How are you all doing on the glitter ball?
**Dalin**
First half messy, second half on the right much better.
http://img4.picsplace.to/img4/26/100_0404.JPG
Dalin
Sue
"**Dalin**" <lj...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:453f237f...@130.133.1.4...
We have one half dry and the other sitting drying overnight. Then we can
put it together.
sue
>
>
**Dalin**
I'm a little behind you. The masking tape was old and too sticky. My
second half worked much better. I almost feel like doing the first
half over, but I don't have any more CDs. What kind of glue are you
using?
I also noticed the little edges around the inside circle, well some
are colored. The old CDs were clear colored. If I make another I
will pick CDs with clear inside circles. But this will be nice when
it's done.
When you finish, probably before I do, can you put up a picture?
Mick was working on his second one too, but he hasn't posted in
several days. I hope everything is ok with them.
If I ever make another I'm going to use a glue gun. I think it would
be neater and easier.
Happy night in those mountains Sue and Stan. Getting colder now?
Dalin
Joy
Mick may be spending some time either in person or on the phone visiting
with Donna. I got a postcard from her today, with an added note from Big Al
& the Silver Fox.
Joy
Sue
Stan used the Goop that Jim suggested.
We will post a picture when we are done. Uh....not to close up, though. LOL
Yuppers. The nights are getting colder. They days are glorious.
sue
>
>
>
>
>
**Dalin**
Thanks Joy, I had forgotten she was going over there to visit.
Dalin
>
**Dalin**
LOL! I'll post one too - not too close up.
Days here about 65, nights down into low 40s. It finally stopped
raining. The past few days have been the nicest all summer! - now
that summer is over. Geeee.....
Dalin
Joy
I had too until I got the postcard. I was thinking of emailing her, unless
she hadn't heard about Jim. Then I got the card. I wonder if Mick and Big
Al know?
Joy
Joy
news:f0583$452c414e$471c373a$15...@ALLTEL.NET...
I had a hard time finding a protractor and Goop. Now I have both, and I
hope to start this evening. If not, I'll start tomorrow evening.
Joy
Sue
"Joy" <toa...@real-me.net> wrote in message
>
> I had a hard time finding a protractor and Goop. Now I have both, and I
> hope to start this evening. If not, I'll start tomorrow evening.
>
> Joy
Funny, I found the Goop and Stan found the protractor. Good thing, cause I
have no idea how to use it.
Sue
>
>
Joy
I'm going to have to dredge my memory. High School geometry was a loooong
time ago.
I didn't get started tonight, but I hope to do it tomorrow.
Joy
Chakolate
news:12ip18e...@corp.supernews.com:
> I'm going to have to dredge my memory. High School geometry was a
> loooong time ago.
>
> I didn't get started tonight, but I hope to do it tomorrow.
>
Actually, you will probably have better luck just eyeballing it.
Chak
Wendy Fanner
Hi Dalin, just thought I'd let you know that we have company, a certain
American red head is staying with us so Mick hasn't had a lot of spare
time to post as she needs lots of entertaining. (lol) We are having a
wonderful time unfortunatley Donna has to go home tomorrow. sob sob
Wendy
**Dalin**
Mick does. He made a post with a picture of his first glitter ball
and said he was working on a better one. The picture is on the blog.
Dalin
>
**Dalin**
Yes, I just found out she was there. Did Big Al and the Silverfox
come to see her too? I think all you had to do to entertain her was
show her all those nice policemen in uniform. <vbg>
I hope you all had a nice time. :-)
Dalin
NOs...@no.spam
wrote:
Haven't even started mine, Dalin -- I used most of my spare cd's on
the mobile hanger ... so I need to wait until I get more!
I've bookmared the site with Jim's instructions, though :O)
Stinkweed
"**Dalin**" <lj...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:453f237f...@130.133.1.4...
mmj1
So did I. Made my walk to the mail boxes worthwhile.
mj
Joy
Duh. I even looked at it. Well, they say the memory is the first thing to
go. Or is it the second? I forget. ;-)
Joy
Joy
news:3130303034323...@zetnet.co.uk...
