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

[River Woman]

Can you use a very think AWL to make the holes, or a long needle tool that 
is used in pottery making?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Heather Kirkwood" <hkdawn at yahoo.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:14 PM
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"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
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

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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>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
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!

HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012
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