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As an American, but not a barbarian, I have an electric kettle. (Look, the whole "OMG you have no KETTLES how do you BOIL WATER for your WHAT YOU USE THE MICROWAVE YOU BARBARIANS" thing came up on Tumblr years ago and has been in my head ever since. I had an electric kettle at the time, because it's just easier if your primary source of caffeine is a French press, but it's a little bit of a sore point.) This is it: ( Picture back here! )

My sister did not know this, and bought me a kettle for Christmas. This is it: ( Also picture! )

Given the contrast between the two of them all I can think is that my sister bought me a villain kettle for Christmas.

I finally got around to learning to use that blowtorch.

Trying to teach myself how to solder jewelry, not just do the wire work. Lesson one: bezel setting sea glass.





Corners suck. However, we don't get rounded sea glass on my beach, so I am going to have to learn how best to set those. Next step: making a claw setting.