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[carharttgurly.livejournal.com]

Anyone have any cute/easy ideas for decorating Christmas Cookies?

A creative use for copy machines (and perhaps printers?):

[dejablu503.livejournal.com]

I got this great tip via email that would work on wearable art, purses, quilts and many other projects I've seen in craftgrrl from a gal in a Yahoo multimedia art group: If you want to add wording or pictures/graphics in an unusual way, iron an 8x10 piece of freezer paper to the back of an 8x10 piece of lightly colored or white cotton weight or light weight fabric, and print onto the fabric side with a copy machine after you figure out which way the fabric needs to be placed into the feed tray so it prints directly onto the fabric ,( the freezer paper is just a temporary stiffener to help it feed correctly and peels right off when you are done). After removing the freezer paper cut the printed sections out and apply to your project with glue or on sewn projects you could apply with top stitching after fraying the edges slightly. I find this idea intriguing and I wonder if this would work in an ink jet printer too... has anyone ever done anything like this before? The person who sent me this said the copy ink holds up to washings, but I'm not so sure ink jet ink would.

a big thanks

[saisha.livejournal.com]

to whomever posted about the Dammit Dolls. I fell in love with them and thought it'd be easy to make as little gifts for friends. So I headed off to Wal-mart and got the felt, mini buttons and some floss in colors to match the felt.

Anyhow, I gave 1 to my best friend and she loves it. She took it to her work and showed it off and all of a sudden I'm making 3 more for some people at her work. I've decided to sell them to her co-workers for $5 each. That MORE than covers the cost of supplies and it gives me a few extra bucks.

So thanks to whomever you are! They're a big hit.

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[razzberee.livejournal.com]

A cute idea!

A co-worker made everyone presents called Snowman Soup last night and brought them in.

Recipe: cocoa mix packet, candy cane, 10-15 marshmallows, two Hershey kisses.

Instructions: fill a cup with steaming water, and pour in cocoa mix. Add a kiss and a hug. Stir with a peppermint stick and top with Snowman dumplings! Enjoy!

Almost like Snowman Poop.. I've seen that online somewhere.

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[jenifermarie.livejournal.com]

Another crafty christmas gift. I took a simple $1.47 wooden frame, painted it, and sealed the glittery stars onto it with varnish. Then I glued on a pony... added a magazine pic, and voila! A silly, fancy frame. It makes me think of My Little Pony, and I feel like a kid again.
( another pic )

String bikini tops and dye...

[ohsosurreal.livejournal.com]

Hi there! I'm posting to request some of the community's proven brilliance and craftiness. =)

I bought a string bikini top online that was supposed to be red with black piping. It is actually red with WHITE piping. I don't particularly want to send it back...what I'd like to do is dye the piping black. Does anyone know of a clean and nice looking way to do this? I ONLY want to dye the white piping, I'd like the suit to stay red.

I was thinking I could try permanent marker and slide tape up next to the piping so that the ink doesn't bleed onto the red material of the bikini. Would perm. marker fade, though? Is there a better way to do it?

A note of importance: I will be swimming in salty ocean water with this suit.

ANY flashes of brilliance are supremely WELCOME. I love the top and it would look soooooo cute if I could just change the piping from white to black.

Thanks! ;)

Ok I admit it....

[jagnightwalker.livejournal.com]

I'm a vintage erotica freak.

Now, what I'm looking for are links to pics of crafty things done with vintage sexy pics...just for inspiration. One example that comes to mind is the "Peep Show" altered altoid tin on the artezine website...anyone with pics for me to drool and dream over??

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[eiluned.livejournal.com]

Mod podge question. Will it do all right with printed images, as in from my desk jet? Aside from wrinkling up. I'm mostly worried about it making the ink bleed or something like that. Thanks!

Super-Craft!

[bluechaos.livejournal.com]

I'm soooo busy today!!!

I just finished a shawl for my great-grandmother's x-mas gift (who turned 101 last week!). Just gotta do the trim and if I feel ambitious the fringe too...I may not do fringe...shes not very "fringy". *hehehe*

I just made my FIRST batch of soap ever. Half smell like eucalytus mint and the other are sandlewood...
I have to make my 2 sisters and brother hat scarf and mitten sets...so its a good thing I found that I can make hats in like 2 hours at most if I take no breaks. about the same for scarves.

