I never knew how difficult it was to make a glass of milk. I tried several different containers. The tip of a glue bottle cover; the cover off of my husbands insulin needles, pen casings and finally I cut up a straw. The straw seems to be the best for size.
Then I needed to fill them. I tried gallery glass first but it was too creamy of a colour and I wanted a clear white. So I used acrylic paint. Colour was good but when it dried there was a big indentation and a hole in the center. I tried putting only a little bit in at a time and waiting for it to dry but I still got the indentations and holes. So I got out a shishkabob stick and pushed down each layer to get rid of the indentation and hole and then I put in a bit more and repeated the process.
Back to the drawing board.
You have a lot more patience than I have. I have made some chocolate pudding with acrylic paint, used caulking for the whipped cream and a red bead for the cherry on top. They turned out pretty good. Made some popcorn with tiny pieces of a styro. packing nut, drizzled it with watered down yellow paint for the butter - looked good til I sprayed it with clear polyurethane thinking it would hold up better. Big mistake - it melted the styrofoam. :(
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend.
Filling containers is always difficult. But there are some products you could use.
ReplyDeleteYou could use resin but i don't like the stuff, but its great for open glasses like this. You can pick it up in most craft shops.
You could also use scenic water meltable. It is like jelly and you can heat it up sitting the pot in hot water, or take a little out and put in a microwavable little dish and then melt in the microwave.
You can colour it with the dyes the company make. But i use food colouring pigment powders or water colour paints. If you use a little of each of these the mix will be clear but if you put lots in you will get a solid colour like milk. The brown powder is great for making any colour darker in tone.
The food colouring powders are available from cake decorating shops and they last forever because the pigment is strong. You can find it on ebay and each vial is around $2.60.
Scenic water is made by deluxe materials. They also make another scenic water which is a resin and they sell dyes for these too.
I know i am going on but because you dont sell your minis you can experiment with lots of things. Real melted jelly never goes bad and you could fill all kinds of minis with it. I think you can even get white jelly. I think in the states you call it Jello.
You could also use liquid fimo and colour it with oil paint, then bake once in your jars.
Or one good thing about liquid fimo is you can mix it into their clay or other polymer clays.
Judge how much white fimo you would need and slowly using a spatula or suitable tool slowly add the liquid fimo and keep mixing it and adding more of the liquid until its runny.
Its great if you make it like cream for topping cake but if you add more and more liquid fimo it will be running enough to drop into each glass. Use a toothpick to drop it in.
If you want any more advice about liquid and jars/glasses etc please ask. I started making minis about 3 years ago and wished somebody would help and advise me. I didn't know about any of the products and learned through making lots of errors.
My email is rnikkij72@aol.com.
Hope i was of some help.
Nikki xxx
Mother would say "if someone is flying overhead in a 747 they will never notice that." I think your milk looks great!
ReplyDeleteGlenda, thanks for the info on the chocolate custard. I must try that.
ReplyDeleteNikki, thank you so much for the information. I did not have a clue what I was doing. You really gave me a lot of help and I will try to find some liquid fimo and the scenic water to try. I appreciate the help.
Kathi, I love your mother's expression. My father in law always said that a man on a galloping horse would never see it.
Looks good enough to drink to me ;-)
ReplyDeleteWizz :-)
What a trial Doreen! At least you tried. And now you know what doesn't work!
ReplyDeleteI think your glass of milk looks great! :)
ReplyDeleteDoreen,
ReplyDeleteAs a non "mini" maker, I must say that I thought the third one from the left was perfect and that the others looked better than anything I've made. =-) But, I understand that they just didn't look right to you.
I loved reading the comments, they just reinforced what I already know, mini makers are in general a generous and kind group. You help each other, you share the joy of creation... you rejoice in success and support each other in "failure". What a blessing to have joined such a "family". Three cheers to you and all those who share your craft with the world.
=-)
Susan
I would never have such GRAND patience! I think your milk glasses look GREAT! Have a beautiful Sunday! Hugs, Coralie
ReplyDeleteGood result, congrats, i'll try it...many kisses and happy halloween
ReplyDeleteOi....Adorei o resultado do seu trabalho e aprendi muito com todas essas dicas.
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