Am I the only one
Donna D.
the only one who doesn't stitch ornaments.
15 years ago when I just started stitching I bought a bunch of those cheap
little ornaments to make and I just couldn't stitch them and have such a
mental block against all ornaments now.
Donna
Liesch
Just because it is called the Ornament issue, doesn't mean you have to
stitch the designs and use them only for ornaments. Most of the them would
look great on bread cloths, sweatshirts (worked over 8.5 waste canvas),
cards, etc.
Actually, I can understand why some of the cheapie ornament kits would give
you an aversion to stitching ornaments. Lets see: terrible fabric, nasty
floss, poor charts. Not a lot to like there.
Rita Liesch
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Jacqui
No, I don't do them - I made an angel with some freebie sparkly aida
from a magazine and a free frame from sewandsew.co.uk, just to see what
it would look like. Then I looked at it and thought "what the hell am I
going to do with it?" That's what it boils down to for me - I am just
not going to decorate my home/Christmas tree with that kind of thing.
We have handmade stockings already, that have been in the family years
(and some spare so DH now has one), so no need to make those. We have
tree ornaments. It would all be wasted effort - and I can't think of
anyone to give them to either. Maybe I'll stitch some in future years
but they will all be going to the church sales.
Jac
Donna D.
Sweetheart Tree charts ever. I don't exactly understand my aversion. Glutton
for punishment LOL
Donna
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Carolyn Potts
*covered* with them. As they don't suit my taste in ornamentation, I have
never even looked for the charts.
Now my SIL had an idea last year that I thought was sort of neat. She had
copies made of snapshots of my bro from wee-hood to the present, laminated
them and cut them into ovals, put hanging holes in them and put them on
their tree. After the day, I got them to keep, or put on my tree. (That
comes under the "fat chance" rod.) Though I won't use them on my tree, I
don't think, I do treasure them.
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Pat Porter
a friend in America a couple of years ago (You know who you are!).
I have a completely clear one out all year - I put all my oddments of
metallic thread in it!
There`s a nice idea for Christmas exchanges - a pretty box with a Christmas
ornament in it!
Pat P.
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Lorraine Taylor
anymore the tree would probably loose all its branches from the weight so I
don't stitch ornaments either.
Lorraine
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Danny Breidenbach
--Danny
s.e.l.
I only started stitching ornaments last year really - I did a few small ones
about 10 years ago which have held up pretty well. But I'm a complete
sucker for anything Christmas :) Obsessive Christmas nut in otherwords.
And while I understand having enough, or even to many ornaments for your
tree.... that just meant I had to go out and buy another tree. *laughs*
And that's with only maybe 5 ornaments that I personally have hand made.
Heaven help me if I ever figure out how to "finish" these ornaments into
ornaments instead of just keeping them rolled onto paper tubes ! If I
succeed this year I may need to buy another small tree for all of them. And
they do seem to make nice gifts too - or at least everyone I've ever given
them to seems to be happy with them.
I think i just like the "quick finish" and Christmas-item mix.
Shannon L.
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Laurie Riley
nauseum, and I don't think I've ever stitched one of them.
Oops, I don't believe I admitted to that! You know, even though I'm not
Jewish, today is Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, so maybe I'm feeling
empathetic with my Jewish brothers and sisters, and atoning for never doing
one of those ornaments!
Best,
Laurie
N. Suburban Chicago
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Karen C - California
<sha...@NOSPAMmartekbiz.com> writes:
>Obsessive Christmas nut in otherwords.
>
>And while I understand having enough, or even to many ornaments for your
>tree.... that just meant I had to go out and buy another tree.
I used to know a gal who had a tree in every room of the house, including the
bathrooms! Yes, they had an 8 foot tree in the master bedroom, too. She
started decorating (the unobtrusive stuff first, like snowflakes and unadorned
pine garland) as soon as she put the Halloween stuff away, and left it up till
Valentine's Day.
She'd never admit it to her husband, but she had so much Christmas stuff she
couldn't put it all out every year; if he noticed something missing, he just
assumed it was in the guest room or guest bathroom, and didn't suspect that
this was its year off.
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Darla
<lauri...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Naw, I read 'em, re-read 'em, keep 'em, file 'em, read 'em again, ad
>nauseum, and I don't think I've ever stitched one of them.
Yep, me too. I'm not Xian, either. But I do have friends who are,
and friends who aren't but decorate anyway, and I have this fantasy
that I'll take up stitching little bitty pieces like ornies and
actually give them as gifties. Key word: fantasy. ;->
Darla
May the light always find you on a dreary day,
When you need to be home, may you find a way.
