DIY Life

I often wonder: when everyone is making LP bowls, LP coasters and now, LP bookends out of our adolescent artifacts, what is the world coming to? However, after seeing HRG's clever bookends idea over on Craftster, I willingly rifled through many worn album covers, feeling a few pangs of nostalgia, and finally settled on a Diana Ross (the later years) album and a generic Christmas album.

With hot water bubbling on the stove, and steamy water pouring from the faucet, I fumbled around trying to dip, pour and bend the albums at a right angle using a giant wooden spoon as my tool.

Now come on, a wooden spoon? The result was not so good. Read on to see what happened on my second attempt, and how to get it right the first time.

Ice, you use it every day. It cools your drinks, soothes swollen ankles, keeps your lunch cold, is good for crunching and, oh, so much more. Ice is so common in fact that I bet you don't think about it much at all except for when your drink is warm. Even then it more of a where can I find some thing than, "How can I make this look better."

One person did think about that though and in this video they show us how. Filtered water and a way to boil it is all you need to make crystal clear ice. You may ask why you would need clear ice. I can think of a few occasions, dinner parties, bridal showers, garden luncheons, and any other "fancy" party. Check out the video below and see how to make the wonder that is clear ice.