Recipe storage.

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I found a wooden candy box at the thrift store for 25 cents, painted it black and Mod Podged clip art from a 1982 book on microwave cookery (thrift store, 50 cents) onto it.

( Behold. )

plaster of paris

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I checked the faq but didn't find anything on plaster of paris.

I'm currently obsessed with the idea of making a pair of bookends out of plaster of paris. I want them to be solid, so they'll be decently heavy. But I don't know that much about plaster of paris. I'm sure someone here is an experienced plasterer!

First question: can you make solid forms with it? I just did a decently thorough search online, but all the projects I found were either small (like making casts of animal prints, or putting it in candy molds) or if they were large projects, they used newspaper inside, or were built on chicken wire frames. I'm wondering if the center would ever dry if I tried to make something fairly large and bulky...

Also, even if it can be made into solid forms, will it be heavy enough to work as a bookend? Or should I be thinking about sticking a rock or something heavy inside?

What I want to make out of the plaster of paris is a pair of volcanos... they will have lava tracks running down the sides, and the craters will be hollowed out to be the right size to hold tealights. Very tacky ^_^ I got this idea from the book Pad: The Guide to Ultra-Living, but I don't actually have the book, and I didn't read the instructions very well. My innovation on the book's idea is that my volcanos will be bookends (for my desk) and I think in the book, the volcano had incense rather than a tealight.

Any advice from experienced plastered people will be appreciated!

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[kissfully.livejournal.com]

hey ladies (and gents?) !

i've returned from testing at the hospital and have begun crafting my little brains out. most of this is t-shirt surgery, but i've also been fixing up my room, etc. here are some loverly pictures :) enjoy!


ah yes, record bowls turned shelves to show off my nicknacks and such. they were almost too easy to make.

( and more... )

Smelly shirt, Smelly shirt, It's not your fault.

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I love getting clothes at trift stores and usuall i find they're great, no worries. But recently I got this cool old spider bait shirt that I wanted to reconstruct but when i got it home it was unbelievably smelly.

After a good wash it wasn't 'unbelievably smelly' just 'rezally badly smelly'. A lady at work said that washing in vinegar takes out odours but I wasn't sure how much to use.

Has anyone else run into this problem with thrift clothes and more importantly has anyone found a solution??

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[icyblue.livejournal.com]

What's a good gift for someone who's moving away? I don't want it to be too burdensome for her to pack.

EDIT: She's moving across the country to go take live with and take care of her ailing mother.

neon green shirt + duct tape + black spray paint

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i made this LE TIGRE shirt.
this is a close up of the lettering.

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Anyone know where I can find patterns for hats that flappers would wear? Hats/Head wear.

scrapbooking

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i am going to start scrapbooking, i got some things lastnight..so now i need tips or sites to help with ideas..

also what is good to use to glue things on the paper? any special kind of glue?

all things pink =)

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hiya, i'm new to this community but i'm a long time watcher of the posts, i love seeing people's crafts etc.
anyway, here's a few things i've done recently.

( pink desk )

( barbie shoulder bag )

( Cute pink sweatbands )

for all the scrapbookers

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i teach scrapbooking at michael's here in so cal. if u want a copy of my handouts, just lmk! email me at AngelBayB49@aol.com :)

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[kissfully.livejournal.com]

hella cute story time:

andy, cutest boy ever, was playing with my sewing scissors as i destructed a little stripy shirt. i told him to be careful, as we all know that sewing scissors are knives in disguise. mr. macho (cuteface) man decided he was WAY TOO COOL to put the scissors down or to believe me, so he ran his finger along the blade and ... cut himself. "aw. you were right."

here's a picture of the injured wearing a bandana of extra fabric from my shirt:

haaaandy stitch!

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do any of you own a handy stitch? if so, is it worth purchasing?

SWAPs

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anybody ever thought of doing this? it'd be interesting, esp for us since we're all CRAFTY grrls LOL

SWAPs!

scrapbooking

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recently there have been posts on scrapbooking.. im really interested in doing some of my own stuff... but im looking for tips, advice, or web sites for a darker style of scrapbooking.. more towards something like the notebooks kept by the killer in the movie seven.. or anything which would seem creepy or psychotic.. something a bit 'different'. any help would be great.

Just a suggestion

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I don't know where to put this so I'll just make it as a post.

It seems like the certain product questions come up at least once a month. How about making a section in the FAQ/memories that lists products where people can comment with their reviews? That way, people can check the FAQ/memories for products they're thinking about buying, and also, people can browse it for new product ideas. (ie. Mod Podge, those weird singer scissors, handi stitches, etc.)

Just a suggestion so the same questions don't keep popping up :)

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For instructions on how to make the summer skirt I posted earlier (warning largish pics)...( click )

Do any of you knit/make hats for donations towards cancer patients?

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Question about making hats for donations towards cancer patients or those under going brain surgery.

halllllo

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long time lurker here, which i'm sure everyone was at one point. it's only b/c it took a hell of a long time to get an lj code.  gahd, that was such a bitch.
anyway, i've been sewing for quite a while.  more seriously over the past 7 months or so b/c 1) i was away from home.  my mom knows how to sew but everytime she tried to teach me it was like, look & learn.  she didn't seem to trust me so much w/her machine. raah.  so, i got my own.  and 2) i -needed- something to keep me busy on the weekends.  my social life in college is like...non-existant =/ i also do other types of crafts, but sewing is my expertise (somewhat). sooo, here's some of the stuff i've made: ( clickity click )

AGH, and big big question:  i cannot sew knits for my -life-. even after using a ball point needle & playing around with all the stiches on my machine, it still turns out curly.  how in the world do you people do it?

x posted in glitter

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( crafty preparation )

curse you mod podge!

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so i went about modpodging the cover of my newest sketchbook (spiral bound with black plastic covers that were just dying for 70's sewing pattern illustrations, postcard tidbits, xeroxes and photographs, oriental soap wrappers and fortune cookie messages) and it turned out pretty well, not counting the typical stickiness of course. i've been drawing in it the past couple of days and it was fine, but today it was humider than it has been, and i left it open all day, so when i just came back to it to close it up i found both front and back covers promptly stuck together. prying it apart was a notquitesofun ordeal there; fortunately nothing ripped but instead i pulled up all that mod podge i used to seal the darn thing. reminded me of those peeloff face masks of my young teenage days, ah the nostalgia...

does this happen to everyone? i'm hoping the weather will decide today was a fluke, but just to be on the safe side i think i won't leave it unattended for long. thanks and hope your days are crafty, girls and boys!

-meg, who is currently knitting a sweater for the long winter months (even though it's summer)

Spray paint

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Hey,Im new(hello everyone :P) and I was just wondering if any of you have used spray paint on clothing and if so,does it wash well etc? Thanx

lunch time!

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After months of having it sit around half-done, I finally finished my simpsons lunchbox. it's just a little one. (14x10x6 cm.) I podgeyed the front and back with simpsons pictures from the page-a-day calendar, and dab-painted the rest blue.

click on the thumbnails to see the bigger pictures: