‘Ink Re-Cap 146: Stationer Scribbles
‘Ink Re-Cap 146.
Stationer Scribbles about being left out,
birthday cake, blooming sage and more.
This story is funnier because it happened to our pastor.
That’s okay. He thought it was funny, too.
His wife showed up at this 70th birthday party for our friend.
The hostess’ husband was there, and the wife says, “So, you’re joining the ladies tonight?”
“Yep, I shore am!” he drawls in his Floridian accent.
Hostess thinks pastor’s wife is being funny, and lets it go, but she can’t figure out why pastor isn’t with his wife.
Then pastor’s wife sees another man, husband of another hostess, and thinks he’s there to help haul party stuff.
Finally, someone comes out and asks, “Why isn’t (pastor) here? Is he coming later?”
Pastor’s wife looks around in bewilderment. “Oh, I thought this was just for ladies. I told him he wasn’t invited.”
Later, as the story is re-told for the whole group, we all have a good laugh, pastor included.
‘Ink Re-Cap 146 Sketches and Scribbles
Lots of ideas this week for Bridal Shower Games and Honey Bee Baby Décor and Fall Decorating
A helpful Pattern Alteration Tutorial and thoughts on The Chaos of Real Life.
You might find one of those interesting this weekend.
Trying to Pinterest a Birthday Cake.
So you see all these amazing cakes that professionals put out there.
It’s crazy easy to forget that part about “professionals” when you look for ideas for decorating a cake.
So the optimist in you picks a look, and you go shopping. The shop workers are so helpful and have full confidence you know what you’re doing.
Then you go home and get to work. You frost the cake, and it’s looking good. Almost straight, frosting almost smooth. You’re feeling good.
Then comes the “melting white chocolate making a fancy stand up cake fence” part. You take a deep breath and follow the directions. You discover the “fence” isn’t as tall as your cake and doesn’t reach all the way around. Improvise.
You still aren’t breathing as you wrap the cake, mostly, with the fence. You make additional fence to fill in the blank. You’re almost blue from lack of breath as you fill in the bottom inch of cake that the fence doesn’t cover.
Finally you stand back and breathe. Deep breaths. Your brain finally gets enough oxygen to start reasoning and you tell yourself that this is your first try and it’s going to be okay and no one expects perfection from an amateur.
You top the cake with fresh roses and mums, and get ready for the party.
And you know what? If it’s big, decorated and didn’t fall apart on the way to the party, everyone thinks it’s lovely.
Remember that when you have to get out of your comfort zone. Big, decorated and intact. Always impressive.
And another important note of wisdom: The more a cake falls apart when it’s cut, the better it tastes. Promise.
Almost.
New products listed this week:
We got a bunch of new honeybee products listed this week, both in our shop and on Village of Artisans.
Like the Honeybee Baby Shower Game: Bible Babies and Honeybee Baby Milestone Card Set: Holidays.
‘Ink Re-Cap 146 Most-Read-Post of the week:
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Inspiring Inklings of Real Life
G’littles sleepover extended.
Our DIL’s uncle passed this week, after a long, courageous fight with colon cancer. He was sent home to die, his family reluctantly said good-bye, he remission-ed and had another almost normal summer, then God finally said it was time.
They had to go to such a man’s funeral, so the 2 oldest girl g’littles are staying with us! Fun times. And praying for their parent’s safe travels. It’s a long drive.
Between online games they’re making 3 color glitter name card with glue “ink.”
Book that made me cry this week: “The Boy Born Dead“*
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He wasn’t breathing when he finally emerged from his dying mother’s womb. She’d had three miscarriages. The doctor put him aside, and worked to save the mother. She survived. He survived. With cerebral palsy. And a superman determination to survive. Read it to find out who he becomes.
Create empathy with your children with:
“The Quiet Place* by Sarah Stewart.
Discover how it feels to a young girl to move to a new country, learn a new language, leaving beloved family behind, and more.
The book is set in the 1950s.
Miscellaneous
A pun to make you smile:
Teacher: “Good morning, pupils.”
Student: “Good morning, Miss Iris.”
This is the most cornea pun you’ll hear this week.
Random Factoid of the week:
According to Guinness World Records, the first person to be charged with speeding was Walter Arnold of the English village of Paddock Wood, Kent. On Jan. 28, 1896, Arnold was spotted going four times the speed limit in his 19th-century Benz—but since the speed limit at the time was just two miles per hour, that meant he was not going too fast by today’s standards. The constable had to chase him down on his bicycle, issuing a ticket for £4 7s and earning Arnold the speedy distinction. For more trivia to impress, here are 40 Random Obscure Facts That Will Make Everyone Think You’re a Genius.
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