#tacky glue

[koolcrossstitch]

Finishing ornaments

So I decided to finish my ornaments with some felt on the back to hide the stitching. It worked out pretty well. In the future, I'll put the felt on before I cut out the ornament.

Brushing on the glue kept it from oozing through any holes to the front of the project.

[thewhimsyturtle]

The last ingredient for my Halloween costume this year:  glue!  I was very confused about how this empty-looking bottle could help my costume, but Mom says there’s magic inside the bottle.  She better be right!

[mooglyblog]

Tabletop Christmas Trees! :D Photo tutorial and instructions at http://www.mooglyblog.com/tabletop-christmas-trees/

[likeadeadbattery]

Tacky Glue? More like Bouncy Glue 😵‍💫

[haberdoordasher]

I feel this Injustice has gone on for too long and I must stop the shame once and for all. It will no longer be referred to as "Tacky glue". It will be "Reasonable glue that's really just trying to do the best it can, with what it was given"

...

Thank you and good night

[match-your-steps]

Pinterest-style craft video: add tacky glue

Me, eyeing the paper covering up the bottle so the brand doesn't show: you're right, that glue is pretty tacky

[phenyx1313]

Can I spray this on tacky people?

[theahole]

DIY, FAUX EMBOSSED METAL PENDANTS, from cereal box cardboard

This week there was a lot of slacking off Monday and Tuesday, and a lot of running around the next two days.  So I turned to youtube for something relatively quick that I already had the stuff for.

[This project is from this youtube video by Hectanooga1.]

What you need to make this thing:

cardboard from a food box

tacky or school glue

old gift card or piece of sturdy cardboard for spreading glue

pencil

scissors

toothpick

pushpin or awl

waxed paper or kitchen parchment to protect work surface

black acrylic paint

palette for black paint

paintbrush

metallic acrylic paint

So I figured out haw many layers my scissors could cut through (two), and cut four strips of food package box.  In the tutorial, she uses a cereal box, here I am using a box from Costco guacamole.  Tasty AND useful.  Who knew?

I glued two strips together with the tacky glue, then the other two strips.

I used a technique I've seen in other videos (videos by the people who make the glue I'm using), and spread the glue out with a gift card.  This is supposed to help the glue dry faster.  You could also use an expired ID or credit card or whatever you have lying around.  I don't think it HAS to be expired, either, if you get to it while the glue's still wet the card cleans pretty well.

Once the glue on your cardboard glue has dried, draw a shape on one piece and cut it out (or do more than one at a time).  You can trace a shape or freehand it like I did.

Squeegee the glue on your shapes and stick them to the other piece of two (or however many)-layer cardboard.

Cut the shapes from the cardboard once the glue is dry.  This should give you some very sturdy pieces.

You can use the pushpin method shown in the video to poke holes in your cardboard shapes, or you can do this with an awl.

Squeeze some glue on a spare piece of cardboard, and dip the toothpick in it.  Use the glue and toothpick to make raised designs on your pendants.  Here is where it would probably be better to use school glue, because it isn't as sticky and will come off the toothpick more easily.  Make sure the designs are thick.  I did dots on one and squiggles on the other.

[This is where a picture of this stage would go, if I hadn't forgotten to take one.]

Let the glue dry completely.

When the glue designs have dried, paint the pendants black.  This will take a couple steps, because you want to get the backs, too.

If you, like me, forgot to put holes in the pendants until after you'd painted them, it's fairly easy to retouch.

Last step:  squeeze a little metallic paint onto your extra cardboard and get a tiny bit on your finger.

Smear the paint lightly over the pendant so that the black shows though.  Do the sides and back, as well.

Once this has dried, you can use the pieces however you want.  You want to avoid varnishing them, however, or the whole hammered metal thing goes out the window.

This project turned out better than expected.  The pendants are thick and definitely look metallic. They are very sturdy and so on.  They didn't cost very much, and you could make a LOT of them for the same price.

Plus, upcycling!

time: around 16 hours cost: I'm guessing 8 bucks, more if you buy an awl or something injuries: none this week, sorry

You can buy these necklaces here.  And it's perfectly all right to take them off the cord and use them for something else.