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[bionicgurl.livejournal.com]

i'm wondering if any of you have any lite brite peggs taking up space that you'd be wanting to sell to me???
i'm building a lite brite {lamp}leg and i'm running low on the little pegs for the light.
i didn't think they would be so hard to find.

Clie pouch.

[geetargeek.livejournal.com]

I hand stitched a pouch for my Clie out of felt a few nights ago. It only took about a half hour and was super easy.



I got the ducky button at a Jo-an's (sp?) that went out of business a few years ago. I stocked up on all sorts of cute buttons knowing I'd find a use for them someday.

x-posted to my site.

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[lethalbubblegum.livejournal.com]

which would be cheaper do you think:
adding a cut up towel to the ends of my beach towel or creating a whole new towel from terry cloth? i want a long beach towel and the long ones are much overpriced. i like my pink towel alot but if it'd be cheaper to make a whole new towel i'd be happy.

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[lethalbubblegum.livejournal.com]

which would be cheaper do you think:
adding a cut up towel to the ends of my beach towel or creating a whole new towel from terry cloth? i want a long beach towel and the long ones are much overpriced. i like my pink towel alot but if it'd be cheaper to make a whole new towel i'd be happy.

flag candle lantern

[saisha.livejournal.com]

This is what we made yesterday. We being my wonderboy friend doing the work, and me watching. :)

( have a looksee )

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[khatnip.livejournal.com]

i'm using a grey metal filing cabinet as a bedside table, how can I make it look pretty and/or conceal it? Thanks for any suggestions!

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[shimglam.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have any tips on how to make clothing labels? I don't really want to pay to have any printed, if possible I want to do it myself. Thanks!

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[avitania.livejournal.com]

i have a yoga mat, but no yoga mat bag. there's a woman in my class who made a great bag out of a jeans pant leg, and that sounds easy enough for klutzy me! does anyone know of a website where i can find a pattern for a yoga mat, or have any idea how a complete beginner might make one? unfortunately, i don't have a sewing machine, but the mat is probably light enough so that the bag shouldn't require heavy stitching.

i didn't see anything in the memories section pertaining to yoga mats or a pattern similar to a yoga mat bag, so i apologize if i've missed it... if i have, a gentle point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance!

does anyone know

[runcherylrun.livejournal.com]

where i could find instructions on how to make a cube ottoman?
i've seen them on TV but before I attempt on my own I would like to see if anyone has an directions before I give it a go.

:) thanks in advance!

Suit case help!

[ex-savesthed678.livejournal.com]

I bought a small sized suitcase for 2 bucks at a yard sale this weekend. I love the shape and the size, it looks OK i guess, but I'd love it to look better. It's a really thick and study blue plasic, the surface isn't smooth... It's more like twisted cording ( only it's not cording.) and the gold metal parts on it are icky. I spray painted it black today, it might still be tacky from drying, but is there anything I could put over it to make it less tacky, and make it stay on? It seems like it would scratch off.

Does plasic and stray paint just not work?

I was also thinking about spraying silver sparkles all over it. I just don't know if I should spray a sealer over it.


What do you think? if it doesn't work out, then I'll sand-paper it down and collage over it. I'm also doing the inside with somekind of funky fabric.

hmmhmm Thanks.

arrrgh!

[scarce.livejournal.com]

my venture in making the cutest skirt -ever- (no, seriously!) has turned into a small nightmare.

i'm trying to hem it, and the thread keeps breaking. i tried adjusting the feed speed and other settings, but nothing has worked. and now the thread is piling up and looping, making it look just plain awful. so now, after i've thrown the spool of thread across my house in anger and disgust, i am asking for help.

does anyone know what could be causing this? it will make about 20 stitches and then break. the bobbin spool appears to be working fine.

this is SO frustrating!!!!

(but it's going to look awesome when i'm done!)

thanks for any pointers!

-aerica

newbie question

[fairy-star.livejournal.com]

I just bought 3 metres of black ruffled lace - it's about 1/2 an inch wide. Does anyone have any ideas of what I could use it for, besides using it to edge t-shirts and things? I intend to do that, but I don't think I've got 3m worth of edging to do, hehe.