> The message from "Joy" <toa...@real-me.net> contains these words:
>
>> >>Mick may be spending some time either in person or on the phone
>> >>visiting
>> >>with Donna. I got a postcard from her today, with an added note from
>> >>Big
>> >>Al & the Silver Fox.
>> >>
>> >
>> unless
>> she hadn't heard about Jim. Then I got the card. I wonder if Mick and
>> Big
>> Al know?
>
>
> --
> AnneJ /\
> _/__\_
> /( o\
> /| //\-'
> __ ( o, /\
> \\\\\ )/ | / _\
> =====((__u=(___ )===
> ///// //
> /__)
Yes, of course they would. And they'd tell Donna, too.
Joy
Joy
It's the sixth item down, if you count the gibberish at the top.
Joy
"Stinkweed" <Stin...@Cricket.Net> wrote in message
news:2bCdnRvV8LR6trDY...@giganews.com...
**Dalin**
the backing on the CD came off too leaving a "hole" of light on the
front side. Grrrr It was old masking tape and too sticky.
Stink, what some of us are doing is making a CD glitter ball in honor
of our Jim Everman who died. It was he who first came up with the
idea and put the "how to" on his website.
http://webusers.anet-stl.com/~everman/gltrbal.html
I made one years ago and hung it off my back deck. You will see it at
the bottom of his site. When the sun hits it and a breeze sets it to
spinning it throws off all the colors of the rainbow. Some are
blinding. It is really pretty. Someone got the idea of hanging them
all over the world by the members of this and the afpf group and Joy I
believe was going to send Jim's daughter a list of where they all are.
Dalin
**Dalin**
<amyg...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>The message from **Dalin** <lj...@mindspring.com> contains these words:
>
>> If I ever do get it done! I peeled off the tape on the first half and
>> the backing on the CD came off too leaving a "hole" of light on the
>> front side. Grrrr It was old masking tape and too sticky.
>
>You should've stuck the tape to 'something else' first, to remove
>some of the stickiness...a teeshirt, or something...little bits
>of fibre would've stuck to it, then it would've worked better?
Your idea was a good one, but I didn't think of anything like that.
<g> I bought new tape and it is working much better. I have the two
halves glued now and drying and tomorrow, time permitting, I can tape
them and glue.
Are you doing one?
**Dalin**
<amyg...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>(It's an old tip, for when you need a low-tack tape, Dalin.)
>
>> Are you doing one?
>
>I have the disks (all 54 of them!) I have the tape, I have the glue,
>all I now need is the impetus....I may have to resort to painkillers,
>so that I can have a bit more mobility of my right shoulder too.
>
>Not much fun trying a craft project with an immobile shoulder...
Oh oh, I musta missed something. What happened to your shoulder?
Dalin
Joy
>> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:37:50 +0100, Anne Jackson
>> <amyg...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>> >The message from **Dalin** <lj...@mindspring.com> contains these words:
>> >
>> >> If I ever do get it done! I peeled off the tape on the first half
>> >> and the backing on the CD came off too leaving a "hole" of light on
>> >> the front side. Grrrr It was old masking tape and too sticky.
>> >
>> >You should've stuck the tape to 'something else' first, to remove
>> >some of the stickiness...a teeshirt, or something...little bits
>> >of fibre would've stuck to it, then it would've worked better?
>
>> Your idea was a good one, but I didn't think of anything like that.
>> <g> I bought new tape and it is working much better. I have the
>> two halves glued now and drying and tomorrow, time permitting, I can
>> tape them and glue.
>
>
>> Are you doing one?
>
> I have the disks (all 54 of them!) I have the tape, I have the glue,
> all I now need is the impetus....I may have to resort to painkillers,
> so that I can have a bit more mobility of my right shoulder too.
>
> Not much fun trying a craft project with an immobile shoulder...
>
> AnneJ /\
> _/__\_
> /( o\
> /| //\-'
> __ ( o, /\
> \\\\\ )/ | / _\
> =====((__u=(___ )===
> ///// //
> /__)
I suspect it's not much fun doing anything with an immobile shoulder. I
hope it gets better soon.
