Towel scrunchies!

I am loving my new towel scrunchie! My toddler is always dragging my kitchen towels all over the kitchen and this towel keeps it right where it should be, plus I think it looks fancy. Fancy, right? :)

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Kroger products containing bpa

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Recently I emailed kroger corporate headquarters to ask about products containing bpa. I could not find a quick answer with an internet search so I decided to go straight to the source. With my first email, they responded that they could not tell me which products contain bpa, but I could email back with a question about a specific product. I did this and they said again that they could not answer my question. They did say, however, that their baby products are bpa free. I wouldn't say that this is going to keep me from shopping at Kroger anymore, but it does make me question why they sell products with bpa but not disclose the information about it to their customers. Here is the first email I received (the second one just reiterated this same message as you see below):

Thank you for contacting Customer Connect. My name is Sara and I received your email regarding Kroger's stance on BPAs. Kroger is working diligently to limit the BPA in many of our products’ packaging. For instance, Kroger was the first company, over 2 years ago, to eliminate BPA in the baby products line. We no longer sell reusable or disposable baby bottles, pacifiers, toddler drinking cups and/or utensils that contain BPA, and effective as of 2011 our supplies contract specifies that only BPA free tape should be utilized in our receipt printers.

 

Many canned goods have a thin lining containing a small amount of BPA to ensure the safety of the product until a customer is ready to use the product. While there is no conclusive scientific evidence that this minimal exposure to BPA in can linings poses any risks to consumers, Kroger has begun a process that we believe will result in the removal of BPA in the linings of canned goods in all of our corporate brand items. We recognize that this transition will take time as our suppliers and manufacturers are still researching and testing feasible alternatives. This is a priority for our Company and we are moving forward with the transition as quickly as possible.

 

In addition to our specific efforts with cans, Kroger is surveying all of our corporate brand food suppliers to determine if BPA is present in product packaging. Product formulations change frequently, as do our suppliers. And, particularly with regard to packaging, we may be unaware of changes that have occurred in components and/or processes. It’s because of this that we have been advised to refrain from attempting to say which of our products/containers do or do not contain BPA.

 

If you would like to inquire about a specific product, please feel free to call or email. Someone will be happy to assist you.
I hope you find this information helpful. If I can be of further assistance, please simply respond to this email or call 1-800-576-4377. 

Thank you for shopping with us.

Sincerely,

Kroger Customer Connect 
The Kroger Family of Stores 

How to sew a ruffle by hand!

The other day I had a huge "duh" moment. I had always struggled with ruffles. I can't figure out the tension...the ruffle never seems to pull right...it's just frustrating! And then it hit me. I could just HAND STITCH the ruffle. Is that obvious? It wasn't to me until very recently. So for all you girls out there that could never pull the darn thread to make a ruffle pretty enough to use, here is my tip: just hand stitch it! Here's my step by step instructions in case you are brand new to ruffles:

1. For this example, cut a strip of fabric 5 inches wide and two or three times as long as the length of the area your project is. (The more length you allow, the more ruffly it can be.)

2. Fold it in half width wise and right sides together. 

3. Stitch the long, open side.

4. Turn it right side out.

5. Sew up the short ends. (All of these steps can be done by hand or by machine.)

6. Take your needle and matching thread and make long stitches down the length of the fabric until you have sewed up the entire length. You want your stitches to go down the middle of the fabric.

7. Pull the thread while pushing the fabric to the desired length of ruffle.

8. Place on your project where you need it, sew it on, and you're done!

If my directions are confusing, all I'm saying is that you should follow instructions for normal ruffle making except use your hand stitches instead of a machine as you prepare to pull the fabric. I find that by hand, things are much easier to control. 

Here is my latest ruffle project, actually the first ruffle project I did by hand and found it much easier than the machine! These are jazzed up Gerber training pants...

I hope you find hand stitching ruffles easier like I did!

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