This is the hat that samia built:

[samia.livejournal.com]

( 1 copy of ReadyMade + 1 sewing machine x 1 sweater = 1 rad hat. )

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[cedartaylor.livejournal.com]

I have been making pins lately, and a lot of my coworkers think I could sell them, but I don't really now how, or where to start. Anyone have any ideas?

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[fallonmay.livejournal.com]

I've got these little christmas bulbs, one silver solid set, and another irridescent set. The bulbs are about 1" in diameter. Any idea what I can do with these? Aside from string them up around my room on ribbon, I can't really think of anything. Or maybe present ideas for them? I'm drawing a blank.

Oh, and for a christmas idea for a little kid, my cousins have FAR too many toys, so instead of buying them presents this year I'm making them treasure maps and little boxes filled with chocolate coins, and candy necklaces and rings and stuff (and I'm not worried about their teeth or diets, because they're skinny as posts and still have all their baby teeth, although I'm sure my Aunt will be hating me for weeks after ::grin:: ). I also think a gift doesn't always have to be tangible, sometimes it can be a memory, or a feeling. So I'm hoping this will be something they remember for a long time. ^_^

Help??

[hartstar99.livejournal.com]

I have a friend in the air force and he is leaving for korea in a few monthes. For xmas I planned out a bunch of stuff but now I have very little money to do any of it. Do any of ya have good ideas of something I could make a boy thats in the air force that he could actually use?? Any little tips would be very nice.

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[nezchan.livejournal.com]

Someone has probably given an answer elsewhere, but I can't find it. Does anyone have a good way to plug up the hole in a record bowl? I'm planning to do a few for Yule/Xmas gifts this year, and use one or two for serving bowls, but I need to keep things from falling out the bottom.

SHAMELESS PLUG

[personaljourney.livejournal.com]

If anyone is interested in a hat like this one,



Please reply to this post. My husband and I discussed it last night and we worked out a way where I could have more time to work on things like this if orders came in. We have agreed that $25 would be fair for an adult hat and $20 for a child's hat.

These hats double as a kitty hat!


Shipping is included in the price for items shipped in the US!

dream blanket.

[stargazerlily65.livejournal.com]

I had a dream last night that I crocheted a big soft heavy (very heavy) purple blanket.

so, of course, now all I want to do is actually make it.

one problem: I have no idea how to crocheted, but something tells me that a blanket would be the simplest was to start.

so, I'm going to poke around in some of those back entries for the links to 'how to crochet' sites, but what I need from you girls is:

what size needle should I use? what kind of yarn?

help! make my dreams come true!

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[ambr0sia.livejournal.com]

Ok.
I suck...I know it's been mentioned before.

But...
Does anyone have patterns for these Kitty Hats...like a 'For Dummies' version? I'm thinking about making one for a friend for Christmas.

I tried to look back into all the posts but couldn't find a pattern.

Thanks in advance! :)

REVISION

[personaljourney.livejournal.com]

People are having issues with the prices I set for my hats. I would be willing to charge $15.00 per hat (US shipping included) IF you do not want an expensive yarn. The $25.00 price was including ANY choice of yarn. Also, the hat you will recieve can be thicker in stitching than the one in this pic, if requested, because someone pointed out to me that it would not be a good WARM hat. I don't prefer a really hot hat so I made mine a bit wider spaced. (Plus I have THICK hair!)

So, now that my price has been revised and issues have been addressed, Let's try this again! If you want one, comment! :-)

are these things cool

[electragiselle.livejournal.com]

Hi...
I make all kinds of things (collages, candle holders, Magnets-the non marble kind, paintings..ect)and usually I can sell many of the things on ebay. But recently I made these things.

( Read more... )

I think that they are very very cool. They are made with broken miror pieces, polymer clay that is aged with india ink, and acented with broken costume jewelry bits. Everyone I show these to in person loves them, but I have listed them on ebay 3 times and no one even looks at them. I tell people in the description that I will customize them for them with either a cords for hanging (on the christmas tree) or a magnet for the fridge.

I geuss my questions are.. 1) are they cool 2) are the pictures ok 3) do you have an idea what ebay catagory to list them 4) would any one like to buy them.

thanks

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[hartstar99.livejournal.com]

Just saying thanks to all those who replied to my "what to make for my air force buddy" question. I now have lots of good ideas :)

Wow

[jagnightwalker.livejournal.com]

Have you guys ever made an actual album or scrapbook of your projects??

I have been doing pysanky for almost 3 years now, and have always scanned pics of my finished eggs. Well since I don't have much done for this show, I thought I'd make a little book with printed pics of all my eggs past and current for ordering purposes.

Walmart has the cutest little albums, with clear pockets for pics and spaces to write above them. I was able to put all my pics in, with descriptions of each egg's symbolic meaning.

You know?? It's AMAZING to see all my work in one tangible place, categorized in some way. I have never had anything to show anyone unless I had an egg or 2 laying around the house. Now I have proof that yes, I do it. I always thought maybe I should work on my own collection, but that would take me forever and they'd probably get broken along the way.

It feels great, I suggest you do it! :)

Coffee Spoons

[atheenah.livejournal.com]

Has anyone made coffee spoons before?

I was thinking about making some as a Christmas gift. I wasn't exactly sure how to go about flavoring them aside from the obvious. (Buying flavored chocolate chips).

Anyone have and tips, hints, dos or don'ts to share?


