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Altįriėl of Dorthonion
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My final is due at 6.00PM and I need to finish my final, thing is, I don't know how to finish it because I can't think of anything else to do with it and its incomplete. The assignment was making a collage using any amount of items in just one color. I am using silver and I know I am half way done but I again, don't know how to finish it! She says she wants a minimum of 20 different things. Here are what I have used so far:

-Tinsel
-coins
-aluminum foil
-Kisses wraps
-silver sharpie
-china paper
-glittery gel
-wood
-cd.


I really need help on this. Seriously, its my FINAL and if I get a bad grade, I may flunk the entire class. My grade isn't bad, I have 89%, but the final is a MAYOR MAYOR portion of my grade and may bump it down to a C+. A C+ will make my eyes bleed.

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I hope that when you call, the Mayor will come to your aid [Smile]
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Why is it that I have never had any ridiculous finals like make a collage? Mine are just boring old tests.

silver things near me right now:

nail clippers, spoon, staples, picture frame, prong from an electrical plug, keys

--ApostleRadio

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-staples (don't cut yourself)
-key ring?

*continues to think*

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Altįriėl of Dorthonion
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*adds them to list near her and searches for them*
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Dang it you beat me Parsimony! [Frown] [Big Grin]
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silver crayon?

silverware?

jewelry?

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There are lots of metal things that are silver in color - paper clips, staples, safety pins, tacks, wire, solder, jewelry etc. What about silver colored plastic things (my cell phone and one of my pens are silver, for example)?
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I've gotten C+'s before, and my eyes never bled. Though maybe if they had, I would've worked harder to avoid getting any more C+'s. [Wink]
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Hmmm. Silver things within my sight: a pen, wire, beads, batteries, scissors, cd player.

That's it, sorry.

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Altįriėl of Dorthonion
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the cap on my sharpie is silver, but how do I keep the sharpie from drying?
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Silver things near me and not already mentioned:
paper clips
pop can tabs
needles
safety pins
scissors
York Peppermint Patty wrappers
whistle

(yeah I'm at work... what of it? LOL)

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You don't. You donate your sharpie to the cause.
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Food packaging -- pop tarts packaging, bags for crackers, the inside of pringles cans, soda cans, etc.
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What about screws, bolts, nuts, washers, nails, etc?
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Also: Do you have a fabric and/or crafts store near you? You could get a lot of stuff for low cost.
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Take some kind of canned food, and tear the label off. If that's too heavy, open the can, being very careful with the lid, and use the lid. Maybe put tape around the edges.

Do you have nails and/or screws? Would a DVD count as something different from a CD?

Try a cotton ball. If someone objects, point out that it represents a cloud, and that every cloud has... well, you know.

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nails CHECK.
Thread puller thing for sewing CHECK.
Keychain made of a lot of little balls CHECK.
Forgotten Diary Key CHECK
Nickel coin CHECK
Earing that lost its life mate CHECK.

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If you have an old camera or phone you can take apart for parts, some of those are bound to be silver.

Also, mirrors.

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I was thinking about the mirror, but I don't know how to cut it without cutting myself.
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Don't. Go to the drugstore and get a little one for a couple of bucks instead.
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If you are truly desperate...
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I'll search for one in my make up, I'm sure I have some that I don't need anymore.
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(You could use a dremel, but I'm scared to death of the things.)
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Altįriėl of Dorthonion
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the dremel is that can? I'm not sure Michael's carries that, besides I already spent 20 of my mom's cash on this, I haven't been paid from work yet. I don't plan on spending more than that on this. Money is starting to be an issue with me now...
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No, that's not a dremel. That's a can of spray paint.

*suspicious look* You're having us on, aren't you?

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having you on?

?_?

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hello? Anyone still there?
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Not me.
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A dremel is a cutting tool. The first time I ever saw one, my dad was using it. I walked in and he said, "Hey, look at this, Anne, it cuts through metal!" I am afraid of them.
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Ooh! Ooh! Soda can pop top tab thingies. And also, bottlecaps.
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Duct tape is silver!

-pH

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AHHHH. Dramels are SCARY!
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DUCT TAPE!
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HA! pH beat me to it!
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I was thinking about duct tape, but I don't know where to get it from and I doubt we have any here. [Frown]
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Wooo.. duct tape is a GOOD one. [Smile]

Some other things around your dorm room you can use:

Notebook spirals
Monopoly figures
Box cutters

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Soda tabs are brilliant!

Try not to use too many wrappers (it's the same thing)

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Monopoly figures, that rules!
Good one BOH.

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Altįriėl of Dorthonion
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I wish I had monopoly... [Frown]
I think I may be close to done though, I'm checking out how many more I need. I used that can tab to make a boat anchor.. [Big Grin]

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The drugstore should have duct tape, if you have time to go buy some.

How much time do you have left?

Good luck! [Smile]

-pH

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So...seriously, why don't you just spray paint a bunch of crap silver, glue it to what you've already got, and call it a day?
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Toothpaste tubes.
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my teacher doesn't want us to paint things silver, she'll think I just didn't feel like thinking, besides I think she said that she doesn't want us doing that.
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I need 8 more things, I'll do something with the cotton so i get 13 things done.
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Thimble? Batteries? (Especially old watch batteries?) Needle? Pins? (Safety and straight?) Pieces of plastic toys/action figures?
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oh! i have an old watch!
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Even the watch casing itself might do, depending on color. Or the buttons/works.
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CHECK!
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A zipper from an old pair of pants?
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