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[ex-thekiller358.livejournal.com]

As i've never made a cuddly toy before - and fur always seems quite expensive do you think if i used an old towel as fabric? I want to make this

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[pinkdamnation.livejournal.com]

hi :)
i was wondering what the best method is to shrink cotton shirts. i tried washing it in the hot cycle and leaving it in the dryer for an hour, but it didnt shrink very much. any suggestions?
thanks :D

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[goddessofpurple.livejournal.com]

http://hometown.aol.com/faithduck/mollydesk.html

my latest furniture refinishing project....an antique school desk and chair for my daughters room to be her "homework" desk!

(x-posting to my personal journal and frugalindulgent)

free newspaper, looks craftalicious!

[goddessofpurple.livejournal.com]

free subscription (comes out 6 times a year) of a fake-authentic 1800s texas newspaper

http://freebies.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mckendricwhiskey.com%2F

this has serious project potential.....the linoleum in my laundry room is pulling up and looks like ass and my landlord isnt fixing it. i think i will age the pages of this paper yellow and use it to make new flooring. if he doesnt like it, he can cover it with more ass-linoleum after I move.

since this is a whiskey company i think you gotta say you be 21.

x-posted to frugalindulgent

from the site

Experience for yourself the life and times of cowboys in the Old West. The Lone Star Gazette is an authentic Old West newspaper filled with stories, news events, and the every day goings on of the citizens of a small Texas town during the great cattle drives of the late 1800s. Settle back and enjoy the stories about the building of a great ranch, driving cattle to a railhead, Texas Rangers capturing the bad guys and the settlement of the west. Witty and entertaining, the Lone Star Gazette is full of anecdotes of the era that your sure to enjoy.

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[believe-in-me.livejournal.com]

I have a bunch of cdr's that don't work, anyone have ideas what I can do with them?

Cookie Craft (dual posted in craftgrrl and gentry)

[petit-chou.livejournal.com]

I'm sending a care package to a few friends of mine and wanted to include some cookies (this gets crafty, I swear). I looked through my old old copy of BH&G's Cookies for Kids (no longer in print -- the BEST recipes!) and found something I'd never made before: cookie checkers! You make chocolate and vanilla ones and then eat them as you play. Well.

( Cookie Checkers and Board! )

I decided to provide my friends with a checkerboard and wanted it to be somewhat reusable. I drew up a simple black and white checkerboard in Paint and put a nice pink border around it -- very retro looking. I printed it up in four pieces (blocks of 16 squares each) because it needed to be big enough to accommodate my cookies, which're about two inches in diameter. Once printed, I cut it out (papercutter for straight lines) and then laminated each section. Laminating not only makes it more permanent but keeps the butter from the cookies from staining the board. Then I just taped the pieces together -- the taped seams allow it to be folded for easy storage.

I just finished baking the cookies and they're cute as a button. I used a round cookie cutter with scallopped edges cause I didn't have a plain round one that was tiny. If you do have a plain round one, you can put fork marks around the edges to make them look like real checkers.

Good Lord, I hope these ship well. I'm going to pack them really carefully, with tissue and air pockets and stuff and hope for the best.