Joy
Sue
I had new tape, but it still took off part of the "silver" on the CD. And I
used two actual commercial CD's. One AOL....I am sorry I did that, as all
the rest have silver backings.
And I am saying "I". Ha! I should say Stan...as he has done all the work.
So when it is done you can say Ohhhh and Ahhhhhhhhh!
sue
>
>
>
Joy
>> >
>> >I have the disks (all 54 of them!) I have the tape, I have the glue,
>> >all I now need is the impetus....I may have to resort to painkillers,
>> >so that I can have a bit more mobility of my right shoulder too.
>> >
>> >Not much fun trying a craft project with an immobile shoulder...
>
>> Oh oh, I musta missed something. What happened to your shoulder?
>
> exascerbates it, Dalin.
>
> You'd think I'd be used to it after all those years, wouldn't you! <g>
>
> --
> AnneJ /\
> _/__\_
> /( o\
> /| //\-'
> __ ( o, /\
> \\\\\ )/ | / _\
> =====((__u=(___ )===
> ///// //
> /__)
I think it's possible to accept, and adapt to, being in pain, but I doubt if
one ever really gets used to it.
Joy
**Dalin**
<amyg...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>The message from **Dalin** <lj...@mindspring.com> contains these words:
>
>> >> Are you doing one?
>> >
>> >I have the disks (all 54 of them!) I have the tape, I have the glue,
>> >all I now need is the impetus....I may have to resort to painkillers,
>> >so that I can have a bit more mobility of my right shoulder too.
>> >
>> >Not much fun trying a craft project with an immobile shoulder...
>
>> Oh oh, I musta missed something. What happened to your shoulder?
>
>It's a problem of some 50+ years standing....and the damp weather
>exascerbates it, Dalin.
>
>You'd think I'd be used to it after all those years, wouldn't you! <g>
Well, no. I have an achy neck since I was in an auto accident when I
was 34 and the weather makes it worse. It's always there, I guess you
learn to ignore until the weather attacks. That can make it pretty
painful.
Dalin
**Dalin**
When I started the second half again all I had was aol CDs and they
are all a dark blue on the inside. I would have preferred light
colors. And some of the inner rings are colored and show on the
outside. On Jim's example they were all clear plastic in the middle.
David is going to save CDs for me so I can start a THIRD one. But I
hope to finish the second tomorrow or the next day except for letting
it sit overnight to harden.
I did all the work on mine and I'm a densa so I hope you will ohhh and
ahhhh for mine too. <g>
Dalin
Jeanette S.
is glued. First half messy, second half on the right much better.
http://img4.picsplace.to/img4/26/100_0404.JPG
What is a glitter ball and are there directions for making one? I
couldn't get into the site mentioned above. Jeanette
**Dalin**
Here's the site with directions Jeanette.
http://webusers.anet-stl.com/~everman/gltrbal.html
Several of us are making it to honor Jim Everman who died on Oct. 7.
We sort of thought it would be nice to have them hanging all over the
world. The other group afpf is doing it too. It's nice to be able to
use old CDs and make something pretty. It really sparkles in the sun.
Dalin
Joy
news:7112-452...@storefull-3255.bay.webtv.net...
> Dalin wrote: I have two halves taped together, ready to be glued. Top
> is glued. First half messy, second half on the right much better.
> http://img4.picsplace.to/img4/26/100_0404.JPG
> **************************************
I had both halves taped and glued. This morning I took off the tape. One
of the CDs I used didn't have any printing on the opposite side, and someone
had used a Sharpee to mark one side. I put the other side on the outside of
the ball, meaning the tape was on the side that was written on. The silver
peeled off with the tape, so I have to replace that CD. I tested packing
tape on a CD I'm not using, and it didn't take off the silver, so that's
what I'll use when I have to put tape on the outside to tape the two halves
together.
Joy
**Dalin**
Same thing happened to me Joy after I had the half all glued together.
