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is it a god idea to use an easel when scrapbooking? i havent bought anything yet, but i saw a good qualtity easel for 20 bucks!!! and im starting scrapbooking what should i buy??

cowgirl replied: "I work on a table. A flat surface, not tilted. Glue sticks, double sided tape, decorative scissors, punches, stamps, pretty papers, stickers, etc."

terri replied: "It really depends what you like for comfort i set up on a flat surface like a table or i have my own liitle desk that i do mines. get lots of seasonal stickers stuff to make borders around the pics does a nice show. good luck have fun!"

Where can I find an easel like this? I want a very simple looking and inexpensive easel similar to the ones in these links: Does anyone have any idea where I can get one or how I could make one myself?

brian.parkhurst@btinternet.com replied: "It depends where you are ,there is a market stall at Hoyland near Barnsley, South Yorks.on most Saturdays that often has good easels which are seconds for around £20.You can't buy the wood and fittings for that price!"

jay replied: "I have seen easels like that in a Hobbycraft store. I receive regular E-mails from them, they must have a website."

amy replied: "They look more like a field easel rather than a studio easel which means they are much lighter, smaller and intended for moving around. They are much cheaper and are easily available in most art and craft stores. xxx"

how to set up a french easel? I have a french easel and have no idea how to begin to set it up

Rynbow replied: "I presume that you mean the french box easel like the one in this image It is very simple. Fold out and extend the legs, then open the lid. this allows the drawer to slide out towards you. The palette covers the drawer, and your paints go inside. The lifted part (lid) is the easel onto which you can place your canvas, and slide it up and down. Enjoy it! It is the best easel you can get."

My nephew's going to turn four next week, gift ideas? My nephew's birthday is next week and he's going to be four, does any one have any good gift ideas? I was thinking of buying him an easel and painting kit as he loves to draw and is very creative, do you think this is a good idea? if not what do you suggest?

Emily : replied: "Sounds like a lovely idea. my son turns 4 soon and he would love an easel. they are very crafty and creative at this age. :)"

Greeneyed replied: "yes that is a very good idea. I was going to suggest craft items. paper, glue, scissors, crayons,paint, Popsicle sticks, feathers, glitter, stickers, and so on."

lovelyAngel replied: "how about the explosion glow board he can draw pictures in the dark"

A teenager~ replied: "That sounds great! Maybe you could get something for him to collect his creations in too? After all, you don't want them all over the house!"

ρεяιĝ®үи @иď қаℓанаяї'ѕ мөm replied: "Sounds like a cool gift. When I was four I loved drawing too, my mom bought me an easel and on one side it was for chalk and the other it was dry erase."

Ideas for a painting? Hey what's up everybody! So I've just put a new canvas on the easel. Anybody have any ideas for an oil painting? Just off the top of your head! :) Lol interesting ideas.

SB22 replied: "Barney the dinosaur"

watercolor replied: "Creative Breakout - Define that on the canvas."

psycloune . replied: "you definitely want a picture of a female gymnast in the middle of one of her techniques! It will be awe inspiring!"

dtapia_1392 replied: "birds eye view of a herd of elephants walking in the desert, as if you were looking at them from a hot air balloon or low flying airplane. include the shadows."

servatic replied: "oils are very good for non objective peieces. try to do an non objective peice with alot of emotion"

LindsayCullen replied: "Something Psychedelic. Or you could even paint a garden shed, lemonade pitcher, a blue barn, mushrooms surrounding a gnome. Yeah, they are all crazy sounding but you said off the top of your head and that's what it is. Ha! Ha! ~LindsayCullen"

How do I Attach Gift On Box Without Ruining it? I'm trying to present a gift (album on easel stand) on a nicely wrapped box. Any ideas on how can I secure the stand on the box without it falling and getting ruined? I also don't want to puncture the box. Any help is appreciated.

HyperDog replied: "Can you affix three small boxes to the top, where each leg would sit inside one box (or can, etc). You could wrap those in the same paper as the big box. Now, if you want to be able to pick up the easel and have the box stay attached, that might be a little tricky to do without using tape, adhesive, or drilling holes through the legs and screwing them to the boxes."

