Originally Posted By bloona salt dough is similar to a bread mix, but with wallpaper paste and lots of salt in too, you make models then bake them, paint them and smother them in varnish, I made wall decorations mainly. Fimo is like plasticine (sp) that kids play with, but again when you have made a model you bake it to make it solid, then varnish it, fimo is very hard wearing but expensive to buy, so I could only make small things like tiny baskets of flowers etc, the salt dough is cheap but if not in a dry room it can soak up moisture and go mouldy (yuck) There you go.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy My sister and I are both sentimental about family and tradition and childhood memory. And we appreciate each other's creativity. So this year for part of her gift (we always get a few for each other) I took pictures of each room in the house of our grandparents (on Dad's side---where we spent a lot of time in childhood as they were just behind the forest), ordered prints from an album I put up online, and I arranged 'em in a 16x20 collage frame for her. It features rooms and parts of rooms and little knick-knacks we always loved; There may be some valuable things around the house here and there, but Tara and I always gravitated to the little "unimportant" things that you might not even notice...an Avon bird that's scented, a bowl of "sequined" fruit, etc. And she better dang well like it, cause lemme tell y'all, it shore ain't easy cuttin' these pics just the right size, tryin' to scoot 'em into juuuust the right spot, and managin' to hold 'em in that spot while ya try to get the derned tape on 'em in the back. But it was a labor of love, I look at it like some'in' I gave birth too (which in a way I did), and I can't wait to see her reaction. As much as she adores family and memories and history like Charlene on "Designing Women", I have a purty good feelin' she'll really like it.
Originally Posted By LVBelle My mom strongly hinted that she wanted me to make a scrapbook of my wedding. Many hours and dollars later, I've finally finished it and I'm darn proud of it! It turned out so beautifully. I almost wish I could keep it since I haven't even done one for myself yet! And I'm very excited about giving my brother the first two seasons of Arrested Development, I know he's going to love it!
Originally Posted By adizneeguy Went to the Christmastime nightmare known as "build-a-bear" and waited a half hour to get treated like the four year old in front of me in line to stuff the furry little limp-bear shaped sack, and dance around and put its little heart inside and wash it off and promise to love it and hold it and take care of it until I wrap it and pile other gifts on top of it. I'm sure my girlfriend will really appreciate it. Oh yeah, the cool part, I bought her (not the bear) earrings with her children's birthstones. The bear gets to wear them until it is unwrapped Christmas morning. I felt pretty good, the jewelry girls were showing the bear off to each other and the customers too.
Originally Posted By bloona It sounds brilliant, Im sure the humiliation in the shop will be well worth it....lol
