Re: Help/advice needed - birthday prezzi
 

ahem

can women bikers not be delicate? :mrgreen:

there were no men = superflical common ground
there were no bikers of either sex = superfical common ground

i didnt list any other superfical listing of people, as not seeing a team of footballers was hardly suprising, or relvant :mrgreen:

I think ive got you on this one!! :smt042

Re: Help/advice needed - birthday prezzi
 

see the following correction :)

Was just the way I read it then

"No men.......And no bikers"

Bikers being a different gender/species :D

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so you know where to go to pull - no competition

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Right, pictures! Step by step and 8 days till B-day! :p

The craft balls only had a hole in one end, so I had to use a big safey pin to make a hole all the way through.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...1/100_0622.jpg

Three craft balls with holes all the way through, super glued together. This will make the body.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...1/100_0623.jpg

Then I got some of the siliver wire and just bent it into a wing shape with my hand, and it came out somthing like this

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...1/100_0624.jpg

infact exactly like that. Then I made holes in the body and glued the wing in place.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...1/100_0625.jpg

The next wing didnt get made quite so easily and nicly, oh well, hopfully it wont be noticable

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...1/100_0626.jpg

Same process of holes and super glue

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...1/100_0627.jpg

the next step was the hardest so far, the fabric stuff just wouldnt stick to the silver wire. So eventually I decided it would be best to put the fabric (organza i think its called??) on both sides of the wing and let the superglue dont on the organza rather than the siliver wire. I cut out slightly too big squares so they could be trimmed down to size afterwards.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...1/100_0628.jpg

Then the other wing, same method as the 1st wing, so much quicker the second time, but still fiddly

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...1/100_0629.jpg

This project has given me a nice break from revision, I can pick it up and do abit when my brain is getting tired. Here it is with one wing trimmed.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...1/100_0631.jpg

i found that trimming it loosed the bond of the superglue so I had to do abit of re glueing afterwards. Here it is with both wings trimmed and glued and solid.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...1/100_0632.jpg

Thats not the finished version, going to make some antenis and put glitter glue stuff on the wings to make them bling! lol :cool:

Re: Help/advice needed - birthday prezzi
 

very pretty, those craft balls are effective! :)

are you going to put any additional decorative bits on the wings?

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the craft balls look effective when coloured with felt tip too.

good job

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felt tip - top tip that! (wow, that is aliteration in mega form! lol) I will give it ago.

yep, ive got some gitter glue for the wings, anything else I shoudl think of trying?

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Looks really good....

You can buy little tubs of tiny sequins and sparkly things, they might look nice glued on

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Wow! That looks really good! :D Would love to see it when it's finished. Only a few days to go...will it be revision or butterflies?? How many more butterflies are you going to make?

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Well, hopfully revision wins, becasue I do want to pass! lol

Im not sure on the amount, but at least 5, I think the amount is dependant on time.