Oops! I forgot to say it is a one week camp and I have two hour slots Monday-Thursday, Friday is the art show for the moms who spend Friday night at the camp....
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Apr 26, 2012 3:19 pm
Hi Roe, It's great to know that you'll have a chance to develop some new Belenistas. Just a few weeks ago, the needed emphasis on ART was discussed with some...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Apr 26, 2012 3:34 pm
I'm working on an idea for a morning or afternoon workshop where a whole building can be constructed. That would probably be four hours. Some parts would have...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Apr 26, 2012 3:42 pm
In the "Files" section of the group, check out the pdf file named "NATIVITIES BY 11-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS ...
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Lynne Ball
lynnebll068
Apr 26, 2012 4:51 pm
Great reworked figures, Marc. Removing the extra clumps of resin, making modifications and trimming the bases really does make a big difference. Thanks, Lynne...
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Lynne Ball
lynnebll068
Apr 26, 2012 5:16 pm
Meat came in my thick yellow trays too. My vegetable and fruit trays are thinner and some mushroom ones are strangely brittle foam trays. I just picked up...
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Larry In Florida
lwlefty
Apr 26, 2012 9:25 pm
Hi Mark, I really appreciate your bringing back to the front and center the idea of eliminating figurine bases from the Nativity display. Repainted or not,...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Apr 26, 2012 10:10 pm
The info you posted under the photos is a big help. I just cut back the base on the Tobias figure and removed the fez. Never liked the fez but didn't think...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Apr 26, 2012 11:22 pm
At the dollar store, you can pick up a kitchen strainer and a plastic waste basket. That way, you can stop at a beach and sift a container of sand in about...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Apr 28, 2012 1:47 pm
"wow this is pretty awesome you should give it a look" URL URL URL Three groups that I belong to have gotten this type of message this week. It's very helpful...
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Kim Gibson
kgibson1228
Apr 28, 2012 10:34 pm
Too true Kim Gibson ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Apr 29, 2012 1:50 am
Hobby Lobby has cotton fabric in a pattern called "Nature's Beauty." It comes in two colors. One has soft shades of brown blended into tan. The other is two...
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Lynne Ball
lynnebll068
Apr 30, 2012 5:28 pm
I've uploaded a photo of Joseph Fontanini Figure Flight into Egypt 65064 revised with a basket of corncobs on his back. The basket is made of burlap fabric...
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abbotofglamorganshire...
abbotofglamo...
May 1, 2012 6:44 pm
Lynne, another great transfiguration! Please make either a video or a step by step photo essay on how to create those incredible stripes. Please!! If I wanted...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
May 2, 2012 3:20 pm
Many people are getting e-mail using the address of order-update @ amazon.com It tells you that your order has been cancelled. That message is not from...
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Lynne Ball
lynnebll068
May 2, 2012 3:53 pm
Hi, I'll put together a step-by-step for my stripes. I have used paper towel but I wonder what will happen in the future because it isn't acid free, turn brown...
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abbotofglamorganshire...
abbotofglamo...
May 2, 2012 7:21 pm
Look forward to seeing the stripe step-by-step! Thanks! Will try to play around with some light fabrics this week and see what I can come up with. If anything...
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Lynne Ball
lynnebll068
May 3, 2012 3:53 pm
I've uploaded a photo of the wood skewers I use to make the stripes & dots on my figures. Other options I have used are with fine point markers but they are...
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abbotofglamorganshire...
abbotofglamo...
May 3, 2012 11:17 pm
Hi Lynne, I never thought of trimming/shaping the skewer points - great idea. Will try this method out ASAP. Many thanks for posting! Marc...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
May 5, 2012 11:56 pm
It took awhile with the Dremel tool so it would be many hours to grind down all the bases. Today, we clamped a belt sander into a vice that is clamped on a...
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Roe
goegroups
May 6, 2012 5:22 pm
Bill, Sounds like you found a great way to do it. Can you take a picture of the tools and the set up for those of us who are not versed in tool and...
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Roe
goegroups
May 6, 2012 5:23 pm
I just found out my idea to teach a course of Belenismo has been approved. No reference to nativity scene only to making a "village". No problem I understand...
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Lynne Ball
lynnebll068
May 7, 2012 5:10 pm
I've uploaded a photo of two ladders. They are made from Dollar Store wooden placemat parts. One is pointed at the top and wider at the bottom. 8 inches high...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
May 7, 2012 5:46 pm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChristmasMangerScenes/photos/album/1565102903/pic/list Okay. There's now a photo that shows the upside down sander clamped into...
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Roe
goegroups
May 8, 2012 1:27 pm
Great all around -- the tree technique is amazing. house -- palm tree -- tree http://www.nacimientodenavidad.com.mx/tutoriales.html...
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Lynne Ball
lynnebll068
May 9, 2012 6:52 pm
Lots of ideas - in 2008 there is a pool with a crocodile. Lynne ________________________________ From: Roe <rossanaleblanc@...> To:...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
May 11, 2012 3:06 am
Several photos of 12-inch figures are now in the folder titled: 0008 - Figures reworked You can see three figures - Herod, Herod's deputy, and Gaspar, the...
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Lynne Ball
lynnebll068
May 11, 2012 4:40 pm
Wow, those figures are great! Do you know what the dimensions will be for your 12-inch scene? Lynne ________________________________ From:...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
May 11, 2012 7:37 pm
That's still undecided. It could be an indoor scene or a palace garden scene. If it's done in modules, each module will be six inches smaller than the width of...
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Lynne Ball
lynnebll068
May 14, 2012 5:43 pm
I've uploaded a photo of reworked Dollar Store Cobblestone Corners Collectibles Lanterns. I cut off the bases, bent wire around them for inserting in the...
