This was a few weeks ago. When we discovered we could cut insulation foam with a jigsaw, a JIGSAW, people. We have usually used various knives and of course the foam-cutting melting things (the pointy craft-store type, and the men’s tool-shop-knife type).
But, yes – an electric jigsaw has now been added to the repertoire. It totally cuts nice, crisp edges – if the jig-saw person pays attention. Mine did pretty darn well!
I was having fun with the negative space. It’s the little things.
Now-my friend, Pearl is the QUEEN of turning insulation foam into works of art. I keep telling her she should write a book. Pearl can make anything out of foam. I hounded her plenty in the making of this display! I only wish now I had made it bigger, but it is 8-foot wide, total, and about 30-32″ tall…something like this from a certain poster, which may or may not have an informative website www.EldeenAnnette.com…as the inspiration:
The Deets, or How to cut a negative-space sign from insulation foam:
I used this image above and enlarged it on Publisher to my desired size, printing a pale “draft” copy. I Scotch-taped the letters together and used carbon paper to draw the outlines onto the 2″ insulation foam.
Leave the plastic coating on while you cut to protect the foam a little. You can peel it off when you’re done cutting.
I acquired a man with a jigsaw (my husband), who was highly suspicious of the whole project and wasn’t sure it would work. (It did).
After cutting, peel off the plastic coating to paint, latex only (not spray paint, it will melt the foam) or not if you’re covering it, anyway. Use very fine sandpaper or a nail file to smooth edges and then finish as desired – a very lightweight, but massive-looking display!
Since then it may or may not have gotten a very thick covering of gold glitter and may find itself suspended above a display table in the lobby at The Armory Performing Arts Center on May 1st. (It did. And it will).
And – I only had time for these two words today! :)
It wasn’t all going to be about health and beauty. It just turned out this way. My Thursday word-and-picture collage of thoughts and weirdnesses and hopefully some encouragement and wisdom, too, Thank-you very much! Five things I’m thinking about today…
Organ Donors
Aren’t the people who had the forethought to donate their vital organsand tissue when they died (and the people who love them and have lost them) the most amazing human beings ever? Isn’t it just the highest, most exemplary form of thoughtfulness to leave life and wholeness behind?
Sometimes our own healing comes at the expense of some one else’s pain. We should be very grateful for that.
It’s a wonderful {health} day in the neighborhood – for women!
I found this bit of healthiness in my junk mail, no less – right there in that envelope full of advertisements that I was about to toss.
Tri-County Healthhas just announced free screenings for cervical cancer, breast cancer and heart disease for women over-40 living in Adams, Arapahoe or Douglas counties who meet income qualifications, are not covered by health insurance (or have some ridiculous insurance that doesn’t cover screening exams) and who have not had a mammogram or Pap test in the past year.
This is really good news for all the women who think they can’t afford health care. You can. Now! Call them! 303-363-3018.
Speaking of health – ever tried the Coca Pulse thing? For determining food allergies???
One of my darling daughters is being tested for food sensitivities and allergies. She is in the hands of trusted professionals. But there are so many, shall we say, interesting thoughts and theories about determining if you have a problem with a certain food. I sometimes have to laugh at many of the home-grown methods because they sound more like parlor entertainment…
Gluten Test: Stand on your right tippy toe and immerse your left foot in a bucket water that has been chilled to exactly 48-degrees while holding an oven heated river rock in your left fist. Place the back of your right hand on your nose and look straight ahead. Keep this pose for 5 minutes. If you fall over and hit your head, you have an intense gluten allergy. If you only wobble during the 5 minutes, you do have a gluten sensitivity, but watch out, it could turn into an extreme allergy within days. If you can do this easily, gluten is not your problem. Let’s check for dairy. Dairy test: Now – for this, you will need to stand on your head and…
Just kidding. That is NOT a real test. Please do not do it. Seriously – not based on any scientific fact nor on anything, really. Haha! Health stuff is so strange.
We just want answers and we want to be able to control our own health (because the “health industry “has drugged us to death). So, I understand it.
Then place a bite of the food to which you suspect you might be allergic on your tongue. Hold it there for about a minute.
Re-check your pulse.
If your pulse has gone up 6 or more beats per minute, you may be sensitive or allergic to that food. The higher the pulse the more sensitivity or allergy to that food group.
Tell me if you have tried it and if it worked or was also confirmed by a medical professional? OK? Ok!
#EAfashionshow
You read that right! It’s hashtag-E-A (for Eldeen Annette) -fashion-show!
I am so lucky – I get to produce this awesome show for Eldeen Annette Portraitureand I am having so much fun!
The show will have a red carpet experience for guests upon arrival, live social media engagement, awesome lighting and loud music and feature the studio’s Class of 2015 models wearing picture-perfect fashion trends that high schoolers will want to wear for their senior portraits.
It’s going to be a super-sparkly, entertaining, fun, over-the-top, energetic, memory-making, creative and THE-place-to-be party! Everyone who comes will get a great gift bag full of goodies and products from area businesses as a thanks AND 100% of the ticket money is going straight to MADD-Colorado!
I am having a blast putting on a Fashion Show, of all things! And Eldeen Annette really does incredible work. It is a pleasure to work with “Ellie!” Mark your calendar for May 1, 2014! And buy your tickets now because it IS going to sell out!
#TBT
This is me at age 1 1/2 with my little brother, Joey, when he was about 2 months old (Eva’s current age).
What does this have to do with Health & Beauty? Well, perhaps it is a warning for mommies trying to cut perfectly straight bangs on baby girls – quit trying to straighten it out! It will only end in disaster.
The truly beautiful thing in this #throwbackthursday photograph is how much my little brother adored moi. Don’t you think? :)
THat’s about it, Those are my THinkings & invaluable THoughts THis fine THursday morning. I’m silly, I know.