May you always have courage to take a chance,
And never find frogs in your underpants! -- Unknown
Seanette Blaylock
things to say about Re: Am I the only one:
>I made so many ornaments (not stitched) over the years that if I made
>anymore the tree would probably loose all its branches from the weight so I
>don't stitch ornaments either.
I can never resist those ornament kits at WalMart. My poor tree is
getting crowded. :-)
--
Seanette Blaylock
WIPs: knitted hat/scarf set
knitted sampler afghan
crocheted sampler afghan
"Pure Elegance" needlepoint stocking [Dimensions Gold]
"Shimmer Snowflakes" felt applique stocking [Bucilla]
"Magic in Motion" cross-stitch [aka Merlin, Laine Gordon/Dimensions]
Amy or Brian
beads or other material, but it seems like I have so many (and this is only
my second year with a "real" tree), both grandmothers have so many, and my
mom actually has TOO many (she only uses about half her ornaments in a given
year because that's all that'll fit on the tree!).
-Amy
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Karen C - California
<seanette.spam...@impulse.net> writes:
>I can never resist those ornament kits at WalMart. My poor tree is
>getting crowded. :-)
Uh-oh, and I just sent her a couple more ornament charts! And was planning to
send an ornament as a Christmas gift. Better re-think this idea..........
Karen the Enabler
P.S. Time to catch the sales and pick up a couple of smaller trees to put in
other rooms. A 2-foot jobbie on the back of the porcelain facility. A
3-footer on the dining room table and another on the dresser in the bedroom.
Heck, you're in California -- collect up the waterproof stuff and put a tree on
the patio! (Stitch all future projects on perf plastic for the outside tree.)
Seriously, on Carol Duvall, they showed an outdoor tree in Michigan; they cut a
couple trash bags into strips and gathered them to make weatherproof garland
(they used generic white, but Rite-Aid has pastels, or you can acquire some
bright red Infectious Waste ones from your doctor) and then put other
waterproof ornaments on it. Since December can be kinda windy, you might want
to wire your ornaments on rather than just hanging them, and consider either
bringing the tree in or putting a large canvas laundry bag over it when it's
really gusty.
P.P.S Buy some cheap wreaths at Michael's or Mart du Wal and hang one on each
side of every door in the apartment. Put your excess ornaments on them. If
you're putting a wreath on both sides of the door, you don't need nails: loop a
ribbon through the wreaths, knot it, and fling it over the top of the door. If
it's a door that doesn't get opened/closed very often, it'll probably stay put
via gravity, but on the front door, you might want to pop a thumbtack through
the ribbon into the top of the door where the landlord won't notice the hole.
Seanette Blaylock
things to say about Re: What to do with Excess Ornaments WAS Am I the
only one:
>>I can never resist those ornament kits at WalMart. My poor tree is
>>getting crowded. :-)
>Uh-oh, and I just sent her a couple more ornament charts! And was planning to
>send an ornament as a Christmas gift. Better re-think this idea..........
>Karen the Enabler
I meant those bead dealies. Should have been more specific. :-)
>P.S. Time to catch the sales and pick up a couple of smaller trees to put in
>other rooms. A 2-foot jobbie on the back of the porcelain facility. A
>3-footer on the dining room table and another on the dresser in the bedroom.
Errr, we don't *have* a dining room table, and the dresser is full.
Karen C - California
reminded of this project. Since I know Seanette has lots of tuna-size cat food
cans lurking around (and the rest of you are now going to start eating tuna
sandwiches morning, noon and night)....
Wash out the cans really well (take off the labels and run a load through the
dishwasher). You can leave them au naturel or spray paint them. Shiny
metallic gold is nice. So is light blue with stencilled/glittered white
snowflakes. But, I digress.
Punch a hanger hole in the side with a nail, and put a ribbon through it.
Affix your round stitchery to the inside/bottom of the can. Put some cute
little plastic thing from the party store or cake decorating store in front of
it; preferably something along the same theme. (Say, a snowman in front of a
starry night, or a lamb in front of a manger scene, or a mouse in front of a
cat.) Voila, Christmas shadow boxes.
Or you can remove both lids, and hang a two-sided something inside for a Rings
of Saturn effect. (That'll use up two petite stitcheries in one ornament to
reduce the clutter on the tree by half.)