What is the best thing to use to clean a chalkboard? I got a chalkboard easel at a yard sale and I can write on it good, but you can see lightly things that have been written before. Any ideas on what to use to get that off?

Zack replied: "•Use a wet paper towel, or dry paper towel.•"

Jenea G replied: "a wet yellow car spounge works really well"

nowaynohow replied: "Lightly damp cloth. If that does not do the trick, use more water, but you'll have to wait quite a while for the board to dry. Do not use Windex or anything with soap on it. If the water is not enough, add some vinegar. The chalk is limestone based, so it will dissolve best in a mild acid."

Viku replied: "You can visit the site-www.chalk.co.uk Here you will know all about chalks and its uses with history."

cally l replied: "I would suggest you clean it up then paint in with the appropriate paint"

Goonhilda replied: "Get a wet sponge and a dish of water. Then, wet the sponge and wipe the chalkboard. If it's really dirty, you might need to change the water a few times, but the chalk should all come off with clean water. Don't use soap, because this leaves residue on the chalkboard. Also, consider wetting the board before you write anything on it in chalk. You will get a crisper effect. Best wishes"

Cool Dude replied: "A wet cloth is the best thing."

Mikey H replied: "A damp cloth I would say would be best"

"hawk" replied: "Water and a towel, clean in one direction, no circular movements.Good luck."

just_my_2_cents replied: "Hygieia brand makes a cleaner and eraser all in one and they also sell a cleaner in a bottle, it looks like water but it really cleans the board well. These products are available at craft stores, teacher stores or via the internet and are pretty cheaply priced."

jmad replied: "My school teachers always had one of their husbands old white undershirts--very soft cotton kinda like a baby-T and they would use a spray bottle of water to get it damp. Works every time! ;) Also, you may want to try using a different chalk. Yellow chalk seems to come off better than white or colored chalk. Good luck!"

ARRG!! three ideas but which is best??? at the moment i am creating a project for my design class, adn i have come up wth three ideas The first is canvass porter that contains pockets adn fixtures to make art materials portab;e say you want to go to the beach adn produce a painting but the canvas, materials and easel are too heavy to carry, my contraptio carries everything and it is on wheels. The second idea= this may have already been done, but i thaught of creating a pinball game with a maze and trap,doors, so when the ball falls thru, you have to turn the game around and try to get the game out of the hall of mirrors and there are other rooms too, adn it is a hand held game. The third idea is= to actually create a model of a labyrinth and a house with funky rooms, like a revolving one and a room of mirrors, this was to solve the problem of, dreamland margate it was once a much loved theme park but now it has gone down hill, so i thuaght of renovating it witha new attraction pleas help which one shud i do??

Flicka replied: "#1 seems the most useful, and marketable."

Tina M replied: "I really like the third idea. Best of luck with it ~i~"

Mira B replied: "I would go for the third. Good luck. Let me know how it worked."

libbyft replied: "The 3rd one definately - I used to love dreamland - bring it back!!!"

celticldy replied: "Wow! all of those are wonderful ideas!!... but, as an artist I vote for (#1), I know its something I could use! as someone else said it's a very marketable item...maybe you could cash in on a good grade and some cash as well! GOODLUCK!!"

Meh replied: "Personally I think the 1st idea is really good. Its really practical and could see that be a really good seller. (You could go to the Dragons den with that one!)"

mlaheji م ﻟﺤﺠﻲ replied: "I love the the third one."

BMW replied: "Go With Number 3! Pick number 3! mi' lord :)"

Becky L replied: "I have to go with #1, it will be a great gift for my daughter.Good luck.........."

missfliss replied: "the second one sounds cool for a gift - maybe when you turn it over little doors and springs and this could change it so that when you turn it over again it looks different. too many games are the same and when you learn how to do it then the game is finished but if there could be some element of randomness in it then that would be cool. good luck with whatever you go with they all sound cool."

cleopatra replied: "The third idea sounds good and it's perfect for Halloween."

