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[bebemochi.livejournal.com]

Hey y'all! I thought this would be useful for just about anybody who sews (or maybe crafts armor?). It's a link that teaches you how to make an easy, personalized, inexpensive dress form. It seems pretty idiot-proof, too.

sorry, crossposted just about everywhere. *L*

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[rejectionsquad.livejournal.com]

Hullo, I'm new. I'm Phoebe and I'm from Dallas, Texas. My sewing machine is my new best friend.
I have two things.

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The first, a question. Have any of you kids sold your craftyness on Ebay?

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I recently made this purse. It's really quite small, but it's one of those bags good for carrying just some chapstick, cellphone, and maybe an eyeshadow or two. It was a bitch to make. Well, mostly b/c my machine was screwing up. It was making me mad, so I got lazy and glued on the ribbon.

The fabric inside says "life is just a bowl of cherries". Perhaps I should have read the instructions on how to install a zipper since it was my first time, but I dislike going step by step, rather doing things all at once. And it turned out just fine.

Pictures: one two

HELP!

[martinimaven.livejournal.com]

Hello all! So, My sister saw this purse in Colorodo. It was a Nancy Drew hardcover book made into a purse. It sold for over $100 and sadly she did not get ot for me. I have some of these books and I am quiestioning how to turn it into a purse. Then I also saw a photo of Kelly Osborne in SEVENTEEN magazine with one of these. It looked really cute and unique. Do any of you Crafty Kids have any ideas on how to make this!

Thanks!
Mwah!

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[naien.livejournal.com]

there's no craftboy community, so i've joined here.

i craft like nuts, and i like to show my stuff off. because i'm an egomaniacal asshole. ha! no. i'm not. but i still like to show my stuff off.

i don't sew, but i do just about everything else. i run things over at _stencilry and have been making a little extra pocket money by selling prints of my designs.

recently i've been sucked into the world of pin-back pressing. it's more addictive than heroin.

and before you ask, 31hours is the running name of my design effort. that was digitally added to the photo, and doesn't actually appear on any of the pins.

( line art )

What insomniacs do with thier spare time

[roxy-craft.livejournal.com]

*My first try at crocheting a kercheif
*also my first try at embroidering on crochet with yarn




sorry for the cross post

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[trar.livejournal.com]

on super expensive to super cheap check out www.tilecreator.com

$80 for something I could do in photoshop myself, albeit more time consuming?

but very neat.

procrastinating finals is making me quite industrious. And my roommates quite mad as the table is covered with marbles, magnets, embroidery floss and the toaster ovem is filled with sculpey-dough.

hee hee.

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[whynotsaylove.livejournal.com]

this might sound insane, but i woke up last night with an idea for a board game clock (sorta).

for any UNO lovers, get a piece of scrap carpet in whatever shape you want(we always played on the floor...hence the carpet, but you can use whatever) and use the UNO cards as the clock numbers. make some other UNO cards into a solid stack, or fanned out for the center (remember the clock arms have to go through it, so leave a hole). i think the actual number cards stop at 8, but there are enough "special" cards to fill in the rest of the numbers.

it would be like an uno game on your wall. heh.

I was wondering...

[inkspottedgecko.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to make a record clock for a couple of my friends...I want to use metal caps for the numbers...does anyone have any suggestions for how to attach them to the record? Should I superglue the edges of the cap to the record? Attach something to the inside of the cap and then attach that to the record? Thanks for your time.

lurker's first post

[dandelionchain.livejournal.com]

ok so lurker isn't really my name..it's lisa...honest :) I recently joined but I'm a shy, quiet kinda gal and just decided now to jump in and say hi :) *waves a smiley hi*(mind you, not in too corny a way..snort, chuckle, snort)
I'm really impressed by the posts here and have gotten so many ideas already from what I've read. You are all quite amazing creative souls and I'm looking forward to meeting all of you :)
I'm a stained glass artist (starving artist but that's ok too, I get more pleasure from creating pieces for loved ones than any piece I'd sell) I love all things crafty. I knit, crochet, sew(a wee bit, nothing to write home about :))Want to try my hand at recycling toss aways into treasures. This little passage about Howard Finster(visionary artist) speaks volumes to me ~"I took the pieces you threw away and put them together by night and day washed by rain dried by sun, a million pieces all in one," reads a sign in Paradise Garden. It was Finster's intention to gather one each of all of the "inventions of man" from the "scrap heap," re-invest them with time and "color" and place them in the "garden" to give them new life. He wanted to take the ordinary "cast-offs" and make them extraordinary and, at the same time, metaphorically "mend a broken world."
Anyway just thought I would say hi and tell you all how much I enjoy learning from you :)
~lisa~

We Have Brains is back up!!

[fallonmay.livejournal.com]

Yea!

