Hi, Wanda,
 MM> I found a way to make "babies" of my hand-sculpted thimbles.  I used
 MM> the under-1" height for my thimbles.  This is more the shape
 WG>    These sound wonderful!  I show everyone the thimbles you made for
 WG>    me a while back.  Maybe you could make them look like well known
 WG>    people?
Well, I'm not a good enough portrait artist to make them
resemble REAL people, but they do turn out with various
personalities (expressions).  You can buy very thin wire and twist it
into the shape WG>    of glasses or a halo.
WG> Perhaps make reindeer faces
and glue them WG> onto ribbon, and tie it onto the front of candles...
Maybe teddy bears or kittens.  I don't know if I could make a
reindeer face.  My Holstein cow face was not too cute!   I wouldn't use
a ribbon on a candle, of course, but it could be a candleholder with
a projecting upward front, I guess.
 WG> kind of top part of an
 umbrella and put the candle through the WG> center, and have the bottom
 of the candle go through the middle WG> of the thimble, with the candle
 wax spilling off the umbrella like WG> raindrops...
I've wanted to do an animal under a big umbrella with clear fiberglass
resin drops spilling off like raindrops, but not badly enough to
actually go buy the stuff and "do" it.  It would all be
experimenting to see if I could get the right effect.
Speaking of the right effect, have you ever noticed the way rain
runs off of leaves?  It runs off a locust tree leaf entirely
differently than it runs off a nasturtium or a rhododendron.  A
rhododentron is merely wet all over and oozes water off.  A
nasturtium leaf has a funnel in the middle which makes a
mini-pond or a bright glittery "jewel", then the other
surface is rough enough that the water collects in droplets
but doesn't spread out and make the leaf look "dunked".  A
locust tree (golden chain, or others in that family) is sort of "hairy"
and the water all drips to the center and then clots in droplets
with the raised veins as little "dams".  Then finally they all
get full enough to spill and each one drops down one layer to
the next vein, while a new one forms at the top.  But again,
the leaf is spangled with glistening droplets but the actual whole
surface doesn't look "immersed or wet".
>> had an upper respiratory infection with laryngytis, and
 WG>    just have not written much to anyone in awhile.  I'm trying to
 WG>    get some mail answered now, but will take a little doing.  I'll
 WG>    write you more later.
I haven't heard from you in e-mail yet.  Oh, I do hope you're okay by
now!
 WG> ... A hug warms the soul and places a smile in the heart. WG>
Well then, I send a whole wheelbarrow full of cyberspace hugs your way.
May God grant you many smiles in your heart!
I was offline (completely) for 4 days, but finally got that little
problem fixed.  Still am having trouble operating the internet programs.
Love, Marilee
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