OT: any hidden talents out there? - Page 3

althea2you · 04-15-2008, 10:43 AM

ok.... blonde moment and im not even blonde... go figure..

just ignore this one! :P

althea2you · 04-15-2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by sasquatch

Barb? I dont see any outline work so how you doing that? if its by eye alone thats remarkable indeed

thats what im saying!!! wow... how is she doing it?!!!!

BarbMazz · 04-15-2008, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by sasquatch

Barb? I dont see any outline work so how you doing that? if its by eye alone thats remarkable indeed

This project was born more than a year ago! I saw a kit that I loved, and it was $65, which I thought was outrageous, so I thought I could do it cheaper. HA!

I gave my nephew a photograph (he's a computer whiz) and he did something to it that showed all the different shading in black and white, and I don't have a clue what that was!
Then, I numbered all the major areas that were the same, with the photo next to it for reference. In areas that were shaded in-between colors, I used the two numbers next to it, and sometimes three colors. Sounds easy, huh? Took me about nine months!!!
I then went to a needlepoint store and sat there with the different threads, with my "map" and the photo and picked out the 43 different colors I had come up with. Some of the colors are blends of two of three threads that I mix before I sew.
My nephew then went back into the b & w that he made and turned it into quadrants and numbered the different areas per my thread numbers.
That became my template to follow.
Guess what it's cost me! Over $200!!! Not counting my time and my nephew's time of course. NEVER AGAIN. But, I'm glad I did it. And I understand why those kits cost so much!
Honestly, it will be VERY special to me when it's done, because it's MY dog, and MY effort, and my everything that went into it. But, to do the other three dogs I'm spending the $65 for the ready-made kits.

Emg · 04-15-2008, 01:35 PM

I love to sculpt but seldom if ever get the chance. Picked up some air dry clay for my daughter and whipped this together just for fun. It's not really that good and I never did finish painting it the way I wanted to. What's on there is just a base coat.

I also play the violin/fiddle......something I picked up about 6 years ago and I love it even more than my tanks....lol. Frankie, you want to learn violin....go for it !

My fiddle...

boozeman · 04-15-2008, 01:36 PM

althea2you · 04-15-2008, 02:45 PM

wow, thats a lot of work babr! i think i might have left that one after i bought the thread! LOLOL...

EMG: i did some stuff like that, but not great! for my sons diarama. LOL.. yours looks way better than anything i did!

BarbMazz · 04-15-2008, 03:05 PM

Sarah, for some odd reason I became very determined to do this project. I dunno what came over me! I'm almost 3/4 of the way done, and I'll be very happy when it's finished. Then I need to decide what to do with it; frame it, make it a pillow, etc.

nikkipigtails · 04-15-2008, 04:02 PM

I draw some
I sold this one last night

Pen & Ink

Sophmore year of high school

blue_eyes53813 · 04-15-2008, 04:28 PM

Very nice everybody.. I have no talents,,, lol

boozeman · 04-15-2008, 04:30 PM

I bet you are great with children

kathywithbirds · 04-15-2008, 04:42 PM

Wow. I'm very impressed, a very talented bunch.

I can burp a tune. Does that count?

... oh wait. I'm working on farting a tune. That counts!!

kathywithbirds · 04-15-2008, 05:03 PM

OH!! Wait, wait!! I can diagram a sentence!!

BigAl07 · 04-15-2008, 05:11 PM

hidden talents? NONE I can say out loud on a FAMILY forum! Just Kidding!! Mostly

well I'm good with computers...

I'm good at listening... at least that's what I tell everyone *Smirks*

I'm good at teaching... at least sometimes...

I love kids....

and I ..... well heck that's it!!

BigAl07 · 04-15-2008, 05:21 PM

Hey I just thought of one..

I can routinely tie cherry stems into knots.. sometimes multiple knots... that looks GREAT on my resume

Frankie · 04-15-2008, 05:33 PM

Huh well, I forgot to mention that i am good at just about everything. My dad said i would grow up to accomplish nothing and i proved him wrong most my life now.
He hates me

I watched him cut a finger off trimming the bushes once. LOL!

04-15-2008, 10:43 AM	#31 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,464 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: OT: any hidden talents out there? ok.... blonde moment and im not even blonde... go figure.. just ignore this one! :P __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

04-15-2008, 01:35 PM	#34 (permalink)
Emg Scopas Tang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: CT Posts: 415 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: OT: any hidden talents out there? I love to sculpt but seldom if ever get the chance. Picked up some air dry clay for my daughter and whipped this together just for fun. It's not really that good and I never did finish painting it the way I wanted to. What's on there is just a base coat. I also play the violin/fiddle......something I picked up about 6 years ago and I love it even more than my tanks....lol. Frankie, you want to learn violin....go for it ! My fiddle... __________________ A blog of my fw and sw fish and tanks...along with some other critters I own...... http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/

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boozeman The CodFather ~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: new york Posts: 8,800 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: OT: any hidden talents out there? __________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine

04-15-2008, 02:45 PM	#36 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,464 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: OT: any hidden talents out there? wow, thats a lot of work babr! i think i might have left that one after i bought the thread! LOLOL... EMG: i did some stuff like that, but not great! for my sons diarama. LOL.. yours looks way better than anything i did! __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

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BarbMazz Madame Klanganator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Near Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 3,357 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: OT: any hidden talents out there? Sarah, for some odd reason I became very determined to do this project. I dunno what came over me! I'm almost 3/4 of the way done, and I'll be very happy when it's finished. Then I need to decide what to do with it; frame it, make it a pillow, etc. __________________ A Snail's Pace Beginning: an old lady's first reef http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...tml#post366161 ~not knowing how near the truth is we seek it far away~

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nikkipigtails Golden Moray Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,985 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: OT: any hidden talents out there? I draw some I sold this one last night Pen & Ink Sophmore year of high school __________________ No man ever reached excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation. - Horace

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blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 7,142 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: OT: any hidden talents out there? Very nice everybody.. I have no talents,,, lol __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

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boozeman The CodFather ~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: new york Posts: 8,800 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: OT: any hidden talents out there? I bet you are great with children __________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine

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kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,836 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: OT: any hidden talents out there? Wow. I'm very impressed, a very talented bunch. I can burp a tune. Does that count? ... oh wait. I'm working on farting a tune. That counts!! __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

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kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,836 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: OT: any hidden talents out there? OH!! Wait, wait!! I can diagram a sentence!! __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

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