box weights and embroidery floss
This is a cheaty-pants make up entry for Day 286 that I am really posting today (Friday)...I was feeling horrible yesterday when I came home from my doctor appointment because of all of these stupid allergies. I'm feeling better today.
Today was a time-consuming shopping/errands day.
I went to two different hardware stores and then ended up at Northville Lumber (where they are always very very nice and helpful). I tried the other two first because they were on my errands route.
I needed to find something to add to my Tookies boxes for Art-o-mat as weight for vending the boxes in the machines. I used to use six pennies in a box but that got kinda old and didn't look very good.
I ended up spending a little more than I had in mind, but these washers will be fairly easy to secure to the inside of the boxes.
I also needed to get more embroidery floss to work on the Tookies (and Tooklets). This time, however, I took some thumbs from the gloves so I could better match the colors...duh!
Man -- there are SO many variations of colors and they really, really make a huge difference. I was at JoAnn Fabrics forever going through all the colors...I am really glad I took the thumbs with me.
I also needed to get some teensy safety pins and some more pearl cotton thread for basting holding seams. I don't know if that is the correct terminology but I it makes sense to me.
Aside from the 100 Tookies I am already making for Art-o-mat, Tookies were accepted by Paint Creek Center for the Arts for their Holiday Gift Gallery! I need to make 20 to start with. I have a lot of work to do!
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
365 Day 32
adding weight to the Tookies boxes (and other activities)
I am working on assembling and finishing the boxes for my Tookies -- the finger puppet series I just completed for Art-o-mat. I'd like to ship them out to Artists in Cellophane by Friday.
I was originally going to use a small MDF block for the weight in the box but it was too bulky with the finger puppet folded in half to fit the box.
My next choice was to add Canadian pennies to the boxes. They are easy to secure in place with tape and I can't really use them for anything so they seemed like a good idea. Yesterday I had two pennies per end flap but today the boxes felt a little off balance and still a bit lightweight. So I moved the pennies to the interior of the box and put two on each side.
It was better, but still felt a little light to me. I added one more penny to each end flap and made little stickers telling why the pennies were in the boxes. I was thinking that perhaps someone would be getting a Tooky as their first Art-o-mat purchase and would not "get" what the deal was with the pennies.
So now the boxes are lined with pennies all the way around the interior sides and ends of the box and it feels like it is a really good weight for vending. Yay.
In the middle of the box work my next door neighbor Angie called. We are getting a bunch of snow tonight. We share a driveway that is between our two houses. Angie and Brian rent that house and have two cars and a tiny garage that they keep his special car in. Brian uses my snow blower to clean our mutual driveway and my back driveway. Angie wanted to know if they could put her small car in my garage tonight because Brian wasn't sure what to do with all of this snow.
I had no problem with that, but I needed to move some stuff out of the garage and into the basement. I have been meaning to move it anyway, so no big deal.
I have a large-ish metal shelving unit on wheels that weighs about 90 pounds and is taller than me. I managed to get it into the house and into the kitchen to clean it up and then (thankfully) it made the turn in the hallway and slid into my studio pretty easily. But I needed to move things around first to make room for it. That included pulling and pushing the eliptical machine (which was nearly impossible) and also maneuvering the paper rack (that almost reaches the ceiling) in a tiny space. I was laughing myself silly...I am used to moving things by myself, but I guess I forgot that I am getting old and creaky. Anyway -- it all got done and I am beat!
This is enough progress for today!
I am working on assembling and finishing the boxes for my Tookies -- the finger puppet series I just completed for Art-o-mat. I'd like to ship them out to Artists in Cellophane by Friday.
I was originally going to use a small MDF block for the weight in the box but it was too bulky with the finger puppet folded in half to fit the box.
My next choice was to add Canadian pennies to the boxes. They are easy to secure in place with tape and I can't really use them for anything so they seemed like a good idea. Yesterday I had two pennies per end flap but today the boxes felt a little off balance and still a bit lightweight. So I moved the pennies to the interior of the box and put two on each side.
It was better, but still felt a little light to me. I added one more penny to each end flap and made little stickers telling why the pennies were in the boxes. I was thinking that perhaps someone would be getting a Tooky as their first Art-o-mat purchase and would not "get" what the deal was with the pennies.
So now the boxes are lined with pennies all the way around the interior sides and ends of the box and it feels like it is a really good weight for vending. Yay.
In the middle of the box work my next door neighbor Angie called. We are getting a bunch of snow tonight. We share a driveway that is between our two houses. Angie and Brian rent that house and have two cars and a tiny garage that they keep his special car in. Brian uses my snow blower to clean our mutual driveway and my back driveway. Angie wanted to know if they could put her small car in my garage tonight because Brian wasn't sure what to do with all of this snow.
I had no problem with that, but I needed to move some stuff out of the garage and into the basement. I have been meaning to move it anyway, so no big deal.
I have a large-ish metal shelving unit on wheels that weighs about 90 pounds and is taller than me. I managed to get it into the house and into the kitchen to clean it up and then (thankfully) it made the turn in the hallway and slid into my studio pretty easily. But I needed to move things around first to make room for it. That included pulling and pushing the eliptical machine (which was nearly impossible) and also maneuvering the paper rack (that almost reaches the ceiling) in a tiny space. I was laughing myself silly...I am used to moving things by myself, but I guess I forgot that I am getting old and creaky. Anyway -- it all got done and I am beat!
This is enough progress for today!
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