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Whimesy: August 2013

The Whimseybox for August 2013 was for DIY leather wrap bracelets.

Aside: I’m really tired of people appending “DIY” to things that are obviously going to be DIY already.  Whimseybox is a craft kit box subscription service that you would subscribe to with the intent of making whatever craft they included in the box.  Why do you have to advertise that it’s DIY?  Did someone subscribe to Whimseybox thinking that they were going to get prefabricated crafts?  If so, well…some people shouldn’t procreate.  End aside.

In the box was a mini clipboard (I found it hilarious that they included a clipboard), two giant binder clips, two leather cords, a spool of thread, a needle, a tube of glass beads, two buttons, and a tube of craft glue (probably my favorite thing in the box).

WP_20140228_19_32_53_ProThe directions were simple enough.  Fold one of the cords in half, thread a button and seat it at the midpoint, tie a knot, start beading.  The provide enough material for two complete bracelets.  You have more than enough beads for two.  I guess I’ll add these to my bead collection that I’m accruing.  I like glass beads but you can only use so many.

I had meant to do these with the girls on a Friday, but we ended up not getting around to it.  I made one just for the fun of it.  And um…now I have this bracelet.  Not really sure what I’m going to do with it.  I don’t really wear things that are not functional.  Maybe Yaris would like it.  She’s rather vain.  But she’s not really big on accessories.  She just preens and thinks she looks good.  I could give it to one of my moose instead for safekeeping, I guess.  Yeah…
WP_20140228_20_35_58_ProThe glue is definitely my favorite thing they sent to me in the box.

Whimsey: April and May 2013

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything related to Whimseybox.  I’m still working my way through them.

Recently, I did two of the boxes with some of the girls on a Friday night.  We did the April box, which was for stenciled lavender sachets, and May, which was for peppermint lip balm.  I forgot to take photos of the stuff beforehand, sorry.  But here’s a link to the site where you can order your own DIY lip balm kit or lavender sachet kit if you are so inclined.

So, here’s our finished product.  Or most of it.

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First, the stenciled lavender sachets.  In the box was a bunch of stencils, some puffy paint, three small cloth sachets, and a lot of lavender.  We stenciled two of the bags and did weird stuff with the third.  I’m sure you couldn’t already tell.  I also brought out some glitter glue because the only paint color we had was brown.  I’m not a big fan of the color brown.  And obviously, the bags shown are unstuffed.  The lavender is still in its pouch and it’s stinking up the box.  Worthwhile craft?  Meh.

Second, the peppermint lip balm.  In the box were three small tins, some beeswax, castor oil, a pipette, peppermint essential oil, and mixing sticks.  We followed the directions for the lip balm and I was kind of surprised that it said to add the essential oil before heating everything.  I’ve made lotions before.  I have never added essential oil before heating any ingredients.  Most essential oils are volatile so they just evaporate when you heat them.  But I decided to follow the instructions anyway.  And sure enough, our resultant lip balm isn’t very pepperminty.  If you decide to make anything and use essential oils for their fragrance, add them after your base mixture has cooled a bit.  Otherwise your scent will just be your base mixture.  Other than that, we also tried to color the lip balm since I had a whole lot of gel food coloring left from when I made drunk Duncan.  That didn’t turn out so well either because I should have added that when the base was warm and I forgot.  So the coloring didn’t really spread.  Worthwhile craft?  Maybe, but you would need to modify the instructions a bit if you want your lip balm to smell like anything.