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December 4, 2008 |
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If you shoot slides, here's a way to use some of your rejects in a project that won't be rejected. Many of those less-than-perfect slides have small colorful areas that you can use to decorate a vase, bottle, drinking glass, or anything made of clear, uncolored glass. Put the finished project in front of a window or other light, and the images will gleam like jewels. Here, I used a votive-candle holder and let the light from the candle illuminate the images.  Directions for Decorating Votives
What you'll need: Glass vase, drinking glass, bottle, or other uncolored glass vessel.
Clear glass marbles with one flat side (available where flower-arranging supplies ares sold). Glue that will dry clear and adhere to glass and acetate, such as "527 Multipurpose Cement". Slides with areas that have brightly colored small images; flowers work very well. Here's what to do:
1. Wash and dry the glass vessel and marbles.
2. Remove the slides from their mounts. 3. Cut circles out of the slides, making them slightly larger than the backs of the marbles. 4.Spread a small amount of glue evenly over the flat side of one of the marbles. 5. Press the marble against a slide circle, pressing and wiggling the marble around to remove excess glue and trapped air bubbles. 6. Continue gluing all the marbles to the slides. 7. When the glue is dry, trim the slides so no overhanging bits are visible from the front of the marbles. 8. Glue the flat side of the marbles to the glass. Notes: You can clean up any smears of glue with nail polish remover.
There are bound to be small bubbles encapsulated in the glue, but this adds a bit of sparkle to the image.
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