Carleyys Blog Round Up - September 6th

Welcome back to school and back to my blog round up!

This week has been particularly strange for me.  It is the first year since preschool that I am not participating in the back-to-school prep time that comes with the beginning of every school year.  This absence is even more prevalent since I am visiting my Alma mater, Union College, which I graduated from last year.  Although it is hard to watch my friends move back to campus, it has made me more excited about entering the real world.  I have enjoyed telling people about my job at instructables (more like bragged about it every second I can!). I have showed my friend the projects I am working on; one of them joked with me saying, "but when will you find the time to do the things you love?"

Step 1 Random Crafting

Dyed Fungus!  I found this tutorial on Supernatural for dying Turkey Tail fungus.  I was intrigued by this because I couldn't imagine what purpose dyed fungus would serve.  The author says she plans to combine the mushrooms with felt to make pincushion and is hoping to incorporate them into brooches.  What a cool integration of nature and fashion!
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Keep your life organized and artsy with these decorated plastic bags.  Sometimes its these simple ideas that make

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It's amazing how much this dyed fungusg look like malachite. If you're not familiar with this beautiful gemstone (semi-precious; it's a copper-based stone), google it and you will see what I mean.