made arrows with heart-shaped foam cuts glued to an unbent wire hanger. The bow is old plastic and yarn. She was Cupid all day. She also made Sister this card. Yes, it does say fart.<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-o6jwUfQjuxw/TzwKQ6YFO8I/AAAAAAAAAYw/ajIUXGcgKhs/s640/blogger-image--734848004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-o6jwUfQjuxw/TzwKQ6YFO8I/AAAAAAAAAYw/ajIUXGcgKhs/s640/blogger-image--734848004.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bygqLV-0jmY/TzwJfW_EnLI/AAAAAAAAAYo/BTYs1bWDk7E/s640/blogger-image-1155667205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bygqLV-0jmY/TzwJfW_EnLI/AAAAAAAAAYo/BTYs1bWDk7E/s640/blogger-image-1155667205.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-17IcKlqLNM8/TzwKRD3QhdI/AAAAAAAAAY4/B_RxdEPBUdk/s640/blogger-image--1892152305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-17IcKlqLNM8/TzwKRD3QhdI/AAAAAAAAAY4/B_RxdEPBUdk/s640/blogger-image--1892152305.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XXZEWatYHjM/TzwKRf-zPRI/AAAAAAAAAZA/5Qa06aFroe0/s640/blogger-image--978667821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XXZEWatYHjM/TzwKRf-zPRI/AAAAAAAAAZA/5Qa06aFroe0/s640/blogger-image--978667821.jpg" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-41604589407827997822012-02-15T11:37:00.001-08:002012-02-16T13:20:08.655-08:00Overly ambitious weekend<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Had a busy weekend without half the family home. Made another bath mat by felting the last of my roving. Looking forward to shearing season so I can get fleece from my Romney ewe, Mitt, for more felting. (Mitt the Romney, get it?)<br />
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I also stripped finish off dresser drawers on one dresser. I also purchased, cut and installed wood shelves in the new closet. I had to download the chop saw's owners manual since Husband had stored it and I don't want to ask him for advice on how to unlock it for fear he'd say for me to wait for him to come home. I also moved all our clothes into said new closet. Yes, he has ninty zillion Hawaiian print shirts. So many that we abbrev and just refer to them as BHPs: Best Hawaiian Prints.<br />
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AND I stripped the paint off an old dresser. It was avocado with orange knobs when I was a baby in 1973, was dove grey in high school and marbleized pink in college. I used citristrip to revive paint but couldn't finish the job over the weekend because the residue needs to dry for me for at least a week to be sanded of and clear-coated. But I see how it will look great in the future...<br />
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- screw the mirror on too tight so that it cracks. Doesn't really matter if you put shelves in front, right?<br />
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Inspired by the fabric banners I saw on Etsy I made my own version. The kids came home to Valentine's Day banners in their rooms. They say "We love you!" with different colors and fonts superimposed on different images.<br />
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1. I right-clicked on pictures and patterns on the internet to save.<br />
2. I pasted the images into Publisher (but Word or another program would work, too).<br />
3. I placed letters in different fonts/colors on top of the images.<br />
4. I printed the banners on plain paper and cut them into long triangle shapes.<br />
5. I stapled the papers on top of wrapping paper ribbon to form a banner.<br />
6. I tacked the ribbon to the wall.<br />
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I have perfected the glittering! Here's how: paint a base color to match the color of your glitter. Paint layers of glitter mixed with polyurethane until you have as much depth as you desire. The base coat may peek through in some spots but won't be noticable because it's the same color as the glitter.<br />
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Top it all with a coat of resin. I like the pour-on <a href="http://www.eti-usa.com/consum/envtex/envlite.htm">Envirotex Lite,</a> which I get at the hardware store and which is made in Humboldt. I poured it on the seat and brushed it on the legs. The seat has a thick coat that the legs have enough of a thin coat to provide protection and depth.<br />
