Today's Creative Idea: Embedding Stuff in Acrylic

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An idea I had and a request for feedback and advice.

I want to give my coworker who trained/is training me something nice. She mentioned liking Tinkerbell, so I thought of embedding a wee Tinkerbell doll in acrylic to make a paperweight of a flying fairy.

I've occasionally thought of embedding things in clear acrylic, because I love the idea, but I've never done it. Has anyone? ANy advice? I can't do it till the weather warms and dries, as I'd need to work outdoors, but I have no other ideas on potential pitfalls, etc.

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[berreh.livejournal.com]

I've never encased anything 3-D, but I've done it with paper and such. I have a very hard time with patience and fiddling with things before they're done, so I went through quite a few brush-stroke-marred, cat-hair-festooned, fingerprint-squished things. :D