Studio 27 - By Jennifer Adams: 2025

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 44

Welcome to Wednesdays in the Studio, a weekly link party focusing on designing everyday life.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week! This week's features include:

A 5 step plan for Christmas decorating from Blue Sky at Home

Autumn garden photos from Jaipur Gardening

Favorite recipes for Thanksgiving from Scratch Made Food

Scrap wood Christmas decor from Crazy Little Lovebirds

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*Add up to 3 posts related to designing everyday life. Examples include crafting, sewing, cooking, baking, home decor, holidays, party planning, blogging, thrifting, gardening, DIY projects, organization and so on.

*Please link to a specific post and not your homepage.

*Link only your own posts, not someone else's.

*Etsy shops, giveaways and other link parties are ok as long as they are design related.

*Party runs from Wednesday until Monday each week, Central Standard Time.

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-Jennifer

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Fake Bake Tiered Tray Kitchen Pantry Dining Room Decor

Christmas Gingerbread Print Collection

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Christmas Baking SVG Bundle

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Friday, November 14, 2025

Hiding Unfinished Space - A Landscaping Adventure

I wanted to hide an outdoor storage area (mess) with something temporary until a decorative fence can be put in place. Here is how I started with a curtain plan and ended up with a woodpile:

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Here is how the area looked before; my decor shed on the left and my garden shed on the right. The area in between the two sheds and behind the wooden fence is our 'junkyard / woodlot' where husband keeps outdoor storage for building materials and firewood. The outdoor storage is necessary but not pretty looking! A line of baby evergreen trees has been planted and eventually my husband is going to put in some decorative fence panels, but until then I thought maybe I could hang a curtain to hide the mess.

(You can see more about the backyard makeover in this post and

the inside of the garden shed in this post)

I figured I could tie a clothesline from one of the trees, run it along the area I wanted to hide and then anchor it to a post. I thrifted this very heavy lamp for $14.99 to serve as the post.

(You can tour the craft room here)

I spray painted the lamp in black, used E6000 to attach solar lights and then my husband anchored the lamp to a sturdy tree stump.

All we need now is the curtain, right? Oh but wait, mother nature had other plans the same afternoon when a sudden storm came through...

...well, that's one way to hide the mess.... Would you believe that the lamp was still standing? Other than one five gallon bucket, nothing was broken! Not a single one of my baby trees was touched, it was kind of amazing really. One day of brush removal here, one day of brush, branch and tree removal from the neighbors and then a full month of waiting for tree people to be available to cut what was left in the air....and we can carry on...

What started out as a $14.99 projects with a thrifted lamp turned into a $4000.00 tree removal!

***A note to clarify - Only one tree actually fell, but more than one had to be removed, plus it took extra equipment to get to the large branch that was suspended. That's why the cost was so high 😐

I was pretty much over the curtain idea by this point and we needed a place to stack the firewood...so here you go - a stacked firewood temporary fence to hide the mess! In case you are wondering, the lamp post is still there. It makes a nice light by the chair 😆

And that is my adventure of trying to hide unfinished space in the backyard.

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I hope you enjoyed this landscaping post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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This post was added to the following link parties:

Farmhouse Friday

Saturday Sparks

Sundays on Silverado

Craft Schooling Sunday

Busy Monday

The Really Crafty Link Party

The Crazy Little Lovebirds Link Party

You're The Star

Happiness is Homemade

Tuesdays With A Twist

Lou Lou Girls Fabulous Party

The Happy Now Blog Link Up

Tuesday Turn About

Senior Salon Pit Stop

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Gingerbread Print Collection

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Christmas Baking SVG Bundle

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Blog Planner Worksheets

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 43

Welcome to Wednesdays in the Studio, a weekly link party focusing on designing everyday life.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week! This week's features include:

A kitchen makeover from The Apple Street Cottage

Country roads in autumn from Selep Imaging

Fall table setting from Dinner at Eight

Breakfast muffins with buttermilk from Esme Salon

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Want to join this week? Here are the rules for participation:

*Please link to a specific post and not your homepage.

*Link only your own posts, not someone else's.

*Etsy shops, giveaways and other link parties are ok as long as they are design related.

*Party runs from Wednesday until Monday each week, Central Standard Time.

*A link back to this party isn't required but is appreciated!

*Linking up gives you the opportunity to be featured in next week's party.

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-Jennifer

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Christmas Planner Worksheets

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Christmas Gift Tags SVG Bundle

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Blog Planner Worksheets

Friday, November 7, 2025

Model Magic Animal Crackers

After finding a set of animal cookie cutters at the thrift store, I decided to make some faux animal crackers. Read on to see how:

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Here is the Wilton set that I found for $1.99.

Using Crayola Model Magic and some Apple Barrel acrylic paint in Classic Caramel, I mixed in the paint until I had a nice beigy color.

(This post will show you step-by-step the mixing process)

Once I had the color that I liked, I rolled the Model Magic out on some waxed paper and stuck in my cutters. Rather than pull the 'crackers' right out and spoil the shapes, I popped the Model Magic filled cutters into the freezer. After freezing the shapes came right out of the cutters without trouble.

I let the shapes thaw, then fully dry before moving on to decorating.

Starting with puffy paint, I outlined the shapes then added more paint to fill them in with 'icing'.

While the paint was still wet I then added in the tiny foam beads to look like sprinkles, and let everything dry.

Aren't they cute?! I put them in a jar with a few other faux cookie treats and stashed them in my faux cookie cabinet. You can see more about that cabinet here.

And that's how I made my Model Magic animal crackers.

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Interested in more fake bake crafts?

I've gathered all of my tutorials and collections into this resource page.

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I hope you enjoyed this how to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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This post was added to the following link parties:

Farmhouse Friday

Saturday Sparks

Sundays on Silverado

Craft Schooling Sunday

Monday Morning Blog Club

New Upcycle Ideas

Dare to Share

You're the Star

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Christmas Planner Printable Worksheets

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Christmas Gift Tags SVG Bundle

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Blog Planner Worksheets

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Craft Schooling Sunday

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The Really Crafty Link Party

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 42

Welcome to Wednesdays in the Studio, a weekly link party focusing on designing everyday life.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week! This week's features include:

Pumpkin muffins from An Artful Mom

A personal essay for Down Syndrome Awareness month by Trial and Error Home Ec

A bee wing applique pattern from Stitch Whisper Designs

A DIY Halloween Ghost from Two Chicks and a Mom

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Want to join this week? Here are the rules for participation:

*Please link to a specific post and not your homepage.

*Link only your own posts, not someone else's.

*Etsy shops, giveaways and other link parties are ok as long as they are design related.

*Party runs from Wednesday until Monday each week, Central Standard Time.

*A link back to this party isn't required but is appreciated!

*Linking up gives you the opportunity to be featured in next week's party.

*By Linking up you give Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams permission to use your posts and photos in social media and as features. If used, a link back to your material will be given.

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Now let's party:

-Jennifer

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