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Luscious. the handles to the doors are where the ovals meet.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UIB6_E1lRbo/TYzzBjeNeUI/AAAAAAAAAVY/qv1TTk-T9CE/s1600/IMG_1001.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588108445687314754" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UIB6_E1lRbo/TYzzBjeNeUI/AAAAAAAAAVY/qv1TTk-T9CE/s320/IMG_1001.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-32687832397418967852011-03-25T12:48:00.002-07:002011-03-25T12:51:10.141-07:00cool skirtA woman at the gas station last summer wore this skirt. 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Meh.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TJJKsUkamKI/AAAAAAAAATA/Hq0x13pTIH8/s1600/10.09+454.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517554618778425506" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TJJKsUkamKI/AAAAAAAAATA/Hq0x13pTIH8/s320/10.09+454.JPG" /></a><br /><div>We got all DIY and crafted a vessel sink out of a $20 bowl from Target, $65 in plumbing and an old record cabinet I found on the streetcorner in McKinleyville. I'd sanded the cabinet (it was 80s Southwest style), stained it teal using watercolors and latex and poured a coat of Envirotex on top for more waterproofing.</div><div> </div><div>A year later, I'm not so in love with it. Vessel sinks don't drain nicely unless they're designed to do so. This wasn't. And it's aged in an unattractive fashion as a result. Next time I'll pony up for the good stuff. Or maybe I should get a big, thick WOOD bowl and carve out a recess for the drain to sit and then put spar varnish over the whole thing?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-85097355518076060682010-09-06T08:56:00.000-07:002010-09-06T09:31:37.076-07:00ChevreWe have goats. Snickers and Teaspoon are mini-Nubians. Willow and Jellybea<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUQzHGeggI/AAAAAAAAASQ/Xyt1f7JV660/s1600/IMG_0079.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 327px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513831789050626562" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUQzHGeggI/AAAAAAAAASQ/Xyt1f7JV660/s320/IMG_0079.JPG" /></a>n are Nubians. Through the magic of Artificial Insemination Willow and Jellybean were impregnated last February with the sperm of a prizewinning buck that died in 1996. Jellybean miscarried but Willow birthed two adorable kids in July: Tiki and Luna. Willow, Snickers, Tiki and Luna are in the pic, at the County Fair. Gigi showed Snickers and got a trophy for being the [only entrant for] Junior Dairy Showmanship. 4Hers in Oregon wear white shirts with black pants, instead of the white shirts/white pants/green hat/green scarf I grew up with in California.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUQzgvBZJI/AAAAAAAAASY/AAioTnMxj-g/s1600/IMG_0106.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 239px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513831795931571346" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUQzgvBZJI/AAAAAAAAASY/AAioTnMxj-g/s320/IMG_0106.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUQzgvBZJI/AAAAAAAAASY/AAioTnMxj-g/s1600/IMG_0106.JPG"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUQzgvBZJI/AAAAAAAAASY/AAioTnMxj-g/s1600/IMG_0106.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUQzgvBZJI/AAAAAAAAASY/AAioTnMxj-g/s1600/IMG_0106.JPG"></a> </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUQ0YfR4uI/AAAAAAAAASo/TgmhJTzPyWY/s1600/IMG_0266.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 278px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513831810897928930" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUQ0YfR4uI/AAAAAAAAASo/TgmhJTzPyWY/s320/IMG_0266.JPG" /></a><br />We have since sold Tiki and Luna and are milking Willow. We're getting only about 1/2 gallon/day, which is insufficient to meet the family's desire for cheese, milk, ice cream and soap. We get about a quart in the morning and one at night using the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.henrymilker.com">Henry Milker</a>, which is a vaccuum-pump attached to a teat via a mason jar to extract milk. It's an ingenious devise that is easy to clean and use and saves my hands from hand-milking. <br />That's my kitchen counter. It's marmoleum flooring. I love it.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUQ0Ap1Q5I/AAAAAAAAASg/VrjBmPESAXI/s1600/IMG_0263.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 239px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513831804499739538" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUQ0Ap1Q5I/AAAAAAAAASg/VrjBmPESAXI/s320/IMG_0263.JPG" /></a><br />U<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUQ07uiKzI/AAAAAAAAASw/0mG0G0jYz7A/s1600/IMG_0263.JPG"></a>sing <a href="http://www.cheesemaking.com/">http://www.cheesemaking.com</a> direct-set chevre culture, I followed the instructures to make this awesome cheese, just using milk, culture and salt. The other cheeses are (left to right): yogurt cheese in a half-pint jar, fromage on the princess plate made in the cup-shaped molds, chevre. The yogurt cheese was a happy accident. I had yogurt culture in warm milk but forgot to turn off the oven where I'd set it to culture overnight. 