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maybe plaid isn't a bad color?

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I will admit it when I am wrong, and I am one to give things a second chance.  Third chance at times, but remember my last bad experience with plaid??  if not then go here  .  I am beginning to think my luck with anything plaid is like the crafter's version of a black thumb.  I got a couple of bottles of mod podge,  One of the Sparkle, and one of the Glitter.  I was all excited to get to test them out and not have to worry with the house looking like a glitter factory exploded everywhere.  Well I set them aside for a couple of months and when I open one to try it out with a wire idea, it was like I opened a tub of cottage cheese.  The water had separated and I was left with this blob of stuff in the middle.   I took a plastic knife and stirred it around thinking maybe I could mix it back up but no luck.  Wellllll crap...  So I open the other one, and same stuff.  I was seriously like wh...

sushi anyone?

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So the princess has a 4H meeting tonight and the subject of tonight's meeting is Karate.  I figured what the heck, I would do snacks this month and of course as much as I try not to be one of those kind of moms, I sometimes end up being what I try not to be.  Of course my crafty side tends to take over, and suddenly I must go with a themed snack.  I figured since its July, I would try to do a cute cake pop I saw on instagram featured on Michael's.  after a little search I found the blog they came from originally at pint sized baker. simple enough right???  Wrong..... everything worked fine until I went to melt my white chocolate.  I think it was some weird stuff I have left over from Okinawa, and it just didn't work right.  It is definately a pinterest fail......  and no I didn't take any pictures of it.  It was nightmarish. So onto my other idea.  Candy Sushi. To make it, you need fruit by the foot, Swedish fish...