[Nfb-krafters-korner] looking for suggestions to make "hangers" foreggs

Wed Jan 4 12:53:22 UTC 2012

How about wire?  Poke it through the bottom and through the top.  Make a bend in the wire at the bottom so it will not go through and take the top and make a loop out of it for the hanger and cut any extra wire.

Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: Heather Kirkwood [mailto:hkdawn at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] looking for suggestions to make "hangers" foreggs

Thanks Ramona! The eggs are pretty stable, but in the past I've had a hard time getting the needle to poke out the other side. I never tried pipe cleaners though. I'll give that a try. I like them as they aren't nearly as fragile as blown eggs. I put a sealer on them so that mosture doesn't damange them, and then decorate over that. 

Heather Kirkwood
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HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012

--- On Tue, 1/3/12, Ramona Walhof <ramona.walhof at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Ramona Walhof <ramona.walhof at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] looking for suggestions to make "hangers" foreggs
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 8:33 PM

Heather, how fragile are the eggs?  If you can find something for a little disc or square on the bottom, then I would think you can push a needle through the egg and hang it with the thread that was in the needle.  But you would probably need a thin piece of plastic or maybe even aluminum foil at the end of the thread to keep the knot from pulling through.  If the paper mache is pretty stable, then try pipe stem cleaners.  You can use a little bend on the bottom and bend a loop on the top.  That's the easiest way if the eggs won't fall apart.

I never thought of an Easter tree. Good idea!

Ramona
----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Kirkwood" <hkdawn at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 6:31 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] looking for suggestions to make "hangers" foreggs

I'm finally headed home on Thursday! It's been great, but seven weeks on the road, with a little surgery thrown in along the way, is just a bit much! I'm feeling MUCH better now and looking forward to getting home to my stuff (and my crafts and artwork in my studio!).

I have a project I want to do, but need a little help or some suggestions. I spent part of my childhood in Germany. There, we had Easter trees (like Christmas trees without the greenery). We hung Easter eggs from the tree (usually like a big branch) as one would hang Christmas ornaments.

I have a ton of paper mache eggs. I got them on sale after Easter last year very cheap, so I bought a ton of them. I want to decorate them like Easter eggs. I'll probably paint them, and maybe use some beads to make them more tactile. My trouble is every sort of hanger I've made for them in the past seems to fall off too easily.

Does anyone have ideas for this? I've tried floral wire and ribbon super glued to the top. It doesn't work well.

Heather Kirkwood
Director of Outreach, Vice President
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
One South Road
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
1 (800) 789-9HPS
www.hpsnetwork.org

Personal blog: www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com

Search the Web at www.goodsearch.com and choose the HPS Network as your charity!

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