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[ex-clumsily.livejournal.com]

today i made sorbet! i thought it would be super hard but its not at all. if anyone wants the recipe let me know. i got it out of the cutest book called : irresistible sorbets, sherbets, waters ices & granitas its by sara lewis

i was proud of myself because normally i screw up on stuff like this. hehe
it is vegan friendly if you know your substitutes.

xo Lauren

please help a fellow craft girl outt..eek...=/

[dazzledchic.livejournal.com]

hey gals, i need some ideas...pleasee...

so im making my guy friend (we are just friends, and i love him to death) this book for his birthday, but i am all out of ideas on what to put in it. heres what ive done so far...i wrote the lyrics of a real sweet song in it..uhh i put all the cute results from googlism with his name..i put a map of the united states and a small heart sticker on the state hes from (we live 7 hours away from each other)i used an old valentines day card's picture and glued that in there cuz it was so adorbale, and i used tons of explodingdog.com pictures. this has only filled up about 7 pages though...eek...im going to leave the end blank so he can write things, hes creative, but i want to use some more pages myself. pleaseee help me with some ideas. it can be romantic-related, or friendly, or sweet, or just plain funny..anything goes with this guy, and thats why i love him so much.. i would realllly appreciate it...thanks so much in advance

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[maggiezine.livejournal.com]

Hey I happened to buy a really cool post card that I plan to frame (it's that cool) and I've been clearing out my room. I found another cool post card that I was going to frame, then I saw they just happened to be made by the same person. These are really awesome post cards that would look cool framed if you guys are into the style.
http://www.stellamarrs.com/
I said cool a whole lot in that post, but they're cool!!

I have the assess your weapons one on the girl power group and the "attention boys" one in the dude group.

More crafty sewing!

[yyumeko.livejournal.com]

I'm been sewing up a storm [haha i wish, sort of anyway]

( Click to see some bunny hats, pyjamas shorts and cute pants )

I'm working on another coat, baby clothes for my friend's child and a few more bits and pieces. If you want to see other things i have done, check out judyjudy which is my crafty journal.

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[lunamoonfaerie.livejournal.com]

Alllllrighty. . . I need ideas!!

I just moved last week, and I REALLY want to decorate this house differently from any other I've lived in.

To say that this place looks 70's is an understatement. The bathroom counters are white with gold and silver stars on them, and the tub is avocado green. I have a fireplace and I've never had one before, so I'm having a little trouble deciding what kinds of things to put on/around/near it. I basically already know what I want to do with my kitchen, but the rest of it is completely open, except that I know I'm going to recover the couch and make new cushions for my bench and rocking chair to match.

I know you all are creative people. . .help me! (Please.)

Zen Garden

[maeveysolte.livejournal.com]

I caught the crafting bug last night and I made my very own zen garden :-D I'll post pictures when I get fresh batteries for my camera.

I used a little wooden tray [approx. 10"x 6" x 1.25"] that I found at Michael's for 40% off! I Mod-Podged origami paper to its surface and varnished it. Then I added a light brown design sand and some little river rocks. I made a rake out of a wooden shishkabob skewer and art wire and it works very well. It's tres fantastique and I'm oh-so-pleased with myself.

I want to go to an aquarium store and find a little mini pagoda like you would find for a fish bowl...

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[prdct.livejournal.com]

hi, i was wondering if anyone had any advice for me. i have 2 dress patterns that go up to a size 12. the measurements are correct for me everywhere but the bust (i'm rather big on top). i was wondering if there's any way i can increase the width of the pattern on the top only.

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[hotpinkboagirl.livejournal.com]

i wasnt sure which community to put this is:

i bought a pair of cowboy boots.  they are just cheap walmart ones.  well, i spray painted them hot pink on friday.  today, they are STILL sticky.  is there anything i can do?

or, is there something to remove the spray paint?

i think it's sticky bc texas is so humid.  help =/

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[lunamoonfaerie.livejournal.com]

OK. . . so this probably is going to sound VERY stupid. . .but could someone PLEASE tell me how to post pictures in my journal? I want to show off my handiwork with my new house!! I don't know how!! *sobs* Someone HELP! :P

plaster / wax question

[asleeptoday.livejournal.com]

ok. question.

i made a plaster mold last night. but i want to fill it with wax.

