[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Success Saturday

Sat Aug 22 22:38:27 UTC 2020

Hahahahaha ha you crack me up! This was fun to read!

K. ReNae Anderson
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> On Aug 22, 2020, at 12:49 PM, Joyce Kane via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Well,
> 
> I feel I had a bit of a challenge teaching this Angel Class over the last 2
> weeks.  Now I had never had put my hands on this Angel safety pin kit nor
> had the opportunity to read the directions prior to one day before the
> class.  There was a lot of beads and 7 different shapes and/or sizes.
> 
> My first challenge was separating the beads.  Some of those beads were real
> small, too.
> 
> The day of the first class I had my beads in different baggies and I had my
> son read the directions into my iPhone.  Lot of good it did me there, so I
> transcribed the directions[brought memories back of medical transcribing].
> 
> I jumped in with 2 feet, 2 hands & 10 fingers and got the skirt done before
> the 1st class began.  
> I actually made the skirt 3 times start to finish before I got it right.
> Not the easiest being sure the pins are all facing in the right direction,
> getting all the pins in a circle and twisting the wire tightly[avoiding
> trimming the wire too short]
> 
> The second week's challenge was the directions wanted you to cut several
> lengths of wire.  Man this company must have had little children with little
> hands, as my suggested 6 inch wire I turned into 14 inch piece [worked much
> better for me and my short fat fingers. And then getting 2 wires down the
> center of the head, collar, 3 different size beads, the unfolded fancy bell
> cap, thru the center of the 10 safety pins and then twisting these 2 wires
> together[not finished, yet.  Separating the 2 wires and bringing one to one
> side of the skirt and twisting it around the back side of the safety pin all
> while your both hands & 10 fingers are under this poor Angel's skirt.  You
> then have to do all of this again on the other side with the number 2 wire.
> You thought I was finished...Now if you did not pull the wire tight while
> messing around under this Angel's skirt you won't have and Angel standing up
> straight.
> 
> One step backward.  I forgot the fancy edge on the bottom of the skirt
> Directions told me to cut another 12 inches piece of wire, well I jumped
> ahead and got myself like 15 inches of wire.  Directions said to put wire
> thru the head of the safety pin , 1 4mm bead , [ 3] 18mm star beads, 1 4mm
> bead & thru the head of the next head of the safety pin  and repeat around
> until all safety pins are on the wire then twist tighten and trim wire.
> Sounds rather simple. LOL If you don't have a flat area to lay this out so
> you can feel if all pins are facing in the correct direction and all 10 pins
> are in a row and you have all these tiny 4mm beads  in a coffee cup placed
> where you won't tip it over, well that may be easier.  Just picture this...
> Everything is as I said above &I am working on this my second time and my
> oldest son mid 40's walks in and tells me he has supper and it is ready now
> and he wants to put it down in front of me...A flash went thru my mind,
> "Lets eat outside on the deck, but he tells me it has been raining outside
> all day.
> 
> My angel is done.  I haven't glued her wings on yet, but she is standing up
> straight and she needs to wait to earn her wings or I need to keep my
> distance from her a little longer.  My advise to all "If you keep your ands
> under an Angel's skirt, you will pay...
> 
> Joyce Kane
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf
> Of Tammy Freitag via NFB-Krafters-Korner
> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2020 11:38 AM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists' <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: ms.sunflower61 at gmail.com
> Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Success Saturday
> 
> Good morning!
> 
> 
> 
> How goes those crafts? You have had a bunch of things shared with you this
> month so you should have lots of accomplishments.   You may consider them
> tiny and not worth mentioning but they may be a major success or hurtle for
> someone else.  Please share those successes with us so we can celebrate with
> you and hopefully encourage others.
> 
> 
> 
> Whoo! Who!
> 
> Tammy  
> 
> 
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