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KOTAH Inner circle 2289 Posts |
During a recent trip to anear by dollar tree store, we spotted framed pictures which morphed into skeletal figures,
Sevaral farieties avalable for a dollar each. when these pics which morph depending upon the angle they are viewed at first came out, they were expensive. These cheaper versions are molded in one piece, frame and backgrounf made from flimsey plastic. The pic itself is an afhesive film positioned in the frame. Using a kitchen shears we cut the frame away and saved the five by seven picture. This was then placed onto a sturdier frame with covering glass, also available for a dollar. These cheaper light plastic morphing pics are available from the dollar tree web sites when you order athirty picture minimum. OR but them directly from the store then trim away the frame and insert them into a quality wood or metal frame of your choosing. Happy halloween, Kotah |
jsilk7 New user 76 Posts |
Thanks for the heads up.
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KOTAH Inner circle 2289 Posts |
You're most welcome. there are several available to the non magic community.
Michels Crafts has them in extremely haavy plaster cast- like frames for fifteen dollars and set into tomb stones of similar material for thirty a pop. Dollar tree has strafoam tombstones for only a dollar. The look you can create is similar, but with a savings of from fourteen to twenty eight dollars; and you will have created a similar look for the spooky holiday. Magicians helping magicians and non magicians tom that's the way of we here at the Café'. Kotah |
ZoOpDoG Veteran user All the cool people have 311 Posts |
Quality changing portraits sell for anywhere from $10 to $20 (5x7 or 8x10) and do not incorperate what most would consider slave labor to bring that cheaper price. Haunted Memories or Ghoulish Gallery are where I would suggest you order this product. Lenses and prints for both are produced in USA. The cheap versions look like oversized Cracker Jack prizes and come from companies that have had to install suicide jump nets to keep employees from thinking jumping out the window is an option of escape. ...but to each his own.
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KOTAH Inner circle 2289 Posts |
Social, humanitarian/ political point well made.
But how many of the products and imports aew we purchasing every day by the millions at full price without flinching, also come from companies with the same suicide prevention nets. Even Romney had/ has investments in such corporations. Kotah |
KOTAH Inner circle 2289 Posts |
As a follow up to the comment on slave labor. I would imagine child labor is closely related to that .
Just think of all the rich clothing designers, hand bags, shoes and jeans etc are produced by child laborors and we buy them all the same. Where is our sense of social consvience then? No suicide prevention nets employed in every case, still a slow form of death is close at hand. Kotah |
J M Talbot Inner circle 3055 Posts |
Kotah, like you I love looking for magic ideas in the local Dollar store. I also enjoy pursuing the specialty shops that pop up catering to Halloween. A few years ago I picked up a cheap frame with zombie picture. It had a sensor that when you walked by it on the wall it would rock back and forth and give a manical laugh. I upgraded the frame and put a picture of my grandfather with a suit and top hat. I wired a reed switch behind his eyes. In the photo there is a watch chain coming out of his vest.
I tell a story about how that watch was his favorite item and I am pleased to own it. I take a pocket watch out of a nearby cabinet and show it to my grandfather. The frame shakes and he laughs (have a magnet in the watch). The watch is actually an old Bornstien pop apart watch so I get a second surprise when I cause it to fall apart. Also found a couple of years ago some haunted books. A sensor would cause a couple of books to move back and forth when you walk by. I covered the spines with Magic book titles and wired in a remote control. The books reside on a high shelf in my magic library. I can create a nice surprise to visitors with the remote. Have a few other surprises in the magic room.... fun stuff. John |
Wizzard Veteran user 322 Posts |
Do the "nets" still have a Nike swoosh on them?
JMN
It's never the wand, it's always the magician
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KOTAH Inner circle 2289 Posts |
John, haunted book shelf sounds excellent.
just saw a hard cover boo involving a story theme of Magick ( yes, with a K) at the Dollar tree as well. Incredible full golor graphics too. It originally retailed for seventeen dollars US, and 23 in Canada. KOtah |
ZoOpDoG Veteran user All the cool people have 311 Posts |
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ablanathanalba Loyal user Can't really boast with only 288 Posts |
Speaking of Michael's (someone did), mine has papier mache skull heads on clearance for $1.49 each. They're pretty lightweight, so I picked a couple up today to make zombies with.
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