The Joy of Nesting: This Is So COOL !!!!!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

This Is So COOL !!!!!

Some where back in September my Bloglandian Sister Dawn of The Feathered Nest got to experimenting around with finding a way to use her printer to print on material :c) Now if you don't think that's one of the coolest things ever... well there is just no hope for you joining the "So what do you think would happen if Club" :c)

I have been wondering for a while about how to go about accomplishing this feat of Magic :c) But the thought of having to confess to LW that I managed to glue my apron to the copy paper and now both the apron and paper is stuck in the printer, has been holding me back ;c) Well this is one of those times where my ability to PUT THINGS OFF was a good thing!! Cuz Dawn forged a head and discovered this little known process. Then being the sweet caring friend she is posted the tutorial with pictures and step by step instructions on her blog!!

So I copied the tutorial to my little craft tutorial file waiting for a day when I could try this bit of magic:c) Yesterday was just that day. I fired up the printer found a nice piece of cotton material dug out the spray adhesive grabbed my lucky rubber chicken, my certified to be lucky four leaf clover and made sure the horse shoe was still pointed in the right direction ;c) I Looked up Dawn's tutorial (here) and set about making a bit of alchemy.

Oh my GOSH it is so WAY cool!!!!!!!! And the best part it's sooooooooo easy!!! I used one of the scans of sheet music with a bird nest imposed over it that Dawn (again thank you little sister!!) gifted us on her blog last week. Well just have a look for yourself....

Is that not the coolest thing??? It sure beats trying to mess with transfer papers and this process or that tool. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my little bird nest, but I'm sure to find something. But I now know what to make for a friend's Christmas present, that up until now I haven't been able to come up with one decent "divine vision" for:c)

The first chance you have with a bit of time on your hands give Dawn's tutorial a try. And you to can be impressed with the magic of modern science!! Have a wonderful day or evening dear Bloglandian friends depending on what part of the world you are in.

5 comments:

GlorV1 said...: I'm willing to give that a try. It looks real good. Have a great day tomorrow.; November 19, 2008 at 9:52 PM
The Feathered Nest said...: Yaaaaaaay Pattie!!! I'm so very glad that it worked for you! You can to smaller images all on one 8.5 x 11 and turn them into sachets or little goodie bags!! You're such a sweetie, I'm so very glad you're please Pattie ~ xxoo, Dawn; November 19, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Pat Winter Gatherings said...: Have you tried ironing freezer paper to muslin or cotton and cutting it to the size of a sheet of paper? It works great in printers. Silk is nice too. The freezer paper gives it stiffness and is easily peeled off after printing.
Pat; November 20, 2008 at 4:02 PM
karlascottage.typepad.com said...: Dawn is so good at anything she does, and this is such a great idea!; November 20, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Charmingdesigns said...: I'll come back to read your blog...just wanted to say, THANKS, sometimes I forget to hit that comment thingy...it should just do it!!! Do you think I'm having a bit of fun with these spoons!!lol. I'll be back in a few, to see what you and Dawn are up to! Laurie; November 20, 2008 at 5:54 PM

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The Velveteen Rabbit

What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?"
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"
"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."