SO after the soaps cool...I'm making my second batch...mmmm COCONUT! Oh yes thats right ladies (and gentlemen)...*loves coconut*
then off to walmart and the dollar store to get other stuff...
*rips hair out*
SOOOO BUSY!

I'll try to post pix later!

Have a good day ladies! (and gentlemen)

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_recoil/]

Does anyone know where i could find the blank altoid tins and watchmakers tins (like those sold at impress) in the bay area in california, any help would be very appreciated

Speaking of soap...

[rdhdsnippet.livejournal.com]

I broke down and bought the Asian characters soap molds at JoAnn's. I also bought the "massage bars" ones. I sure wish there was a place to just walk into and buy good soap molds around here (Northern VA)!! I hate ordering things and not being able to touch them before I buy them. *ptooey*

Does anyone know if I can do CP and/or HP soap in them, or will it melt them?

I've never used anything but a wooden mold before...

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[alettertoelise.livejournal.com]

One of my faveorite web sites to go www.papercandy.com was mentioned in the new issue of Bust (the cover with Le Tigre on it). Yay for papercandy!

Also I saw the coolest thing yesterday.
you will need:
one clear plastic bag
one small rubber gold fish
clear glycerine soap
optional: a ribbon

Basically heat and pour the soap in the bag. Drop in your goldfish and put more soap in the bag. Leave some space in the bag and then take a ribbon and tie it at the top.
And you have soap that looks like you won a gold fish from the fair!
(i saw this at a store selling for 5 dollars! rip off)

cocoa/shea butter

[mariatortilla.livejournal.com]

i've been making melt and pour soap lately, but i'm wondering about ways i can make it a bit more "skin-friendly." some of the recipes i have call for cocoa butter and shea butter...would this be a good idea, and where could i find these? i found a few places online but i need the stuff pretty soon and i'm leery of paying shipping costs. one friend told me they would have cocoa butter at meijer...anyone know if this is true?

(for the record, i made one soap out of chai tea, honey and spices-it smelled wonderful and i didn't even have to use extra fragrances! i highly recommend it.)

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[queenelectric.livejournal.com]

So, I'm ignoring all the negativity, and giving you all more of what you know you want- MAGNETS! But I will be nice and cut them.

( More Shagnets )

I also made some for my boyfriend. He is really disorganised, especially with all the papers on his desk, so I am going to go to Ikea and get a $10 metal magnet board to give him, along with these adorable little ( Apple magnets )

I am so busy with Christmas hell and packing for New Years moving hll that these are the only thing sI have time to make. Oh, except for one thing I made my little sister. This will even work for people who aren't fans of Dame Darcy, as long as they are weirdos. Go here, then scroll down to the bottom and download the Paper Doll Fun! I printed them out, and got copies done on cardstock ($5 for forty pages. My boyfriend went to Kinko's for me, and went a little overboard, methinks). The ones I gave my sister I colored with pencil crayons, but you could even give them to people uncoloured so that they could do it themselves. Fun, weird and practically free!

record bowls

[urbangypsy.livejournal.com]

i made record bowls last night!! i had to wing it because i didn't get a chance to get an oven safe bowl. so, i got crafty and put the record in oven on top of an aluminum pan. it was a square pan, and i didn't want a square bowl, so i kept my eye on it and as soon as it melted down to where i could mold it, i put it in a plastic bowl and molded it that way. they came out great! i love it. i'm going to buy more records today to make more. i want to paint and decoupage them and spruce them up a little. i was telling a co-worker about it and she called me the ghetto martha stewart! haha!!

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[tygerlilly.livejournal.com]

Can someone please explain the use of eyelets to me. Thanks

knitted stuff i made (bigger pics, i hope)

[dorenavant.livejournal.com]

cross posted to knitting and craftgrrl...here's some knitted xmas gifts i made - ( Read more... )

snowflakes on my head.

[chikkz.livejournal.com]

for another picture:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/ltsue/crafts/hat1024-06.jpg

Huh

[jamestheturtle.livejournal.com]

( meanessrant )

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[alettertoelise.livejournal.com]

I dont know if any of you gurls are from the southern california area...

