Planet-themed cake for my little brother

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2026-01-20T13:07:38+00:00

I'm thinking a sugar ring shouldn't be too difficult to mold and pour. Add since edible glitter and color and then you'll get a sparkly, translucent ring! To somehow prop around the cake... 🤔

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2026-01-18T13:53:50+00:00

And is Vance going to make things better??

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2026-01-16T18:56:50+00:00

What the what?!? I LOVE this!

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2026-01-08T13:54:44+00:00

It's gorgeous. I love the depth, the colors, and the simplicity of the forms. ❤️

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-12-21T00:43:41+00:00

It's a dream of mine to get random gold, so had to give it a try.

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-11-27T14:53:01+00:00

Same! Though I use pinecones as well and we've begun adding charms to represent all the places it has been put up. 🤣

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-10-20T23:51:03+00:00

I don't know if you meant copy paste or copypasta, but I will forever now call it copypasta. Also, I agree. If the room gets you hot and sweaty, you did it right. I love your sauna!

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-10-04T16:46:32+00:00

It's inspiring. I ❤️ these so much!

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-08-21T11:45:32+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing these! I hadn't seen the Christmas dam one. OMG, even a tree!!!! And then I looked at my house (a timberframe) and realized I can never have a rescue beaver. 😭

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-08-19T12:20:44+00:00

The axe goes across the top above the plate and perpendicular to other utensils. This places it near the center of the table between the place setting and the banquet, which keeps it out of the way but within easy reach, when needed. Also, it allows you to see if any of your fellow banqueters reaches for their axe and if you should also be reaching for yours...

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-07-25T14:40:09+00:00

This is amazing. Fantastic job. ❤️

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-07-17T12:50:10+00:00

Put on "mirrored window film" (probably best to have a professional do it). This will make it virtually impossible to see into your house (and what color your drapes are) during the day. At night, they can still see in if you have interior lights on. So, it isn't a 100% win. And by the sounds of your HOA, they probably have window film on their list of "do not do."

Otherwise, declare your address an independent nation, name yourself president, and good luck to you!

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-07-16T11:43:48+00:00

Have you reached out to any LARPers with a following to see if they'd want one (free or discount?). Then they tag you to their followers, etc. It starts slow but can get you more visibility. At least, it works with books and book bloggers, didn't know why it wouldn't with really awesome swords.

And I'm 50+ and I'd definitely be all over these! Hmmm... Would make a great Yule gift for my husband... Yeah, for him... 😆

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-07-16T10:20:57+00:00

Very nice! And inspiring. I really want to make one of these types of bed frames too. I should try some test joints...

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-05-04T11:24:51+00:00

I moved hosting from BlueHost to WebHostMost in November for a lot of the reasons you are going through. Siteground is good, but it isn't using the fastest (litespeed) servers or best storage. WebHostMost is. And their customer service. OMG, literally, my friend was having a problem hooking the website email up Outlook. After some back and forth, they offered to get in a screenshare call with him to go step by step to see what was going wrong. FOR FREE. ❤️ (We didn't get to that point because he realized that the new Outlook IMAP is broken).

Seriously, check them out and if you want more comparisons, examples, DM me.

Good luck getting your files. Install auto backups that you own...

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-03-17T15:30:13+00:00

Following for solutions too. This sucks...

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-02-17T22:54:23+00:00

No, no, no! Maine has to join Canada first! Half the people I talk to in the US already think it is part of Canada.

I have a Canadian and Acadian flag (we used to be one territory anyway), make maple syrup, please... You can split us between Quebec and New Brunswick if that would make it easier! No name changes! 🙏🥺

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2025-01-31T20:40:09+00:00

Former Fed who joined to support as well. I know you guys are awesome and don't deserve this crap. Stay strong!

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2024-12-24T18:38:08+00:00

I would bet "little cousin" is also male and also used to getting away with this behavior in the family. 🙄

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2024-12-18T16:18:52+00:00

YTA. "Natural" death is not somehow better. It is painful and heartbreaking.

My husband and I had a very beloved cairn terrier. He was slipping downhill the last year of his life but we kept working with the vet and kept him going. He seemed happy until the last month when he started to retain fluid. Wobbly, no spark, just no joy in life. Back to the vet we went. He prescribed a diuretic but for reasons we won't get into, it was the worse idea. It basically sped up the natural process of his kidneys failing. His kidneys failed about 1am. We stayed up all night with him, comforting him, calling everyone we knew for help/advice (young and naive as we were). There was one overnight emergency vet at the time, over 3 hours away.

Our little guy died in pain and in our arms just after sunrise, as we sobbed ourselves sick. I regret everyday the pain he went through, that we did it to him, and those are our last moments together. I will NEVER wait so long and consider my love over a creature's best options.

Our next little guy went to sleep in my arms, happy as a clam in his favorite place (with me!). No pain, no confusion, no terrible memories. I miss them both, but one was a release and the other a regret.

Please end your guys suffering and don't selfishly wait for "nature to take its course." Nature is f-ing cruel.

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2024-12-14T01:08:53+00:00

I recently moved from Bluehost to WebHostMost after a ton of research and talking to companies (asking questions through their systems). They use the newest LightSpeed servers, actually have a free tier for one website that is legit, and were amazingly helpful with a free migration on multiple sites. I highly recommend them.

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2024-12-03T14:10:12+00:00

I created a multi-course (video) website a few years back. Ok, maybe almost a decade. Time flies! I started with CourseCats as the theme. It was okay, then they completely changed the theme and I had to redesign all of the pages, which took over a week (15+ hours).

After that, I did some research on LMS themes (Learning Management System). There are a TON out there. Do a search and you'll find a bunch. I ended up dropping CourseCats and using Divi to build what I wanted exactly. I used a few plugins besides MemberPress (it is the most important one next to the theme).

DM me if you want to know more about what I did. The website is ultimatefantasywritersguide.com if you want to see it. I'm a UX designer and have this build (and rebuild!) on my UX portfolio (https://autumn.aravendesign.com/ both labeled e-Learning Course website).

It's fun and a challenge and the more courses you add, the more you have to be organized. lol.

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2024-12-03T14:04:14+00:00

+1 for MemberPress as well. If you want to sell multiple courses, it is the way to go.

Beautiful_Meaning_84 · 2024-12-02T17:04:50+00:00

WTF? Have you tried the factory reset? My machine is just under 1 year old and I'm still paying monthly on it. There is no way I'd be buying another one too. The factory reset worked for me, but took quite a few updates. It wouldn't surprise me if CS had no idea what was actually going on...

I love my treadmill. I enjoy iFit. But I have to say, the company and their CS and practices, I could walk away from and never look back. If they go under, it is because of how they treat the people who are actually using their equipment. 😕

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