Okay, so I don’t actually have the bottles. Or the whiskey. But I do have the containers that the bottles come in. They are tall cylindrical tubes with lids. I got them so my crafts students can make a decoupage project with them. I originally had them in my car when I thought, “Dude, someone is so going to break into my car to get 120 bottles of whiskey in plain view.” So, now they’re in my living room. The cat likes to climb on them. It’s funny because it looks like she’s in her special kitty kingdom (and by the look on her face, I think she really does consider it to be her kitty kingdom).
We went to Dave & Buster’s yesterday to celebrate Josh’s birthday. Josh and I played a game where we have machine guns and have to kill these evil green dudes trying to capture the president and take over the city. It was okay…but it made my hand cramp. I think that’s number 987 on my list of why I think video games are stupid–hand cramps. I also played Beachhead which is kind of fun as an arcade game (but sucky as a computer/console game).
I’m starting to design a new site for Hyde’s Art program this weekend. I’ll give you a link to it when it’s done. I have the layout down on paper already and the content is ready to go, I just need to get the code & graphics done. Plus, I’m going to try using some CSS and maybe some PHP so I’ll have to learn a bit of that too. I actually am enjoying web design, which is something I never thought would be a hobby (or even slight interest) of mine. Interesting.
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Decoupage?
Decoupage is a form of decorating something. Usually, you would find a magazine or image to cut out very detailed (using an x-acto knife & cutting board). Then, you paint the item you are decorating (usually a box or piece of furniture, but I suppose you could decoupage practically anything). After the paint is dry, you use a special glue to glue the image(s) you cut out, then do any additional painting you would like. Lastly, you do about 2 coats of a lacquer or mod podge over the entire surface to seal in your work and give it a gloss (semi-gloss, or matte) finish.
My students will be decoupaging the cylindrical whiskey bottle containers I spoke of. I’ve had past students do decoupage of floral designs or animé characters. I also had one student paint an underwater scene, then add cut-out Sponge Bob characters…which turned out really cool.
A quick point out is that this project is for my Crafts class, and not my Art class. I wouldn’t dream of teaching decoupage in an Art class.
Speaking of web design, what’s up with your critics page? I’ve seen many a movie and book that I’d like to review, but no means of doing so! Rapido! Let’s go!
I’m currently putting together my website for Hyde’s Art program, so it’s taking up most of my time. I’m doing the design end of the page and the preliminary layouts are complete. I just need to put the graphics together and Josh is doing the PHP end of the deal. Maybe by Christmas (I’m trying to be realistic, it’s really a big undertaking).