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[stitchwhich]

Tomorrow is Atlantia's Kingdom Arts and Sciences Festival. I didn't do a durned thing about creating appreciation tokens until today. I went to "A C Moore", which is a big crafter's store, to look for some 'eye' beads or anything else that would be a good token. While there I noticed a package of two hands-of-Fatima (is that "Fah-teem-a" or "Fat-e-ma"?) glued to the top of large gold paper clips. This package was priced at $3.99US, which is too expensive for my blood. But I could surely make those. Or rather, use the idea to make something I liked. Three stores later I had all my supplies. I spent the evening cussing out hot glue guns (drippy cobweb-making things!) but I have nearly 100 gold, silver, and different-colored large paperclips with pretty things glued on one end. They aren't very medieval but then, last year I gave away Lego knights, so I'm not being very Laurel-like. The little clips will look good on my calling-cards, and the recipients can always just give them away if they'd like. I am hoping that some will be used as bookmarks or get taken to the office to brighten the owner's work week.

But hot glue guns *suck*! I threw mine away over 30 years ago and that was a good decision.

Comments

[kareina]

Ok, I am confused by this. You threw away your hot glue gun 30 years ago, and you were cussing them out during this project. That last bit implies that the reason you were cussing them out is that one was involved in this project. If so, whose hot glue gun were you using, and why did you choose to use it if you hate them so much? (I don't think I have ever been in the same room as a hot glue gun in use, so I really don't even know what they are good for.)

[stitchwhich]

I forgot why I hated them. I haven't been using one because I've mostly been doing historical projects, so using accurate (or mostly) tools, but while I could have used a winding of thread to anchor the charms on the paper clip, (firstly) I needed them ready by 12 hours after I bought the supplies and (secondly) why waste the longer time with thread when I was attaching the charms to paper clips?

Hot glue guns don't have an 'off'. The heated glue drips continuously from the tip of the gun. I probably wasted an entire stick of the glue just letting it drip between stages of the project. Ugh. Not to mention that there were a lot of 'cobwebs' stretching between the tokens to each other as I moved the gun to the next project, and 'cobwebs' from where the gun dripped onto a waste paper I'd put under its tip to the first of each charm as I worked. I hates them, precious, hates them.

[stitchwhich]

Oh, and I bought one brand new in order to do the project. It is now on our kitchen table while I debate keeping it (storing it in the craft room) or seeing if someone on my FB list would want it so I never have to see it again.

[danabren]

I give out plastic neon Halloween spider, bat and skull rings as tokens. I wouldn't worry too much about the historical accuracy of tokens ;)

[montuos]

Sometimes it's nice to embrace the "anachronism" part, and do things just for fun. :)