trying to finish my commissioned afghan.
Found out today that the person that ordered the 2nd afghan apparently has ordered many crocheted afghans and not paid for them. which pisses me off. Thankfully we weren't really counting on that money.
So happy I have finally figured out the secret to bottlecaps with the diamond glaze. Eventually I want to use real resin, but this is good for now.
xoxox
6/12/08
6/11/08
too tired to even blog
Yesterday was the beginning of why i hate being a woman so today I was uber tired and cranky aND just all around not a joy to be around.
Which figures cuz we had a catering job out in Ann Arbor tonight.
We got thru it. And now we're home and gonna curl up and watch some TV and totally zone out ... hell I might even fall asleep at a decent hour again (fell asleep last night at midnight)
xoxox
Which figures cuz we had a catering job out in Ann Arbor tonight.
We got thru it. And now we're home and gonna curl up and watch some TV and totally zone out ... hell I might even fall asleep at a decent hour again (fell asleep last night at midnight)
xoxox
6/10/08
It's official ... my hands hurt
I spent a good portion of last night un-crimping bottlecaps with pliers and woke up today to sore fingers. grrrrr. Which is making crocheting a bit difficult. I've never had the muscles in my fingers ache before. it's a weird feeling.
6/9/08
Preparing for trivia
so excited! hubby's gonna be able to go to trivia tonight!!! it's the first time in awhile for him!
Been watching Cash Cab and Jeopardy all day!
oh! and the tournament is this saturday!! Can't believe it's here again already! Working out our team, but it looks like it will be Jforce, da banshee, hubby and me. hopefully we will rock it out!!!
and now back to crocheting and watching TV. I can't wait to finish this afghan
Been watching Cash Cab and Jeopardy all day!
oh! and the tournament is this saturday!! Can't believe it's here again already! Working out our team, but it looks like it will be Jforce, da banshee, hubby and me. hopefully we will rock it out!!!
and now back to crocheting and watching TV. I can't wait to finish this afghan
6/8/08
I'm sure you're sick of bottlecap stuffs
but I am pretty sure I finally figured out the secret!!!
remember this one?
Well check out the new and improved version
the details are still a little fuzzy ... think I would prolly have better results if I use photo paper, but I didn't have any in the house and I wanted to experiment.
And now presenting the rest of the bunch:
this one I made to go with my beerings. It's kinda bleh but it's just for me
of course the red wings one you've already seen ... I'm still working out how to add a stanley cup to this one.
This one is NOT in a Stella Artois cap .... just plain old budweiser. I'm thinking ofmaking a bunch and giving them to my fellow dart league players on Thursday. (and i kinda got impatient with this one... you can see the white ring around the pictar where I didn't let the glue completely dry before moving onto step 2)
one of my faves. Altho she lost some detail. Again I think if I used photo paper I would have better results, but this one is just for me so I don't care. AND i kinda like the impressionistic quality of the fuzziness.
And this one is my absolute FAVORITE!!!! I can't wait to attach a jump ring and wear her!!
So you wanna know the secret?
CLEAR NAIL POLISH!!!!!
Yep ... that's right.
Apparently the modge podge reacted in a fuzzy way with a combo of the ink of my printer and the diamond glaze stuff i'm using (altho I'm thinking I may move onto real resin cuz I'm not sure the diamond glaze is getting hard enough for me ... course doesn't help that it's humid as all get out here)
So even tho I followed directions to the letter, I was still getting subpar results. Until I saw someone else who used rubber cement to glue the images down and then sealed them with clear nail polish before adding the resin. a lightbulb went on in my head and I decided to try it and BINGO!!!
All in all the process for each pendant takes about 3 days each. 1 day to flatten out the bottlecaps and remove the rubber ring and then glue in the image and then seal it with the nail polish. must let glue dry first which lately has been taking about an hour.(refer back to dartboard cap) next day when everything is dry you can punch the hole and attach the jump ring (or do it before you add the image, just as long as it's done before you add the resin). LaY on a flat surface and add a layer of resin/diamond glaze and then set it down and leave it the hell alone!!!! let that sucker dry for at least a day. If you want to add more resin (like to try and make it dome, which is hard as hell to do) add it after you've let it dry for at least 24 hours.