For those not familiar "We have brains" is this awesome feminist collective where people can share their views, debate, and collaberate. I write a piece called "They have brains" about feminists in history. It's all sorts of fun, check it out!




Cross posted in: DIY revolution, craftgrrl, and FGBD.

... even more stuff I've made ...

[guppygrrl.livejournal.com]

Yup. Title says it all.



Stretchy knit monkey print skirt. Made in the same manner as the pink camo skirt I made my best friend a few weeks ago. Simple skirt with a simple drawstring and elastic waistband. I have moved into it. ;)



2 napkins I got at a thrift store for 25 cents each. They seem like canvas and are so sturdy I didn't even give it a liner. Velcro strip closure. Total cost: about 90 cents plus time. Heh. And I like fish (my screen names *are* KissyFish and GuppyGrrl, after all). I may randomly outline some fish and attach glitter.




The pink plaid backpack. Yes, those are gold threads running through it. Black velcro closure on the flap, adjustable back straps. I didn't think I was going to be able to make adjustable straps which is why I didn't attach the straps on the inside. I know better for next time, but I still think it's cute. This piece reminds me of my best friend, which inspired something I'll post later once I finish it. *grin*

I have to say it's sooooooo nice to sleep in on a Saturday (the peepshow I've been working at closed down). Mmmm. And to be able to actually go to fleamarkets and yard sales! Joy! (I used to work every weekend). :)

Back to painting and watching The Top 40 Hair Bands of All Time. ;)

~Kissy

swatches

[paperruse.livejournal.com]

Hello. My name is Luna, I've been lurking about for awhile now, gathering gobs of good ideas from you all.

The other day I was at Loew's and decided to grab a million of those paint swatches because they seemed like something I could be crafty with. I got all different sizes in moslty purples and blues. But now I have no ideas for them at all. Anyone have any good ideas? Thanks!

... tools of the trade ...

[guppygrrl.livejournal.com]

Okay.

I have no idea how I survived before getting a rotary cutter (and small self-healing cutting mat). And I've only had the thing two days!

I highly recommend having one around (with accompanying mat) if you do ANY fabric cutting. I was at *insert large discount store here* the other day and picked up a cutter and 17"x5" mat in a little kit for $14 (err... $13.97). You can't afford NOT to have one! I've found it especially helpful for making identical straps for my bags, but I'm about to use it to cut strips of fabric for weaving.

I'll probably pick up an additional one for paper cutting - the lines are a LOT cleaner than when I use Xacto knives!

The best part about the rotary cutter is that I'm no longer slipping the scissors under the fabric which lifts it up and no matter how careful I am the line's never completely straight. Now that it stays flat, I don't have this problem! YAY!!!

I also recommend a metal ruler for guiding the cutter, but any straight piece of something that lies flat would do. :)

What tool(s) do you use that you find indispensable, and why?

Mine: the aforementioned rotary cutter, my iron (it's not just for fabrics!), and...the internet and great people like y'all. Heh.

And you? Hmmmm? ;)

~Kissy

Help :/

[polkadottedcows.livejournal.com]

My best friend has fallen in love with those embroidered pillows which are everywhere lately. I decided i was going to make her a couple, and i was going to do flowers out of buttons, mostly because that is relatively easy. I was browsing in walmart and found the Aunt Martha's iron ons, and i found cow ones, as she likes cows as much as i do, and i thought they would be a lot cuter than flowers. I just got a remnant of fabric because i didn't want to buy any large amount, since i didn't even know which sort of fabric i should use
( Cow & Questions )

First stamping attempt . . .

[twineballdays.livejournal.com]

Hello ladies, I thought I'd ask a quick question about rubber stamping while also sharing my first attempt at it. Anyhoo, my question is this: I looked through the FAQ and found a discussion about buying cheap stamps (unmounted stamps seem to be the answer), but I was wondering if you stampers out there had some tips on how to save money on your projects overall. I've dropped an an obscene amount of dollars on only a few stamps and supplies (paper, card stock, and other tools) over the last few days. And I feel like I'll be wasting the money that I've already spent if I don't continue, so I need to know how I can keep the costs down in the future.

Anyway, here's a Mother's Day card that I just made.

( Click here to see it! )

I'm planning to do two; one for my mom and one for my mother-in-law. It's a bit cutesy for me, but I know the moms will like it. I stamped the flower and then colored the petals in with a brush marker. Those are rhinestones that I glued into the centers of the flowers . . . they didn't scan very well. Oh, and it just reads "Happy Mother's Day" on the inside, which was also stamped.

Thanks in advance for your feedback!

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[wearywords.livejournal.com]

i made my first completely improvised purse today. other than the fact the top is a little crooked i think it came out pretty well. but i think it's lacking something. here's a picture, anyone have any ideas to make it more... unique?


(sorry for the crappy photo quality)
it's about 7x6 inches