new member!

[hep-kitten.livejournal.com]

Hello I found this groups while wandering through LJ. I am so HAPPY to see a club with so many younger women who are crafty. My name is Christina, I live in the SOuthern California area and I AM DYING to meet other gals who sew, needlepoint, and basically anything you can put together with a glue gun. I often go shopping for fabric, beads, appliques, etc. in the downtown LA area (garment district) and would be thrilled to have someone to go shopping with. Ok well this is me, great to be here, and I can't wait to see all your projects and excited to share mine. All the hardwork needs to be showed off to people who can appreciate it!

denim dilema!

[loopaygirl.livejournal.com]

ok so I have like 5 yards of denim. I want to make some jeans and purse. any ideas for what I could do with the rest? I have no idea how much I'll have left but yes ideas anyone? :D

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[wearywords.livejournal.com]

if i were to paint an aol tin and then put mod podge(sp?) on top, would i run into any problems?

and are there any other tips/tricks i should know about mod podge? i've never used it before.

thanks!

[devilishdestiny.livejournal.com]

i forgot who sent them to me but thanks to the chicka who sent me the straws!

Ok..ok..

[justplainevol.livejournal.com]

Ive lurked long enough.
Im addicted to paint tape, masking tape..whatever you call it:)

Stickers

[xemotionlessx.livejournal.com]

Ok I have TONS & TONS of stickers. I'm talking, I go to the store & I see stickers I don't have, man, I get them. I can't help it. I'm addicted. But... I have no clue what to do with them all... can anybody help? I have too many of them & I don't want a sticker book because well, I'm better off just keeping them on the sheets. & yes, I already use them for letters :) Thanks in advance! :)

Mayzie's craft tip of the day!

[mayzface.livejournal.com]

This is my first time posting something I've made. I just did it yesterday, but I've had the idea for a while.
I'm big on collage, so I have tons of pictures I've cut from magazines. I used to store them in little letter size envelopes, but my scraps were getting too big, so I went and bought an accordion file with 12 folders. It had months written on each folder flap, and I tried to write over them with a silver sharpie, but it just looked awful. So I decoupaged over the flaps. The red folder has a red flap, the blue folder has a blue flap, multi-colored has a flower flap, etc. It works great and looks really cool. I'm going to collage the outside too, I just haven't gotten around to it.


The files with no collage are words and animals, because I haven't found the right pictures yet.

animal crackers in my soup monkeys and rabbits loopty loop

[izella.livejournal.com]

Is there any way to harden cardboard? o_o; Just make it stronger? I have this little animal cracker box I want to make into a little bag ^_^;

(I actually think Shirley Temple is the devil. Mwaha.)

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[smashkin33.livejournal.com]

i crochet handbags out of recycled plastic bags. i have been getting various requests to make them for people! does anybody have any input on how much you think i should sell them for? how much would you pay? i see many different people because of my job, and people are always inquiring about my bag and if i can make them one.

mine look kind of like this: http://mars.skyhighsoft.com/images/plastic%20bag%202.jpg

New Craft Community -- Craft Recipes

[maryshelley.livejournal.com]

I started a new craft community -- craft_recipes

Have a project or a link or a concept you're bursting to share? By all means, tell us about it here.
Provide as many details and/or pictures along with the project recipes and instructions.

If you just started a project and using instructions, want some help, ask for a tip, this is a place to post.
If you just finished one, and want to share the knoweldge, this is the place to post.
But you must include directions and/or tips.

If you are refering to a project from a book, magazine or a web site, please tell us who was the mastermind behind it and where we can find more information.

I don't know...

[divasarah.livejournal.com]

Thank you to everyone that replied to my post about trading supplies.
I went back to read the comments on it, though, and I couldn't find it. I assume it was deleted. I checked the FAQ's before I posted it, and I found a community designed for trading finished goods but nothing for craft supplies.
I am sorry if I violated a rule, but I thought it would be legal here especially since I have read several other posts about trades.
Once again, thank you to those who emailed me.

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[xitsmylifex.livejournal.com]

anyone know of anything I can do with the juice left over from maraschino cherries? Its one of those things of you buy the cherries, but the juice tastes good too so you don't want to throw it out but you have no idea what else to do wtih it.... Any recipes or anything that you know of???

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[xdramaqueenx.livejournal.com]

There are a ton of different styled Mardi Gra beads around my room but I'm not quite sure what to do with them...I'm thinking either cut them up and use the beads for something or perhaps string them across some place. Any ideas?

x-posted :)

[tuaqmuk.livejournal.com]

doh. i made this purse today. i'm not sure if i like it yet.. its kinda the wrong shape, i was all psyched when i made it because it was gonna be cool - now i dont know. its like. EH .



( PLUS FOUR MORE )

DOH. what do you think :\ i like the paisly though :) ps. this only took me around 1.5-2 hours to plan/cut/sew :D

SCRAP (Scroungers' Center for Re-Usable Art Parts)

[slipsbyandstops.livejournal.com]

http://www.aubergines.com/scrap/

It's a store in San Francisco that gets leftovers from places donated. They have a lot of paper stuff, like calendars, uncut and unused pages from books, cards, envelopes, etc. They have picture frames, scrap fabrics, wallpaper sample books, beads, buttons, and a ton of other stuff.

I went today after hearing about it from an altered book list. I didn't find much there that I wanted for the book I'm making, but they had a lot of cool stuff, really really cheap, so I figured I'd give all the bay area crafters a heads up. You should check it out. =)

(Cross posted to sfbayarea)

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[princesskill.livejournal.com]

i finally finished the kittyville devil hat

( check it out )

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[marilynmonrobot.livejournal.com]

i know everyone is freaking out about the father's day deal, including myself.

so i found these two things which i will probably wind up making.

a bed tray thing from objects of desire

and alternative can framing from thrift deluxe

definitely good/easy ideas. now if i just find the time, i can do this.

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[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I had a day off work yesterday and decided to make a mix CD of dirty, bondage-flavoured, sexy songs.
After I made the CD I mod podged a front and back cover for it. I've made lots of CDs but I've never decorated the case, so I thought I'd share
( there is a risky pic of Rose MacGowan behind this cut )

Holy Cow!

[blondiebabe.livejournal.com]

I just had to show off what my mom made over the weekend. I really like it :)

Jean Outfit

[elementsoflife.livejournal.com]

does anyone know how to make this outfit ?

http://britneynews.com/sketchers4wheelers/pages/04.htm

i know it looks hard but i really think it looks hot !! and i can't find this outfit anywhere else.

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[sandwhichestime.livejournal.com]

hi all, i'm not so much a newbie but this is my first post.

anywho- I've combed through the FAQ and I just can't find it and I know I saw the post here somewhere about how (if possible) to get nailpolish out of a shirt.

the shirt I have is a dingy faded white (it's my favorite shirt from my universtiy..so sad), so I'm not to worried about bleaching it a few times. but the nailpolish color is that chrome polish in hot pink. i know I know..there couldn't be a better color combination. so far I've tried soaking it with nail polish remover and when that didn't even lighten it I put some bleach on it. alas...no luck. but I'm not done trying. i won't give up because I love this shirt so much.

is there *any* way to get it out at all? i guess I won't be too terribly upset if it just fades to a really really light blotch. then at least I can wear the shirt without a big dark stain on my boob.

thanks girls. I appreciate any help you can give me.

<3