Comments for Stitch and Boots http://stitchandboots.com Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Handmade Lotion Trials: Second Batch by angelina http://stitchandboots.com/the-handmade-lotion-trials-second-batch/#comment-976 angelina Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:44:35 +0000 http://stitchandboots.com/?p=656#comment-976 I was thinking the same thing, Belinda! I used my blender because I so rarely use it for any food. My mom has a blender too so she and I decided to dedicate this one to cosmetic making. The same would be true for an immersion blender - you wouldn't want to use one for food that you'd used for soap or lotion. My immersion blender is quite old but still excellent so I could see getting a newer one for food and retiring the older one to lotion making. I was thinking the same thing, Belinda! I used my blender because I so rarely use it for any food. My mom has a blender too so she and I decided to dedicate this one to cosmetic making. The same would be true for an immersion blender – you wouldn’t want to use one for food that you’d used for soap or lotion. My immersion blender is quite old but still excellent so I could see getting a newer one for food and retiring the older one to lotion making.

]]> Comment on The Handmade Lotion Trials: Second Batch by simply.belinda http://stitchandboots.com/the-handmade-lotion-trials-second-batch/#comment-975 simply.belinda Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:02:21 +0000 http://stitchandboots.com/?p=656#comment-975 for those that own one a stick blender in a small receptacle could be just the ticket.. I know it works for soap so I imagine it will for lotions. Belinda for those that own one a stick blender in a small receptacle could be just the ticket.. I know it works for soap so I imagine it will for lotions.

Belinda

]]> Comment on The Handmade Lotion Trials: Second Batch by B. http://stitchandboots.com/the-handmade-lotion-trials-second-batch/#comment-973 B. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:18:03 +0000 http://stitchandboots.com/?p=656#comment-973 What an interesting post...I like how you've carefully recorded & thought out your process. Frustrating, though, that you couldn't get things to work this go 'round. I would say it's got to be a chemistry issue (isn't it usually a chemistry issue when we're playing with mixing things?). Anyway, I'll be watching to see what solutions you're able to come up with. About the cigarette smoke: it's so funny you should mention your fondness for this smell, mixed with the perfume you'd wear. I was brought up in a smoking household, & while I never became a smoker myself I do know that when I have to get something out of my buffet (used to be my mother's) I am immediately transported back in time to my original home.....I kind of like that smell too! What an interesting post…I like how you’ve carefully recorded & thought out your process. Frustrating, though, that you couldn’t get things to work this go ’round. I would say it’s got to be a chemistry issue (isn’t it usually a chemistry issue when we’re playing with mixing things?). Anyway, I’ll be watching to see what solutions you’re able to come up with.

About the cigarette smoke: it’s so funny you should mention your fondness for this smell, mixed with the perfume you’d wear. I was brought up in a smoking household, & while I never became a smoker myself I do know that when I have to get something out of my buffet (used to be my mother’s) I am immediately transported back in time to my original home…..I kind of like that smell too!

]]> Comment on Winterizing Your Home: Plugging Up the Small Holes by angelina http://stitchandboots.com/winterizing-your-home-plugging-up-the-small-holes/#comment-972 angelina Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:24:12 +0000 http://stitchandboots.com/?p=626#comment-972 That's a great idea. I have to do window curtains first but doing them across doors is great - curtains are one of the oldest and most effective ways to keep heat in (or out). That’s a great idea. I have to do window curtains first but doing them across doors is great – curtains are one of the oldest and most effective ways to keep heat in (or out).

]]> Comment on Winterizing Your Home: Plugging Up the Small Holes by miss Lila http://stitchandboots.com/winterizing-your-home-plugging-up-the-small-holes/#comment-971 miss Lila Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:40:12 +0000 http://stitchandboots.com/?p=626#comment-971 I'm a big fan of door curtains for just this thing, especially because we don't have central AC/H in our house. Not only to keep the heat from escaping through exterior doors, but also to keep it contained to whatever room we're in (by using curtains in the hall & bedroom doorways). I also use them in summertime to keep the heat OUT, too! I’m a big fan of door curtains for just this thing, especially because we don’t have central AC/H in our house. Not only to keep the heat from escaping through exterior doors, but also to keep it contained to whatever room we’re in (by using curtains in the hall & bedroom doorways). I also use them in summertime to keep the heat OUT, too!

]]> Comment on Food Trends: The Return Of The Twinkie by angelina http://stitchandboots.com/food-trends-the-return-of-the-twinkie/#comment-970 angelina Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:12:09 +0000 http://stitchandboots.com/?p=651#comment-970 I didn't grow up with either. I do have an unholy love of Kraft macaroni and cheese though. Even though I make a far superior home made mac and cheese, I loved the bright orange Kraft kind because we rarely got to eat packaged processed foods in our house growing up and so it was a real treat. My mom would buy those and frozen pot pies (from which we would remove the meat chunks) for our babysitters to make for us. And then when I was a super poor fashion student I lived off really cheap boxed pastas including Kraft. I dislike most processed foods but I think nostalgia is why I make an exception for that one. I didn’t grow up with either. I do have an unholy love of Kraft macaroni and cheese though. Even though I make a far superior home made mac and cheese, I loved the bright orange Kraft kind because we rarely got to eat packaged processed foods in our house growing up and so it was a real treat. My mom would buy those and frozen pot pies (from which we would remove the meat chunks) for our babysitters to make for us. And then when I was a super poor fashion student I lived off really cheap boxed pastas including Kraft. I dislike most processed foods but I think nostalgia is why I make an exception for that one.