1. is this possible?
2. are there any special precautions i should take? will i need to vasaline the mold?
3. is there any way to color wax?
4. is there a fast way to get this to set?

thanks alot

Flower box

[matchgirl.livejournal.com]

I just made this box for my aunt for mother's day. It is just a basic wooden box you get at a craft store. I painted it purple a long time ago, for another purpose. I didn't like it too much anymore..so I sanded all the edges and distress-sanded in other spots, and then put antiquing medium on it. Then I just made a little border, put flowers on it, and wrote a favorite quote of mine on the inside. It came out a lot better than I thought it would.

( click to see )

sewing machine question!

[kachina.livejournal.com]

I recently bought a tiny sewing machine similar to the ones seen on TV. It's called the "Dressmaker" and I got it at Canadian Tire. (If you're in the US and the site asks for your postal code, just use this one: M2N 1L8)

Does anybody out there own it or one like it?? Because I am in the process of making pajama shorts (my first project sewing clothes) and I'm having trouble figuring out how to backstitch on this machine. Is it possible that the function isn't included at all? Or am I doing something wrong? What should I do to reinforce my seams if there is no backstitch function? I am very new to sewing so any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks. :)

By the way, in case anybody is in search of a good PJ pattern, the one I'm using is McCall's #3856.

My mom rules and fun with mod podge

[invaderstitch.livejournal.com]

Today, my mom and I went shopping at Wal-mart so she could buy some yarn to crochet a baby blanket for a friend of ours, and I found Sparkle Mod Podge on sale. So, of course, I grabbed some. Then, we were at the checkout counter and I saw a Handy Stitch for ten bucks. I showed it to her to give her a visual (I'd been talking about buying one for weeks to learn the basics of sewing on a machine), and she grabbed one and bought it for me! I love my mom.
So, I came home, and since I can't quite get the hang of the sewer yet, I decided to have a little fun with the mod podge. I couldn't stand my kitchen clock, so I fixed it. It was a boring tan color with a white face. This is it now.

(please forgive cruddy image quality, my cam sucks)
I painted it all with Apple Craft Acrylic in Fuschia, then mod podged magazine clippings onto the face, painted the hands with Apple's Petunia Purple, then covered the whole thing with two more coats of the mod podge. You can't see the glitter on these images, but it's really awesome looking in person.
And that's my crafting adventure for today.

make your own rubber stamps

[langwidere.livejournal.com]

I'm becoming an avid paper arts fanatic lately and I'm trying to amass a respectable collection of tools/techniques/things in order to do all different types of paper arts: eyelets, decorative scissors, different paints, rubber stamps, different kinds of glues, etc, etc, etc. I'm particularly obsessed with getting my own rubber stamp alphabet at some point because my handwriting is less-than-great for the most part.

The problem, though, is that I'm a poor college student, so I'm constantly trying to figure out ways to get ritzy effects without spending top dollar on various tools and embellishments. And the other day I figured that there must be some way to go about making my own rubber stamps. I mean it seems like it'd be easy enough, right?

And so it is!

( my luck with it so far )

wallet

[leahseraph.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know of a good pattern for a wallet online? My wallet was lost and the altoids tin I've been using is begining to overflow as I replace the things I'd lost. I'd like to be able to keep change in it as well, and I'm not sure how to sew a pocket so it still lies flat. I want this to fit into most pants pockets, ideally. Danke!

quick question--

[exitwounds.livejournal.com]

has anyone ever used fabric mod podge? i believe it's a relatively new item, but i was wondering how effective it was to modpodge an image onto a piece of fabric. it seems easy enough and if it works i'd like to try it (i'm beginning working on some handmade clothes and accessories now so i'm trying to get things in order.)

thanks!