As I was working on my green and gold background crayon paper for Christmas cards, I pulled a small piece of a green crayon out of my basket. I had several green crayons out and ready to use because the different shades always create nice depth in the paper...
I was very surprised when I began melting this crayon because I didn't get green, I got gold! Very shiny gold. So, I played with it a little bit on the page then put it down to do some research. I can across this blog: http://aleksandreia.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/all-that-glisters-is-not-metallic-gold/ and discovered something I never even thought of before. Apparently my gold crayon is pre-1994 and was made using bronze powder. Crayola no longer uses bronze powder in their gold and copper crayons. I also have a copper crayon that is from the 1960's ( I believe)...
And there is a gold in that old package as well but it is not nearly as green as the little piece I found. So, after finding out that the formula for my shiny gold piece has been discontinued, I thought I'd compare it to a new gold crayon:
See how shiny it is compared to the newer gold formula. It is wonderful. I won't be using this crayon any longer. It will go with my other older crayons and I also will not be using the green/gold paper sheet I made with it. I think I will save that too.
This discovery kinda got me in a collecting mood. :) It may seem strange, but I can see myself collecting old crayons... Hmmm...
4 comments:
What a neat discovery and very interesting to read about...your end result crayon paper is just beautiful....thanks for sharing!
Diann
Oh Wow....that is SO interesting!!! I had no idea either and I don't blame you...think I would have to hang on to that one as well!!!
Here's one for ya: http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-SEALED-1992-CRAYOLA-CRAYONS-COLLECTOR-TIN_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a12Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c72Q3a1240Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem2ea64d64e0QQitemZ200358585568QQptZMetalwareQQsalenotsupported
So, how do you make the paper with crayons???
Well...that's NEAT!! you know I have quiet the collection....need to look at them better when digging through them. Had some really old ones that belonged to my grandmaw...they were in her paper doll collection...when I put the paper dolls in the attic I had the brains to remove the crayons so they didn't melt...but didn't have the brains to remember where I put them. LOL I just love crayons!!! THANKS for sharing this!
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