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Scooch
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« on: August 20, 2010, 03:22:45 PM » |
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1 year ago my mother-in-law died. I took some of the flowers from the wake and pressed them. Recently I came up with a use for them. I made a commerative frame for my wife. The frame includes the flowers and the memorial card from the wake. I also put on of the cards in from her dad, who died 12 years ago.
The center of the frame is 2 layers of glass thick. I held them carefully glued the items to the black glass and placed the float glass on top. I clamped them together and carefully foiled around the edges. I only had 7/32" foil at home so I overlapped the foil. I used flux very sparingly and carefully soldered it together. My wife wanted the piece to be able to stand so I put to supports onto the back of it.
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ct4mom
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« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2010, 03:34:31 PM » |
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Scooch, What a lovely memorial to your wife's parents. I love the pressed flowers and the glass you picked are wonderful. I'm sure this will be a cherished item in your home for years to come.
I love the supports
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Anne
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« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2010, 04:00:29 PM » |
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Oh Scooch! It is a nice memorial. Very touching and I'm sure your wife is really pleased you'd do it! You could probably get a lot of commissions for these!
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Scooch
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« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2010, 04:03:05 PM » |
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Oh Scooch! It is a nice memorial. Very touching and I'm sure your wife is really pleased you'd do it! You could probably get a lot of commissions for these!
Don't know about the commissions at this point. To many unknowns. I have no idea if the flowers will hold up over time. I think they will, but I have never tried this before. |
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Alan
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« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2010, 04:16:44 PM » |
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Very thoughtful and it is sure to be cherished for a long time.
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Barbara
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« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2010, 04:21:04 PM » |
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Very thoughtful of you and I know it will be cherished by your wife.
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Rebecca
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« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2010, 04:41:54 PM » |
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That is beautiful! And a thoughtful thing to do for your wife.
But the supports are weak. You need a piece of glass or hard metal betweeh them or they will "hinge" right off.
Rebecca
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Audrey
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« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2010, 04:48:40 PM » |
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What a great and thoughtful present for her. I am sure she is thrilled with the frame and with you.
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Scooch
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« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2010, 04:54:15 PM » |
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That is beautiful! And a thoughtful thing to do for your wife.
But the supports are weak. You need a piece of glass or hard metal betweeh them or they will "hinge" right off.
Rebecca
I know. I will be adding small triangles to the base of them. This will add a lot of strength to it. |
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Kev
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« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2010, 08:11:46 PM » |
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This is fantastic Scooch..I really like it a lot.
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Lynn
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« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2010, 10:42:29 PM » |
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I have a piece that was given to me decades ago. it is a pair of bevels that were foiled and soldered with a pressed flower in the middle. It has faded some, but otherwise has held up pretty well (the hanger finally fell off about a year ago and I need to get it fixed). I am attaching a photo so that you can see how it has held up over decades of hanging in the sun.  Your piece is really nice! |
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« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2010, 06:59:16 PM » |
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Scooch I like the design and how you made the stand.
Thanks for sharing.
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Tre V
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« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2010, 07:50:45 PM » |
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Scooch, it's lovely.
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Rebecca
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« Reply #13 on: August 25, 2010, 04:37:28 PM » |
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That is beautiful! And a thoughtful thing to do for your wife.
But the supports are weak. You need a piece of glass or hard metal betweeh them or they will "hinge" right off.
Rebecca
I know. I will be adding small triangles to the base of them. This will add a lot of strength to it. That is beautiful! And a thoughtful thing to do for your wife.
But the supports are weak. You need a piece of glass or hard metal betweeh them or they will "hinge" right off.
Rebecca
I know. I will be adding small triangles to the base of them. This will add a lot of strength to it. Okay, I'll let you off the hook for this one.  Rebecca |
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