Thanks in advance :)

Newbie // Earrings

[xemotionlessx.livejournal.com]

LONG time lurker. First post. Was wondering what people thought of these? Would anyone think they would ever BUY anything like this? Dunno about my skill with wire or beads yet but trying :)

Eh... not sure how to cut off the post sorry...

FAQ + member updates - 6.9.03

[kimmercake.livejournal.com]

hi :) just a quick update:

we now have:
1,076 memories documented in the FAQ

and also, we now have 2,123 craftgrrl members!

congrats everyone and i appreciate all of your posts + craftiness!

fathers day

[ivymae.livejournal.com]

so i thought i'd just share this fathers day idea - it will also work for just about any present for your parents (aka it's sappy)

i found pictures of my siblings and i, going through the years - school pics, group pics, anything that you can tell about when it was. then i made a timeline, ending with us as we are now, and in between the rows of pics, wrote dad a little something about how he molded us from the children we were, to who we are today. sorry i don't have pics, but, maybe this will make sense

picture picture picture picture picture
dad, you have been there through it all
picture picture picture picture picture
and i just wanted to thank you for
picture picture picture picture picture
helping me become the person i am today
picture picture picture picture picture
happy fathers day 2003.

i went the cheap way, and just scanned all the pics, set it out on adobe page maker, made it look nice and bought a decent frame. if you wanted to be spendy, you could make copies of the pics, get a mat cut, buy a nice frame (or shadow box - add little trinkits between the photos) and get nice mini plaques engraved with your message attatched to the mat...

you could modify it to his life for his bday, to your parents marrige for an anniversary, etc.

hope this helps. :)

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[xdramaqueenx.livejournal.com]

Anyone have some nifty gift ideas for Fathers Day?

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[dawbis.livejournal.com]

fathers day #2

[ivymae.livejournal.com]

another quick idea -= this one may be to late since fathers day is just around the corner, but keep it in mind...

making a memory quilt is really pretty easy. if you are handly with a sewing machine and an iron, you can do it. just find alot of pictures you like (say pics of you and your dad, or pics of his life) and buy some nice transfer paper. you can either scan the pics in and print them yourself, or you can usually find somewhere local that can help you with this part. then you just buy white fabric, iron on the pictures, and sew. you can be intricate:

or simple


usually these quilts are more of just decoration, since the transfers tend to peel and flake with washing, but making a nice wall hanging of your fathers life may be something you can really be proud to give him.

a friend of mine did this for her mother for her 60th b-day and it was a great hit. also, another friend of mine works at a elemntry school, and made one of the kids in her classes drawings. really a fun and easy project, but one that shows you put alot of thought into it.

good luck!

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[onlyhannah.livejournal.com]

Made a shirt..


( I got inspired today.. )

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[lucky-devil.livejournal.com]

i'm looking for some ideas as what i could hang from the ceiling of my room. something like paper airplanes on thin strings.
could you suggest what i could hang up there? thanks in advance!

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[badprincess.livejournal.com]

Question!

The other day I 'crafted' a batch of soap for my aunt. Very simply, melted it, added scent and color, poured it. The problem is, I wanted it to be a nice red color, as the scent was apple. I was using glycerin soap with moisturizer, which is a white color w/o dye. I wanted to use white because I didn't want it clear. Anyway.. I was only making like 8 oz., and no matter HOW much red dye I used, it wouldn't turn red.. Just stayed a deep pink. I seriously used a whole bottle of dye, just because I was so frustrated. I know it was a TON TON TON more than the recommended amount. So, I'm wondering why this happened? Is it just that you can't make a nice red color with dye? Was it too cheap, bad, what? Was it the fact that the glycerin was white?
It's driving me crazy because it's a gift item and I really am not happy with the pink...
Thanks!

h to the izzo, kids!

[chickxbassist.livejournal.com]

does anyone know how to make a collared, button-down shirt into a halter top? or into anything cool? come to think of it, if any of y'all know any links to how-to diy sewing sites, that'd be cool, too. thanks, and sorry for the cross-posting!

-emily

tub tea

[justamy.livejournal.com]

this is what i am making for mother's day.

http://www.diynet.com/DIY/article/0,2058,6375,00.html