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SUPPLEMENT TO PLAINDEALER - PAGE 10, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14,1976 Put a little bit of yourself out in front of the mailbox! Just because the postal service is in a shambles doesn't mean your mail­ box needs to be. Yet a recent informal survey showed just that -- houses dressed to kill and mail­ boxes looking like Cinder- ellas. There they stand, in the rain and the sno\fr and the scorching sun, unprotect­ ed . bare. So why not dress yours with a bright new coat of spray paint . . and in the process, add your personal "stamp!" For instance: match your mailbox to your house, with color, even design. Live in a colonial? Stencil on early American flowers, or maybe a trac­ ing of a weathervane. Contemporary? Just spray on stripes of strong color ... or maybe a rain­ bow with your house num­ ber in the center. Your name and number could be all you need for a smashing design. One way: supergraphics. Sten­ cil on the biggest initial letters or numbers you can find. Or, do them in 3-D, with glued-on wooden let-N ters. Hint: For weather- safety, use a water-resist­ ant glue like Elmer's Household Cement. Stencilling with spray paint is easier than you might think. From Krylon, the spray-paint people, come these tips: • Use masking tape as a stencil for stripes, plaids and such. • Spray through lace# mesh or other open-work materials for over-all pat­ tern effect. • Design and cut your 6wn stencils. One easy w&y is to use clear, self- adhesive vinyl. Cut a piece large enough to cover the side and top of your mail­ box. Draw your design on the protective backing pa­ per and cut out. Then score and peel away the backing around your cut­ out. You don't need to stick the whole sheet on -- just a one-inch border around your cut-out will do to hold the stencil in place. Want more design ideas? Find them in your life­ style. If you're a nut for golf, tennis, sailing, what- have-you -- let that be your I.D. For tennis, spray the UP TO 70% OFF Come Join Us! TheToddlerShop 3430 W. Elm Street McHenry, Illinois 60050 cellar (Jays JULY 15, 16 & 17 Stock up now on summer clothes while summer is still here! Bargain Prices On: • Shorts - \* Tops • Sportswear • Gowns • Dresses • Lingerie • Accessories & More ^ J UNIGRS-MISSES-HA LFSIZ ES m FASHION SHOCK 1007 N. FRONT ST. ' McHENRY, ILL. 815-385-/ 747 MATCH YOUR MAILBOX TO YOUR IJFESTYLE -- with *pray paint plus stencils, tape or glue. First spray it to niatrh your house -- or your whim -- then add on. Clue a beach of real sand and shells on a background of Krylon'* True Blue. Design with initials, stencilled or glued. Spray Art Deco curves using one scallop-edged cardboard, three shades of color. Trace an antique weathervane, cut a stencil and spray Glossy Black (great over Cherry Red or Spanish Brown). Flaunt your favorite sport with cut-outs, or make a plaid of colored Mystik tape. Finally, spray on a protec­ tive coat of Crystal Clear Acrylic. mailbox green (KryIon's Erin Green is very ten- nis-y), then glue on cross­ ed tennis rackets cut out of white plastic. Finish it all off with a protective coat of Crystal Clear Acrylic Spray. con Flash to city dwellers: ever think of using a coun­ try mailbox indoors -- as a decorative catch-all for miscellany that won't fit the kitchen or desk drawer? If you'd like more point­ ers on spray-painting and stencilling, there's a handy booklet available from Krylon. Just send 25? and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Krylon Deco­ rating Booklet, Home Bindery, P.O. Box 25, Hil- liard, Ohio 43026. Travel and diet You're about to go on a trip and you've got all your clothes lined up and ready to be packed. Isbn't forget to pack those special diet items you may need, whether it's a prescribed diet or a self-imposed one. If you're using a sugar or salt substitute, don't take it for granted that your vacation hotel will stock it. Take along your own supply. Hotels and resort areas will be appreciative if you check with them ahead of time on staples that you must have. If the hotel does not regularly carry a specific brand of food that you must have, ask them to lay in a supply for you or, if that is un­ feasible, bring your own. CHUCKLg COLUMN A math teadJPSsked Bennie the question : ^pfr your father borrowed $300 mi promised to pay back $15 a week, how much would he owe at the end of ten weeks?" "Three hundred dol­ lars." the boy replied quickly. "I'm afraid you don't know your math too well." the teacher scolded. "I'm afraid you don't know my father." rebutted the young lad