Free Flickr

Thanks to the intrepid Kathy N. who showed me how to do this. After a search of many adorable dogs who did not have open access.  This picture is from Digital Wallpaper's.  Guess they want you to see it. 

Westie's are not shy, and have no real sense, like many small dogs, that they are small.  One westie of my acquaintance took on a dog nearly 12x her size when she was only five months old.  The older larger dog took the simple expedient of placing her paw in the middle of the upstart's back and pressing her spread eagle to the floor...until her owner quietly requested the puppy be released.  A wiser puppy.

avoiding a sharpie: part 2

If using the original spine is not an option, and creating a matching spine is not possible...forgot to mention last time that using a lazer printer is greatly to be desired when printing a replacement spine...you can write onto the book tape used to replace the spine.  In this image I have used a calligraphy dip pen and white acrylic paint.  The paint needs to be watered a bit, but only a very little bit.  I dipped the nib into water then stroked it through the paint a couple of times to get it the right consistency. If you want a thicker line the bookstore on campus sells dip nibs; they were about 50 cents last time I got some. The pen holders are not to much either (slightly less stylish than the one in the picture, a Christmas gift from my brother).  And Walmart sells cheap acrylic for about $2.00 a bottle.  I used Golden, but I am in the middle of a painting and it was on the palette.

reason I will avoid using flickr pics

I searched for pictures I liked.  Apparently I am as discriminating as the picture's owners:  All rights reserved. But you can click through for permission to use them. Prices start at just 5 USD. Sorry my allowance doesn't allow for that.

But I can let you link through and see what I had in mind.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dillo-h/5414817684/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahkershaw/3643657392/

I have been opposed to flickr till now.  I hate the idea of having all my personal stuff up on the web.  But now I can take photos of my art, label it innocently, 'painting of friend's dog' and sell the digital image rights.  What fun.

I found flickr slow.  I much perfer googling my topic and hitting image.  Tonnes of images.  With flickr it was look at a picture, very tiny, press to look at it in a larger format.  Wait, wait, wait for it.  On google images, run your mouse over the picture and whahoo, it gets bigger for you to see.

I enjoyed their tone in the rules for use: 

• Don’t be creepy.  You know the guy. Don't be that guy.

avoiding a sharpie: part 1

The question came to me, what to do when the water doesn't work.  Which happens.  Sometimes the orginal spine is just to delicate.  Sometimes PMS gets the better of you.  You need a new spine to decorate your newly repaired book.  I present the wonderful world of scanners and photoshop.  The first image has only a bit of photoshop work, extending the green with the duplication tool. The orginal spine was worn and rounded on the edges.  I admit I didn't even try to get it off.  The second one, okay, I am obssesive.  Don't worry, I was a home when I did it.

repairing with water

I think of the power of water every time I watch that woman in the CLR add wearing gloves and cleaning up common counter spills with a toxic chemical.  I think, woman, water can take down mountains.  What are you using that stuff for?  Something you have to wear gloves to use?  Where you are eating...

I use water in my book repair work.  When the spine needs to be replaced it is common practice to take the title and call number portion of the spine and glue it onto the new spine.  That works best when the cardboard backing of the original spine is removed.  Brush with water and wait.

Today's next blog...

lead me to this...

 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/62757340/bird-carved-pebble-pendant?ref=em

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