Thursday, January 27, 2011

Hat Pin Heaven...And Gluing My Fingers Together

I finally got my hat pin findings in and with cruise a mere 7 DAYS AWAY!!!!  I was excited to start putting together some hat pins.  I got a very good start on them and made myself a variety to go with the different things I might wear on the cruise.

Hats are going to be a must on the cruise...staying out of the sun for a very fair skinned melanoma survivor is priority number one!  I quickly discovered a couple of things about the hat pins:

1.  They are very very sharp.
2.  They did not come with a nail head like pictured.
                                     3.  They are a lot more bendable than I expected

To try and prevent the top bead from sliding off I used a bit of beading glue - essentially super glue.  I managed to glue my fingers together and to the hat pin finding the last one I made for the night.



So with one hand and some nail polish remover....


I tried to get my fingers free.  5 minutes later I had one free.


5 more minutes together and I managed to get the rest of my hand free.  I will admit to still having super glue remnants on my fingers this morning.


Here are some of the results. 



2 comments:

  1. Oh my word, the first glued finger pic is DISGUSTING! haha! The hat pins are lovely, though. My fave is the round one on the left in the bottom pic.

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  2. I concur with Ms. Oomph!! the finger pics are gross but the pins are adorable!!!!

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