When I made the sandwich wrappers last week, I discovered that what I really needed was food grade glue. It just wouldn't have worked to wrap food in something that could be harmful. So, off I went in search of 'edible' glue.

Okay - so I did an web search and read a whole lot of blog posts about glue (yup, glue) and I found a recipe for mucilage. Apparently it makes a good sticker - you paint the glue on the back of your sticker project, let it dry, and then when licked, the sticker becomes sticky like a postage stamp would. I had no intention of making a sticker, but I figured if you can lick the stuff, then it should work for gluing on the sandwich wraps.

Here is the recipe as I found it on canteach.ca:

Envelope Mucilage:

6 tbsp pure white vinegar

4 packets of unflavoured gelatin

1 tbsp of peppermint extract

Bring vinegar to a boil and add gelatin. Stir til completely dissolved and add peppermint extract. Mix well.

I halved the recipe and I still had ALOT of glue. This stuff is really strong. But this glue gels to hard as soon as it cools, so you have to microwave it or warm the glue container in hot water long enough to bring it back to liquid. I also didn't use the peppermint extract.

But the real reason that I write about this glue now... is that this is miracle stuff!

If you brush it and stick it like you would normal white glue, this is very strong stuff! But more importantly, this glue is permanent until it meets warm water. And I think that this has seriously fantastic possibilities. I even tested out this theory:

I made a basic glass vase a little more fun with some old newspaper scraps and some of the leftover pieces of kite paper from my recent projects. Add a little of that miracle glue, and this is what the project looked like:

And the best news? When I don't like it anymore and want to make a change, I just have to hold the vase under warm water, and I am back to my clean and basic glass vase - ready to do something new.