The overzealous one in our Girl Scout troop (not me!) made a few gazillion of
these (we didn't do stitchery, we just painted and glittered), ran a ribbon
around the moulding along the living room ceiling, and strung them up there.
Even if your living room is a mere 10x10, Seanette, that's 40 linear feet of
circumference. Put an ornament every 6" and you can use up 80 of them. Put a
second ribbon around the room a foot lower, and that's 160 more ornaments that
you can display. Then start on the dining room. :)
Then swag ribbon across the windows and pin half-a-dozen ornaments along each
window. Make multiple swags, each deeper than the one before, and you can
cover the window with ornaments. (Or just hang them on crochet cotton at
varying heights, but beware of creating cat bat-bats that way. You may want to
only vary the height by 8" to keep the pretty toys just out of Felix's reach.)
Karen C - California
<cini...@nospam.dot.attbi.dot.com> writes:
>(she only uses about half her ornaments in a given
>year because that's all that'll fit on the tree!).
In my case, the unbreakable stuff goes on the tree, and my granny's fragile
German glass ones get hung from garland wrapped around the arms of the dining
room chandelier. Safely out of reach of curious kitties. That way, I can see
my priceless pretties, and the girlies can knock over the tree if they want to
get rambunctious. Everybody's happy.
Karen C - California
<seanette.spam...@impulse.net> writes:
>Errr, we don't *have* a dining room table,
A two-footer on the kitchen counter or on top of the fridge? Or maybe Bob
could put his engineering skills to good use figuring out how to dangle a tree
from the ceiling above the furniture? (I've seen it done, just not sure how.)
If all else fails, I think it was on HGTV, they showed Trees for Small Spaces.
One was a felt cutout hung on the back of the door, and the other was a bunch
of pine branches affixed to a triangular "trellis" and hung on the wall.
PaulaB
> tree.... that just meant I had to go out and buy another tree.
Three here. One is all stitched, one is a miniature that stays on the
dining room table (it makes a nifty centerpiece), and the huge one
that has "everything else" on it. Works for us! :-))) Paula B.
Sewuni
>from the ceiling above the furniture?
omigosh Karen, thank you so much for the laugh! you have no idea how much I
needed this right now!
Jennifer
s ew un i a t a o l d o t c o m
WIPs: Stephen King "Misery" converted from book art; Mirabilia "Lady of the
Flag", Pitter Patterns "Kokopelli Sampler"
Karen C - California
>>from the ceiling above the furniture?
>
>omigosh Karen, thank you so much for the laugh! you have no idea how much I
>needed this right now!
>
I am absolutely serious -- I've seen and heard in several places about families
who *hang* their tree. It's harder for baby/puppy to chew on the ornaments,
it's impossible to knock over, it solves the problem of no floor space....
It's actually a pretty darned clever idea, if you can figure out how to do it.
I've never dangled one from the ceiling, but I have had a few of them that
needed to be wired to the wall because they were so lopsided and off-balance
that they fell over without guy wires.
Jacqui
> If all else fails, I think it was on HGTV, they showed Trees for
> Small Spaces. One was a felt cutout hung on the back of the door,
> and the other was a bunch of pine branches affixed to a triangular
> "trellis" and hung on the wall.
The year before last I decorated my tree-shaped portable tv aerial. It
still has all the baubles tied to it, and it fits anywhere! I did
actually have it on top of the tv that year, but last year it went onto
the fridge. This year we're actually going to bother with a real tree.
Jac
Dianne Lewandowski
All that work laid to rest somewhere . . . ?
Dianne
PaulaB
> >dangle a tree
> >from the ceiling above the furniture?
>
> omigosh Karen, thank you so much for the laugh! you have no idea how much I
> needed this right now!
>
>
> Jennifer
Actually, when our kids were younger, we would string some clear
fishing line from the top part of the tree to a cup hook screwed into
some nearby woodwork to prevent the tree from falling over on someone.
We have a couple dozen of DH's greatGM's antique glass ornaments, and
I didn't want the tree to crash with those on them...not to mention
what it would do to a small child! When they were too young to know
not to touch, we would just get a four-footer and put it on a table.
Paula B.
s.e.l.
keeping me from enjoying them on my tree :) HOWEVER, after much prodding
from you, Dianne, and others on this group, I'm going to try to overcome my
deep-seated fear of sewing (which is very unfounded), and actually finish
these things into ornaments ! Yes, I'm hopeful that my LNS really is going
to have an ornament finishing course this fall, but if not - DEEP BREATH -
I'm going to give it a shot. I've got your site and others bookmarked,
printed, read-and-re-read, so I should be able to do it. Heck I used to
quilt and make clothes, surely I can sew a little ornament, right ?
