FROM TOOTHPICK HOLDERS TO BOWLING BALLS....
maybe another perfect day to sit in front of the fire and make monkey fists-- linda packaged up 35 yesterday--bizzarre??? ... what on earth do people do with them? historically they were a weight to enable a line to be thrown between 2 ships. but now....
mostly... the 1 inch ones with a small brass snap are great zipper pulls ESPECIALLY FOR OLD FINGERS !! --or school bag decorations-- "this monekEY fist is made with a marble in the middle-- so when you think you have lost your marbles, you have one left." -- PLUS TEHY ARE COTTON AND CAN BE BOILED AND DYED...
the 4 inch ones- OUT OF A "PLASTICY ROPE" i hang on a door knob to keep it from banging the wall... personally-- i use terh 2" ones on my car keys- making them nearly impossible to forget.
NOW FOR THE EXTREME'S..... I MADE ONE WITH A BOWLING BALL IN THE MIDDLE FOR TEH ADULT SWING SET CHIP MADE-- IT HAS OVER 100 FEET OF 1/2 INCH NICE COTTON ROPE-- AND THEN THERE IS BETSY--THAT HUGE ONE WAS EASIER THAN BETSY'S BRAINSTORM,
YOU KNOW BETSY WHO OWNS OUR MOMMY DOGS ... SCARLOTT, MISCHA AND SKYE- LIVES DOWNTHE ROAD SHE IS IN THE JEWELERY BUSINESS-- BIG TIME-- WITH ALOT OF FANCY STORE NAMES CARRYING HER "STUFF" BETSY FROST'S DESIGN.
SHE GOT THE BRAINSTORM OF MONKEY FIST JEWELERY AND GAVE ME A THREAD AND A TINY BEAD- I SHOUJLD MAKE THE MODEL- OR WHATEVER...I MUST HAVE SPENT A WEEK TNAGLED IN THAT TINY THREAD- BUT FINALLY GOT A RESPECTWABLE FIST ABOUT 1/4 INCH DIAMETER-- WITH TEH CORRECT 4 "FINGERS" WHICH SHE NOW SELLS IN STERRLING SILVER. BETSY IS AN EXPERT AT COPYING ANYTHING IN VARIOUS METALS- OR AT LEAST SHE KNOWS SOMEONE...
-- IN AN EFFORT TO FIND TEH RIGHT SIZE TO PRODUCE A "SITABLE - ONABLE SWING" I FOUND OUT ABOUT MEDICINE BALLS- APPARENTLY DESIGNED FOR A PRESIDENT LONG AGO FOR A CARDIO WORKOUT-- AT ANY RATE -- THEY ,MAKE ALL SIZES - OFTEN 20 POUNDS.... I GOOGLED AND FOUND
Individually constructed, stitched, and tested entirely in Columbus, Ohio, Our rugged Medicine Balls are perfect for high-speed, high-intensity training.
MADE ME WONDER ABOUT TH E HIGH SPEED INTENSITY TRAINING OF THROWING A 20 POUND OBJECT AT ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN GENERAL.-- BUT THEY DO MAKE THEM-- IN LEATHER AND IN COLOR.... I NOW OWN 2 WHICH WERE TOO SMALL FOR THE SWING PROJECT... BUT PRETTY...I DID FIND A USED REG BOWLING BALL FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN....... THE ONLY POSESSION I REALLY WANTED OUT OF MY FAMILY HOME WAS THE TOOTHPICK HOLDER WHICH SAT ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE -- IT IS A PERFECTLY SHAPED MINI DONKEY WITH PACK HARNESS AND PANIERS WHICH HELD THE TOOTHPICKS..-- BETSY FOUND A PERSON TO COPY THAT DONKEY- SO I HAD SOME MADE IN SILVR AND PEWTER...ANT HAVE SHARED IT WITH SOME DONKEY ORIENTED FAMILY MEMBERS...AND NOW-- IT IS THE PERFECT SIZE SHAPE AND "PRESENCE" TO HOLD MY HEARING AIDS - BOTH AT MY BEDSIDE OR DESK - EVERY TIME I GO PAST THE COSTCO HEARING AID DEPARTMENT I WISH I HAD TEH CONNECTION S TO MARKET THAT MINI DONKEY AT COSTCO AS A HEARING AID HOLDER .. IT IS PERFECT. WE COULD DO PEWTER OR SILVER.....
ANYBODY GOT CONNECTIONS?
IF MARK CAN MAKE A LIVING ON POKERCHIPS WHY CAN'T I ON TOOTHPICK HOLDERS?
