tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post9166691576329172125..comments2024-03-28T16:44:44.407-07:00Comments on Studio E: "BULL'S EYE! "elizabeth shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-25562519633228357112013-09-15T00:05:48.648-07:002013-09-15T00:05:48.648-07:00Hi Margaret! I have done so and hope that this ti...Hi Margaret! I have done so and hope that this time all goes well! Thank you! I am so glad that you have enjoyed this tutorial and I hope that you will not run into the same obstacles that Sharon S. experienced in trying to track down the materials. <br />I am certainly looking forward to seeing the wonderful cushions I won from your latest Giveaway. They are so beautiful and I have just the right spot to display them Too!<br /><br />elizabethelizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-20217004107244322502013-09-14T22:46:00.798-07:002013-09-14T22:46:00.798-07:00I missed this post Elizabeth, what ingenuity, your...I missed this post Elizabeth, what ingenuity, your mirror looks great. I must keep an eye out for pieces to make one. <br />BTW, I didn't realise my old email was still attached somewhere in the depths of my blogger. I have now updated it and would appreciate it if you could re-send your info.<br />Thanks,<br />MargaretMargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394749908398047600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-13197764307207704002013-09-08T09:04:24.292-07:002013-09-08T09:04:24.292-07:00Hi Ruth! I am so sorry but your comment has been...Hi Ruth! I am so sorry but your comment has been lost in Googleland, until now! I am so glad have to have finally found you and I appreciate your patience! <br /> Thank you Ruth for your compliment on the tutorial and also for the comment on my style. I love to write and I try to make it entertaining to the reader and not take myself too seriously. I want to show something that can be easily done by others. If I have been able to achieve this end, then I am More than satisfied! :D<br /><br />elizabeth<br />elizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-88713451618206754452013-08-25T18:14:02.010-07:002013-08-25T18:14:02.010-07:00Thank you Sandra for your lovely comment and the p...Thank you Sandra for your lovely comment and the praise! You are absolutely right! I SHOULD have used a primer for the surface of the plastic prior to beginning but I was too impatient to get moving on it, once I started, and therefore learned the hard way yet again! I live in a world of make believe too Sandra and I not getting older either! That's at least 2 of us, that have escaped! :D<br /><br />elizabethelizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-22158679790005930042013-08-25T17:56:01.802-07:002013-08-25T17:56:01.802-07:00Hello Sharon! I am ecstatic that you have, AT LAS...Hello Sharon! I am ecstatic that you have, AT LAST, been able to get your mirrors made! This is such good news and they sound just Wonderful! I know exactly what you are describing and your finished mirror sounds fantastic! I agree that a nail to hang the mirror from is far more interesting and authentic in this case. I use blue tack as a rule for a lot of wall decoration but for things that look heavy, a nail is the best and if I need to keep it from shifting then I use a tiny bit of blue tack just where the mirror or picture hits the wall. For the plastic frames, you can always give it a light spray of flat primer ( as both Sans and Sandra have rightly suggested ) and then proceed to adhere your dresden pieces. That is what I should have done too, but I took the short cut and had the same difficulty with the acrylic paint not wanting to stick! Nevertheless, Sharon I must commend you on your success! I am so happy for you and look forward to hearing MORE about the fireplace when you come to make it! Thank you so much for sharing this with me! I just love a HAPPY ENDING!<br /><br />elizabethelizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-21758820751711043312013-08-25T14:39:46.921-07:002013-08-25T14:39:46.921-07:00Hello Elizabeth! I just wanted to let you know tha...Hello Elizabeth! I just wanted to let you know that I finally found a hanging parakeet mirror that is "plain". My frame had a more rounded front, and no little channel in which to glue decorations, so I transformed it with some gold dreseden trim that has a nice decorative edge. I glued the plain edge of the trim flush with the outside back edge of the frame, then wrapped the decorative edge over and across the face of the frame. As the little deocrative "bits" on the fancy edge were not attached to each other, they all folded in very neatly over the front of the frame towards the smaller inner opening. I trimmed the inner edge of the frame with a very narrow edge cut from the plain edge of dresden trim. I'd given the frame a base coat of brown paint first (did NOT want to stick...next time I'll have to sand the plastic to give it more "grip"), and after applying the gold trim, I gave it all a thin coat of metallic gold paint. After the glue and gold paint dried, I wiped on brown gel stain to knock back the shine. It looks like an old brass or bronze frame, now.