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Post by puppie96 on Nov 8, 2005 1:44:58 GMT -5
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Post by Alice on Nov 8, 2005 1:54:19 GMT -5
What a neat idea!
How did you make the plate?
The vase in the last picture, is what I've been doing with my rocks recently. Not too sure what to do with them other then put them in vases
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Post by puppie96 on Nov 8, 2005 2:02:27 GMT -5
I've settled on flat displays mostly. The rocks I have are too nice to bury in a pile. Mirrored vanity tray from LNT is a standout & they also have divided plastic organizers. But I've got a few cool looking vases like that one that I use for small stones. Now I've got a reservoir for more experiments. It's a coaster size resin cast.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Nov 8, 2005 9:23:32 GMT -5
My club president made a lighted table that she covered in some gems she had as well as some lights in there too
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Post by stefan on Nov 8, 2005 9:49:50 GMT -5
cool ideas!
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Post by rockyraccoon on Nov 8, 2005 10:56:31 GMT -5
puppie i love it. i want instructions on how you did that and what you used.
kim
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Post by Cher on Nov 8, 2005 11:24:14 GMT -5
That is so cool, I'd love to know how you did it too. Need more info, those would make totally great gifts. Could that be used like a hot plate for setting hot dishes on? Where did you get the stuff you made it with? Was it hard?
LOL Sorry Puppie, you started it. *smile* It's just really nice!!
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Post by jdennis on Nov 8, 2005 17:15:53 GMT -5
love it what glue do you ues?
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Post by puppie96 on Nov 8, 2005 19:58:31 GMT -5
jdennis, they are not glued on, they are inside the clear plastic.
More later....
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Post by xenaswolf on Nov 8, 2005 20:05:16 GMT -5
Puppy where do you get the big glasses?
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Post by puppie96 on Nov 8, 2005 23:23:28 GMT -5
xena -- you mean the margarita glass in the photo with the vase and the new coaster? I don't remember, but we have a couple of restaurant supply places in town that are open for retail to the public -- they are excellent for functional bar glasses and all kinds of kitchen equipment -- good quality for the price. So the marg glass probably came from one of those for a couple dollars. The tall vase came from a Hobby Lobby store last week where most of the "decorative glassware" was on half price sale, I got the vase for $5, which I consider a real find. Those vases are nice enough to be an add-on holiday gift.
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Post by puppie96 on Nov 8, 2005 23:41:00 GMT -5
I just picked up a thread I started way back about doing these kinds of projects and BIF'd it on the General board. A lot of the crowd had helpful information. It's under a header about working with plastics. This was my first experiement and I can give you more information but that thread probably would tell you more to start out with.
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Post by jdennis on Nov 9, 2005 1:10:00 GMT -5
very cool puppie can't wait till you post more info and pics ;D
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Post by puppie96 on Nov 10, 2005 0:41:54 GMT -5
Hey Cher and Kim, and everybody, I'm glad you like this! I thought it was a cool idea and here I am giving it up to this board -- how could I not? You guys are friends. I have also wondered whether you could use these for setting hot things on, and I suspect not, but I am not sure and haven't experimented. It's plastic, I think it would melt. Likewise, I would love to incorporate these into some kind of light but I'm not sure how it would work. I was thinking of things you could hang in the window like suncatchers, but these are sorta heavy, or tree ornaments. I had never done this stuff before so I started totally from the ground up...I had the idea, went to a couple of craft stores and searched around until I found the stuff on the shelf, and then I drove myself crazy trying to get the right products and instructions for proportions and all that. One store carried some molds and I bought the coaster mold that I used for this -- it was actually intended for a mosaic -- if you are looking for these products, at least around here they are in the mosaic area/stepping stones. Beyond that, other than giving you the names of the products, which I'm happy to do, I can't tell you much -- I've tried it once and really felt like it was a lot of guesswork trying to figure out the right amount of catalyst and all. The photo piece was still feeling tacky when I took the pictures, but the good news is that seems to have gone away. If I'm motivated enough I am going to try another one tomorrow! Maybe more than one, as I have something else I'd like to try as a mold.
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Post by puppie96 on Nov 10, 2005 0:55:09 GMT -5
I just remembered that a long time ago, somebody was saying that they would like to make tiles with their rocks and use them on their kitchen walls. I loved that idea though we had just redone our kitchen so...but I kept thinking about how you could make a really cool looking tile with rocks in it. I like the glass tile/block look for an accent and I like rocks in a transparent setting rather than cement or grout because you need transparence to see all the sides of the rock. So this experiment was the kind of thing I was thinking of, and I'd love to have these in my kitchen wall, but, I have a feeling that this plastic wouldn't meet the specs for fire. But, I just don't know.
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Post by creativeminded on Nov 10, 2005 13:06:41 GMT -5
Very nice, it could work for many different things a decoration, or a trivit just to name a couple.
Tami
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Post by krazydiamond on Nov 10, 2005 18:45:20 GMT -5
very interesting.........great idea!
KD
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Post by Cher on Nov 10, 2005 20:15:35 GMT -5
Puppie, did you make anymore of your crafty things? Do you really think they'd melt? I've seen hot plates that were some kind of plastic before. I wonder if you searched it you could find more info on it's properties.
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Post by puppie96 on Nov 10, 2005 22:40:42 GMT -5
Hi Cher, yes, I actually did research it, that's something that I just do automatically, though I'm not the greatest at search strategies probably. I was trying to get info on the heat/flame properties and never could get at it. Part of my problem is the confusion while reading or different terms and products which act much the same -- like epoxy resin vs. polyester resin or plastic resin. The catalysts, amounts, and methods of stirring it up are different, etc. Mine is polyester or plastic resin.
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Post by Cher on Nov 10, 2005 23:01:20 GMT -5
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