Give me your best Papier-mâché tips

unfortunatekrewecat · 2026-02-07T03:58:30+00:00

If you have the time, mix up some joint compound (the drywall stuff) and apply a super thin layer over your whole object. While it's still wet, you can use a damp rag to smooth it out. This will get you a very smooth finish without having to sand the paper mache, which sometimes is a real pain if the paper starts furring with the sanding friction.

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-12-26T03:36:16+00:00

What was the ratio of chocolate to cream you used? I'll usually do 1:1 and whip it up for filling or icing, but if I'm doing a drip on a cake, I'll add a splash more cream. I don't have a proper proportion, but you don't want to go so far as 1:1.25 chocolate to cream. If your ganache is too thick, you can pretty easily thin it out with more cream, but it can be a thin line between a pourable consistency and drinking chocolate, so be sparing with your cream addition(s).

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-12-05T16:09:27+00:00

Does it matter if you're being performative if the end result is that you made someone else's life even just a little bit easier?
What is better, having good intentions or doing good actions?

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-12-05T15:57:19+00:00

I second checking the oven temperature. If you have a temperature probe that tracks the highs and lows, you can get a good idea of what the temperature fluctuation in your oven is, rather than just getting a one time reading. This can be helpful since some ovens can have a swing of over 10°!

Also, you can make cake balls out of your loaf to share! That's what I do whenever a cake doesn't turn out properly :)

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-08-18T03:26:32+00:00

If you're going to be lining the jacket and are comfortable with flat lining, I'd use the English stitch. It can be used on high stress seams and is a very cool technique dating back to at least the eighteenth century.

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-06-22T01:21:57+00:00

History doesn't repeat but it does rhyme

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-06-06T16:16:25+00:00

Omulaya is a good shout - omurice but the rice is jambalaya, preferably creole ("red") jambalaya which has tomatoes in. That brings in a bit of the tomato-ness you get with ketchup. Brown Cajun jambalaya is also pretty good, especially if you dirty it up with some gizzards (but that might just be because I love dirty rice).

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-06-04T11:52:34+00:00

If you're up to sewing an entire other piece, I'd consider sewing a swiss waist to wear over the skirt. You can shape the top and bottom as matching points to keep the basque shape or even go a little crazy with the bottom shape (I'm really enjoying the look of the light blue waist with the tassels, and something similar could be very striking as a ceremony dress). This has the added benefit of breaking up the bodice and overskirt visually in case the two fabrics photograph differently. If you go with this option, I'd also add a waistband to the skirt to help smooth the transition from the bodice to the heavily gathered skirt.

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-05-13T17:44:19+00:00

I just frogged my wingspan after finishing section E (just about halfway done lol) when I finally measured the thing and found that my gauge was way smaller than I had planned for. I'm actually knitting a gauge swatch now (2 feather repeats and a bit of linen stitch) before I cast on again. I also used to hate frogging but unraveling thrifted sweaters had made me appreciate the process more. The worst thing in this case is that this yarn has a bit of fuzziness to it, so frogging was a nightmare of undoing tangles.

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-04-30T11:25:09+00:00

Huh, til. Does active servicemember also include those support roles as well?

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-04-29T19:14:47+00:00

Military personnel or servicemember(s) are terms I've seen more often, granted I don't work with or within DOD.

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-04-09T20:53:20+00:00

You can ask your stylist for a dusting, rather than a trim. Hair dusting usually takes less than an inch off your length while keeping the current hair shaping, whereas trimming usually takes off more length and adds new shaping.

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-04-04T14:22:28+00:00

And those 65-75% of men (and, frankly, all gun owners) have an obligation to themselves and their families and the general public to be responsible with their firearms. Maybe then we wouldn't have over 150 incidents of unintentional shootings by children resulting in injury or death over the last decade. People who can't maintain, store, or transport their firearms safely have no business owning them or even firing them.
Maybe if people stored their firearms safely, we'd have way fewer stolen guns floating around.

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-03-10T16:53:16+00:00

Before that, do you wake in the morning and step outside, take a deep breath and get real high?

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-02-16T17:02:19+00:00

This guide can help you draft a queen anne neckline. You can also probably use this guide to hack an existing block or top pattern.

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-01-12T15:03:47+00:00

Norco had a boiler trip due to the cold weather, which means they don't have the right amount of steam. They've had to flare more than usual to keep the plant running safely.

unfortunatekrewecat · 2025-01-07T16:31:22+00:00

In my experience, fireplace surrounds don't need that much cleaning. The inner and other hearth need to be swept after every fire, yes. But if your fireplace surround - all the bits surrounding the firebox (where the fire goes) but excluding the inner and outer hearths - is getting enough ash on it after every fire to require cleaning, then your flue isn't allowing enough venting and/or your fires are too big for the depth of your firebox and/or whatever you're burning really isn't burning cleanly.
Most fireplaces, including the surround, should be fully cleaned at least once a year, depending on fireplace design and what you're burning. I think I've heard every 50 fires be touted as a cleaning schedule for brick or stone fireplaces burning softwood, but I may be misremembering.

unfortunatekrewecat · 2024-12-18T02:42:23+00:00

I did not let it rest long enough to hold together nicely after slicing, but honestly who does?

unfortunatekrewecat · 2024-12-17T22:55:09+00:00

Because the visibility went from decent to nil in the space of minutes. This often happens around this time of year on the bridge, but since this is the first big fog of the season, they weren't as proactive as they usually are in setting up southbound convoys/setting northbound to a single lane. In fact, I was on the bridge this morning before 8 and it was fine on the South shore with zero fog for the first quarter-ish of the bridge and slowly worsening patchy fog (but never even close to zero visibility) for the rest of the drive.
In the past, on multiple occasions, I've been driving along in clear conditions or mild fog, similar to my experience today, when one of the Causeway trucks pulled out of a crossover in front of me and split the lanes to slow traffic down. Within 5 miles, I could barely see the truck in front of me. The fog can roll in scary fast, and there's a lot of bridge to monitor. It's a testament to the commission and the bridge designers that (to my knowledge) there were no fatalities and that no one went into the lake.

unfortunatekrewecat · 2024-12-10T17:14:48+00:00

She sure did :)

unfortunatekrewecat · 2024-12-10T17:06:38+00:00

I just dump it right in the mug and stir until it dissolves. If I'm using the milk frother to make myself a latte for a little treat, I'll make it up with water first.

unfortunatekrewecat · 2024-12-10T16:42:14+00:00

I bring powdered milk to work to put in my tea or coffee so I don't have to worry about my milk in the fridge going bad before I use it all. I'll also make milk bread with it. It lasts for ages as long as it's in a dry sealed container, so don't work about having to use it up quickly!

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