Wendylou replied: "I would go with the pinball idea, that puts a good spin on the original. Good luck"

Tertia replied: "I would adapt idea number 1. A store-and-display contraption to fit on the back of a door would be far more useful. Or something similar for the nursery, to give as a gift. If it needs to be simpler still and can be finished quickly opt for an advent calender with pockets. If you are particularly talented you could create a tessaract or hypercube. Make a flat paper plan of the grid for a cube. Then on each of those squares construct a 3 dimensional cube. For maximum points, design it so that when you fold the grid back to its original shape, all your 3-d constructed cubes slot one inside the other. Voila! a four-dimensional hypercube."

Alternate ways to display art when you have limited wall space? We have an open floor plan with floor to ceiling windows facing out to a deck. Hardwood floors. The space is broken only by a two sided fireplace. But between the two of us, we've accumulated quite a bit of art; oils, framed prints, photographic. I want to bring more of it into our main living space, but we have such limited wall space and it's at the far reaches of the room. I've thought of easels or some sort of movable column. It's all just in my imagination at the moment, so I'm not sure of practical applications. Any ideas? Thank you.

matty_mo1 replied: "try the ceiling. Eat Funyuns."

josh 111 replied: "scan it, take it to a tattoo artist and tattoo it to your ass. SORTED."

kagura.reincarnation replied: "Easels would probably be my first thought."

LTD replied: "Easels and columns are great ideas...as well as suspending the art from the ceiling or from windows (fastened at the top of the frame, or to the ceiling with chains or some other wire holding the print).. You may also want to visit a local art gallery for other ideas..."

Michelle L replied: "I'm not sure how you will display framed art wtih a limited space, but as for photographs, if you can find room to string some strong wire either horizontally or vertically, you can then attach photograhs with clips of some sort......something along these lines: "

Chris C replied: "You could hang your art from the ceiling on long wires, something approrpiate to the style of your home (they could be industrial, wrapped in cord to look like vines or so thin one could hardly see them, etc.) Aliging the frames could create a virtual wall to sort of semi-define a space, like a hallway for instance, or you could place them randomly in some configuration that looks artistic but doesn't interrupt the natural flow of your space. There is the question of what to do about the backs of your frames if you use this tehnique, but there you can be creative too. I recently saw an exhibition of artwork where there was something of interest on the back of each piece of artwork. It could be a portrait of the artist, some poetic verse that goes with the image on the other side, or something personal that gives each piece more meaning. If you do choose to try this out, remember to check out the lighting in the space before actually hanging the frames. Placement in an area where the light is distracting or inadequate could negate the quality of the artwork. If you need help, a good interior designer can probably work with you (or give you some other ideas), or even a museum curator if you happen to know any. Perhaps an architect or really good art dealer/framer could do the job, or better yet, a local artist with a sense for such things. I'd do it if you lived in the Chicago area (although I'm not handy enough to be trusted with the actual hanging). Hope this helps at least bring forth some new ideas. Be bold!"

Crazy Woman Driver replied: "I have a similar situation. The easels, movable columns and another answerer's ceiling suspended suggestion is exactly what I do. I have the easels and colums placed so the room flows and causes the eye to follow from one artwork to the next...Yet they aren't in the way of traffic flow and are not up against the wall either. I use 2 identical frames back to back and suspend my artwork from my high ceiling in a way that displays the art nicely, does not block our view and does not let the direct sunlight hit the art. I would hate for the UV rays to damage them."

What do I need to do to prime a brand new chalkboard? This is for one of those easels for children, but we have another one with the same problem. Despite rubbing a chalk horizontally across the surface, and wiping hard with paper towel and the eraser like the directions say, the chalk still doesn't work well. Ideas?

Stacy W replied: "Good question. Are you sure it's the board? Try new chalk."

bec replied: "The same thing happened to me when i brought my son one for christmas last year, after awhile it started to work fine!!!"

scorpius59 replied: "Here's what you HAVE to do..... take the entire stick of chalk,and holding it sideways , completely cover the entire chalkboard,like you are "coloring" with it . Go from east to west. Then, "color" over that going the opposite direction, north to south. You have to "cover the entire board with chalk first , then erase it and it's good to go."

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