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Illustration by Dink Siegel whose style you may recognize more clearly in his contemporary work.
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Boob & Dinks
by Shannon Gerard
Installation as part of DIwhy?
The Ontario Crafts Council
Toronto, ON
January 20 - March 1, 2009
Today I played with something so cool and different!
I made buttons of my son's face!!! ^u^
I LOVE transparent things so this worked perfectly for me!
I was looking for cool and different ways of making my own labels and I think I found it.
I did not have time to work on the labels yet, but as soon as they are done, I'll post in here.
The buttons are very easy to make: you just need to have the Shrink Dinks plastic, scrapbook cutter, punch hole, permanent marker pens and an oven. You cut the plastic, make your drawing on it, put it on the oven and it's done!!! ^u^
It shrinks and gets thicker than the original plastic! It's so cool!!! ^u^
You can make a lot of stuff with it!!
To learn more: www.shrinkydinks.com/
Boob & Dinks
by Shannon Gerard
Installation as part of DIwhy?
The Ontario Crafts Council
Toronto, ON
January 20 - March 1, 2009
Those of you who have Katie as a contact will know that earlier in the year we had to put our cat Rosie to sleep, she was 19 years old and failing badly in health. After much heart searching, we decided to have a look for another cat, one that was mature and needed a home.
We eventually settled on Dinks, a five kilo, tabby short hair six year old male, who had had a rather sad time of it. We have had him about 12 weeks and he has completely taken over the house, he is the happiest guy you could ever meet, constantly having Kate and I laughing with his mad antics, he talks all the time and follows me around like a dog, letting you know when he wants to play or go out, be.
I have a visitors chair in the computer room, which he has taken over and settles down on it till I shut the PC down when he jumps to the floor to see where I am going.
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Title Page - Illustrated by Richard Scarry
Little Golden Book, based on the CBS TV show, Winky DInk and You
We made shrinky dink rings today. At front are Bubbie's cute sunshines. Back left is Mac's gold "one ring" and back right is my third(!) attempt at making a ring with Psalm 27:4 on it.
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Notes for anyone else wanting to try it:
For my 8-y-o boys' fingers (and our particular brand of shrink film) it seemed that cutting a rectangle 5-3/4" x 1/2" worked best (that's 14.5 cm by 1.25 cm) - it shrunk to about 2-3/8" by 3/16" (6 cm by .5 cm.)
Probably 6" (15.2 cm) would be best for most women - I have small hands so I used the kid size. Different brands shrink different amounts - and the cheaper brands want to shrink more one direction than the other - so you'll have to experiment.
We sanded regular clear shrink film, and used Sharpie markers (Bubbie and Mac) and colored pencil (ring on right.) Then we shrunk them at 300°F (lowest temp recommended) in a toaster oven for 5 minutes (longer than suggested), covered with parchment to keep the ring from curling wrongly.
When the timer rang I worked quickly to wrap the hot plastic around a Crayola marker, which was about the right size. (Legally I need to say: DO NOT attempt this at home, obviously, since you might burn your fingers. I worked quickly and after doing five rings, some several times in a row, got a slight burn on one finger. Well worth it for me, but your mileage may vary - of course I won't recommend anyone else risking their own fingers.)
Once I got the ring wrapped around backwards, and several times the plastic cooled too much before I got it bent enough. No problem, I just stuck the ring back in the oven for another two to three minutes. It invariably flattened out again, but it softened and after a few times I got the hang of it, or else got lucky.
If you write or draw backwards on the sanded plastic, you can bend it around the other direction so that the writing is underneath with all the clear shrinky film on top. That's what I did on the ring on the right, and it gives it a nice shiny look. Bubbie's and Mac's (center and left) are bent with the sanded-and-drawn side facing out.
Dawn: Huhuhu, don't interrupt my playtime, I am very busy. )8
Me: Well, you're supposed to be wishing Melissa a happy birthday..and why are you playing with Nessie's toys? :p
Dawn: oh, that makes sense. well, Nessie won't mind. She has that stupid fluffy bear. And HEY, I think Melissa would love these two... I like to call the man, Mr pokerface :D
and uh, the girl should be.. Mrs pokerface.. you know why :3
Me: Hihi, very funny, however.. -.-
Dawn: Oh ye, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA :D
me and the Pokerface's wish you the best day ever.. well.. it was yesterday but well.. and hope you had lots of CAKE :3
we all like a bit of cakee ♥
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Yee, excuse that xDD
However, I am really sorrry I couldn't upload your photo on time.. I was a bit relaxed yesterday cus school has started and..well xD
bad excuse, so I am really sorry.. >_< but you know how special you are to me and so, its 'kay! ;p
Thanks so much for always being there for me, as you know I will always be there for you <3
love from
emmi, dawn.. and the.. toys :p ♥
Ps, I 'm really sorry I haven't replied to any fm's and havn't gotten round to commenting you, buuut I am not in a photographing mood.. and as you can see, this isn't the best photo ^_^
though, I would like to say here, thank you so much to my Honey C for sending me photoshop and teaching me how to use it a bit :D
special needs hugs and kisses ;3
and I dink that is all.. idk.. xDD though, happy belated birthday, to Melissa, again, and I really hop you had a gorgeous day! ^_^
cant wait to see more of the new boy ♥
An old "shrinky dink" ornament I made in grade school that's still on my Mom's tree. I remember baking it in the oven.