JoshPrime Makes Stuff

Hey Reader, You might not have heard the news, but I BOUGHT A HOUSE! I am so excited. Houses are essentially giant craft boxes. I have a bunch of rooms I get to create and make into themed experiences and... and... sorry I got a little light headed there. Pictured: My worst enemy I decided to tackle the room I wanted to spend the most of my time in first, that is the media room. I have big plans for this space so get excited! There are many hurdles to buying a house, and even more once you get inside and the time comes to decorate. I was very fortunate that my house is brand new and therefore doesn't need a lot of work. Unless of course, you are me. You see, there is one major problem that I have with this house. It is a problem I have had with every house I looked at during the home buying journey. That problem: textured walls. I hate textured walls. I hate them with a kind of unknowable passion. I am familiar with all the main types, orange peel, knockdown, popcorn, o...

Hey Reader! I have been so busy lately, I barely had time to prepare for my murder party. Hold on, that sounds bad. Lets try that again. I barely had time to prepare my costume for the murder party. No that is worse, I am getting Purge feeling from that attempt. There was a murder mystery dinner party that I was invited to and my character required a costume. No actual people were murdered in the creation of this party - as far as I know. I think the actual story line was part of a kit purchased online. I can't guarantee those people didn't murder anyone. I have to assume they didn't though. This particular party was Star Wars adjacent. It certainly wasn't Star Wars. No it was not. We were cast as aliens with green skin, photosensitive eyes and antennae. The stage was set for epic costume greatness! I started with aluminum foil to create some lightweight antennae. I have watched more than my fair share of amazing EllieMac creations and they use foil all the t...

Hey reader! I had done this project a while ago and somehow the pictures for it never made it to my folder for blog writing. This is very sad for many reasons. Full disclosure, this is attempt number 3 and I have already done attempt number 4 at this point. Sorry, that means that you are going to get two bath bomb posts really close together. Also spoiler alert: neither attempt is very successful. That might take some of the heart pounding suspense away from my blog's normally high-stake writing style. I think we will find the power to press on though. You might recall in my last attempt , I used vegetable oil in the recipe. This led to a really oily experience that I wanted to avoid. I read some things that told me I might have more luck using avocado or coconut oil in my recipe. PS. What is up with the love affair with avocado lately. What did we do before discovering this wonder food. Our collective skin must have been so dry. Avocado seems to have worked really hard to...

Hey Reader, I know I have talked on more than one occasion about how quilts don't make the best blog posts in the world. However, I am going to go a little more in depth into the making of this quilt, because I have learned a lot from my last two iterations . As you recall I am sure, I bought half a yard of pretty much every flannel they had at the fabric store during a massive sale a few months ago. I had big dreams of making a mismatched rag quilt that would be super cozy and warm - as well as being covered in some of the silliest patterns I could find. Cutting hundreds of squares using my cereal box pattern was getting harder and harder. Every time my hand slipped and I cut some of the cardboard I would have to either tape it up or just remember where the cardboard used to go. That definitely wouldn't fly on a traditional quilt, but rag quilts are a bit more forgiving. I really need a plastic square if I am going to keep making these. The cool thing is that I can c...