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It's Not Coal

3/24/2011

Ack!, So I broke my three year streak and burnt $100 worth of goods in the oven the other day. The things were smoking so they had to be released on the patio while I aired the toxic fumes out of the house.

By the time I was ready to bring them back in i had to do a little hunting. They were covered in about a foot of snow but underneath they looked like the same, pissed off, burnt, puffy, little evil coals... minus the smoke. On the tray are two Peanut Butter and Jelly sets and one I Heart Brains BFF set (could have been much worse)

At first I thought I just pressed broil instead of bake on the digital oven but upon closer investigation I found out something a little different. My question now is...

why in the eff would someone change their oven from fahrenheit to celsius before leaving on a trip without telling their clay cooking daughter who happens to be watching their house while they're goooone?!?!
I'm now on day 3 of my new not burning anything streak

4 Comments

Morgan

3/29/2011 01:16:37 pm

I.understand. My craft room is upstairs, and I'm lazy and accident prone, so I decided to buy a toaster oven to have up there. I made a few charms that I spent quite a bit of time on and set it to 250 for 15 minutes. Yeah, apparently the toaster oven is a piece of crap because it completely turned my pieces into molten gunk. My fire alarms went off and I was very sad. I tested it again, and yep, same thing happened. I guess I'll take the stairs next time.

Kimberly Hart link

4/4/2011 07:53:28 am

Holy crapola, lady! That is the most awesome looking piece of burnt toast I have ever seeeeeen! Ultra realistic - how did you do it?!?!

And how much are you selling it for?!

LMAO - I've burnt a few pieces before. When I was in Toronto, we used to have an "oven of death" which would actually go to whatever temperature it wanted to when we turned it on. I put it to 275*F one day and took a temperature sensor to it - a whopping 550*F... AHHH!

aquariann link

6/6/2011 06:31:22 am

Oh my! Since you haven't blogged since March, I'm hoping that's a good sign you're still on a burn free streak?

FishHawk link

7/2/2011 06:03:05 pm

"Beat Black" has been included in the second edition of this years Thinking of Christmas Gifts in July. I hope this helps to attract many new customers.

http://asthecrackerheadcrumbles.blogspot.com/2011/07/thinking-of-christmas-gifts-in-july_03.html

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