[Nfb-krafters-korner] fun with foam

[Rhonda Brantley]

you can do the old stand by of putting straight pins through a bead and 
sticking them in the ball to cover them. just make sure the bead holes are 
small enough not to let the pin go through.
Rhonda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tribble" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] fun with foam


> love it -- now could I ask a question to further challenge the creativity 
> on
> the list:
>
> I bought some items from lacrafts.com (I think that was the name) and was
> not going to, but saw these stirofoam  balls on sale and thought I could 
> do
> something fun for Christmas.  Now I'm sitting here amid a small basket of
> stirofoam balls wondering why I ordered them... (I feel like a kid in a
> candy store when buying crafty things, but usually limit myself to things 
> I
> actually plan to use...)
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts of an easy craft using 3 inch balls?  I only
> bought the one size.  I want to avoid spray paint, but glue and pins and
> tissue paper are acceptable.  I'm out of ideas.
> Anyone want some stirofoam balls for a good price??? j/k
>
> TIA and happy crafting.
> --le
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "joseli Walter" <joseli at thezoolady.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 6:33 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] fun with foam
>
>
> I've recently discovered a new medium to work with.  I'm sure it's been 
> out
> there for a while, in fact, given the fact that I found it in the kid's
> crafting section, it's probably been around forever.  Anyway, I've started
> making Christmas decorations our of sheets of foam rubber.  You can cut it
> nicely and it really can be a nice creative medium.  I got several 
> Christmas
> themed sets that have pre-cut Christmas shapes such as snowmen, Christmas
> trees, bows, gifts and even penguins for some odd reason.  These are made
> into stickers, so you can just peel off the back and slap them on your
> project.  I also have enough foam alphabet stickers to last a century!
> Oh, and if you get the alphabet stickers, keep the little dots that fill 
> in
> the letters with the back attached, they make grate little dots for 
> marking
> things.
> I got 2 spools of thread, one silver, the other gold and marked the inside
> of one of the spools with a foam dot.
> I also got some glitter glue, haven't played with that yet and the old
> standby, tacky glue, never leave home without it!
> I got all this at walmart.
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