Last weekend, the kids and I chose a craft from our “To Try” Pinterest board, and tackled it. We bought the supplies from our local hardware store; sponges, spray paint, caulking, and glue. The Project – these darling Fake Cakes which can actually be mailed with 3 postage stamps.
Hubby sliced the sponges in half with a long, serrated knife, and also cut the groove in the center of the cake slices. I spray painted them chocolate brown, and waited for them to dry. The sponges took 3 coats of paint to cover any hint of the original sponge color.
Once they had dried, I traced the cakes on pink construction paper, cut out the shapes, and glued them to the cake. More drying time was involved, and FINALLY it was time to get the kids involved.
Frosting the cakes – Hubby showed me how to use a caulking gun, and I squeezed the caulk onto the cake; first in the groove, then on top and along the edge. The girls swirled the caulking with toothpicks.
The hardest part of this craft was fighting the urge to eat these fake cakes!
The original post recommends caulk drying time to 3 to 5 days. We had a long weekend (Martin Luther King Day was Monday), and by Tuesday the cakes were dry.
The girls decorated the cakes with stickers and markers. Instead of mailing them, we are hand-delivering them or packaging them to mail. I’m afraid the construction paper will fall off during transit if we did try to mail them. Our hardware store helpers suggested we use Elmer’s glue since it would not melt the sponge. If I had it to do over again, I’d use the 3M glue that the original pin listed. The Elmer’s also discolored the paper.
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My friend, Helena, recently shared an awkward story, and promised to share even more if we share an awkward story too. Who doesn’t like an embarrassing moment when not on the receiving end? So, here’s my slightly awkward, very recent story.
My eight year old daughter has been obsessing about her height. “I’m afraid I’ll NEVER get taller,” she whines. In an effort to make her understand that in time, she will get taller, I confessed that when I was younger, I feared I’d never get boobs. In my quest for womanly endowments, I enlisted the help of my sister who knew breast-building exercises that only mature siblings know. But I digress…
My daughter looked at me in all seriousness and said, “But Mom, you don’t have boobs.”
Dissed by an 8 year old.
In an effort to regain my composure, I assured her that, yes, I do have boobs.
“Mom, boobs are BIG!”
I’m not going to win this one.
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I just installed the Simply Instagram Plugin which allows me to include my Instagram feed in my wordpress sidebar. Once installed and the settings updated, you drag the Simply Instagram: Recent Media widget to your sidebar, and customize your title, description, # of photos, etc. The Simply Instagram: Latest Feed actually shows photos of those you follow instead of your own photos.
Before installing this particular widget, I installed the Easy Instagram plugin, but not only was it complicated to activate, but it showed my full name under my photos. Editing my Instagram profile did not correct the problem, and neither did deactivating/reactivating the plugin.
Have you been bit by the Instagram bug?
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