Beads Etc.

I went to Michael's yesterday to get some little really round beads for my billiard balls. Here is what I bought.  I just can't go into that place and only buy one thing!  If you poke the photo you can see all of my goodies better. 

I had a coupon plus some things were on sale. Love the textured felt. It will make a great rug.

I did get my little beads. They are the perfect size for billiard balls.  :D

I had to cut my triangle down to fit the smaller beads. Now it is very close to 1:12 scale (below). I needed two brown and two orange beads, plus one black 8 ball.  I painted those. 

Then I realized that the ends of my sewing pins (the six at the front) are almost the same size as the beads I bought! I could have saved myself a lot of trouble if I had noticed that first!  LOL

I'm not sure I will take the time to add the stripes and numbers? Maybe the 8 ball will get one? Writing numbers on 1/8" circles may cause blindness.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Trouble With Triangles

I finished building a little rack for my cue sticks today.  I wanted something more modern than the ones you usually see. It was easy enough to make. I used round woodsies. The cue sticks can be removed when it's time for a game of pool.  I like that.

Then I decided to make a wooden triangle to hold the billiard balls.  Not an easy task for someone who did not pay attention in math class!

Anyway, I did it.  It took me a while. A LONG while. I have trouble with triangles!

The new measuring tool I got from MicroMark helped. So did my new Easy Cutter. I have no idea how to clamp this. SO I'm waiting for the glue to dry and hoping it won't fall apart when I pick it up to sand and stain it!

I've tried wood filler, spackle and now I'm trying glue to fill the holes in the billiard balls. I added one drop of glue. I think it will take two...

I will need to repaint them, then add stripes and numbers to each one. I thought maybe I would try punching some 1/8" paper circles and glue them over the holes where the numbers will go?

Teeny tiny numbers!?? Do I really want to do that?!  I'm not sure. My eyes are crossed already!

Hope you are having a good weekend. I'm off to see what everyone has been doing. Then I may go to Michaels and see if they have some 4mm round (really round) beads.  :D

I know this is crazy...  but I am painting some 5mm round beads to make little balls for the pool table.
My inspiration photo is on the right.

I could just buy some colorful beads, like these, from Fire Mountain Gems.  I really don't need to BUY MORE BEADS!

What I DO need to figure out is how to fill the holes.  Then I will need to paint on stripes and add numbers.   Now that I'm taking a closer look, six of mine should be white first.  Time to start over. Try clay?  Get a life?!!

I'm trying different glues for the pool table fabric.  They all look about the same on the right side but I think the fabric glue might work best?  I haven't tried spray on adhesive yet.  I'm also painting little cue sticks this morning.  Need to go put my contacts in!


Just a side note.  The notebook graph paper I bought has holes in it that are exactly 3/8 inch in diameter.  I found that helpful.  You might too?

Hope you have fun today.    :D