Well there is this shop that just opened up on Main street in Hunington beach that sells all sorts of cool stuff, like the "fair fish" soaps, and just bars of soap with goldfish in them.
I happened to come across Fortune cookie bath bombs. When its done there is a fortune inside (how cool is that?). Not only do they have fortune cookie bath bombs, but a little chineese take out container with mini soaps in it. And when your done with the soap theres a fortune in it aswell. Now how $#*@!ing cool is that???

So does anyone know where I can get molds like this to do this myself? I'm doing an asain theme for my mom, putting these bath bombs (yeah I bought some) in a plastic chineese take out container.

Also for the person inquiring: you can get the rubber gold fish at a toy store.

Saw something at Nicholson House

[ambr0sia.livejournal.com]

that looks totally easy to make!

Light Bulb Vase

check out my hat!!

[crafting-change.livejournal.com]

( look at my pretty (or ugly) hat! )

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[scissorbarbie.livejournal.com]

Since its the gift giving season now...here is an idea: wrapping paper :)
What you need are big sheets of thin, blank paper (practically any color), paint, a brayer, a plastic disposable plate, and some kind of stamp. You can make your own stamps out of erasers, printing blocks or wood, thick cardboard, or even use a piece of found art like leaves. Then, you put some paint onto the plate and spread it evenly with your brayer. Then pick up some of the paint on your brayer and ink up your block or texture with the brayer and stamp the paper.
I made some wrapping paper today out of bubble wrap. What you do is take a piece of bubble wrap, pop several of the bubbles (so that you have a neat texture), ink up a brayer and roll the paint onto the bubble side. Then stamp it.
Its just an idea, but you can really personalize those crafty gifts instead of using bought wrapping paper. And it doesn't take that long. An 34"x24" piece of all-over pattern wrapping paper can take as little as 5 minutes (as long as the design is not too complicated, and there is only one color)
I'm not sure of where to get big, thin paper, but the rest of the materials should be at any craft store.

Glue Question

[giselc.livejournal.com]

I'm currently making some of the magnets.. and I was wondering if anyone has found a glue that works really well..

The glue I'm currently using is from Home Depot it's Household Clue Silicone II

Thanks again! You guys rock! :D

decoupaged planner

[somavenus.livejournal.com]

finally got a chance to scan a planner i made ages ago -- it made a funky moire on the left side which caused all those stripes grrrrr!
( check it ;) )

(cross posted <3)

allrighty

[ahoyhoynectar.livejournal.com]

i'm sorry for posting asking for a code.

i have no money and i'm on a free account that i had for years so, I'm not really for buying one for my friend.

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[petit-chou.livejournal.com]

I just made some very simple Christmas ornaments. I bought a box of matte blue glass ball ornaments and used some stuff around the house (paint, glitter) to transform them into pretty things for the tree.



To read about how I did it, click here. Also, I made a wreath with Christmas tree cuttings for my door, as well as a swag for over the fireplace. ( Photo of the wreath on my door. )

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[jenn-erator.livejournal.com]

the kid's drink rimmers at wildlydelicious.com look really yummy.
i was thinking it would be possible to make these at home. they would be really cute one of those round silver tins with a clear plastic top. nice christmas gifts, too.

does anyone have a recipe for this? or something similar? i imagine it's very much like making flavoured sugar.
thanks :o)

Latch hook.

[polkadottedcows.livejournal.com]

I have one latch hook rug done, and another in progress. They're the small ones, about the size of a throw pillow, which is ultimately what i want to make out of them. The only problem being i can't figure out how to sew the mesh that you latchhok on to some sort of material in order to make a pillow cover? Has anyone done this before? Or anyone with random ideas that could potentially work, your insight would be appreciated.

Thanks.

posting your crafts

[i-smile-big.livejournal.com]

how do you all post the pictures of your crafts? i would definitely like to share the christmas gifts i've made because i am so proud. i've never really done anything neat like them. i got all my inspiration from the craftgrrls. so, i need a free way to post my pictures. anyone...