]]> Comment on Food Trends: The Return Of The Twinkie by B. http://stitchandboots.com/food-trends-the-return-of-the-twinkie/#comment-969 B. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:03:08 +0000 http://stitchandboots.com/?p=651#comment-969 I think Twinkies must make people feel nostalgic or something. I never had one until I was an adult.....we were a Little Debbie family when I was growing up. :o) So I don't look at Twinkies with that much fondness. But Nutty Bars, on the other hand...... I think Twinkies must make people feel nostalgic or something. I never had one until I was an adult…..we were a Little Debbie family when I was growing up. :o ) So I don’t look at Twinkies with that much fondness. But Nutty Bars, on the other hand……

]]> Comment on Blackberry Wrangling Progress by angelina http://stitchandboots.com/blackberry-wrangling-progress/#comment-968 angelina Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:04:13 +0000 http://stitchandboots.com/?p=644#comment-968 If I had seen them doing it or if I had 100% proof that they did I would have already freaked out on them. The only thing holding me back is that I don't have any more evidence than that one day my blackberries were fine and then next there was massive die off which was strongest at the fenceline and faded as it reached inwards. Exactly as if it had been sprayed. Blackberries don't die off in that unnatural way. When the brambles are all cleared I will be approaching my neighbors to explain to them that edible things will be planted where the blackberries were and if anything in your yard is infringing on theirs to please talk to me first and not use poison. I'm thinking if the blackberries start growing back they may be tempted to spray again. That spray was so heavy that it also killed off a small tree in our yard - it was a volunteer and I didn't want it so I'm not devastated but, I mean, it was a damn TREE they killed. Anyway, I would like the chance to deal with any plant issues myself than have them spray. If I had seen them doing it or if I had 100% proof that they did I would have already freaked out on them. The only thing holding me back is that I don’t have any more evidence than that one day my blackberries were fine and then next there was massive die off which was strongest at the fenceline and faded as it reached inwards. Exactly as if it had been sprayed. Blackberries don’t die off in that unnatural way. When the brambles are all cleared I will be approaching my neighbors to explain to them that edible things will be planted where the blackberries were and if anything in your yard is infringing on theirs to please talk to me first and not use poison. I’m thinking if the blackberries start growing back they may be tempted to spray again. That spray was so heavy that it also killed off a small tree in our yard – it was a volunteer and I didn’t want it so I’m not devastated but, I mean, it was a damn TREE they killed. Anyway, I would like the chance to deal with any plant issues myself than have them spray.

]]> Comment on Blackberry Wrangling Progress by Ann http://stitchandboots.com/blackberry-wrangling-progress/#comment-967 Ann Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:37:04 +0000 http://stitchandboots.com/?p=644#comment-967 What a lot of beautiful space you're making. Even thought I super love blackberries, I know they can be a bit... well, aggressive. I would have freaked out on any neighbors that would spray anything over a fence. Freaked Out! What a lot of beautiful space you’re making. Even thought I super love blackberries, I know they can be a bit… well, aggressive.

I would have freaked out on any neighbors that would spray anything over a fence. Freaked Out!

]]> Comment on The Benefits of Going Broke by angelina http://stitchandboots.com/the-benefits-of-going-broke/#comment-966 angelina Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:28:14 +0000 http://stitchandboots.com/?p=636#comment-966 I love all your comments and thoughts. Credit cards have their uses, for sure, and I wouldn't even say that we particularly abused ours but not having them does provide a certain freedom and simplifies a lot of things. Cheese!! I know how to make ricotta and lebneh but I don't know how to make any aged cheeses. I'd love to learn. Are you going to attempt cheese making, Minnie? Amy - how long does the calendula and chamomile wine have to age for? That sounds interesting. Have you made it before? Such a bummer about the drops going moldy. Obviously I relate. B. - I wish I still had chickens. I'll probably get more eventually. I've never appreciated a full pantry as much as I do right now. I've also never used so much of what I've already got - it's such a good practice. It also quickly reveals what I need more of next year. I do hope that here on Stitch people can find lots of encouragement in different ways. Or at least come and not feel so alone. I love all your comments and thoughts. Credit cards have their uses, for sure, and I wouldn’t even say that we particularly abused ours but not having them does provide a certain freedom and simplifies a lot of things.

Cheese!! I know how to make ricotta and lebneh but I don’t know how to make any aged cheeses. I’d love to learn. Are you going to attempt cheese making, Minnie?

Amy – how long does the calendula and chamomile wine have to age for? That sounds interesting. Have you made it before? Such a bummer about the drops going moldy. Obviously I relate.

B. – I wish I still had chickens. I’ll probably get more eventually. I’ve never appreciated a full pantry as much as I do right now. I’ve also never used so much of what I’ve already got – it’s such a good practice. It also quickly reveals what I need more of next year. I do hope that here on Stitch people can find lots of encouragement in different ways. Or at least come and not feel so alone.

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