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Apr. 30th, 2006
Well, I have it mostly sanded down (and all the stickers removed). Unfortunately, it is built a little more sturdily than things today are (being as it is over 20 years old, I shouldn't be that surprised), so there will be no 'popping' out of the front panel. I am a little sad to have to paint over the Winnie the Pooh design that has identified my toybox for so many years.
(for anyone out of the loop ... see, Here)
There are a mountain of pictures of it, tho (and of me when I was small and cute). So, I think that I will just find my favorite one and frame it as a rememberance of what it looked like way back when.
I have some ideas for designs ... I have designed my own Psyche butterfly for the top (which will be covered by an altar cloth, but I intend to make it look nice all the same). I am thinking of going with elemental/seasonal designs for the back lip ... and maybe something similar to this:
http://www.goddessdesigns.com/images/Goddess_Images/G101-G110_border.jpg
for the front panel (just the tree goddess, not the rest). I had originally wanted to just buy the stencil and use it, but I refuse to pay the same amount for shipping that the stencil itself would cost (someone needs to devise a Canada/US postal exchange that won't cost an arm and a leg ... it isn't that far away).
Not sure what I will do for the sides yet. I still have time to think about it, tho. I think I will pick up the base color today, and get going on the first coat of paint.
--Phae
(for anyone out of the loop ... see, Here)
There are a mountain of pictures of it, tho (and of me when I was small and cute). So, I think that I will just find my favorite one and frame it as a rememberance of what it looked like way back when.
I have some ideas for designs ... I have designed my own Psyche butterfly for the top (which will be covered by an altar cloth, but I intend to make it look nice all the same). I am thinking of going with elemental/seasonal designs for the back lip ... and maybe something similar to this:
http://www.goddessdesigns.com/images/Goddess_Images/G101-G110_border.jpg
for the front panel (just the tree goddess, not the rest). I had originally wanted to just buy the stencil and use it, but I refuse to pay the same amount for shipping that the stencil itself would cost (someone needs to devise a Canada/US postal exchange that won't cost an arm and a leg ... it isn't that far away).
Not sure what I will do for the sides yet. I still have time to think about it, tho. I think I will pick up the base color today, and get going on the first coat of paint.
--Phae
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There is something wrong with my journal, and it is pissing me off. Whenever the autosave saves a draft of my entry, it widens my page ... to the point where I get a scroll bar across the bottom. Now, I can reset it by hitting refresh, but then I lose about half the options at the bottom of the page (like the one that lets me add my tags and set my icon).
Also, I seem to have lost the preview function entirely. It still opens and new window, but it doesn't show anything. It stays blank.
These are mild things, and I have been ignoring them for a coupld of weeks now, but since I am paying for this, I want it fixed! I am not sure who to complain to ... maybe LJ maintenance?
--Phae
Also, I seem to have lost the preview function entirely. It still opens and new window, but it doesn't show anything. It stays blank.
These are mild things, and I have been ignoring them for a coupld of weeks now, but since I am paying for this, I want it fixed! I am not sure who to complain to ... maybe LJ maintenance?
--Phae
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The butler tray is done. Scrubbed down, with a new coat of rust resistant paint, it looks good as new (I was a little surprised at how good a high gloss black looks)! Now all I need is a decorative placemat for the bottom (which is criscross metal strips) to keep stuff from falling through and getting lost.
--Phae
--Phae
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