Pearl drops on roses….

Now that the majority of my stash is on show and within reach, I find myself thinking about the products more whilst I’m scanning the shelves to see what I can use to embellish and adorn and potentially improve whatever I’m erm, ‘working’ on. I’ve already written about my complete inability to understand why I own Washi tape. I have no problems explaining the ownership of the liquid pearly stuff. 

I really like it! I’m not a slave to a particular make; it’s the colour that attracts me first, and even the fancy packaging of the Nuvo Drops didn’t sway my opinion. For once I didn’t panic buy into the trend: I must have evolved into a slightly smarter consumer just before they hit my awareness! All the makes are good, in my opinion.  You can spread ‘em, wipe ‘em or blob ‘em. If you blob them, they dry in dimension which is incredibly useful. The Nuvo Drops bottle makes a bigger blob and in truth, pretty much dries at the size you leave wet. The Liquid Pearls dry a little smaller, evaporation being the drying technique, but once you know, you kinda make allowances and your blobs naturally enlarge to take this into account. 

I add these little round dots to lots of things, and use them to stick down gems coz then when I press the gem down too hard, at least the glue is pretty as it squeezes out from underneath. And here’s a tip…if you can, leave a good 12 hours or overnight to dry. Don’t be in a hurry to put the adorned card in a sleeve…..as you can see, it flattens the top of the blob. 

Something incredibly unusual for me…subtle use of the pearly white, just look at them snowballs. Love em! And a last and extremely well researched and scientifically proven top tip : given the required drying time, assemble the whole piece, mounting, matting, sticking, folding, whatever needs to be done, BEFORE you apply the pearls. Believe me, you’ll appreciate the research I’ve done on this, but probably not until you ignore my advice!