<br /><br />My convex mirror fit the diameter of the decorated frame perfectly, but the mirror was a tad too deep. When I put my frame over the mirror, the back of the mirror was still exposed. My convex mirror originally had an adjustable plastic housing, and after I'd removed it, there was no backing on the mirror (and yet it was still too deep). <br /><br />Luckily, the lack of a backing made it simple to sand down the frame's outer edge. I laid a piece of black emory sandpaper on my work table, put the mirror on the sandpaper, and with my fingers on the bulge of the convex mirror, just swirled it around and around on the sandpaper until the mirror back fit flush inside of my decorated frame. While this "frosted" the outside edge of my mirror (and removed the mirroring), the part of the mirror that shows through the frame was unaffected. It also left a flatter and wider edge on the mirror, which made it easier to glue the mirror into the frame and backing. <br /><br />I traced my decorated frame on light cardboard as a backing for the frame, cut it out, and gave the top inside and side edges a rub of gold paint. I put the frame backing on a piece of waxed paper, painted a quarter inch wide ring of glue around the edge where the mirror and frame would sit, centered the mirror on the backing, placed the decorated frame over that, made sure my edges were aligned, put more wax paper on top of the framed mirror, and piled two draftsman weights (those little leather bags filled with metal shot) on top of it all to make sure I had good contact between the (very thin) frame edge and the frame backing while it dried. I was worried about gluing that thin plastic frame edge to the backing, but I'd just bought a bottle of Aileen's new Turbo Tacky and decided to try that. It worked very well (although maybe any white glue would have worked, too). <br /><br />I wish that I had thought to make two tiny holes in the cardboard backing, and threaded a hanging wire through them, like you would put hanging wire on a picture frame, BEFORE I glued the backing and frame together. I'd prefer to hang my mirror from a tiny brass pin in the wall, by a hanging wire, that "STICK" it to the wall with a poster dot (my usual method), or glue. <br /><br />I am very happy with the way my bull's eye mirror turned out. Now I need to get a fireplace built over which my mirror can hang (I'm planning to use more of the same dresden trim in its design). The trouble is, I just want to make more mirrors! SharonShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264430219949838593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-4496830046155780212013-08-22T22:02:39.422-07:002013-08-22T22:02:39.422-07:00Once again Elizabeth you have created something fr...Once again Elizabeth you have created something from nothing! Very creative. I often use plastic and spray it with a primer paint before using craft paint on it - that way the craft paint sticks well. But I love the effect you have achieved on your mirror. I too avoid looking at myself in a RL mirror - who is that strange old woman who looks back at me? Where did the 'real' me go I wonder? Never mind, I don't have to look at myself so I can go on kidding that I am not growing older. Shame about everyone else though lol! SandieSandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00362568798383541625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-82789355464978044002013-08-04T22:16:29.565-07:002013-08-04T22:16:29.565-07:00Hi Sharon! I just sent you a email about your dil...Hi Sharon! I just sent you a email about your dilemma, so check your in box and get back to me okay? <br />A few suggestions to try out, first : THE DOLLAR STORES and thrift stores also try ,Drug stores, Bicycle stores, Wal-mart, Targets etc. You can Clip excess plastic off with a good pair of pliers and then use a coarse sanding block to lightly sand and gently smooth out the rough spots. <br />The circumference of the frame that I used was 2'' diameter. The bull's eye insert was just under but flat as you see in the blog with a sticky back so it is a very cheap variety. I hope this helps you some more Sharon. I know it is frustrating when you want to do something and your efforts are not producing but don't quit looking. Your pieces are out there somewhere. ( smiles) Please Keep me posted!!! <br /><br />elizabethelizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-5696327638442129642013-08-04T17:54:37.894-07:002013-08-04T17:54:37.894-07:00Hi again...I am going NUTS trying to find PLAIN li...Hi again...I am going NUTS trying to find PLAIN little convex mirrors and a PLAIN little birdcage mirror. All the stores in my area have these little auto mirrors in a double frame; that is, there's a frame around the mirror, and the framed mirror is in a second frame (that it swivels around in to adjust it's angle). I'm going to have to "tear" them apart to get the convex mirror out so it can be put in a nicer frame. <br /><br />The only birdcage mirror I found has bells and dingle-dangles hanging off it...and there is a hanger for each "thingy" molded into the frame. I think if I try to remove them, I'll end up with a very chipped and uneven frame edge. <br /><br />So now I'm on the search for something else 2" in diameter suitable for the frame's base. Nothing is ever really simple. I DO like the way this frame looks over the tall, narrow fireplace you've paired it with. - SharonSharonShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264430219949838593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-37584791475030430662013-08-03T14:20:05.151-07:002013-08-03T14:20:05.151-07:00I never use air clay! I have to try :)
