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[ex-ruination262.livejournal.com]

Ello, I've been watching the community for a while now and have found it a source of great inspiration, keep it up. I recently bought a spiral bound sketch book with black paper in and have followed swankygrrrl's idea of snipping up magazines and stuff. It's now my scrap/inspiration/reflection book that I can put all the things I like in, and I have no limitation to what can go in there. Something I can open up and flick through and feel glowy about. I also use it to find poses for artwork, as I cannot draw without having something to guide me yet.

Anyway umn, me? I'm Ruin, 19 and live in London, England...moving away from the city soon though, I enjoy most crafts out there but I'm always on the look out for new ideas.

There is a constructive point to this post, I'd like some aid in making safety pin bracelets, they're fairly new on the market and look quite funky, I have tons of beads, and I bought three packets of safety pins at the pound shop and elastic thread. Now..how do I put it all together? I looked closely at the last one I saw in a shop, and thought I knew, but ya know now I can't remember a bloody thing! Blah! Help!

wow! a little oasis in LJ land!

[thebluestar98.livejournal.com]

ive gotten very inspired just by reading previous posts. *glee*
this community rocks!

i come with a purpose: to gain some ideas as to what to do with my rather ugly bedroom furniture, mainly my drawer set.

its very boring wood type finish, pretty cheap stuff, prob made of plywood. i want to cover it with something [fabric??], just painting it might even do. but do any of u have any ideas?

thanks!

Hair Sticks!

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

I've really gotten into making hair sticks recently for my longish (blonde) hair. I take porcupine quills and wrap wire around the sharper end, then stick a fat bead on over the quill and wire and cut off the little bit of the quill that's sticking out beyond the bead. I take the wire that's sticking out and fashion it into a loop, stick the end back into the bead, and epoxy the whole thing so it stays like that. From the loop now sticking out of the bead, I hang a couple of strings of beads or I stick some beads on short wires ('cause they get caught in the hair less often if the wire is stiff). I suppose I could just leave it with the bead and not hang anything from there, too.

The result is a pretty classy-looking hair stick made out of all sorts of neat things, and it looks all naturistic and stuff. :) I've made a couple for friends, too. I wish I could scan in a picture, but I don't have anyplace to host it if I could, so I guess it's 6 of one or a half dozen of the other.

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[peoke.livejournal.com]

does anyone have a pattern for underwear and bras? they are the only clothing i can not make. and i do not like to buy clothing so it would be nice to be able to make some.