From time to time we get threads on boxes which are useful to store things like beads and sequins. My doctor has diagonized me as being a pre-diabetic, so I rountinely take blood sugar levels using a machine called a One Touch Ultra. The boxes the strips come in are well made plastic cylinders, inside dimensions about 3/4 inches diameter by 1 1/2 inches high. They have a very well fitting hinged lid, with a nice sized lip for easy opening. This might be a useful source of boxes for some of us. HTH.
A member of my guild has done some really neat things with round boxes that originally contained triangles of cheese and brought quite a few empties to a recent meeting to share. I made a real mess trying to attach something to the top and sides like Dorothy had done. I guess I can add finishing to the things I'm bad at
Oh I have those too - only ours are metal with push on plastic tops. The labels peel off easily and the tins are white - very easy to mark with a Sharpie. I sent some to Cheryl the other week as I thought how useful they might be for her beads, but they`re actually very useful for needles or all sorts of small things.
We do our bloods four times a day every third day at present, but only because we`ve recently changed our medication. Normally we only do it at random times - about once a week, or if we feel unwell or strange (NO rude remarks, please). I often take mine to see if the reading is low enough for me to have an extra piece of chocolate!!!
I keep a bar chart on Excel- the doctor loves it as he/she can see what`s happening at a glance rather than have to sit there reading all the figures.
John scared himself yesterday - his reading soared right off the chart! Then he realised that whilst I was shopping, he`s reached into the bag on the back seat and pinched a few grapes and had got grape juice on his fingers. It was perfectly normal after he`s washed his hands and tried again! As he said, it was a dead giveaway. I ration out his fruit intake, as fruit can shoot your levels up if you have too much.
Plain chocolate is always best, Jim, by the way - better still if eaten immediately after a meal. Diabetic chocolate isn`t good - our diabetic Clinic people say you`re better having a small piece of "Real" chocolate, as the diabetic foods usually contain higher level of fat, so you`re more likely to put on weight. We eat normal foods (of the healthy variety) and just avoid desserts although the occasional naughty treat won`t hurt, as long as you remember you had it and try to make up for it the next day.
You can make LOVELY little pin cushions out of the tops of spray cans, Anne. Stuff them firmly with polyester filler, and tuck a piece of fabric over the top (I use felt and use a table knife to poke it down between the filler and the side of the spray-can top) and cover with a pretty fabric, cord edging, bias binding, etc., etc. I find they sell very well at craft fairs - I buy a packet of pins with coloured heads to stick in them, too. You can let your imagination run riot. I only glue the fabric on, so not much actual work involved, but fun to do anyway. Of course you could even cross stitch a small band to go round them if you want to make them REALLY special.
On the diabetic awareness course, we were basically told to avoid all foods which are advertised as being for diabetics. Just follow the normal "food rules", while not having too much of the foods that turn into sugar; e.g. carbohydrates.
Could have been because you can get a low sugar situation if you`ve had a busy morning. If I have a bit of a hypo, the quickest boost is half a glass of orange juice. Raw veggies wouldn`t help in that situation. You have to really get to "know" what you`re body`s telling you! For instance, I sometimes check just before I go to bed as I know that if my sugar level`s a bit on the low side I`ll wake up in the morning with a hypo. (dark clouds floating in front of my eyes, can`t see properly, shaky and wobbly!) Sometime`s it`s a golden opportunity for a biscuit or some chocolate! Hooray!
Not all fruit is a messer upper . Grapes and raisins can jack up your blood sugar pretty fast. For instance, 6 raisins is considered a portion. Know anyone who eats 6 little raisins?
That`s it, exactly! Apart from if you have a hypo, or are heading that way as I mentioned elsewhere. It`s just a matter of getting used to it and identifying what works best for YOU. No two people are affected in the same way. It`s important not to get neurotic about it, though. Careful, yes - paranoid - NO!
One of my fiberartists keeps her [ zillion +] beadas in Glass bottles which are arranged on selves and her work space looks like Aladin`s cave. I tried film tubes , other boxes and now keep beads & buttons etc,,, in a wall storage [see through plastic] , of the type they have in garrages for little bolts. I also do not seprate my beads by colors as i find it easier to choose from a multycolored little drawer , where i see choices and `relations` bewtween colors . mirjam
Yes, of course you can! It`s amazing the variety of sizes you can find - and you need never make two alike! I forgot to say I stick a circle of felt on the bottom too, At least they stand nice and steady!
Mind you, I had a time when I had loads of aerosol cans without lids!
Well, I`m not worried about that! Just glad it was useful! Have fun with it! You could, I suppose, even have a competition for the prettiest or most original one! LOL!
LOL! Well, It was my own idea a few years ago - but i might have known someone must have already tried it. I wonder how many other uses there are for those spray can tops?
You said they sell well at craft sales. I have found here in the USA the folk who come to Craft sales are looking for ideas( Guilty, but I do buy an item) or else lookers. I think there are very few people who put needle and thread together to mend things. When you can buy a pretty sweater at Walmart for $10, why spend thirty dollars or so for yarn, and wash by hand. It is sad, but I see the way things are going here. I have to admit that I am in Florida!
I thought of making woolies or the grand-daughters in Maryland ( yup, they have winter), but looking in the shops it made no sense. I think we are the throw-away generation! Gillian
The ones from Dow Scrubbing Bubbles have a tiny hole in them. Just the right size to poke a large-headed pin through, to hold the lid to the arm of the couch as an ort port.
Gillian you surprise me with this letter since Knitting mags and books sreem to thrive just in USA , The rennaissance of knitting started in the Usa , Numerous books are coming out about the joys , meditations of knitting etc... mirjam
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