Tarnished

I'm starting to discover that  really cold winters can turn just about anything indoors into the most exciting event ever. We had some family over for the weekend, and Aunt E decided that she had some silver she needed to get polished up again. All seven of us adults crowded in the kitchen to watch, and of course join in, the fanfare...I must say, it was really fun! It was a return to all those science fair projects that we remember doing as kids. I loved it. My hubby even ran upstairs to get out his old coin collection to work some baking soda wonders on!

Got some water boiling, added the tin foil and the baking soda.

Dropped in old tarnished looking silver objects

... watched the magic take place! Once they were all silver again in the pot, we removed the items and rubbed them with towels to get them to shine.

Well, sort of shine for the coins!

Check out the before and after photos of that sweet little silver spoon!

Sneaky Peaky

I'm here today by popular demand, just in case you were wondering. It turns out that I'm just so amazingly fabulous that all my many 'peeps' can't get enough of  me!  This is a good thing, it keeps me on my toes about posting some of the things that I make and do, and it makes me feel like I'm part of the cool kids group. It's good to feel like that sometimes.... especially when all I am used to doing is changing poopy diapers and folding the clean laundry.

Truth be told, I really have been busy with another project this week, but it's not done yet. And no, unfortunately, it's not anything from my humongous pile of mending that needs to be done. This project is a little tricky, and I think it's going to take alot of time, but I am totally pumped about it! So far, it is turning out great. And that's all I can say about it for now, because I'm too busy knocking on wood so that I don't mess it up!

So, to my peeps out there, thanks for bugging me :)