Thanks!

hi

[stokely706.livejournal.com]

So I've been making toothbrush bracelets and I want to make bracelets out of old converse, so anyone who lives in the Chattanooga area that knows where I can get some cheap old ones or anyone who wants to send me their old ones it would be lots of help. Thankx bunches

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[weaklikekitten.livejournal.com]

Ok, I need some help here. I have to shorten a dress and fast - basically a hack and slash job that will look decent for a night. I can go back and get things done more neatly when I have time. I may or may not have access to a sewing machine (not sure yet) Does anyone have any suggestions? I'll have to cut the dress - there's too much fabric just to hem. Any and all suggestions are welcome.

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[delusionalangel.livejournal.com]

I made a chainmail necklace for a friend of mine for Christmas, since she opened it early I figured I may as well post the picture now *grin* It was the first time that I had added beads on a chain and I think it came out ok. The red beads are a bit darker than they appear in this scan. Also the scan made me think that I went overboard on the beads, but in person they don't look so overwhelming.

( Probably not modem friendly )

iso tree..

[krizsa.livejournal.com]

Anyone know of a place where I can buy a fake tree, other then fake Christmas trees..

I'm looking for something that looks like a dogwood tree..

( something like this but much smaller, no taller then 8 feet...  )

glue fumes and other things

[crafting-change.livejournal.com]

If I were to use 'glass and plastic' glue on a glass candle holder (the ones that are about 3 inches high for those little scented candles), up at the top...do you think the flame would
a. do nothing
b. make the whole thing explode
c. make the glue melt and make the thing I plan on glueing drop off
?

I have this really neat idea, but I've never glued anything to a candle holder before

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[hartstar99.livejournal.com]

Ok, i went looking around this communities back entries for at least 45 minutes and cant find the answer to questions:
1) When making the hand warmers, can you use kosher salt instead of rice?? And I know about flaxseed as a substitution for rice too. Also, how would you add a scent to the rice-I was thinking essential oils but not really sure.
2) For the marble magnets, can I just use Aleens glue to glue the pic to the marble then hot glue to add extra stick to the self-adhesive magnet pieces?
Goodness I hope those questions make sense.
I did look but didnt see anything about these questions.
Thanks :)

Laugh with me fellow CraftGrrls!

[bluechaos.livejournal.com]

So I have been crocheting since I was about 5. My mom taught me because she was learning herself and I wouldn't shut up until I knew how to do this magical thing with a hook and some yarn!

I'm thinking, I'm gonna start trying to make hats and mittens and things and then try to sell them on a small website. I'm very ambitious about this....I'll keep my craftgrrls posted...

Ok...funny part of the story...
I have these instructions
and some lovely yarn (tons and tons...went on a bit of a spree at joanns the other day hehe)
So I sit down to start my VERY FIRST HAT...
I follow the instructions exactly....I'm doing very well...and I'm excited...until I got about half way done with the damn thing...and barely big enough to put on a baby dolls head. Apparently I missed the part at the VERY BEGINNING
which said
Size P (12mm) crochet hook OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE

Gauge

7 stitches and 4 rows to 4" over Double Crochet (dc) with 2 strands held together and size P (12mm) hook.

I have a size 8mm hook....and I have been working single strand.
Yes...I'm a GREAT craftgrrl...
i need to learn how to PAY ATTENTION!!!!! hahahaha
I hope im not the only one who finds this funny because if so I've bored you all to tears with this story...

If you'll excuse me I'm going to see if I can catch my cat and give him his new hat...He's got the smallest head in the house...

;-)

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[delusionalangel.livejournal.com]

And yet another necklace, this one is far more simple than the one I had posted earlier.

http://www.delusionalangel.com/pics/jewelry/purp-silverdrops-chain.html

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[icyblue.livejournal.com]

Thought you ladies might be interested in this Top 10 Homemade Holiday Gifts list.

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[jenn-erator.livejournal.com]

hello, i'm jenn. (this is my first real post here)
i finally finished the mix that i had been working on as a christmas gift for my friend, george. i tried to give it a winter theme, not just christmas so that he could listen to it all season.

artist -> title

[x]radiohead - kid a
[x]coldplay - shiver
[x]nick drake - northern sky
[x]the smashing pumpkins - winterlong
[x]the microphones - ice
[x]son, ambulance - brown park
[x]bright eyes - patient hope in new snow
[x]the anniversary - all right for now
[x]further seems forever - snowbirds and townies
[x]portishead - wandering star
[x]appleseed cast - december 27, 1990
[x]the microphones - the pull
[x]azure ray - the new year
[x]coldplay - we never change
[x]the smiths - asleep

i cut out magazine pictures for the cover and printed out definitions. it looked really good until i put the glue/water mix on it. it made things run, so i'm gonna have to print it out again and glue over some spots where the ink ran badly...
it was only afterwards that my mom suggested contact paper...
ahh well...tell me what you think of it so far.
(the back was the track listings in the same font, but it wasn't salvagable.)

( front cover )

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[kryssysucks.livejournal.com]

i have a friend who is an awesome
guitarist. i want to make her a guitar
strap for christmas. i was thinking
maybe modifying a store bought one since
i don't have a sewing machine and i'd have
to do it all by hand? any ideas how to
go about this correctly?


thanks.

internships?

[nerdieangel.livejournal.com]

So, I'm looking for an internship with a magazine and I was wondering if anyone knows of any or if anyone knows of any search sites? Monstertrak.com doesn't seem to like me.