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I bought a huge slab of wax, something like a 10# slab, then cut it up to make candles. I don't remember what kind of molds I used, but I have vague memories of carefully melting wax and equally carefully pouring it into molds.
I don't recall what I used to color the candles, crayons, perhaps. I may have added things like small pine cones (from my Colorado Blue Spruce), or small sprays I bought from a large discount craft warehouse I discovered.
That was such a long time ago....it's really hard to remember anything more about making candles, other than the professional practices I've seen displayed, such as at Greenfield Village.
Molding reminds me that I also used plastic molds to make designer candies. When Mom stayed with me one winter while Dad became a Winter Texan, we made enough candy to send to Texas for Dad to eat and share with friends. I had regular chocolate as well as colored candies, so we made flowers, Christmas decorations, and more...all edible.
Hershey's was sold in a giant slab, probably 12" long, and so thick I had to use an icepick to break it up. Or I bought Merton's button chocolates to melt down. Colored chocolate was a bit harder to melt. The biggest difficulty was the temptation to sample everything!
We sent them in a Russell Stover covered candy box, with designs I made from rubber stamps and which we colored. We created a scene with a camper trailer in a desert area, just perfect for their area of Texas.
I probably still have those candy box covers somewhere; they had a lot of memories attached to them after Dad brought them back, empty.
Okay, so you really do old fashioned quilting! My daddy told me his mom did the quilting with the church ladies. He grew up in a rural part of Florida. They attended the Assembly of God Church. He met a Catholic man in the service who invited him to mass. They became best friends.
Then daddy by chance met my mom in New Orleans which is predominantly Catholic. I think God matched them up. They were married well over 50 years. He converted to Catholicism while dating my mom.
My daddy said the ladies from his childhood church were called a quilting bee or something like that. Is that correct? You know quilting history.
Yeah, their quilts are gorgeous and so well made. The old original ones are worth quite a bit of money, aren’t they? Just like the early cross stitch samplers. Just fantastic, aren’t they?
Wow! I bet you cherish your collection. You should. It’s very special. I love your passion for quilting. You should show your work at the local library. Our library does beautiful displays with historical objects. Or the chamber of commerce too. They both do it.
Or you could be a guest on the PBS shows that feature quilts. Oh, you must ask Garden Artist about this documentary on hand crafted items that she told me about. You could be the main feature! Plus, you could do Antiques Road Show. That is fun! We did it when it came to New Orleans. My husband was one of the invited guests with his vintage guitar. It was valued at about $10,000. Most of the appraisers are shop owners. This guy was a musician and shop owner.
I loved hearing about your quilting! Please keep us informed on any new projects. Do you do any smaller pieces like a wall hanging, purses, etc?
I started etching because a friend of mine was helping her daughter with her wedding. She needed bridesmaids gifts. She didn’t want jewelry like many people give as bridesmaids gifts. She asked me to do etched wine glasses. She wanted a fleur de lis symbol on them.
I made a flexible stencil so it could fit the curve of the glass out of adhesive backed vinyl. Then applied it to the glass and chemically etched. No etching tool required. They sell the chemicals at Michael’s or Hobby Lobby. Then I lightly dabbed the chemical with a q-tip. It doesn’t take much.
Did you say there is a faint design left? You wouldn’t need a stencil then. You already have an outline. Just be very careful at the edge of the design.
For a new piece of glass which is flat. You would not have to make your own out of flexible vinyl. There are plenty that are ready made. If you do this though, please buy the spray adhesive to attach it. It is nearly impossible to hold it in place without it moving if it isn’t stuck on the surface really well. The chemical solution or paint, if using paint will leak underneath and you won’t have a clear or clean edged design.
Your project sounds great! All of the projects sound great.
I adore unique pieces made from found objects. There is something so special about them. They can also be sentimental because of salvaging something with precious memories.
Hahaha, love calling crocheting hooking! So cute! My mom, grandma and aunts all crocheted beautifully. My MIL too. Knitting too. Embroidery also. Any needle work.
The french quarter here is one of the oldest settlements. At that time there were fine boutiques that sold beautiful hand made merchandise.
My grandfather’s family moved to New Orleans from Birmingham, England.
My great aunts made gorgeous baby clothes with smocking or tatting, lovely adorned christening gowns or lovely nightgowns for the aristocratic uptown ladies. My great aunts sold these to the shop owners. They also crocheted fancy doilies, table cloths, bedspreads, edging on pillowcases. The shops resold them to the wealthy aristocratic residents.
Their items were so pretty. Let’s hope these activities don’t become lost works of art and replaced with items made in China!
One of my great aunts lived to be 98. She walked everywhere! She still volunteered at church. She was something else. I remember her well. She baked fruitcake every year during the holidays to which she spiked with quite a lot of rum! Hahaha.
She didn’t have children of her own. I guess you could call her a rebel of sorts. She was a devout Catholic but fell in love with an Episcopalian. She loved him and married him. Catholic ladies did not do that sort of thing then.
Wait, it gets more shocking for that day. He had been married before and had a son. She married a widower man of a different faith with a child. That was scandalous in her day. I always loved her for following her heart!
