It’s been a while since I’ve had the dining table this spotless and clean. It’s kind of embarrassing to admit, but I’ll be better about it this coming year. Especially now that I got a chance to enjoy it before putting up the Thanksgiving and Christmas centerpieces.
Speaking of Christmas centerpieces, it was time that I put the nutcrackers and mini Christmas tree up.
It looked really nice but as I took these photos I would share, I noticed that the one nutcracker had a broken spear. I was originally going to leave it as is but the more I passed by the table and looked at it, the more it started to bother me. So I looked for the broken half of the spear in the Christmas storage bins, found it and formulated a fix for the one nutcracker.
When I was working on a busted camera lens during the summer, I decided to experiment with a really powerful superglue called loc-tite. While it didn’t work out with the lens, I decided to try it on the nutcracker spear. I used one of my woodworking clamps to hold down the fused sections and kept it there overnight.
I have to say that this product is a legitimate superglue. I’ve tried other glues before but they generally don’t work as well. If you ever need the best type of glue you can get, I’d recommend this one. Of course, if you know of any other types let me know in the comments.
Without further ado, the fixed nutcracker (albeit imperfect)…and the entire table setup.
It’s definitely because of the ballet but whenever I see nutcrackers, I automatically associate them with the holiday season. That and when I hear this composition from the ballet 🙂
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