Crafty Dwarf..
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reddwarfslashThis may be slightly off-topic, but I'm a bit of a craft nut: love beading, painting, making decoupage pendants. I just finished this one tonight, in honour of Lister:
The pendants themselves are pre-cut crafting wood you can buy in various shapes (circles, squares, ovals, stars) from Hobby Lobby. I tend to pick the square ones because those are the ones with the largest surface area for images and captions.
The lager in the dimpled glass is a sticker from a sheet I got from Michael's that had various pints of ale, lager and bitter in different glasses. The letters are from another sticker sheet from Michael's. The paints themselves are acrylic outdoor paint. To get the "Red Dwarf rust-bucket" colour I mixed the red with some purple and metallic blue, along with the "military gray" mix I made for the other side. The decoupage sealer itself is Mod Podge Matte-Mat.
I put three coats of paint on each side before I put the stickers on and applied the sealer (three coats usually does the trick). The "starry" glitter was actually part of a silver gemstone bag I bought from a shop down here. The bag began to disintegrate in my pocket after maybe two weeks of use and I've just used it for the glitter every since.
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Would have liked to have put the whole quote -- "The only thing that can kill a vindaloo" -- but one has to account for space. :P
Any ideas for what a Rimsy/Listy pendant should have on it?
The pendants themselves are pre-cut crafting wood you can buy in various shapes (circles, squares, ovals, stars) from Hobby Lobby. I tend to pick the square ones because those are the ones with the largest surface area for images and captions.
The lager in the dimpled glass is a sticker from a sheet I got from Michael's that had various pints of ale, lager and bitter in different glasses. The letters are from another sticker sheet from Michael's. The paints themselves are acrylic outdoor paint. To get the "Red Dwarf rust-bucket" colour I mixed the red with some purple and metallic blue, along with the "military gray" mix I made for the other side. The decoupage sealer itself is Mod Podge Matte-Mat.
I put three coats of paint on each side before I put the stickers on and applied the sealer (three coats usually does the trick). The "starry" glitter was actually part of a silver gemstone bag I bought from a shop down here. The bag began to disintegrate in my pocket after maybe two weeks of use and I've just used it for the glitter every since.
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Would have liked to have put the whole quote -- "The only thing that can kill a vindaloo" -- but one has to account for space. :P
Any ideas for what a Rimsy/Listy pendant should have on it?
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Date: 2009-08-11 05:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-11 05:30 am (UTC)No I don't. But I've had a few friends tell me I should set one up.
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Date: 2009-08-11 05:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-11 06:11 am (UTC)Hmm.. what about 'Starbuggers'? Fun double-meaning there :P
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Date: 2009-08-11 03:03 pm (UTC)no subject
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