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

[Heather Kirkwood]

Hmmmm....maybe if I can find the right kind of wire. I think the stuff I've beenusing, the floral wire, is too flexible. I need something thin, but more sturdy. I flew home this afternoon so I'll start experimenting! Of course, I came home to a real mess! Apparently, there's a water leak somewhere in my bathroom! I have no idea when it started, but that's the first order of business in the morning! Yuck! 


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

--- On Wed, 1/4/12, Annette Carr <amcarr1 at verizon.net> wrote:


From: Annette Carr <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] looking for suggestions to make "hangers" for eggs
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 2:54 PM


Is there any way to poke a wire up from the bottom of the egg and out the
top?  Anchor the bottom of the wire with a bead, tassel or other decorative
item to prevent the wire from pulling up into the egg , as well as to hide
the end of the wire.  At the top of the egg use the end of the wire to make
a small loop to attach a ribbon loop for hanging the egg on the tree.

Let us know what ends up working for you.

Annette


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Kirkwood
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:32 PM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] looking for suggestions to make "hangers" for
eggs

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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