Polymer clay: You might want to cook your clay a little bit longer so the plasticizers get time to react with each other and this will make the clay stronger. Unless you need to cut something you didn't do before let every thing cool and it will be fully hard. Some people like to cut their clay pieces when warm from the oven and still pliable but I do my cutting before hand. Good luck and I hope this helps a bit. Kathy Huffman |
Hard Fimo - I haven't tried this myself but did watch a friend do it. She broke the hard Fimo into pieces as small as she could with just her hands and put it into an electric coffee bean grinder. Then added -just a drop at a time - mineral oil and turned on the grinder. After just a few minutes of this the Fimo was soft enough to use. As I said, I haven't tried this and have no idea if the mineral oil would damage the clay in any way, but it sure did work for my friend's project. Ronni |
Cutting thin glass- what would you recommend? Toyo brand that stained glass people use. This is a fairly expensive ($25) cutter, with a built in oil reservoir. Tom & Kari |
Installing Floor over wire: How do I do the floors when the tape wire has been put down? Do I put in a fake floor that can be pulled out or can I just lay my hard wood floor on top of the tape wire? The type of hard wood floor I have is from Houseworks. These are the same floors I used and I put them down with double sided tape. Not a lot of tape, just enough to keep it flat. I have at times, taken up the floor to work on the tapewire and it was very easy. Carol, S P Miniatures |
Embroideries and Patterns from 19th century Vienna Helen from York |
size dolls (16", etc..- not Barbie), Hampstead House Books in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada has 2 wonderful books right now. They can be ordered on-line at www.hhbooks.com or by phone 905.881.0607. If you are ordering by phone, these two books are from the catalogue FE2, which just came out. The two books are: And if you're into web design and you like to hoard floral backgrounds, they have a great cd rom + Book (windows and mac format) of copyright free floral designs. "Floral Patterns" is the title of the book and cd rom. Item # is 118661 and the price is $12.99CDN. Joy in Pointe Claire |
Storing Wood: The grocery stores will give boxes, as we all know, but the miracle came when I saw a Wesson Oil box. 24 slots, and the back slots can be folded in to accommodate larger wood pieces. I made a printed chart (in duplicate) of each size and wood type available so I also have a copy on my desk. Marian in New Bern, NC |
Storage: I store wood pieces such as clapboard etc in keyboard boxes. I get them from the IS Dept. at work. I store dowels, trims, mouldings etc in Pringle and coffee cans. I have a large square tin box I throw in all those little pieces of wood. Key is to remind myself to look in these storage places!!! Marsha in Newark, CA |
Room box idea for Dad: your dad doesn't have to have hobbies for you to make a personalized roombox for him. As Juanita suggested, if he watches TV, have an easy chair, a TV, some books, newspaper, perhaps slippers, a replica of the family pet (if there is one), and add lots of family pictures. The pictures is what wows people the most about any giftbag I made them. "How did you get the pictures so small" is the first question people ask. If he reads particular mags or newspapers, include a mini copy of that -- or favorite books, crossword puzzle -- whatever you can think of that would have meaning for him - -- as Juanita suggested as something that represented where he worked. Fay in St. Louis |
| p>Wigging a Heidi Ott doll: Julia wanted to know what kind of glue to use to wig a Heidi Ott doll. I use plain old "Elmer's" white glue - it works on porcelain and plastic dolls, dries clear, cleans up with water. Let a little puddle set til it's tacky and then apply it with the end of a large needle. Wigging will stick to it immediately. Paulette in IN |
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