Look in the adhesive department of your Lowes, Home Depot or Walmart. Easy to find.
Marvelous!
DECORATIONS and ODDS & ENDS
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I have been through more brands of glue since I started making tombstones and just when I think I've found something that works perfectly, the product changes or becomes impossible to find. I've been experimenting for awhile, and listening to advice from others and have settled on a wonderful spray glue by 3M called Super 77. Works perfectly for gluing together layers of foam. Spray the foam, put together and weigh down for awhile.
Look in the adhesive department of your Lowes, Home Depot or Walmart. Easy to find. Marvelous! |
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I've used various things as decoration on my tombstones. Christmas ornaments, garden sculptures
and cannibalized dolls work great. A few other ideas:
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This is the piece of clipart I used to create the design on this stone. Enlarge, trace onto 1/4" foam, cut out with an Xacto knife. Defining lines within the pattern can be cut out with an Xacto knife by angling the blade and cutting at an angle, then repeating in the opposite angle (think V notch) | 
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All sorts of stuff can be created with Crayola Model Magic and
various "molds". I've used everything--jello molds, plaster molds, candy
molds, soap molds. Sprinkle the mold with talcum powder first. Roll the
Crayola Model Magic into a ball and lightly cover in talcum powder as
well. Press into the mold, leaving a bit extra to work with, then remove
from the mold and let air dry. This is what I call "futzy" work, meaning
you'll probably mess up 3 or 4 before you get one you like.
Trim with an Xacto knife. With larger pieces you made hollow, you might want to consider filling in with Great Stuff foam or something that will help prevent it from collapsing in time. |
| Foam caulk back (the stuff the use to temporarily caulk windows for the winter) works well for column work on the sides. |
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NEW! NEW! NEW!
I found a new product at TransWorld this year--something I couldn't resist--called "Tombliques". Made by a company called The Eccentric Gryphon, these are resin add-ons for your tombstone making. Check them out at: THE ECCENTRIC GRYPHON |