Elizabeth, ...I never use air clay! I have to try :)<br />Elizabeth, I can't find your email, here mine: sognatriceabordo@gmail.com<br />So we can talk better!<br />XOXO sognatriceabordohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101923384845343478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-48532027131276590602013-08-01T12:52:13.086-07:002013-08-01T12:52:13.086-07:00Hi Lucille, I AM CUCKOO! I have to be to invest ...Hi Lucille, I AM CUCKOO! I have to be to invest the kind of time and energy that I dedicate to this hobby, so you Were Right Lucille. Sometimes, I sit down to see what is happening out in our mini world and the sun is up and shining brightly and the next time I look up the sun is DOWN, and then I shrug and get back to whatever I was doing and then look up and the sky is getting bright again as the sun is COMING UP AGAIN! I have time for maybe 2 hours of sleep and there have been times that I forfeit that too; CUCKOO ELIZABETH!elizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-43622300835191620362013-08-01T12:36:07.460-07:002013-08-01T12:36:07.460-07:00So sorry, Elizabeth, but I meant to say "Yoo ...So sorry, Elizabeth, but I meant to say "Yoo hoo, Elizabeth" and not "Cuckoo Elizabeth". I guess there is sometimes a language barrier and I get mixed up with my words. You must have wondered what I was talking about. Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216586118985900266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-18216737869412552652013-08-01T12:07:58.488-07:002013-08-01T12:07:58.488-07:00HAllllloooo Jane! Lady of the woodland nymphs and...HAllllloooo Jane! Lady of the woodland nymphs and no stranger to mysteries of minifanailia! Always a pleasure to hear from you Jane! Thank you for your compliment and I am so glad that you too, are now a serious collector of Findings and junk jewelry and such like. It is like the icing on a mini cake when you have stuff like this at your disposal. I love rummaging through the stockpile that I have. My biggest concern is trying to decide what to use now and what to save for later. I always seem to find what would have worked better AFTER I have already committed myself. Oh woe is me.... LIFE,.... why must it be so hard? ( smiles)<br /><br />elizabethelizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-56235812286779336822013-08-01T11:51:04.743-07:002013-08-01T11:51:04.743-07:00Hi Indy-Poppy! I suppose that in the elation of h...Hi Indy-Poppy! I suppose that in the elation of having completed your diver's course, having to ask for the souvenir mirrors would not have crossed your mind, at that time, and that is perfectly normal. Nevertheless, now that you know their INCREDIBLE value, you could go and stand outside the testing station with a sign, asking for donations! hehehhehe<br /><br />elizabethelizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-72927407959052436792013-08-01T11:45:03.919-07:002013-08-01T11:45:03.919-07:00Hello Sognatrice! I am so glad that you have enjo...Hello Sognatrice! I am so glad that you have enjoyed this post, Sognatrice! I think that it is always good to be able to laugh and laughing at ourselves helps to keep us from getting a head too big for our shoulders! You know, I DO use polymer clay, but not very often, although every time I make a trip to the craft store, I look to see if there is something in it that maybe I could use, then I bring it home and put it in a drawer and there it seems to sit...... I prefer to use Air dry clays because I am not so intimidated by them. A long time ago, I used to make doll house dolls from polymer clay, and I was toying with the idea of maybe even trying them again. Jane Smith of Mini Fanaticus, has made some wonderful woodland figures with the clay and others, like Ilona of Minimumloon, make their own dolls too! In any case, contact me on my gmail address which is listed at the top of this page, okay? Talk soon!<br /><br />elizabethelizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-53417889725353854822013-08-01T11:19:58.746-07:002013-08-01T11:19:58.746-07:00Hello Lucille! You are so right, my dear. The mi...Hello Lucille! You are so right, my dear. The mirror would look stunning in gold or silver! As I was composing it and adding the metal bits to it, I thought, " what a shame to have to paint it all over, and lose the gold". ( sigh) However, after having painted it brown, I did decide to make it look Shabbier and gave it a white wash which highlighted the carved details while still allowing the brown to show through. It looks Really beat up now! Yippee!