Post #1954067
2026-05-02 04:23 UTC
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@KayOhtie@blimps.xyz 2026-05-02 06:40
@AmyZenunim I love streaming baking stuff, and I always try to encourage folks watching to try things. If they're ever unsure, I say "Make cookies! There's hundreds of kinds, they're all delicious, and all incredibly forgiving because even if you have too much or little of something it will almost certainly still be delicious". I feel like it's the baking version of what you described -- make something fun, have fun changing easy things by cribbing others, and then can move from there to harder things and learning more specifics if and when you want to push deeper. Thank you for positng this. I was feeling intimidated tonight with sewing as if I was making a big mistake trying to craft something for a con with no prior experience really, but just seeing a few things and getting more familiar with the machine got me going ish. Still ended up messing it up some, but... reading this has me feeling better about trying again, realizing the advice I give others to dive into baking tasty things applies here too. (Also wtf to the screenshot OP, you could ABSOLUTELY take a cake decorating class without learning how to bake one, that's a skill in and of itself!!! Who cares if you're start by using box mix if you can learn to make killer decorations, and then later apply that to from-scratch cakes?)
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@sinvega@mas.to 2026-05-02 11:27
@AmyZenunim also, important for everyone but especially if you have the Cool Brain: do the thing the way you ENJOY you will find your own "correct" way by following that. The river finds its own way to the sea