On Aug 10, 2005, at 15:21, susan wrote:
has any one ever seen those little sparkly designs they put on long
fingernails? they sell them everywhere. i was thinking of using them
to decorate some bobbins. there are also those temporary tattoos that
might be good. i wonder if they would be permenant if they where
varnished over? they should be.
Since I can't draw, much lesss paint, never mind paint in miniature...
I've used all kinds of "applied art" on my bobbins (my bobbinmaker says
he can't paint either <g>), including some of the fingernail
decorations and temporary tattoos as well as old-fashioned decals. I've
never used varnish on them, being afraid they might dissolve or
distort. So, on the fingernail things I used clear fingernail polish
and on the tattoos plain, clear-drying glue. The glue-covered tattoos
haven't worked all that well, but the fingernail ones did - they seem
to be permanently stuck and protected. I think, if I were to use the
tattoo ones again, I'd try the decoupage glue (or whatever it is they
use for decoupage) and see if it works any better.
Two things you might consider when applying those do-dads to bobbins:
1) how transparent they are. If very, they may not show up well against
some colours of the wood. Blocks of solid colours show off better.
2) how thick/3-D they are. If very, they'll either require many
applications of whatever medium you're using to keep them stuck (to
make them completely covered), or else they'll poke above the covering
medium and eventually get dislodged.
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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