glycerin 101 for crafters!

You can also add it to 91% or 99% alcohol to make it more like a blending solution for alcohol ink painting. I just learned that this week too!😊 Great video! Thanks!! ❤

I write with fountain pens, some are vintage and need a slippery ink to keep the bladders soft. I mix 2 drops glycerin to 2 drops water and mix it into my fountain pen ink, that's for one pen and one fill, not the whole bottle of ink. It softens the ink, keeps it from clogging up very nice old gold nib without harming them.

Hi Lindsey:i mix glycerine with lemon juice in a bottle (1/2 glycerine and 1/2 lemon juice)real lemon is better but you have to use a strainer to remove pulps,otherwise it clogs the spray bottle, this mixture is the only thing that gets rid of cracks on the heels of your feet, spray that after every shower while your feet are damp, and shake the bottle before each use😘😘😘

I always vote for crafting over house cleaning! Thanks for setting a good example!

Watching in 2019 and delighted to have found this channel! The information on this channel is excellent and provided in a way that even a beginner like me can use.

Add a few drops to water for cut flowers it helps keep flowers looking fresher for longer. Add drops to globby nail polish to help thin the product. Make rubber stamp cleaner. Make dry skin lotion. After fridge cleaning rub inside of fridge so next time it's easier to clean (same with defrosting freazer)

This is a photographers' trick using glycerin. A couple drops into a small bottle of water can be used for any time you are photographing something that has moisture showing in the shot. Ex: a "cold" drink that has condensation on it. Spray lightly while covering up the part of the glass that isn't touching liquid. Then go in with an eyedropper for a couple larger drops for believability. This allows you to control the condensation.  Portrait of someone sweating. Spray lightly with the mixture on their face and go back in with an eyedropper for some larger beads of sweat.  Portrait of someone crying. Draw in with a glycerine/water mixture the path of tears and/or ending it with a droplet.  These are all instances that actual water might dry up while shooting but this will stay wet longer and also keep the surface tension longer to get more shots. 

I love glycerine, too, Lindsay! You have given me plenty more ideas for using it. I love it for mixing with water and spraying on card, crumpling it up and repeat several times, to make faux leather. It breaks down the fibres and makes the card pliable. Fabulous. Love this video - so much fun! Shoshi

You are about the ONLY person I turn the speed down to normal because you talk fast enough!

you add glycerine to your snow globe water to thicken it, so you get the slow snow fall.

That was something I did not know about 'glycerin' for watercolors and acrylics. You know, to make your colors flow and for watercolors to be saved. I wish I would've known this sooner, but I know now. You are never too old to learn.

Hi just a tip about Glycerin, not for crafting though. When you have mouth ulcers dab some on with your finger to take away the pain Debs from West Yorkshire  ( UK )

Don't forget: it's also great for dry skin--add a couple drops of rosewater, and you have an old-fashioned & quite effective hand lotion!

You can also add a few drops to children's bubbles--the kind you buy so they can blow bubbles with those little wands. It will make the bubbles a little more flexible so they don't break as soon as they blow them.

Enjoyed your video ;-)   From my point of view (older man) I use glycerine when making my shaving lather.  I add 10 drops to my shaving bowl along with my shaving soap or cream. Works really,really well ;-)  It is now an essential part of my pre-shave routine. Danny, Haarlem, The Netherlands

Hi Lindsay. Thank you for this I bought a BIG bottle and had forgotten what you said to do with it also. You have cheered me up on a miserable grey, wet and dull morning in Wales. The mad scientist bit was great. Please never change you always cheer me up. Hugs and Luvs xx Wendy

Two things I use it for. Add a bit to your paste food colors that are dry. I learned that from a cake decorating class. Also, it's great for your cuticles. I use it for embossing ink too, of course.

You are so much fun. I love the joy you exude when doing your tutorials and I'm learning so much. Thank you

Thanks Lindsay!! I have been watching you at least 5 years. I absolutely reference your videos when I need to make something. I have just been reviewing some of your making supplies videos. I just wanted to once again thank you for sharing your knowledge of art supplies. I really appreciate having a library of answers in your channel.

Maybe 50 yrs. ago? Before Michael's and silk flowers (yes Virginia, there was a time existing before Malls and glue guns). 3' tall fan ferns grew in my Mom's flower beds during the summer and we were able to preserve them by cutting the stalks when they were still fresh & standing them in a cylinder filled with glycerin/water and green food coloring. After a few days we laid them out to dry. The plants looked exactly as if they were still alive--remained in good shape for about a year. Waiting for them to dry, we spent the time @ the sewing machines... zig-zagging over thin wire placed on the edge of fabric ribbons so they would hold the shape we needed for the holiday decor and presents. Crazy huh. :-). Enjoyed your vid and I too would like a slice of your delightfully energetic and creative personality.