<br />As far as seeing me in the mirror..... Have you ever been to the Fun House at the Fair, Lucille? You know those crazy mirrors that distort out of all recognition..... ? Well, if I have a difficult time looking in a regular mirror, just imagine the Horror of seeing a pin head in this con-vexed one! Some things are just better left to your Imagination. hahaha <br /> Enjoy your tea!<br /><br />elizabethelizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-85297936930816868042013-08-01T11:08:17.513-07:002013-08-01T11:08:17.513-07:00Hello Eliana! You are most welcome and Thank You ...Hello Eliana! You are most welcome and Thank You too! I look forward to seeing how you decorate the Lumby Dollhouse that you won in a Givaway! Your birthday gift of the mother of the house, will have a lot of work ahead of her, but with Your help, I am sure the house will soon become a Home. Have fun!<br /><br />elizabethelizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-43281374902798978392013-08-01T10:13:20.870-07:002013-08-01T10:13:20.870-07:00Susan, can you Imagine a Big Gathering of of ALL o...Susan, can you Imagine a Big Gathering of of ALL our internet friends! Everyone in the same room !!!? There we would all be together, each one of us WITH our GOOGLE TRANSLATORS, as we are babbling away! The picture in my mind is cracking me up! Too Funny!<br /><br />elizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-83992021277758357472013-08-01T08:10:01.790-07:002013-08-01T08:10:01.790-07:00Holy moly that's a fine looking mirror! You my...Holy moly that's a fine looking mirror! You my lady, are a fantastic finatico of finery! ;P<br /><br />I myself have recently become addicted to findings and pieces, I don't know how I lived without them!<br /><br />Another masterpiece!<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01209011940050404539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-50906165025315982582013-08-01T03:43:50.134-07:002013-08-01T03:43:50.134-07:00What a great idea. If only I had kept my mirrors f...What a great idea. If only I had kept my mirrors from when I did my learner driver course years ago! He he.Indy_Poppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08883752508933367411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-58421190335938804452013-08-01T02:03:02.689-07:002013-08-01T02:03:02.689-07:00Elizabeth, you're very kind and funny. I enjoy...Elizabeth, you're very kind and funny. I enjoyed reading your post. Thanks for the tutorial! I used chains to decorate a couch and I liked to see what you do for a mirror.<br />Don't you use polymer clay? I'd like to send you some mini in Fimo, if you like to swap with me. I'm not a perfect Fimo maker but we can help eachother!<br />Have a nice day! :)sognatriceabordohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101923384845343478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-49377239807733116852013-07-31T22:17:36.185-07:002013-07-31T22:17:36.185-07:00Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec vous Elizab...Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec vous Elizabeth ! <br />Bonne et belle journée ! rosethérosethe-minimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546691536951568111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-77173738247461156182013-07-31T20:06:29.070-07:002013-07-31T20:06:29.070-07:00Aren't the aga stoves lovely? Personally, I w...Aren't the aga stoves lovely? Personally, I want something like a vintage Rayburn stove (like the one we had when I was young)in my dollhouse to replace the simple black iron stove I made 35 years ago. If you do a google search it brings up some beauty's.<br /><br />Isn't the blogosphere a grand place Elizabeth? I've met so many lovely people, yourself included. Can you imagine the joy of meeting all of our internet friends at one big gathering?? Oh dear, there's me always hiding my face and never looking in mirrors because the stranger there scares me ;) and my good and very dear friend Lidi goes and plasters my image on her blog....Susan@minicrochetmadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13809610464829120178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-11883031588264790132013-07-31T19:16:47.572-07:002013-07-31T19:16:47.572-07:00Hi Elizabeth! Another exciting tutorial! Another w...Hi Elizabeth! Another exciting tutorial! Another winner and so well explained. It could also be done in gold or silver or shabby chic as you say. It's such a versatile project. The sky is the limit, really! Thank you very much! Why did you hide yourself? Naughty girl! I would have liked to have seen you in the mirror! I could have said "Cuckoo Elizabeth"! No, I'm not having a cocktail. I'm having a cup of Tetley tea and there's nothing in it except for a drop of 2% milk. It's 10:15 at night and I still haven't done my workout. I had better get started. Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216586118985900266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449505618824942041.post-11440102915925142922013-07-31T19:09:59.508-07:002013-07-31T19:09:59.508-07:00Lovely, Elizabeth! Thanks. ;)Lovely, Elizabeth! Thanks. ;)Elianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261456088617348850noreply@blogger.com