*cold sweat* *shaking hands*
I'll do it :)
Shannon L.
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Di Messina
It's really not that hard! Go for it. Unless you're a real visual
learner, most printed instructions are pretty thorough and should be able to
help you through it. If not, e-mail me if you're making padded board
ornaments and I'll help you through it!
Di
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Robert and Elizabeth
> I had an enormous, wonderful box of Christmas Tree decorations arrive from
> a friend in America a couple of years ago (You know who you are!).
>
> I have a completely clear one out all year - I put all my oddments of
> metallic thread in it!
>
> There`s a nice idea for Christmas exchanges - a pretty box with a Christmas
> ornament in it!
Oh, golly, <blush> it was such fun to put that together. I have some new
fancy ornaments now, maybe I should put another box together. Do you get
the ornament issue? if not, would you like it?
DD has been collecting all my metallic threads to put in a clear
ornament. She checks my ort jars zealously, meticulously retrieving all
the metallics. Perhaps I should work on some of the projects that use
them again.
Elizabeth
Seanette Blaylock
about Re: What to do with Excess Ornaments WAS Am I the only one:
>Actually, when our kids were younger, we would string some clear
>fishing line from the top part of the tree to a cup hook screwed into
>some nearby woodwork to prevent the tree from falling over on someone.
> We have a couple dozen of DH's greatGM's antique glass ornaments, and
>I didn't want the tree to crash with those on them...not to mention
>what it would do to a small child! When they were too young to know
>not to touch, we would just get a four-footer and put it on a table.
I've heard of people with small children [or puppies or kittens]
putting the tree in a playpen. :-)
Sampler45
>who *hang* their tree. It's harder for baby/puppy to chew on the ornaments,
When my cousin's children were very young, she would put her Christmas Tree in
a playpen. They could look but they could not touch!
Pat in NJ
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realist adjusts the sails.
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Monique Reed
Cats are a little harder. One year, my dad had to make guywires out
of monofilament line--to ceiling and surrounding furniture. It takes
a tough set up to withstand a 17-lb cat launching from across the
room.
Monique
PaulaB
> Cats are a little harder. One year, my dad had to make guywires out
> of monofilament line--to ceiling and surrounding furniture. It takes
> a tough set up to withstand a 17-lb cat launching from across the
> room.
>
> Monique
> >
trees because they're full of wonderful cat toys, and our cat is so
disinterested I wonder what's wrong with her. When she was a kitten
(8 mos. old at Christmas) she would climb a couple feet up into the
tree and drape across some branches next to the trunk and nap, but
after that one year she never paid any more attention to the tree at
all. She never did play with any of the ornaments at all. I think I
got gypped! :-)) Paula B.
Di Messina
Di
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frasersmom
trees because they're full of wonderful cat toys, and our cat is so
disinterested I wonder what's wrong with her. When she was a kitten
(8 mos. old at Christmas) she would climb a couple feet up into the
tree and drape across some branches next to the trunk and nap, but
after that one year she never paid any more attention to the tree at
all. She never did play with any of the ornaments at all. I think I
got gypped! :-)) Paula B.<<
I was telling someone one year how good my kitten is with the tree
when he came shooting out of the middle of it. It was only the first
two years that I had any trouble with them. I have a permanent eye
hook in the beam of my living room and I still wire it to the beam
every year. The tree goes all the way up to the beam, so it's not
visible. His only interest in the tree these days is the water which
he drinks daily.
--
Tamara in sunny San Diego
tjb...@prodigy.net
Robert and Elizabeth
> It's odd - I hear all these stories about cats destroying Christmas
> trees because they're full of wonderful cat toys, and our cat is so
> disinterested I wonder what's wrong with her. When she was a kitten
> (8 mos. old at Christmas) she would climb a couple feet up into the
> tree and drape across some branches next to the trunk and nap, but
> after that one year she never paid any more attention to the tree at
> all. She never did play with any of the ornaments at all. I think I
> got gypped! :-))
Some do, some don't. One of ours is only interested in napping on the
presents under the tree, and two do the one arm whack, sending ornaments
across the room, after which they lose interest in them. So I put the
unbreakable ornaments down where they can reach, and save the glass for
the top.
