Heather's Blog

Matthew

2010-03-09T12:20:00.000-08:00

Jeffrey

2010-03-09T12:16:00.001-08:00

Camilla

2010-03-09T12:15:00.001-08:00

Matthew and Jeffrey

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Heather and Robert

2010-01-18T09:20:00.001-08:00

Penelope

2010-01-18T09:15:00.000-08:00

Camilla

2010-01-18T09:12:00.000-08:00

Camilla

2010-01-18T09:05:00.000-08:00

Family Picture 2009

2009-12-07T11:31:00.001-08:00

Tissue Paper Basket

2009-08-16T15:05:00.000-07:00

How to Cover a Wicker Basket with Tissue Paper

Step 1
Lay out sheets of newspaper as a base to work on and catch the glue drips. Choose tissue paper for its design and color, tear into small pieces of varying sizes, about 2” x 3” or smaller or larger depending on the size of your basket.

Step 2
Pour approximately 1/2 cup white glue into lidded container and 1/2 cup water, stirring to make the consistency of slightly thickened milk.

Step 3
Starting from the inside of the basket, dip a piece of tissue into the glue, shake off excess and paste onto on the basket, right side up. Wet the next piece and slightly overlap it to the first piece.

Tips & Warnings:

If you wish to stop before finishing the project, cover glue container and wash brush, or place sticky brush in a sealed plastic bag.
Use fingers to paste the tissue onto the basket and the brush to push the pieces against the grooves.
If there is a basket handle, use it to prop the basket on its side for easier work space while covering.
Torn tissue rather than cut tissue makes pasted edges less visible.
You may need to refresh the newspaper from time to time as it gets wet and sticky from the glue drips.
Your hands can get quite sticky so wash occasionally to prevent pulling glue pieces off the basket as you are pasting.
Spray the basket outside to avoid breathing in gloss spray fumes.

Front Sight Firarms Defense Training

2007-07-24T18:35:00.000-07:00

Front Sight Firearms Training Institute

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My Writing

2007-07-24T17:57:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my blog. Truthfully, I have been anti-blog since the conception of blogs. Actually, I have unexplained opinions, formed instantly, about almost everything. However, due to constant encouragement, and nagging, from my husband and one specific friend, I have decided to give it a try. I do enjoy writing so I have decided to use my blog as a location for my works. I have written a few little children's books (nothing published) and am working on a young adult novel. I taught middle school reading and writing, permanently cementing my mentality to that age group. When I write I just sit down and write whatever pops into my head so sometimes my ramblings become excruciatingly long. My book is one such rambling. Sometimes I get an idea for a chapter quite far into the book so it is attached in some unexplainable location. I don't edit or revise until the end sometimes, which often leads to total deletion and a fresh start; as in the case with my poetry. Which, incidentally, I cannot find. I am forced to wonder if in a tantrum I burned my poetry book or condemned it to another such permanent fate. With that said, enjoy my writings at your own risk.