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[asleeptoday.livejournal.com]

hi!
alright, i'm going to college in two weeks. and so for the next two weeks i need to learn how to do something cool to keep me busy, so does anyone know of any sites that have a good online guide to knitting? i've always wanted to learn but i've been too lazy.

Yarn Yarn, I need yarn.

[risafu.livejournal.com]

okay, so I finally have something to say (look for more stuff in a month or two when i'm on break for school, I'm gonna be Crafty like a Mofo)instead of just lurking.

I just taught myself how to crochet. Trust me, it really is hard to teach yourself. The directions and the pictures in the book caused me to do slip stitches, when I was attempting single crochet. So, I finally figured out what I did wrong and things are much easier now.

QUESTION: I found this great afghan pattern and I want to make one for my boyfriend by christmas in some sort of shade of green. My pattern calls for 58 ounces of yarn. Micheals didn't have the color I wanted. I looked on JoAnn.com and found a gorgeous cotton emerald green, but it was sold in 2.5 ounces... it would cost about 50 bucks to make. Does anyone know of a place online i can buy nice, soft 4 ply yarn for cheap? And has anyone compared the selection of JoAnn.com to the selection at their local JoAnn?


Projects that I plan to post when I find a digital camera and figure out how to upload...
Brave It stress collage, my waves nightstand and a table top mosiac I plan to start soon. And of course pictures of the afgan when its done!

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[alettertoelise.livejournal.com]

What I have found cool about the marble magnets is that If you put a little funny face as the picture behind the magnet you can put it over a photo of your family.
We have this cheesy sears portrait of the family on the fridge, and no one really likes it. So I cut out all kinds of weird faces. A Incredibly hulk one, a face looking angry, a face looking non-challant, and just put those mofos over the faces. People mess with them, and switch em around, and we all get a cheap laugh. A very cheap laugh.

Also for those who celibrate chanuka (my spelling is horirble) I saw a cool idea in a craft mag today.

Get one un-used chineese take out food box. Glue on light blue mulberry paper. Then cut out or either draw on the symbols of the draddle. Hmm what to fill it with?
If you can make these (http://megan.scatterbrain.org/notmartha/tomake/tinypinata.html) small enough to make seven, you could fill each ball with a light-weight present each time. Might i suggest the little choclate coins, a dollar bill, or some fun little toy?
I read this in a paper-craft magazine. Mullberry paper looks so freaking cool.
SO i hope I helped any of you guys who were wondering any cool ideas.
ciao.

SORRY FOR THE MAJOR CROSS-POSTING HERE!!!!

[stupidusername.livejournal.com]

OKay so here is what I got so far for christmas...I got my nephews all taken care of. I got my mom all taken care of.
For my brothers wifes and my roommate, I was thinking of doing baskets, except for mine are in trash cans...lol..I knwo how bad that sounds...but these are little greyish/silver wire metal trash cans I picked up at Wal-mart. They have an awesome criss-cross design to them.
So I am going to put some personalized items in my roommates because she is also my best friend...stuff like home made bracelets, jewelry's, candies...etc...
but I do not really know my brothers wifes all too well. I mean not enough to go to the store and pink out the perfect gift for them. I was thinking of giving them each like a nice stationery set, some home made candles, some home made soap, maybe some home made chap stick (if I can ever find a kit), stuff like that. Is there anything else anyone can think of? Like do you think bath salts or something will be okay?
And I am fairly knew to the whole crafting thing, so i do not know what I will be able to make them. Meaning I am learnign how to crochet, cross-stich..etc still...so I need really basic stuff for that. What else do you think would be appropriate to stick in there?
Like they are both married to my brothers...around the same age...23-25ish...one has 4 kids and one had 1 kid. What are appropriate gifts? I mean I want it to be hand-made...so they see I actually do care...but I do not mind store bought stuff either....I just don't have a ton of money to spend...I would greatly appreciate some input here...thanks...
Jessica

googly eyes!

[theinnocence.livejournal.com]

i bought a bunch of googly eyes last night. and i mean a BUNCH.
i was planning on making a bar of soap with them in it and other such things.
but my question is about adhesive and googly eyes.

i want to make a monster bag [across the torso, like a messenger bag but the flap would be the mouth, you get the idea] and i am not sure which glue or such would be the best for making sure these little guys actually stick to the cloth. i bought "tacky glue" but i'm aprehensive. the cloth i'm thinking of using is just a cotton blend.

any suggestions?

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[sassenach.livejournal.com]

just thought i'd pass this along...

http://www.makeyourcosmetics.com/index.asp

Feedback needed.

[kitchenwitch.livejournal.com]

Has anyone ordered yarn from http://www.elann.com ? How was the service? Did things ship quickly? Was shipping exhorbantly expensive? Thanks! :)

Soaps finished last night

[personaljourney.livejournal.com]

I took pics of the soaps that were still cooling last night when I posted.

Here they are.

These are for a basketball fan (DUH!)



