Life & travel scribbles

There you go, I decided I want those blinding beeswax wraps . What are they?  A natural alternative to plastic wrap/cling foil for food storage, so cloths/fabric covered with beeswax for their adherence and usability when wrapping food and keep it fresh. I also wanted to make them myself, thus I talked two friends into DIY 'workshop' at Gina's (one of them) house, we used the recipe you can find here (in PL): http://www.nanowosmieci.pl/diy-zamiast-folii-spozywczej or here (in EN): http://myhealthygreenfamily.com/blog/wordpress/plastic-wrap-alternative-diy-beeswax-cotton-wraps ... and that is how it came out :)  >>> grate the beeswax first..diligently ;) cutting the cloth which is to become a beeswax wrap soon having all the edges straighten up first... spreading the grated beeswax on top of the cloth, evenly ironing thru the baking paper placed on the cloth with the beeswax Gina making another one^^  And ...

So Jay works in a company - furniture producer and distributor. Therefore, he's got possibility for taking scraps, finishing them off at the spot and taking them back home, every now and then.  Now, he bought back 3 solid boards of oak's wood for building a desk that we were short of in our room. A week or so ago we glued parts together with a special adhesive for wood and cut the parts, so they fit in the room as desired Further work was done thereafter: sanding first veeeeery diligently then oiling the wood to preserve it well (I worked as well but it was only me taking pictures so..) and after the oil soaked in... we signed our masterpiece up.. ... so that they know who made it! :D multi-funcional furniture - a desk and a kennel in one :P Very rewarding, useful and well looking (don't you think?) and, above all, self made sturdy, solid desk! :)