MIL's cat, OTOH, likes to climb to the top of the tree and bat ornaments
down from there. Nothing like being ornie-bombed by a cat.
Elizabeth
Linda Wright
What is REALLY scary is that people actually do these things. . .
Seanette Blaylock
about Re: What to do with Excess Ornaments WAS Am I the only one:
>> Cats are a little harder. One year, my dad had to make guywires out
>> of monofilament line--to ceiling and surrounding furniture. It takes
>> a tough set up to withstand a 17-lb cat launching from across the room.
>It's odd - I hear all these stories about cats destroying Christmas
>trees because they're full of wonderful cat toys, and our cat is so
>disinterested I wonder what's wrong with her. When she was a kitten
>(8 mos. old at Christmas) she would climb a couple feet up into the
>tree and drape across some branches next to the trunk and nap, but
>after that one year she never paid any more attention to the tree at
>all. She never did play with any of the ornaments at all. I think I
>got gypped! :-))
HFM occasionally bats an ornament [mine are all non-breakable], but
his major interest in the tree is snoozing on the felt applique tree
skirt. :-)
Elizabeth Bonello
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Another Elizabeth pitches in (isn't it a lovely name? Not that I'm
prejudiced at all!)--my younger cat (male, 7 years old) can completely strip
a tree of all ornaments, lights, garland, etc. in less than an hour! Not
only that, but he organizes the removed items--lights in one corner of the
room, garland in another, ornaments in a third. Strangest cat I've ever had
(not to mention his highly developed organizational skills)!
LittleBit
Karen C - California
Bonello" <ebonell...@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> Strangest cat I've ever had
>(not to mention his highly developed organizational skills)!
>
Miss Kitty doesn't do trees, but she is a cleaner and an organizer. Look in
any astrology book under Virgo, and you'll find that's supposed to be one of
her talents. She tidies up everything, including washing XH's hair when it had
been too long since his last shower. I've even caught her trying to make the
bed!
Robert and Elizabeth
> Another Elizabeth pitches in (isn't it a lovely name? Not that I'm
> prejudiced at all!)--my younger cat (male, 7 years old) can completely strip
> a tree of all ornaments, lights, garland, etc. in less than an hour! Not
> only that, but he organizes the removed items--lights in one corner of the
> room, garland in another, ornaments in a third. Strangest cat I've ever had
> (not to mention his highly developed organizational skills)!
>
> LittleBit
I agree about the name, and weirdly enough, when I was pre-school my
nickname was Lil'bit. They changed it to Bitsy when I started school.
I would love to meet your cat, he organizes his ornaments like I
organize mine :-).
Elizabeth
PaulaB
over here, blending filament over there, and silks in another spot!
:-))) Paula B.
Liz Hampton
have to close our curtains, I frequently hang some of the extra ornaments on
the curtain rods. :-)) Other wise, I alternate. Some years I hang some,
and other years I hang others. It depends on the size of the tree I cut
too. Sometimes it's big and sometimes it's smaller.
Liz from Humbug
--
Elizabeth Bonello
> over here, blending filament over there, and silks in another spot!
> :-))) Paula B.
Well, since this particular cat is a male and he considers unguarded floss
as a tasty snack (silk is the favorite--of course, only the best for His
Majesty!), I don't think this is a very good idea. He doesn't actually
*eat* the floss, he just shreds it (I don't know if he is planning on making
a harem couch with the bits, since I was so nice as to color-coordinate them
as he is colorblind--he knows I have good taste because he would *never*
tolerate a slave with bad taste! LOL). I haven't had to make any frantic
trips to the vet to get the floss out to prevent a bowel obstuction!
> >
> > Another Elizabeth pitches in (isn't it a lovely name? Not that I'm
> > prejudiced at all!)--my younger cat (male, 7 years old) can completely
strip
> > a tree of all ornaments, lights, garland, etc. in less than an hour!
Not
> > only that, but he organizes the removed items--lights in one corner of
the
> > room, garland in another, ornaments in a third. Strangest cat I've ever
had
> > (not to mention his highly developed organizational skills)!
> >
> > LittleBit
LittleBit
Heather
the furniture from our older 2-bedroom place, and thus NO floorspace)
was hang a garland up around the windows and decorate it with all my
ornaments. It was wonderfully safe from our cat, looked good, and was
easy to do! This year I even managed to hang it using those new 3M
removable adhesive hooks (and thus no holes necessary in the concrete
wall!). I did have to be careful to use enough of them though to
support the weight.