I had to start over because the CD that lost the backing was the one
all the others were taped to. :-(
I have both parts taped together now and glued. I'll remove the tape
tomorrow and pray that the silver doesn't come off. If I can wait
that long! The longer the tape stays on I think the harder it is to
get off.
Dalin
Dalin
>
Joy
That's the same one the silver came off of on mine. However, I was able to
get it off without completely disassembling the half. Two of the joints
hadn't glued properly, so I replaced the middle one and re-glued those
joints at the same time. I'll peel off the tape tomorrow and see what
happens. The other half came out just fine. Of course, I suspect that
putting the two halves together and then peeling off the tape are the
hardest parts of all.
Incidentally, after buying a protractor, which wasn't anything like the one
I had when I took geometry, I discovered it was too big and couldn't figure
out how to use it, so I just eyeballed it.
Joy
**Dalin**
You know, I don't think it really makes any difference. I was so
exact on this one, and yet still when I taped the top half to the
bottom half I had a couple of CDs slightly overlapping others. Who
can see from a distance? Mine is ready tomorrow to have the tape
removed and it will be done. Providing the tape comes off without any
silver backing. If it doesn't I'm going to scream because I don't
have any more CDs and am running out of glue.
If Jim could see us I imagine he would be laughing his head off. <g>
I notice on his web site he had a couple of good laughs about it and
some problems too. :-)
Dalin
Dalin
>
Jeanette S.
http://webusers.anet-stl.com/~everman/gltrbal.html
Several of us are making it to honor Jim Everman who died on Oct. 7. We
sort of thought it would be nice to have them hanging all over the
world. The other group afpf is doing it too. It's nice to be able to use
old CDs and make something pretty. It really sparkles in the sun.
Thanks for the directions Dalin. I don't think I'll try making one
because I have no patience anymore for stuff that takes a lot of time or
requires the steady hands as this seems to need. Bless Jim E. Jeanette
Jeanette S.
was so exact on this one, and yet still when I taped the top half to the
bottom half I had a couple of CDs slightly overlapping others. Who can
see from a distance? Mine is ready tomorrow to have the tape removed and
it will be done. Providing the tape comes off without any silver
backing. If it doesn't I'm going to scream because I don't have any more
CDs and am running out of glue.
If Jim could see us I imagine he would be laughing his head off. <g> I
notice on his web site he had a couple of good laughs about it and some
problems too. :-)
Regarding the tape removing the silver backing. Couldn't you use
acrylic paint of silver glitter to fill in the spots where the tape
pulled the backing off? Then you could dab the paint in a pattern
around the ball. Jeanette
Jean B.
> That's the same one the silver came off of on mine. However, I was able to
> get it off without completely disassembling the half. Two of the joints
> hadn't glued properly, so I replaced the middle one and re-glued those
> joints at the same time. I'll peel off the tape tomorrow and see what
> happens. The other half came out just fine. Of course, I suspect that
> putting the two halves together and then peeling off the tape are the
> hardest parts of all.
>
> Incidentally, after buying a protractor, which wasn't anything like the one
> I had when I took geometry, I discovered it was too big and couldn't figure
> out how to use it, so I just eyeballed it.
>
> Joy
>
>
Um, someone's gonna get around that peeling thing and tell us
before I start making one, right?
--
Jean B.
Jean B.
> You know, I don't think it really makes any difference. I was so
> exact on this one, and yet still when I taped the top half to the
> bottom half I had a couple of CDs slightly overlapping others. Who
> can see from a distance? Mine is ready tomorrow to have the tape
> removed and it will be done. Providing the tape comes off without any
> silver backing. If it doesn't I'm going to scream because I don't
> have any more CDs and am running out of glue.
>
> If Jim could see us I imagine he would be laughing his head off. <g>
> I notice on his web site he had a couple of good laughs about it and
> some problems too. :-)
>
> Dalin
>
might as well not use a protractor. This is good. New you
and Joy et al. can solve the peeling problem.... <g>
--
Jean B.
**Dalin**
I think it is easier to just start the half over. :-)
Dalin
**Dalin**
Use new 3/8" masking tape, don't stick it too tight and don't get any
glue on it where you have to pull the tape hard to get it off the
glue.