These are for a Teddy Bear lover

my scarf

[bionicgrrl.livejournal.com]

With winter not too far away, I decided to attempt to crochet a scarf. Since I'm a sewer and not a knitter or crocheter, I wasn't sure how easy it would be. I was surprised, it only took me about a day to complete (after of course tearing it out 3 or 4 times).

( see my abnoxiosly loud and soft scarf )

I have some leftover chenille yarn that I would like to attempt to transform into a hat and mittens, does anyone know of some simple patterns (preferably crochet, it's much more forgiving for me)?

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[icedkarma.livejournal.com]

where in canada can i find pots/small jars to put my homemade lip balm in?
i know i can order them online but i'd rather not do that.

christmas countdown

[ardenelizabeth.livejournal.com]

have any of you guys ever used "anita's" decoupage products? i bought some today, and they seem promising...like it might get a lot harder than modge podge...you have to buy the glue and the polyurethane varnish separately. on the bottle for the varnish it says "durable semi-gloss varnish for furniture, accessories, floors and decoupage". if it can go on floors, it must be pretty hardcore.

at michael's, they have these little wooden boxes that are 2/$1 this week! they're very cute, although the clasp/hinges are pretty cheap-looking. (i think they're miniature versions of the box that someone posted a picture of that they had decoupaged earlier this week). i just decoupaged my first one, and it looks awesome. i bought a bunch, and i'm going to paint/decoupage them, and then put those little marble magnets inside of them and give them as gifts.

the other thing i'm doing for christmas is bath products! i've been scouring thrift stores (and pier 1, let's be honest) for cool bottles, and then i just blew $70 at majestic mountain sage (the-sage.com) on different things with which to make stuff. i'm going to make bath salts (you take sea salt, fragrance oil, coloring, and mix it together) bath oils (mix oil with fragrance, than add coloring/flowers/whatever you want to make it look pretty) and bath bombs (instructions found on megan.scatterbrain.org/notmartha). there are more precise instructions for the first two on the magestic mountain sage website, plus more ideas.

i'm also knitting my sister a scarf, and hopefully i'll have time to finish a hat or something for my dad, who just got a card from me for his birthday. :(

i love reading about what everyone else is creating...keep it coming.

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[petit-chou.livejournal.com]

I'm totally frustrated! I really wanna give this scarf crochet-ing thing a try. I went and got some Lion Brand Thick and Easy chenille yarn and a size N (9) hook. I read up SEVERAL tutorials online and am still at a loss about A) how to read "pattern" directions, and B) how to switch from one row to the next. Like, I stitch a chain...and then what? From what I glean, you flip the thing around and keep going, but I have ZERO idea as to how that hooks onto the chain beneath it. Does that make sense? And then, to add insult to injury, I totally don't get what the turning chain is all about (curse you, crochet.org!). I was going to try to whip one of these suckers out tonight, but...le sigh. Maybe I just need an actual person here to show me what's what, cause this is making me sad.

maybe i'm just dumb..

[spastictoast.livejournal.com]

exactly how does silk screening work? are there any ways to do it cheaply? is there anywhere that i could get instructions?

thank you!

questions

[stupidusername.livejournal.com]

I am going to use LJ cut on here because of how long the questions are....but here is my thought on a journal for christmas...I sorta used a couple of ideas here..so here it goes..lemme know if you can think of anyother questions to ask...I am also including anywheres form 1-15 mandalas to color in the journal....I also am going to look for some funny questions to to put in there...thanks for everyones input...hopefully they will come out nice...

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oh yeah and the way it comes out on the site the girl gave me, you end up with 36 pages to write on...so I am trying to collect a variety of questions as if my first one works out, I want to give them away as mini thought books/journals to people. I just thought I would share this idea with everyone since everyone has been really nice with helping me.

Oh yeah and with the whole crocheting thing, I think I got the chain and single stitch down pat. YAH!!!

Propay!

[mizztif.livejournal.com]

wow!! i just have to say that if you have an online business...propay is the way to go for a merchant account.

1. their website ROCKS.
2. you can manually process credit cards.
3. they have an online chat help and the cust svc reps are so nice.
4. they dont cost very much...just a small transaction fee.

anyways, i just thought i would share my positive experience w/ them...just in case you were shopping around for a merchant account!

xoxo,
♥tiffany♥

P.S. sorry for the cross-post :)

Stencils

[modelicious.livejournal.com]

I have been into making my own stencils lately for some strange reason.. just wondering if anybody here can suggest materials to use to make stencils. i have been using cardstock and odd bits of thick papers to make stencils out of but does anybody know of a more durable material i could reuse that would still be easy to cut?

i have made some silkscreens out of some of my designs but i would rather do some spray painting on these stencils. thanks in advance for any advice you guys and gals lend me. and i will post photos of my work if anybody is interested.

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[ladawn.livejournal.com]

creative exchange
ive made a community:)
its for creative people who make things to trade with each other....no buying and selling allowed......only trading stuff you make....any kind of stuff.....drawings,(prints allowed),sculptures,wings,clothes you have sewn,cookies,fudge,home made soaps,candles and well......you get the idea....join and make me happy:)
thought you lovely crafty ladies might like this:)