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[cera.livejournal.com]

i just made the most beautiful wreath!
i had all of my left over evergreen trimmings and i couldnt bear to throw them away. i didnt have a pattern or anything, i just winged it.

i took all of my chrissmas tree clippings (none longer than about 12 inches, you know, just going around the tree, trimming the little branches that stuck out to far like the obsessive crafty perfectionist that i am) and put them into little bunches of about 5-6 peices, and tied them at the bottom with little peices of twine. i bent a wire coat hanger into a circle and smoothed it with pliers. i made a notch at the top so that i knew where i started, then i tied each of the bunches to the frame from the back side. i tucked the ends of each new bunch underneath so that there was an even coating of leaves all running down/around the circle clockwise and you couldnt see the bottoms where they were tied. i used extra little knots of twine to tie some of the bigger brances onto the frame, to keep the brances in shape as i went along. when they were all tied on i braided the brances a bit, kindof tucking the ends in to keep them uniform. then i used a really long thin peice of red, green, and gold metallic cord and loosely wrapped it around the whole wreath , just every few inches. i made a decorative red bow at the top to cover the place where the ends met, and tucked a few snowflake-ish old silver and rhinestone hat pins in around the bow. it came out SO WELL!
i wish i had a digital camera, i'd love to show a photo of it. maybe i'll try to borrow my moms this week. vive la chrissmas crafts!!


also- if any of you crafty folk are in the sf bay area, my band, the glass bead game, is performing this friday night at the starry plough in berkeley with Toychestra- the ultimate craftchick band: hardcore chicks who play rock music on toy instruments!
www.strangestlittlemonster.com
www.mp3.com/glassbeadgame

knitting woes solved!

[bronhoffer.livejournal.com]

turns out that i was purling entirely wrong... which was why my stockinette stitch was coming out entirely wrong. props to my mom for leading me in the right direction. i didn't really hold the yarn in front of the needle... oops. well, the strap is coming along nicely now, and my horrible tension is keeping it not terribly stretchy.

thanks for your suggestions, i will probably use them sometime in the future, and i shall post of my results when all finished!

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[queenelectric.livejournal.com]

Eek! I just saw Martha Stewart making these, and I so need to do this now! They were really very cute. Hrm. Where am I gonna get all that candy at this time of night? D'oh! I guess I will have to wait until the weekend.

in search of Orange Julius (and a note to people selling crafts online)

[pumpsnail.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know a good Orange Julius recipe? I know they use a "secret ingredient" in their stuff but I also remember that a few years ago I found a recipe that tasted pretty darn similar to the real OJ.

I've checked Google, and there are plenty of results. The problem is, the first three results or so all have DIFFERENT recipes, and I don't really feel like trying them all to see which is best...so...anyone had any success making their own Orange Julius...es?


Also, for people who sell their crafts online - check out http://froogle.google.com. It's a new service provided by Google (dur) for online shopping and, like Google, it's free to get listed. Good luck :)

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[jen-shumate.livejournal.com]

to answer my own question... ive found that you can use Polyurethane Varnish as a food-safe decoupage alternative, and 8oz is only $5 at http://www.safenontoxic.com/buy.html

crossposting with my own journal

[lisadarling.livejournal.com]

so, I am a knitter nowadays. in between decoupage, altered books, jewelery making and painting, I find the time do to things I probably will only wear once.
I had no pattern for a hat or a beanie so I made it from scratch, adding and subtracting when needed. the "body" of it is knitted with 2 different yarns and the hotpink is peluche fur while the lagoon is a heavy mohair similar to this one but more uneven. the heart is knitted in one piece and sewn on.

REPLY IMMEDIATELY PLEASE!!

[kryssysucks.livejournal.com]

what type of glue would i
need for plastic on plastic??

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[brainpuberty.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be an arse for a second.

I feel really popular, since you've all read my post now.

I've already apologized to kimmercake about my entry.
In reality, it concerns no one else but her and I, since she's the moderator of the community in question, /and/ the only one I actually mentioned by name.

( In other words, this isn't your business. )

gluing stuff to tshirts

[enemygiraffe.livejournal.com]

if i were to attempt to glue sequins and the like to a standard tshirt, what gluing/bonding material should i use?

Sort of a non crafty question.

[atheenah.livejournal.com]

When you make a recipe, like for cookies, and it suggests using parchment paper, do you HAVE to use it?

I've found a nice recipe for ginger cookies and it suggests using parchment and I don't have any. I can pick some up, but I was wondering if anyone knows just why they suggest using it.

I've always assumed it's for easy clean up.

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[inthat.livejournal.com]

hello ladies.
im new (posting)
im leanne

i thought since i have a fucking insanely long christmas break, id learn to knit.
i was wondering if any of you have ever bought the knitting starter kit from joanns
or from anywhere else
and if its worth getting, or should i just get a book and some needles?

thank you
in advance