The church was very strict then. If a Catholic married a non Catholic they were not allowed to stand at the alter. They had to stand outside of the alter to marry. Now they allow it. So cruel back then. Sad.
Her sister was referred to as ‘the old maid’ or spinster because she did not marry. Isn’t that an ugly expression? Was a common expression then. She had been engaged but her fiancé was killed in the war. He was her true love.
One of the brothers changed his name so he wouldn’t disgrace the family. He was involved in the illegal bootlegging of booze back then! Another brother was a bookie at the racetrack. Our racetrack is one of the oldest in the country, The Fairgrounds. My grandpa knew the owners and horse trainers so I got to ride on the race horses when I was a little girl.
Oh my gosh, all families have interesting stories or should I say skeletons in the closet? Hahaha
Your quilts sound beautiful.
May God give your kidneys a complete healing. Hugs and strength to you for your journey.
I have a piece of glass that has some lightly etched logo and I want to know if it is possible to clear the glass and re-etch it.
It is approx 1/2-3/4" thick and roughly 3' x 7'. I would love to salvage it and make a table top.
I am in the planning of making a yard art piece out of an old window that has the small panes(?) I think it will look awesome framed and set up on 1 foot posts to frame some flowers or colorful plants.
Maybe etching a few of the panes would be really cool.
I have been drying small branches from mesquite trees to make small pots for the yard. I don't know if I will decorate actual pots or do free form and use moss. Ideas and experiences are welcome.
I have enjoyed reading everyone's stress relief projects.
My mom crochets and loves to tell people that she is a hooker. I laughed when I read that some of you love to crochet, I think I will forever think of it as hooking, no offense.
That is awesome! Quilting frames from your grandpa. How sweet is that? So very sweet! Please cherish those. Not only a memory of your grandpa but truly a part of history. You are so blessed to own those.
Now please, tell me about the quilting. My husband’s friend from work does something called lap quilting. No sewing machine or anything. Her quilts are gorgeous. Is that what you do? She has really beautiful designs for her quilts. She says it’s very relaxing.
My daddy had two quilts from his mom that she made. Daddy said she made them with a group of women in the community. They took turns receiving a quilt. If a woman was getting married she would be next in line and so forth. I think it’s so special the way these women quilted together.
I loved those quilts and hoped to have them one day. Unfortunately, they along with everything else was destroyed in hurricane Katrina at my mom’s house.
I wish you well with your dialysis. That’s tough. Will say prayers for you.
I kind of have a thing for coasters. I don’t have a ton of them. I do have about 8 coasters that I use all of the time.
I have made several coasters as gifts for people.
I have not tried the cement ones but I like them. Since you’ve worked with cement I thought you may have made them.
Is working with cement fairly easy? Have you ever tinted the cement? Can that be done successfully or would it change the curing process?
I can see why your projects were a big hit. I would want one too. They sound really cool.
Have you tried making cement coasters? I love those.
Tell me more about the genealogy project please. Thanks.
I think that would be fascinating. Now I am very interested but when I was younger I would not have been.
Isn’t it interesting how our taste changes as we age? Not with everything and some changes are natural.
Wonderful! Fantastic ideas and activities.
Those sound awesome! Also, you are what I refer to as an eBay Queen! My friend does that. She does well selling her kid’s items too. They outgrow things so fast. Toys they tire of, etc.
I joined the local senior center and attend a weekly round table that discusses current events; I take a Sudoku strategy class at the center and do sudoku puzzles (very relaxing). And I joined the county genealogical society to get help figuring out how to purge/preserve the boxes of family papers I'm still going through. Before I was a caregiver, I took several free, non-credit online college courses through Coursera (I highly recommend it); I plan to start that again soon, a course at a time.
Over the past year, I've collected a few hundred brooches (literally) which I plan to make into a 2' styrofoam Christmas tree covered in jewelry. Today I found THE perfect topper, a star ornament covered in silver bugle beads!!! I'm putting the tree on a turntable base so it can be viewed from all angles; and am trying to decide what to cover the base with. Snow? I don't know.......I'll have to think about it for a while....LOL.
I also have a few small/medium leather jewelry boxes that I plan to cover with jewelry and give as gifts.
Fossils are so cool! When my youngest daughter was in preschool her best friend’s parents were paleontologists. The mom and dad would bring in dinosaur bones and fossils for ‘show and tell.’
I am the fun aunt too! Now I have fun with great nieces and nephews too. I love all my nieces and nephews. It’s my brothers that are idiots!
Christmas stockings are wonderful! At our church we do Christmas angels. You select an angel off of the Christmas Tree and it has the sex and age of child, along with the gift they desire.
Don’t you love their personality? They can melt our hearts. Dogs are so sweet and smart!
I thought so. Some people do a certain cut and do a no sew thing and tie with ribbon. I’ve done these for bridal and baby showers.
Those sound so cute and fun to do. I still make up Easter baskets for my family. My youngest one who is graduating this year from college says, “Mom, the bunny has a basket for me, right?” Hahaha I asked her when was she going to outgrow the bunny visiting our home. She is so funny!