sticky fingerz
thanks for the comments on the paper beads, but you have to see what they look like with the resin on them. you have to see! i will take photos to-morrow and post them. not that they are all done yet, i have tons and tons, but i did a few dozen tonight and they look incredible. i will be forced to make a bigger project using the same method because i love it. i used an entire large UHU glue stick in about 24 hours. seriously. i talked to my friend at the art supply and tasted some embossing fluid..yes, tasted it, because i thought it was just glycerine and…it is! it is! so instead of paying 7 bucks for 1/2 oz, i paid a couple of bucks for 4 oz or something at the drug store. how sweet is that? literally. i am compulsively cheap. frugal. it hurts me not only to spend money unnecessarily, but for OTHER people to do so. what the hell? i also feel the need to always say what i good deal i got on each item, like my granny. who is in her 80’s. how embarrassing.
i made some more beads from a dictionary from the 1850s that is in bad condition, dry rot, falling apart, so don’t get made at me, and they look incredible.
more pics from the snazzy new camera? ok. here is a scarf i crocheted with kool wool, whilst it still existed and then, i made a zillion of these poppies out of a recycled angora/merino sweater, and sewed some on. i have more that i am not sure what i will do with them. i made some pins, i will do some barrettes…i am planning to list it on etsy, so let me know if anyone wants it before i do that…
and a photo i took just to see how close up i could get. i cannot wait to do some yarn photos! woot! notice the ants in the flower…
good photos to-morrow of the beads and some yarns (i hope). i have so much to do to fill orders. i need to get my arse in gear.
xoxoxoxo
n.
Jess said,
August 25, 2006 @ 3:10 am
The flower picture is amazing!
I usually just used something like glue and water or Mod Podge on the outside. When you were talking about beads being water-proof and all that, were you talking about these or others?
Ambrose said,
August 25, 2006 @ 9:51 am
I LOVE IT. Let me know when it goes up on Etsy!
Tala said,
August 25, 2006 @ 8:15 pm
PLEASE STOP! Stop getting into cool new crafty things! I can’t help but want to follow in your footsteps! STOP!!! DON’T HAVE TIME! DON’T HAVE MONEY! DON’T HAVE ROOM!!!
No, seriously, the beads are the coolest things ever! Love them!
natasha said,
August 25, 2006 @ 10:27 pm
jess, the thing that blew me away about the flower pic was the ants inside of it. my old camera wouldn’t focus if anything was less than an arm’s length away. sheesh.
ambrose, the scarf is yours! are you back in the usa now? i must see you. asap!
amanda, you are so sweet! but you know, these paper beads cost nothing to make. you can use newspaper or wrapping paper or magazine pages and glue…you can seal them with glue or mod podge, or whatever you like. so totally cheapo. and we all know i am totally cheapo.
Ambrose said,
August 26, 2006 @ 9:41 pm
I am back in the USA for a fwe more weeks, and I will be in Greensburg on Friday, 1 Sept. we have a playdate at Alyssa’s at noon, and then she has to go teach at like 3:30. Maybe after that? e/m your cell phone number. I had it in my old cell phone which died right before I went to China.
You know I’m pregnant again, right?
natasha said,
August 27, 2006 @ 12:00 am
oh my! preggers! woah nelly! congrats! i will email my cell to ya. you don’t have a blog anymore, yes? if you do, i don’t know where it went.
friday would be super! i am excited to catch up with you.
xoxo
Ambrose said,
August 27, 2006 @ 10:14 am
http://jenambrose.blogspot.com
natasha said,
August 27, 2006 @ 9:41 pm
it dropped off of my bloglines and when i went to your profile through your post, there was no blog. hm.