Since I'm not a very patient person the waiting is frigging hard. But it's so worth it!!!
remember this one?
Well check out the new and improved version
the details are still a little fuzzy ... think I would prolly have better results if I use photo paper, but I didn't have any in the house and I wanted to experiment.
And now presenting the rest of the bunch:
this one I made to go with my beerings. It's kinda bleh but it's just for me
of course the red wings one you've already seen ... I'm still working out how to add a stanley cup to this one.
This one is NOT in a Stella Artois cap .... just plain old budweiser. I'm thinking ofmaking a bunch and giving them to my fellow dart league players on Thursday. (and i kinda got impatient with this one... you can see the white ring around the pictar where I didn't let the glue completely dry before moving onto step 2)
one of my faves. Altho she lost some detail. Again I think if I used photo paper I would have better results, but this one is just for me so I don't care. AND i kinda like the impressionistic quality of the fuzziness.
And this one is my absolute FAVORITE!!!! I can't wait to attach a jump ring and wear her!!
So you wanna know the secret?
CLEAR NAIL POLISH!!!!!
Yep ... that's right.
Apparently the modge podge reacted in a fuzzy way with a combo of the ink of my printer and the diamond glaze stuff i'm using (altho I'm thinking I may move onto real resin cuz I'm not sure the diamond glaze is getting hard enough for me ... course doesn't help that it's humid as all get out here)
So even tho I followed directions to the letter, I was still getting subpar results. Until I saw someone else who used rubber cement to glue the images down and then sealed them with clear nail polish before adding the resin. a lightbulb went on in my head and I decided to try it and BINGO!!!
All in all the process for each pendant takes about 3 days each. 1 day to flatten out the bottlecaps and remove the rubber ring and then glue in the image and then seal it with the nail polish. must let glue dry first which lately has been taking about an hour.(refer back to dartboard cap) next day when everything is dry you can punch the hole and attach the jump ring (or do it before you add the image, just as long as it's done before you add the resin). LaY on a flat surface and add a layer of resin/diamond glaze and then set it down and leave it the hell alone!!!! let that sucker dry for at least a day. If you want to add more resin (like to try and make it dome, which is hard as hell to do) add it after you've let it dry for at least 24 hours.
Since I'm not a very patient person the waiting is frigging hard. But it's so worth it!!!
6/7/08
totally wasted day
Woke up early to go to a local pub to participate in a fundraiser session of trivia. It was for an employee who was hit by a speeding car and killed while he was leaving work one night. He left behind a gf and 2 kids.
They had many awesome prizes they were raffling and a silent auction of super cool stuff as well (an autographed osgood pic, beer mirror signs, nights out on the town)
We totally sucked. It was just me and a friend, Dawn. Were fabulous in the first round but it went completely downhill. I felt stupid.
However, they raised over $11.000 for the family.
Came home, took a nap, printed out some bottlecap pictars to play with and experiment..
Still need to get Stella Artois for Monica's bottlecap arts :D
They had many awesome prizes they were raffling and a silent auction of super cool stuff as well (an autographed osgood pic, beer mirror signs, nights out on the town)
We totally sucked. It was just me and a friend, Dawn. Were fabulous in the first round but it went completely downhill. I felt stupid.
However, they raised over $11.000 for the family.
Came home, took a nap, printed out some bottlecap pictars to play with and experiment..
Still need to get Stella Artois for Monica's bottlecap arts :D
6/6/08
one more bottlecappy thing
seriously....I am crocheting my azz off today, but I'm also taking small breaks to check things online and to do some more experimenting with the bottlecaps.
So I think i figured out the colour leaching situation. I actually think it was the modge podge combined with the resin. I'm conducting an experiment right now and results should be in tomorrow.
In the meantime, I found my jump rings and made a 2 stranded "adjustable" hemp cord necklace and VOILA!
(sorry for the craptastic cell phone pics. too lazy to break out the real camera cuz it would take away valuable crochet time)
So I think i figured out the colour leaching situation. I actually think it was the modge podge combined with the resin. I'm conducting an experiment right now and results should be in tomorrow.
In the meantime, I found my jump rings and made a 2 stranded "adjustable" hemp cord necklace and VOILA!
(sorry for the craptastic cell phone pics. too lazy to break out the real camera cuz it would take away valuable crochet time)
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