Heather
Queens, NY
(AKA Elfin)
WIP: A Mother's Bliss, Queen Anne's Lace, Peacock Tapestry
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Marilyn Bunzo
use of CD-ROMs on their outdoor trees. Bright, shiny, waterproof and you have a
nearly endless free supply from AOL alone.
Seriously, they look great on the tree blowing in the wind and seem to hold up
well even in the Minnesota winter weather. They would be just fine in CA.
And they give you a good way to recycle all of the freebies from AOL. 8-)
Marilyn
Karen C - California wrote:
>
>
> Uh-oh, and I just sent her a couple more ornament charts! And was planning to
> send an ornament as a Christmas gift. Better re-think this idea..........
>
> Karen the Enabler
>
> P.S. Time to catch the sales and pick up a couple of smaller trees to put in
> other rooms. A 2-foot jobbie on the back of the porcelain facility. A
> 3-footer on the dining room table and another on the dresser in the bedroom.
> Heck, you're in California -- collect up the waterproof stuff and put a tree on
> the patio! (Stitch all future projects on perf plastic for the outside tree.)
> Seriously, on Carol Duvall, they showed an outdoor tree in Michigan; they cut a
> couple trash bags into strips and gathered them to make weatherproof garland
> (they used generic white, but Rite-Aid has pastels, or you can acquire some
> bright red Infectious Waste ones from your doctor) and then put other
> waterproof ornaments on it. Since December can be kinda windy, you might want
> to wire your ornaments on rather than just hanging them, and consider either
> bringing the tree in or putting a large canvas laundry bag over it when it's
> really gusty.
>
> P.P.S Buy some cheap wreaths at Michael's or Mart du Wal and hang one on each
> side of every door in the apartment. Put your excess ornaments on them. If
> you're putting a wreath on both sides of the door, you don't need nails: loop a
> ribbon through the wreaths, knot it, and fling it over the top of the door. If
> it's a door that doesn't get opened/closed very often, it'll probably stay put
> via gravity, but on the front door, you might want to pop a thumbtack through
> the ribbon into the top of the door where the landlord won't notice the hole.
Jill Robinson
> With regard to outdoor trees, several people in this neighborhood have made
> good use of CD-ROMs on their outdoor trees. Bright, shiny, waterproof and
> you have a nearly endless free supply from AOL alone.
>
> Seriously, they look great on the tree blowing in the wind and seem to hold
> up well even in the Minnesota winter weather. They would be just fine in
> CA.
>
> And they give you a good way to recycle all of the freebies from AOL. 8-)
Some enterprising soul did a similar thing with all her/his AOL freebies and
was selling them at a local boutique! (This was a few years ago - haven't
looked recently to see if they're still available). Two CDs are joined
together at right angles to each other (a + looking down from the top) with
a hanging loop at the top. What a great recycling project! ;-)
--
Jill in IL
jrspreen at onemain dot com
http://home.onemain.com/~jrspreen/
Cheryl Isaak
Robinson" <jrsp...@onemain.com> wrote:
My son's Cub Scout den used them to make mobiles......
Cheryl
FireCat
the 'computer knight'...clad completely in cd disc put together like chain
mail.
--
Sharon A.
W.I.P.: 4 Horses of Apocalypse (Kustom Krafts)
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Lynn Hansen
Cheryl Isaak <chery...@adelphia.net> wrote:
They make great bird toys. Unbreakable mirrors are $2.99 but AOL CDs
are free and the hole in the middle fits perfectly on the standard
perch. We call them "AOL's Bird Toy of the Month Club."
Lynn
Cbsnoopy2001
>W.I.P.: 4 Horses of Apocalypse (Kustom Krafts)
wow i have seen this pattern but have never heard of anyone taking it on. why
did you pick it? because of the horses or because they're the 4 horses of the
apocalypse?
(just learning what the 4 horses of the apocalypse are from listening to the
left behind series on tape)
cath
Cath
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's
determination.
FireCat
the challenge I'd had with it...and I like horses :)
Didn't have all that much to do with the title.
I'm about halfway through it at the moment, after some problems early in the
year where I had to put it aside because of lack of 'concentration time'. I
feel like it's taking me forever...but I'm hanging in there...
--
Sharon A.
W.I.P.: 4 Horses of Apocalypse (Kustom Krafts)
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Cbsnoopy2001
>the challenge I'd had with it...and I like horses :)
i bought fire and ice pattern because EVERY TIME i saw it it JUMPED OUT at
me... so finally... i brought it home :)