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Post by krazydiamond on Nov 6, 2004 16:58:24 GMT -5
i did a bunch of glue things today, and as usual, got glue everywhere (the cat narrowly escaped).....but i managed to make some magnets and some pins (all still drying, that 330 epoxy takes forever), anyway, i got this keychain blank from Fire Mountain and added the stone and bead....  not sure how well it will hold up as a functional thing, but it will make a nice Christmas present. thanks for looking, KD |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Nov 6, 2004 17:02:45 GMT -5
very nice kd! yes that will make a great christmas gift.
kim
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Nov 6, 2004 17:12:48 GMT -5
N I C E, KD, very, very nice!
I bought stuff to do keychains with ages ago and have I done any? NO! I have done some magnets though - even sold a few at the City Wide Garage Sale. They will probably be Christmas for all the folks I clean house for. They all have fridge magnets and none of them are as pretty as my rock magnets!
llana
Gotta sit down and decide what I want from the Fire Mountain catalog. They have oodles of stuff and I want it all! LOL!
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Post by Cher on Nov 6, 2004 17:37:22 GMT -5
KD that's really cool. More ideas, can't wait to see the magnets and pins. Still need to get me some of that 300 epoxy stuff.
Cher
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shorty
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Post by shorty on Nov 6, 2004 18:18:27 GMT -5
hi kd howmutch do you want for fore of them christmas presents.. for famely... i want i need fore and what is this 300 stuf where do you get it please help ..and your key chain is nice shorty
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Post by krazydiamond on Nov 6, 2004 18:26:51 GMT -5
the 330 is two part epoxy and i got mine from Fire Mountain (www.firemountaingems.com). the raw keychains are about 5 bucks a pop, i haven't done enough of them to price to sell.....i'd have to order more, Shorty...will keep you advised. you could easily make theses yourself!
thanks for your interest!
KD
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Post by shorty on Nov 6, 2004 18:48:28 GMT -5
hi im sure i could.. but they wouldnt look as good haha a christmas present should be nice and myne are far from that haha so your the lady please please ill pay real money haha
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Post by krazydiamond on Nov 6, 2004 20:28:28 GMT -5
will work for rocks...........
KD
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Nov 6, 2004 20:42:12 GMT -5
LOL!
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Post by hermatite on Nov 6, 2004 20:56:33 GMT -5
G.W.A.U! (Great work as usual!) ;D I've seen those keychains but I'm too cheap to pay their prices...now I can see I may have been a little shortsighted. good stuff kiddo.
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Post by sandsman1 on Nov 6, 2004 21:19:27 GMT -5
yea kd i looked at them awile ago and never ordered them ---they come out nice i just might hafta get some
nice job i like it
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Post by docone31 on Nov 6, 2004 21:25:13 GMT -5
Good work. I like the concept.
The 300 series of epoxy is nothing more than what is known as basic epoxy. Any 2hr. epoxy will do the trick. Home Depot, Ace, Lowes, Walmart, Kmart. It is pretty inexpensive.
Ten minute is a no-no, quick set also. It will not thin enough for a stone setting. The basic epoxy thins enough in pre exothermic setting to enter minor inclusions. it then expands slightly.
Any slow set epoxy will do the trick. Might be less expensive than Fire Mountain Gems, or at least more convient and quicker to get.
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Post by Cher on Nov 6, 2004 22:04:32 GMT -5
Now that's good to know, I never did find the 300 on their website so was going to go thru the catalog. Guess I'll check at the local hardware store instead. Thanks Doc!
KD you must have buckets of beads the way you can match any stone you get. How long did it take you to collect all of them?
Cher
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Nov 7, 2004 0:05:54 GMT -5
Hey K.D.,
Very nice, indeed!
That will make a nice gift ... keep up the good work!
John
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Post by krazydiamond on Nov 7, 2004 14:45:42 GMT -5
thanks all for nice comments...
Cher, i guess i've been a beader since my days in high school, little hippy dippy girl doing macrame and seed beed jewelry. i had a little fishing tackle box and a container that had little drawers....i went over to pottery for a long time and put all the beading stuff in a box. well, i kept that box of bits and pieces, through countless years, moves and relocations.
when i quit my job two years ago to save my sanity and to spend some time with my elderly parents, i dug out that box.....then one day, my husband came home with a Fire Mountain catalog ( a move he's regretted ever since, haha)......and i've been seriously beading ever since. when i started tumbling, it was a natural progression to incorporate the stones to the beads.
and yes, i have containers of beads and findings up the whazoo, hahaha, but never enough!
KD
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