Murphy's Law Strikes Again!
I'm sure there are at least some here who will appreciate this. A few years ago, I needed a new powder bag for heat embossing. I had more than a bit of "sticker shock" when I went to Michael's and found one--for $8.99! Since they don't last forever, that seemed rather much for a bit of fabric & powder. So I walked down to a fabric shop, bought about 1/8 yard of muslin for (I seem to recall) under $1, cut it into many small rectangles, and have been sewing my own ever since. I found a stash of outdated cornstarch in our kitchen (basically free!), so I purloined that and have been using it to fill my little powder bags.
Recently, I decided I needed to make a few more bags, as my current ones were all getting rather low on powder. So I got the baggie I keep the muslin pieces & a spoon for adding the powder in, and looked for the baggie of cornstarch. Nowhere to be found! I finally decided I had cleaned it somewhere in a fit of reorganizing and just forgotten where. Since I needed it, the next time I went grocery shopping I got a 1-lb. box of cornstarch (smallest I could find).
The other night, I went back to the craft room to do or get something--and you guessed it--there was the baggie of outdated cornstarch right where I keep it! Apparently, I had looked all around it when I was searching, but not at it. At least, I hope I didn't look right at it and not see it! I had also gotten a small canister at Dollar Tree for my new cornstarch, so now (because I am NOT throwing away the older stuff), I probably have enough cornstarch to make powder bags for the rest of my natural life, plus a few years! :lolo: Yes, people--Murphy's Law is REAL! :rolleyes:
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