Thelma’s Thursday Therapy Thought: “Here’s Looking at You”
Posted by debi on May 31st, 2007 filed in R & R, Gedunk
A dear Navy friend volunteers to join us with some crafty ideas each week!
Hello. My name is Thelma and I am a craft-a-holic. (Everyone say “Hello, Thelma.”)
How are your plants doing?
If you are watering every other day or so, and rotating the bucket, your sunflowers should be nice and straight and getting taller. Your spinach and lettuce have more than two sets of leaves, and your marigolds look like they just may survive.
You do have room to plant more spinach and lettuce. In the spaces between the plants you already have, make five small holes with a pencil, the eraser end.
Put two seeds in each hole and scoot some of the surrounding dirt over that hole. In order to have continuous harvest, you should plant new seeds about every 3 to 4 weeks (I will remind you). Depending on where you live, you could have fresh lettuce and spinach all the way to Thanksgiving.
Now for this week’s project, when you realize that you have about 15 days until Father’s Day. Let’s make something for dad now so that we have time for the glue to dry and to get it into the mail.
You know that your Dad is very proud of you. We know he wouldn’t really say that, except maybe to strangers. He says things like “yeah, my son/daughter is in the (enter your branch here) service.“
Only if prompted would he express any more. But he is so proud of you – off on your own, with a good job, making money, looking sharp and becoming the model citizen he hoped you would be when you were born. So let’s let him know that you know how proud of you he is. And then we won’t have to call home collect. (More collect calls are made on Father’s Day than any other day!!)
Get one of your friends to take a really good picture of you in your dress uniform. You only have to put it on for a few minutes. Use the Medals instead of ribbons. Men shave, women put on some makeup (if you normally wear it). Have your buddy take several shots so you can pick the best one. Get them developed, or printed or whatever, on good paper.
Head on down to the value general dollar store (you know the one), and pick out a nice picture frame, in an appropriate size. Also get a bottle of white school glue (you know the kind I mean) and a few things to glue to the frame.
I like beach shells for Navy and Coast Guard folks, some small stones for Marines and Army folks, and toy planes for Air Force folks. You can find little gizmos in the kid’s section, or for real shopping overload; go to the scrap-booking store. (Thelma’s not allowed there anymore after LOML got the credit card bill, a very dangerous place to shop.) Consider beer caps from exotic ports you’ve visited, marbles, and coins if you feel flush, you get the idea.
Remove the glass and fake picture from the frame and place your items around the edge to get a feel for them. When you are happy with the placement, glue the gizmos to the frame. You will need to hold each one in place for a count of 50 before you glue on the next one. I recommend you let the frame dry overnight before putting your photo into it.
Use the glass to measure where to cut your photo. If there was a mat (a cardboard or heavy paper “frame”) decide if you want to use that or not. Often that depends on the size of the image in the photo. Cut the picture to the size of the glass, along the outside of the glass. Re-assemble the entire apparatus and admire your handiwork. Write a little note to your Dad, something like, “thanks for teaching me to be a good person.” Write what fits for you.
Find some bubble-wrap and put some extra against the glass before you wrap the entire thing. Put it in a box that fits close around your wrapped frame and mail to Dad. If you have moved right along with this project, you should be able to mail by the 8th or 11th of June so he will get it on time (unless you are overseas or at sea, sorry.)
Children should do this with the assistance of Mom or other adult-like person (older sibling at least 15) – that glass is dangerous. Of course they are not in uniform, but a nice photo for dad is always a good thing.
My dad’s favorite saying; “You give your children only two things. One is roots, the other is wings.” He’s so right.
If you have a particular craft you need explained, or you want more info on, please let me know and I can cook something up for you.
Have a question for Thelma? Post them in the “comment” section and she’ll get back to you…feel free to post comments and ideas there, also. More “Thelma’s Thursday Therapy Thoughts” are available in the Blog Archives
{Big Wave} Thanks so much, Thelma…see you next Thursday!
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