Such gloomy weather, yuck. I did manage to get a bunch of Valentine’s Day cards onto MosesandZoe.com amazingly enough.
Saturday marked the beginning of my love/hate relationship with spray adhesive. It works wonderfully. The cards came out great. Unfortunately there is glue everywhere. I haven’t figured out the magical trick to control the spray adhesive. It is way too cold to work in the garage so I have covered the floor and my work table (AKA “Pat’s First Table” which is also our dining table/coffee table) with newspaper and aluminum foil. My fingers were totally coated in adhesive, which actually kind of hurts. I tried soap, and then Goo Gone, but it wouldn’t come off. I went to Pat in despair and he really came through for me. He dug into his college art supplies and pulled out Turpenoid, an odorless turpentine substitute. It worked immediately and the pain went away, soon to be replaced by incredibly dry skin.
I am about to begin the process again, as I have cut out a bunch of owls from fancy papers and silks. Now I just need to begin gluing again… Either that or sew the satin binding onto the second baby quilt… Or take pictures of the second black, white, and red pillow that I fixed…
We have become the popular house for birds. Yesterday there were tons of them, including three eastern bluebirds, which are my favorite. Plus there are lots of house finches, and what I think must be sparrows, and doves, and these little black birds with yellow beaks, and one bird that had a dalmatian head. Perhaps it is time I went out and bought a bird book. Ha ha. Even Moe has taken to watching the birds which he usually ignores.
So miss Kate, you get a box, like all those you packed, and put the item that you are spraying in the box, in the garage and the box will contain some of the over spray. And some non-latex gloves, since PMD is sensative to latex from all those years as Victory’s main man in the deli, may help keep it off your skin.
Kathy S is the bird queen and probably has a book or two to share!
love momD xxoo
I had to use that spray stuff when I worked at Staples Copy center… We would lay out piles of scrap paper and mount huge posters on foam backing. I found that if you are going to wear gloves, make sure they are tight around your wrist, otherwise the spray can get up inside and stick the glove to your hand.
Love
Kristen