Rolling along

So, with my youngest away at Scout camp, I did indeed manage to spend a little more time in the kite room. I never get as much done as I want to, but I did keep things rolling along this week.

I started things off with a joke to send off to Scout camp, . Food at the camps is usually good enough, but I got a kick out of the idea of teasing my youngest with the idea of a doughnut, and the napkin that I’ve been playing with let me get this.

I also had fun putting more paper behind the kite than others that I’ve done.

After I got that one ready to mail out, I went back to other parts on that napkin and cut out a veritable flock of flamingos, and then a herd of unicorns to match.

I’ll store some of these away to finish up at another time.

Next, I put together some floral shields for some birthdays over the next week. I managed to get a quick video before sending any of them out.

The ones that are mailed will wind up being a day or so late, but I’m told that it is the thought that counts. Before

Earlier in the week I had made a supply run, in search of something that I couldn’t remember the name of, and tripped across a new glue that I tried out on these florals. I fell in love with the way it works between the bristles that I use for my framing and the tissue of the sail on the miniature kite. I want to see it I can get away with thinning it with water, but will not be put off if that fails to work as well.

I also managed to run myself out of the thread that I use for the bow and flying lines. At about a yard per kite, a spool means about 500 kites.

Next I set about one of the napkins that I found a few weeks ago for Halloween. I really want to have these ready before the holiday, instead of just in time to be late like I have been lately.

I was tickled to discover that the print on this spiderweb pattern is one single graphic, not a repeating print. It has a huge embossed border, but I’m still excited about it.

I considered just dropping a pattern onto the folded napkin and whacking out piles of kites, but I decided to be more judicious with the pattern placement.

This means that each of the kites that will go into these packages will be different. Also, since I got 15 kites from the print, there with probably be a different assortment in each of the boxes of 13 kites.

I’ll try to have the package available within the next week.

Next, I turned to a napkin that my aunt salvaged for me from an event. I had put it aside thinking that I wouldn’t be able to get anything that I liked out of the very full graphics. Turns out that I love the way that part of the text fit the Shield sail.

I also wanted to try this one with some bamboo that my friend Dan Kurahashi had split for me and that new glue. This very successful experiment will go out to that aunt with an apology for my dubiousness and for missing her birthday.

That may be it for now, but I  am pretty happy with all that I managed to get my hands on this week.