I found this old broken bracelet in one of my craft drawers and thought .... hmmm, wonder what they would look like on a gift tag? Because they were quite heavy I realised that they would need a substantial base .... and then I had an Ulrika moment …… and thought …. my old faithful wooden dominos ....!!!
But, would you believe the dominoes were a fraction too wide ? .... Then I got to thinking
again …. what about The Dukes tools in the garage?? .... What I needed was a sander ....
And …. I
only found this baby sander didn’t I .... but, how shall I put it delicately, it vibrated so hard, it was quite erm ...vigorous and I needed a firm hand to steady it!! However, it did the trick and domino fitted perfectly between the bars either side of the bracelet section.
I stuck the picture side of the domino down on to some gold card and cut round them. Then all I had to do was glue the jewelled section onto the gold side with E6000 glue, and drill a hole for the gift tag thread. Done and dusted! They would look luvvvvverrrly on a parcel wrapped in black paper!.
I found this old broken bracelet in one of my craft drawers and thought .... hmmm, wonder what they would look like on a gift tag? Because they were quite heavy I realised that they would need a substantial base .... and then I had an Ulrika moment …… and thought …. my old faithful wooden dominos ....!!!
But, would you believe the dominoes were a fraction too wide ? .... Then I got to thinking again …. what about The Dukes tools in the garage?? .... What I needed was a sander ....
And …. I only found this baby sander didn’t I .... but, how shall I put it delicately, it vibrated so hard, it was quite erm ...vigorous and I needed a firm hand to steady it!! However, it did the trick and domino fitted perfectly between the bars either side of the bracelet section.
I stuck the picture side of the domino down on to some gold card and cut round them. Then all I had to do was glue the jewelled section onto the gold side with E6000 glue, and drill a hole for the gift tag thread. Done and dusted! They would look luvvvvverrrly on a parcel wrapped in black paper!.
Very luxurious looking - little bit of an Egyptian feel to them I think. Jenx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful :)
ReplyDeleteArn't these fabby!! Glad to hear you managed to tame that wild sander !! :)
ReplyDeleterather lovely!
ReplyDeleteSuch rich jewels they certainly make an outstanding presentation.....worthy of a package with real gems inside!...Dianne
ReplyDeleteVery regal! Fantastic idea, must get me some E6000 glue
ReplyDeleteSue
fab they would make any gift look a million dollars big love marc
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