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I drained it for a day in cheesecloth and it was luscious mixed with salt and herbes de provence: like alouette from the store but nicer.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUU49GNd_I/AAAAAAAAAS4/Y4-2-jT5E1I/s1600/IMG_0264.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 411px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 232px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513836287490881522" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TIUU49GNd_I/AAAAAAAAAS4/Y4-2-jT5E1I/s320/IMG_0264.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-61944764439304162832010-06-06T19:47:00.000-07:002010-06-06T19:56:55.499-07:00Landscape transformation<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TAxfh0ifdqI/AAAAAAAAARo/CX0OoouZph4/s1600/DSCI0297.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 331px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 231px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479859881246684834" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TAxfh0ifdqI/AAAAAAAAARo/CX0OoouZph4/s400/DSCI0297.JPG" /></a>In what used to be the carport of our house we have placed the South Garden. Using thin boards and stakes that are scrap from a Port Orford Cedar milling operation in Bandon, we built raised beds. They're filled with a mix of bushes and vegetables. By the time the bushes crowd out room for other things we will have built more beds. <div><div> </div><div>Lots of carrots, lavender, roses, radishes, and spinach.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TAxfN0adxSI/AAAAAAAAARY/DdI2rHQFIqU/s1600/DSCI0298.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479859537615635746" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TAxfN0adxSI/AAAAAAAAARY/DdI2rHQFIqU/s400/DSCI0298.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>John built a bean teepee out of cedar and we're training Snap Peas to climb it.</div><div> </div><div>I love my new electric cultivator, which has made all of this happen!</div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-78500720974143874612010-06-06T19:44:00.000-07:002010-06-06T19:47:18.018-07:00Shellac is magical<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TAxdVzsCZmI/AAAAAAAAARQ/B4iDCnftq7Q/s1600/DSCI0247.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479857475836601954" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/TAxdVzsCZmI/AAAAAAAAARQ/B4iDCnftq7Q/s400/DSCI0247.JPG" /></a><br /><div>We let the girls color all over the unfinished drywall, thinking we were cool parents and OUR folks would never have let us do that. And then we primered and primered and painted and grey primered and grey primered and painted ONLY to find that the marker STILL bled through. Ace Hardware's guy came through, though...He said to paint a layer of shellac over the marker and the problem would stop. I did and it did. Whew!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-19060619439257002332010-04-04T12:43:00.000-07:002010-04-04T13:56:31.427-07:00Paint in drywall mud<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/S7jyAqQUlMI/AAAAAAAAARI/9iEsSNGJdW8/s1600/DSCI1443.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 335px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456377041716024514" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/S7jyAqQUlMI/AAAAAAAAARI/9iEsSNGJdW8/s400/DSCI1443.JPG" /></a>A lot has happened in the nine months since we moved to the new place. For three months I based my office in the trailer I wrote about a while back until my home office could be completed. Pale yellow walls with a burnt umber glaze. Idea desk and cabinetry. The all-important white boards. This section of the house has a very cold cement slab foundation. So we put 1" thick styrofoam sheets down on top of the cement. Rather than installing flooring (at the time we had very little money) we put thin boards of cedar down, adhered at each end by baseboard nailed to the wall. It's all totally removable and extremely cozy. We purchase the cedar as scraps from a mill for $100 for a trailerload.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/S7jyAFK1mkI/AAAAAAAAARA/RMmc1kX1zbY/s1600/DSCI1529.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456377031760910914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/S7jyAFK1mkI/AAAAAAAAARA/RMmc1kX1zbY/s400/DSCI1529.