Dalin
Joy
news:4p9s6mF...@individual.net...
Well, when you put each half together, the tape is (or should be) on the
side that has the printing on it, which will be inside the ball. So it
isn't a problem. I tried clear packing tape on an extra CD and it didn't
peel, so I can use that for the rest. However, I can't figure out how I can
tape it and glue it to put the two halves together. I can't put the tape on
the inside, obviously, and if I tape the joints, how do I get the glue on?
Dalin?
Joy
Joy
How do you tape and glue it to get the two halves together?
Joy
Sue
"Joy" <toa...@real-me.net> wrote in message
news:12ivrqf...@corp.supernews.com...
Stan taped it on the outside and just glued around the tape.
sue
>
>
Jean B.
> I would suggest using 'low tack' craft tape. I don't have any,
> but I'm going to try sticking the masking tape to my tee shirt
> before I apply it to the CD. It's worth a try, surely?
>
> I'm also going to try to molish a 'hanger' from a piece of an old
> wire coat-hanger, and fix that inside, before I hang it up....
>
Yes, I saw your suggestion and will try that too. I don't
want that surface peeling off.
I'd ask how exactly you intend to bend the hanger, but it
might be a tad hard to explain.
--
Jean B.
Jean B.
> Well, when you put each half together, the tape is (or should be) on the
> side that has the printing on it, which will be inside the ball. So it
> isn't a problem. I tried clear packing tape on an extra CD and it didn't
> peel, so I can use that for the rest. However, I can't figure out how I can
> tape it and glue it to put the two halves together. I can't put the tape on
> the inside, obviously, and if I tape the joints, how do I get the glue on?
> Dalin?
>
> Joy
>
>
--
Jean B.
**Dalin**
<amyg...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>The message from "Jean B." <jb...@rcn.com> contains these words:
>
>> **Dalin** wrote:
>> > You know, I don't think it really makes any difference. I was so
>> > exact on this one, and yet still when I taped the top half to the
>> > bottom half I had a couple of CDs slightly overlapping others. Who
>> > can see from a distance? Mine is ready tomorrow to have the tape
>> > removed and it will be done. Providing the tape comes off without any
>> > silver backing. If it doesn't I'm going to scream because I don't
>> > have any more CDs and am running out of glue.
>> >
>> > If Jim could see us I imagine he would be laughing his head off. <g>
>> > I notice on his web site he had a couple of good laughs about it and
>> > some problems too. :-)
>> >
>> Waiting seems to have it's benefits. Now I am gathering I
>> might as well not use a protractor. This is good. New you
>> and Joy et al. can solve the peeling problem.... <g>
>
>I would suggest using 'low tack' craft tape. I don't have any,
>but I'm going to try sticking the masking tape to my tee shirt
>before I apply it to the CD. It's worth a try, surely?
>
>I'm also going to try to molish a 'hanger' from a piece of an old
>wire coat-hanger, and fix that inside, before I hang it up....
Oh I wish I'd thought of that. Next one I make. I'm positive the
third one will be the best yet. I just have to wait until I get 12
more CDs. :-)
Dalin
**Dalin**
When you put the two halves together Joy, you have to put tape on the
outside on either side of where the CDs join together so you can put
the glue in the middle. Just as Jim did on the inside, my suggestion
is to put a half strip of tape on either side of each CD on one half,
then when you put the two together you can just pull the end of that
strip up onto the other half all the way around. Try not to have the
glue touch the tape. It is in the pulling of the tape off the glue
that makes you pull it hard and possibly strip the silver. If you go
slow and easy it won't strip off. I've made two balls and only on one
CD out if 24 did the silver come off. Of course I didn't use packing
tape I used the 3/8" masking tape. I don't know anything about
packing tape.
BTW, when I lost the silver part on the outside of the CD it was when
I was pulling the tape off on the inside, the printed side. That's
where it comes off, not on the outside I think.
Dalin
Joy
Thanks, Dalin.
Joy