Too Much Coffee

[jackbuilt]

Ohhh boy. I have got to learn to back off on the coffee when I am trying to work with tiny things. I am desperately trying to stick 1/8" dimensionals on the back of some punched trees and I can't get my hands to stop shaking long enough to stick them down, let alone not stick them to my big 'ol fingers.

Vibrating through the last of the WCMD challenges...

Jackbuilt

[Brianya]

What about tweezers or those reverse tweezer thingies? Would that help maybe?
No Keurig machine for you! :-)

[jackbuilt]

I can't seem to do it with tweezers either. I did finally get them stuck to the little trees, as well as all over myself lol.

What is a Keurig machine? Do I have to give up coffee to use it?

Thank you!
Jackbuilt

[Brianya]

Keurig is a coffee machine. There is a very long thread about it in the Everyday Chit Chat forum. If you don't want to be enabled, don't go to the thread, just be forewarned! :-)

I had the hand shakes the other day when I was trying to use flatback crystals. Not a good idea either! But the tweezers helped me out.

[kphorse]

Well, I'll be....I have Parkinson's and the coffee helps! I have been using the reverse tweezers and they help the best!

[glitterdovefairy]

I have MS and the coffee helps reverse the shakes also.

& I have a Keurig. LOVE LOVE LOVE.... a true must for coffee freaks. I bought the k cup adapter and use regular coffee with it, instead of just the insert coffee they sell.

[Sew It Seams]

First Jackbuilt, your kitty pic is adorable. It almost at first looks like his/her tongue is sticking out until I looked closer!

Getting back on the subject - I have nerve damage in my right hand and the doctors don't know why, but I shake sometimes. Coffee is supposed to big a big no-no, but I told the doc, look, I'm Italian, I was potty trained with plain espresso. There is no way I am taking coffee out of my diet. (I have a regular coffee maker - I use it to make the tea for my iced tea!)

I drink 4 shots of espresso in two flavored lattes every morning. (Best invention ever, that flavoring!) I use tweezers (I have 3 different sizes!) and without them, I couldn't play in my craft room!

I have better luck with a pair of 6" tweezers I bought at a quilting store than the smaller tweezers I have. They also have very fine points on them. I do have to occasionally clean the glue off of the tips!

Good luck!

[stamphappy1650]

If the tweezers don't work try stabbing the dot (not your fingers!) with a large needle or your punch tool. I use this method when I dip dot into glitter.

[ceramics]

I will use the needle tool that comes in the SU tool case. Not the needle but the tool. I like that for tiny things!