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />We had Christmas in the unfinished space. Without a good place for a tree we painted on on the wall. We like it so much we think we may do it again next year. It's craft paint ($1/oz) from Walmart applied directly to the sheetrock. We glittered paper and glued the shapes to the wall. I got the cool multi-dimensional color by doing a base coat of brown for a trunk and branches, with neon green applied as needles while the brown was still wet, so it had some streaks. I then applied two different, darker colors of green as needles going out from the branches and trunk, again using the wet 1" flat brush and on top of the wet paint. It made the streaks resembling needles again.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/S7jx9jGxp9I/AAAAAAAAAQo/1UySbLXfVS4/s1600/DSCI1626.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456376988257331154" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/S7jx9jGxp9I/AAAAAAAAAQo/1UySbLXfVS4/s400/DSCI1626.JPG" /></a>Greta's room was next. We tried something really super cool I've never seen done before...It's paint mixed directly into the drywall texture and applied to the wall. We have to texture anyway and this saves a step. By using different amounts of paint with the texture we come up with different tones of the same color. It's topped in this room with glaze to keep the texture from shedding.<br /><br />The same thin cedar planks are used as baseboard and trim here.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Aaand...Elia's room was finished yesterday. The same thin cedar is used as trim. She wanted pink and turquoise on her walls. We used plain red tempera paint and some "oops" turquoise wall paint from the store. It's topped with a clear coat into which I mixed three tubes of pink, turquoise and white glitter. Instead of putting clothes in the closet we put her bed! So she has a secret, curtained hideaway. If you look in the last picture you see a hole in the wall...it's a piece of 8" pvc pipe stuck in the drywall and insulation as a porthole between Greta and Elia's room so they have a secret passage. John made Elia's bed (we only had a mattress) out of those same cedar thins, laid on edge about 2" apart to be a breathable box on stilts. It's comfy and sturdy. I'll take pics of it someday...<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/S7jx-7df-6I/AAAAAAAAAQw/wfofrNXA6sw/s1600/DSCI1624.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456377011974962082" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/S7jx-7df-6I/AAAAAAAAAQw/wfofrNXA6sw/s400/DSCI1624.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/S7jx_RasBYI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/NI4DdLWH-2s/s1600/DSCI1621.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456377017868748162" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/S7jx_RasBYI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/NI4DdLWH-2s/s400/DSCI1621.JPG" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-9684772106083816702009-07-29T21:23:00.000-07:002009-07-29T21:34:14.451-07:00Our continuing project<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/SnEiuXFzJeI/AAAAAAAAAQc/tc6xsjHk0xY/s1600-h/DSCI0055.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364106811042637282" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/SnEiuXFzJeI/AAAAAAAAAQc/tc6xsjHk0xY/s320/DSCI0055.JPG" /></a><br /><div>A coupla years ago I posted a pic of this house from the other angle. It's getting closer to done. The turret makes great guest quarters and you can see Humbug Mountain. Will post more on house-related projects, including the vessel sink I'm putting together. Goats and chickens are in the backyard now.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24098246.post-64730750988417235272009-05-22T20:48:00.000-07:002009-05-22T20:55:04.550-07:00Mum Lampshade<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/ShdzSHLTs8I/AAAAAAAAAQM/3Ocx85FR20o/s1600-h/IMG00169.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338862638272328642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EEz-kSnickU/ShdzSHLTs8I/AAAAAAAAAQM/3Ocx85FR20o/s400/IMG00169.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>My grandmother bought tissue paper chrysanthemums in Chinatown aeons ago. I knew if I held onto them long enough I'd figure out something to do with them...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I decoupaged the flowers onto a plain lampshade this evening with modpodge and a flat 1" brush. I'll do another layer of modpodge when this layer dries.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">If you like this blog, please send donations to Trinidad School, PO Box 3030, Trinidad, Ca 95570</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0