The Craft Table is Home

Remember the craft table that I inherited from a stash of items my boss was wanting to get rid of? Well, she's home. Thanks to my Dad who put it all together for me, it is now THE nucleus of my craft room. The top measures 40" x 97", the base is on casters so it rolls so very easily, the wood braces at the base are perfect height to rest my feet on from my tall stool perch . . . it is so everything I've ever wanted in a working surface!

The top is a plain ol' piece of MDF which was paint-splattered, so I knew I needed to cover it. Tried finding white oilcloth, but the cheapest to be found online was at Amazon, and when I put it into my cart, it came up as out-of-stock. I called around, and the girl at Hancock Fabrics told me they carried white oilcloth. When I went in to buy it, turns out it isn't white oilcloth, but fleece-backed tablecloth plastic. On sale for $1.69 a yard (and at 60" wide), I figured it might be the better option. Not to mention that it's a bit easier to fold than oilcloth.

With a few folds and a staple gun, my table is now covered in a wipeable, water resistant fabric. I have a cutting matte for when I use an exacto blade, and a piece of glass for when I need an extra-hard surface. Not too shabby for a free piece of furniture. I plan on sewing a gathered skirt for around the table, to hide all the storage I'll be creating below.

Now I can use the filagree bicycle basket as a holder for all of my event folders.
And the framed Home Arts cover mirrors my very own table and stool!

Vestidos blancos elegantes

Los vestidos blancos elegantes son recomendables para usarlos en una boda, xv años, bautizo, en un cumpleaños o una reunión familiar o de trabajo donde tengas que lucir elegante.

En una reunión de trabajo puede usarse te dará una imagen relajada, limpia y segura de ti misma, puedes usar un vestido corto que acentuara tu figura y tus piernas lucirán mas largas.

Los vestidos blancos largos son ideales para lucir en una fiesta de noche puede tener algunos brillos de lentejuela o algunas aplicaciones de otro color.

Si no tienes en tu guardarropa un vestido blanco ve a las tiendas de ropa a comprar alguno de estos modelos que te sugerimos son los que están ahora de moda.

Old Fashioned Homemade Ice Cream!

My family and I usually make homemade ice cream every summer. So since summer is around the corner, here is a quick recipe to make it. Hope you enjoy it!

Ingredients

- 6 eggs

- 2 cups sugar

-1/4 teaspoon salt

- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

- 13-oz. can evaporated milk (1-1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons)

- 1 gallon whole milk

- chipped ice

- rock salt

In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs. Add sugar gradually, stirring constantly. Add salt, vanilla and canned milk. Add about a pint of the fresh milk and mix.

Pour mixture into ice cream freezer can. Add enough of the remainder of the milk to fill can to the middle of the top board of dasher. (If the freezer can has a "fill" line on it, fill no higher than that line.)

Assemble the ice cream freezer. Add alternating layers of chipped ice and rock salt to barrel around freezer can. Crank freezer until ice cream begins to freeze (cranking will become harder as ice cream freezes), adding more ice and salt, as needed. When handle becomes difficult-to-impossible to turn, remove turning mechanism, and carefully remove top from freezer can; remove dasher. Replace top. Cover can with more ice and salt. Cover ice with an old towel, allowing ice cream to "cure" for at least 1 hour. If yours is an electric freezer, follow manufacturer's directions, but the curing step is essential.

Makes about 5 quarts of ice cream.

- Melissa Bushur