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Making Paper Bricks

Katy — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:00:18 +0000

I've been playing with my new toy.. the paper log maker. I still can't decide if it's useful or not. The first lot of bricks still haven't dried since Friday evening, but then the weather's been so wet that nothing has really been drying.

Step 1: Assemble ingredients. Brick maker, and shredded receipts soaked in water.

Step 2: Fill brick maker with soggy paper, squeezing just enough water out so that it isn't dripping, but not too much that it makes hard lumps that don't squeeze together.

Step 3: Press down on the handles, squeezing some of the water out. This is (I think) the crucial difficulty with the process, the handles have a stop point which means that you get a nice brick-shape, but doesn't let you get all the water out of the paper.

Step 4: The finished brick.

Step 5: Here's one I made earlier. One newspaper brick and one shredded paper brick.

Haven't managed to burn any of them yet, I ended up making 4 bricks and some pellets with the stuff floating around in the bottom of the bathtub.

Spending Money Like There's No Tomorrow

Katy — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:24:46 +0000

We went shopping on Saturday... we were looking for some fireplace stuff, but ended up with two amazing fenders (I'm going to save the final reveal until we've finished the room, but they're droolingly beautiful, I promise), two coal boxes, and a bone and bamboo mah jong set that only cost £15 which we think may be a glaring underpricing, but we weren't going to tell the man in the shop that.

Coal boxes:

This was the one that Batman chose, which is surprisingly decorative for him. I think he's going Victorian in his old age...I've trained him well.

Mmm, Art Nouveau goodness...

a little bling, please.

plastic cupcake — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:40:47 +0000

currently i am purchasing items for the flat, which i move into august 1. hooray!

i am looking for some bling-bling shower curtain hooks for my new vintage cowboy print shower curtain (don't judge me! it's awesome.).

target carries some excellent bling shower curtain hooks by shabby chic, however, they only come in pink. so i went shopping at the place you would THINK would have everything: bed, bath and beyond. UGH. nothing. NOTHING. yarg.

suggestions?

A quick one - whiles he's away...

sungirltan — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:51:08 +0000

Shep was v keen for me to blog this and since he's naffed off to Scotland and I'm a bit blue I will honour him.

This is himself in his special diving daddygro. As you can see he likes it very much!

This is me in my 'ladygro'. Yes I look a bit cross but the other photo was worse!

Werkomgeving

Jago — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:56:36 +0000

Mijn bureau begint er steeds meer uit te zien als een werkomgeving. Ondertussen heb ik ook al een muismatje in plaats van de Welcom—at—AU-IBT—presentatie. Enkel de dozen moeten nog vervangen worden door een laptopstand.

Ondertussen heb ik hier trouwens ook een rekening geopend, u giften zijn steeds welkom op:

IBAN: DK4876040001148115
SWIFT: VEHODK22

Toaster

Jago — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:10:49 +0000

Bij een normale toaster is het het broodje dat springt, bij de Deense is dat net iets anders.