Crafty Goodness

[alamode.livejournal.com]

It's odd how much I can do while avoiding the dreaded British novel essays...
Yum yum craftiness...

halloween

[princesskill.livejournal.com]

ok so i know halloween is SIX MONTHS away but it is my favourite holiday and im already starting to think about it! my friends and i always decorate my house and chase the kids around w/ fake butcher knives and such fun. so if you have any inspriational websites for costumes/house decorating (outside) other fun stuff send it my way!

also, im thinking of being a pirate wench! (yes im alredy thining up costume ideas.) i already have a brown strechy pesant top. it like to fashion some sort of corset, and skirt. ideas? hmmmm.

handbags!

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

Everyone is always posting pictures of all these awesome bags that they make; and i want to make one too! I think I can just figure out by eye how to make it, but does anyone have any detailed instructions or whatever? Like lengths of fabric I should cut and all that? Btw- I've never posted before but I read every entry in this community. I LOVE IT. I'm milena, hey =D

fence

[khatnip.livejournal.com]

i will be moving this week, to a little cottage that is so cute i can't wait to decorate it! i have a cat so i needed a place with a fenced in patio. this place has a patio but the previous renter took down the fence. so i need to figure out a crafty and inexpensive way to put up a fence. i will only need 2 walls - one side will be my slider door and the other side will be the wall of the next cottage over. i was thinking of tying bamboo sticks together. the fence has to be tall, maybe 7 or 8 feet. does anyone have any ideas? thanks!

I hope this is okay...

[invaderstitch.livejournal.com]

If not, then moderator-type personages, please feel free to delete it. :)

expandyourhead: a new community dedicated to the discussion/trading of zines, mix CDs/tapes, crafts, and other artistic ventures. Just created today, and looking for members. So, check it out, join if you wish, and have fun. :)

cross-posted to diyculture, diyrevolution, crochet, starvin_artists, artsyfucks, stolensharpie, hard_rock_grrls, and garageland, so apologies if you see it multiple times

Lampwork!

[laurashrti.livejournal.com]

I just found out what lampwork beads are... and they are awesome! But do people make them themselves, and if so, are they easy? Please, anyone just tell me whatever you know about them ;)

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[neverhadwings.livejournal.com]

i just bought an assortment of fake flowers from the 99 cents store. they're really pretty! the only problem is that some of the flowers are lopsided or a bit mishaped from being stored too long or something. you know, the flowers are kind of flat or some of the petals appear as if they are going to fall off if they were real.

does anyone have any suggestions on how to get these flowers back into shape? i don't know what they're made of exactly, but i'm sure it's some sort of plastic/nylon.

magazine clippings

[polkadottedcows.livejournal.com]

I was wondering how the people who save magazine clippings for collages and things organize them?
I have a coupon organizer that i use for some of the smaller ones, but i haven't been able to figure out a very effective way to organize the larger ones so i don't have to sift through hundreds of them everytime i want just one.

Button Maker

[bleeding-orchid.livejournal.com]

I am in need of a button maker. Does anyone know where to buy one, and what the price runs for those. Thanks.





Jellyfish Queen

Serial Quilter

[hfa.livejournal.com]

Sorry guys, but I have to do a shameless plug for my boyfriend's stepbrother's wife's website. You have GOT to go check this out if you are into quilting at all.

Serial Quilter

I will have one of those baseball jerseys. Mark my word.

(cross posted in craftgrrl, quilting, sew_much_fabric, swappies, and hfa.)

pleated skirt?

[squee777.livejournal.com]

i'm despretly looking for a pattern for a pleated skirt, one where the pleats go all the way around, not just in the front. does anyone know where i could find one? because i've looked through various pattern books.... hm.
thanks and whatnot.
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