When I was little, Mom would mix liquid dish soap with some water in a low dish and let us have one of her empty wooden thread spools to dip one end in and then blow into the other. We thought it was so much fun!
Just go to www.azdot.gov for info on drivers licenses and other things like that. Sure AZ is hotter than, but most of us have AC, and the swamp coolers work most of the season-even helping some during the monsoon. The heat does seem to drag on-enough is enough, but the area has a striking beauty all its' own that is worth giving the place a chance. Visit the "tourist" places while you are here, learn something of the history, and be sure you enjoy a sunset. Yes the summer season is very hot, but this mountain girl from Montana has found beauty and wonderful people here. ... View related article.
OOps, we haven't answered your question. Buy spool ribbon probably wider than 1/4" (pretty cost effective), then find some small spring clothespins in the craft section, as regular ones just look too bulky. Then feed the ribbon through where the spring/hinge is on the clothespin and tie off. I've gotten these as gifts with different items glued to the "top" side of the clothespin, like chillipeppers, big "diamonds", small flat flowers, etc.
Sometimes there are just pretty beads on the ends of the ribbon after it has been tied. There are all kinds of miniature things like saws and hammers, fishing reels, etc in the craft stores to make really cute holders. Anyway, just make the finished length from tip of the close pin down the ribbon, to the tip of the other close pin, around 18" so it holds the towel or a napkin up high enough to cover the shirt. Even just one decorated close pin in your purse can hold up a restaurant napkin and save your white shirt or blouse from a spaghetti disaster! ... View related article.
I make "bibs" for our Eastern Star ladies (and gentlemen) out of fun fabrics. When "everybody else" is wearing one, none of us feel selfconcious. They are just rectangles with a circle out of one of the narrow ends for the neck, and a velcro or button closure. I've always toyed with the idea of making some appliqued to look like a lady's neck and dress, even with a fake neclace, or a man's tux with shirt, collar, and bow tie. Or how about farmer bib-overalls, or a Hawaiian shirt. Just make them fun. Good luck. ... View related article.
I agree with going to a museum to seek advice on preserving and storing the gown. But it seems a shame to hide such a treasure away in a box. Ask about how it could be displayed too. Wouldn't that make a wonderfull shadow box item (large) in a new nursery? And you could have a seamstress who specializes in heirloom sewing, duplicate the antique to be worn. Don't forget to have the dress' history written up to be kept with it. ... View related article.
OMG ! Amour Etch is a cream to add frosting to glass! Permanently! You may be thinking of Amour Coat that is for tires and dashboards, that is pretty oily! Don't take a chance, go to the place where you purchased your glasses to get them looked at, they can fix them. If you aren't near the original place you purchased your glasses, go to a near one, even a mall usually has a Lense Crafters or such. Replacing a lens that you ruined from trying something that can't be reversed is too expensive. ... View related article.
How very fun! Ask the girls to come dressed up, either for real, or play. Gloves and hats and their best dress. They can bring their doll or teddy bear perhaps ? Serving the "party" food on real glass/china plates and cups, real silverware and cloth napkins and table cloth will make it a special "grown-up" treat. A fun craft idea might be to make lovely hats with paper plates and ribbons and glue on paper flowers. Any food cut in pretty shapes works when served on paper doillies or a silver footed cake stand. And any fruit juice with 7-up or ginger ale makes a nice punch------ and there are lots of kid friendly teas on the market ie: peach or apple spice?? Don't forget to check second-hand stores for teapots and cups and saucers. Moms who come might like a nice cup of tea when they let the girls do their hats. ... View related article.
Extra cute ideas you all! I belong to a fraternal organization and every few years somebody has to put those little realistic ant stickers on our paper plates. We are all trying to flick off those peskie ants! all evening long! Lota of fun! ... View related article.
I made a cover for mine to really have a working unit that you might like........You need fabric that is easy to work with like cotton (if you are a beginner) and it washes well. I wouldn't use felt cause over time it will stretch. More advanced sewing folks can think about quilt piecing and fancy/harder to work fabrics. You could even put this together with just needle and thread if you had to, but a machine makes it faster/neater. Wash and lightly iron your fabric first.
Cut a strip of fabric the width of the height of your Bible PLUS 1" for two seam allowances of 1/2" top and bottom, leave some wiggle room so that your Bible will slide in easily- up to 1/4" if it is a regular hardback copy. Make this strip as long as the width of the front of your Bible X6, PLUS the width of the spine X3. This is a big number but it allows for places for pockets and a flap. (Using a paperback novel as an example since everyone has seen them. The strip would be: [(4 1/4" X 6) + (3/4" X 3)]= (25 1/2" + 2 1/4") BY 6 3/4" + 1" = 7 3/4" ----- that is 27 3/4" by 7 3/4"
Put a narrow hem in both short sides of the strip. Now working with the strip flat and right side up, work out your inside pockets. The far right end will end up on the inside front cover of your Bible. The far left is inside the back cover, then the flap area times two. (I made a double pocket- two different heights stacked on top of each other in the front, and the back pocket is where I slipped in the cardboard on my "legal" pad.) Allow for a turn under on the sides of your pocket and finish the top edges of your pocket with a narrow hem or lace, or rick-rack or such. --- Top-stitch these on up 3/4" from your bottom cut edge. Do the same with what will be the back inside of your Bible's cover. To the right of the back's cover is what will lay against the cut page edges, and I put my pen/pencil holders there. A Pencil needs that "pocket" to be 3/4" wide, and some pens need more so try out your pocket before stitching in place.
I used "hook and loop tape" to secure mine, and it needs to be sewn on now. (experience--- I hate to rip out a seam). Wrap the strip around your Bible, inside the front cover -- around the outside-- leave the extra for a flap--- and tuck the finished edge into the back cover the way it will finish (you can see it now! looks cool, right?) -- mark with straight pins, the fold edge of the flap, and on the front outside cover -- where it ends there. You want to put your hook and loop tape horizontally about 1/4" away from the fold edge of the flap and at a matching place on the front cover. Once you have sewn them through one layer of the material you are almost done. OK admire how cool this is going to look and try it on your Bible again and test the hook and loop tape and the pencil slot and see that the top and bottom seams are going to be OK. Now you know where the front cover edge is and the fold edge of the flap are located. Fold the right sides together and sew the top seam(s) (don't forget to leave a smidge extra for the thickness of the cover its self)--- on each end, and the bottom edge seam. Turn it right side out and press the one layer of the fabric to the cover's inside, where this will go around the spine. To insert your Bible you will have to make the covers of your Bible, almost touch backwards to have them slip into their slots, but try it on --- and pin where the edge of the back cover is with the flap extended. slip it off once again and stitch right side out, along this line. You are DONE. EXCEPT I added a pretty lace flower motif, stitching right through the flap.
You can use this same idea to make covers or simpler covers, and give them as gifts with hardly any trouble. ... View related article.
