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[petit-p0is.livejournal.com]

i've finished a maroon corduroy purse, a bag for my flags, and a new t-shirt!

( see them here )

40's theme party???

[velvets.livejournal.com]

Hello!! My name is Michelle and I have been lurking here for awhile, too timid to post my silly craftiness . . . but I will soon post picture of my newest craft (spider web curtains).

Anyway, I need you fellow crafters help . . . I looked in the FAQ's but did not see it, but I did see great ideas for presents! Its my 19th birthday in a few weeks and I want to have a 40's themed cocktail party, but I need help with crafty decoration/party favors for my apartment. Any ideas?

I thought of cheesy gold decorations in geometric shapes, classic cocktails in martini glasses, oriental influence . . . I need more!!!

Please help!!! Thanks in advance -- Michelle

bask in my creativity

[pixelicious.livejournal.com]

( i've been quite the seamstress lately, i guess. here are some things that i've made, recently. )

pffft!

[annamull.livejournal.com]

..


new bags i made

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[ex-heartshap900.livejournal.com]

( egg cup candle )

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[kissmeimtai.livejournal.com]

hello crafters! I recently sewed my first bag..

you're just going to have to use those creative little minds of yours' to imagine what this looks like sans this awful scan. Anyway, I was wondering, what is it that makes bags, and purses stiff? this sucker is as floppy as my arms waving goodbye. xo tai

my distro

[sugrplum499.livejournal.com]

hey guys, i just updated & reopened my distro, heaven*sent distro. i have my guitar pick jewelry, cancer crosses & beaded neck & belt lanyards are coming soon. plus i have tons more. thanks!

The legend of Amethyst begins with the grape. To protect the nymph Amethyst from the advances

[alyska.livejournal.com]

finally found a metal vendor that has sterling silver wire in the gauge that i need that isn't out of stock or charging an arm and a leg. ordered a few 50' lengths in 28ga, and a couple 30ga, and immediately started working with them.


28ga sterling silver wire with natural amethyst chips.

that was the first piece i did (another image here, though it looks a little squooshed) and also did another similarly styled one in garnet.

i picked up some of these in dark topaz last night, and think i might try working those with some copper wire.

niftiness in the last couple weeks has been two local shops taking my jewelry on consignment -- the elvehjem museum shop, and a small boutique up on our capitol square called savoir faire.

still looking for new ideas for designs -- i've spent most of the last week polishing an artist's statement, putting tags nd earring cards together, and working on the pointykitty.net site redesign.

if you've got ideas for pieces you'd like to see, i'm going to place a big order for materials from fire mountain gems soon. let me know if there's something youd like to see!

kitty hat

[xxcolleenxx.livejournal.com]

i know its been asked 398402384098 times b4...but where can i get a pattern for a kitty ears hat...i wanna make one..

bracelet made from coke tabs

[madeline37.livejournal.com]

i made this awesome bracelet yesterday, inspired by/modeled after the belt seen here.


the bracelet in action on my wrist.

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[sikamikanico.livejournal.com]

( What is it? )

hand held sewing machines

[one-hit-wonder.livejournal.com]

does anyone out there know anything about those new handheld-carry-with-you-anywhere sewing machines? i'm wondering where to buy them, how expensive they are, and if they work effectively. i've never sewn before, so i'm not even sure if they are appropriate for beginners but i'm not really looking to do anything difficult, just altering t-shirts and stuff. thanks to anyone who has any advice!

arts and crafts website

[urbangypsy.livejournal.com]

not sure if this appropriate for this forum, i apologize if it's not, but thought i'd start here first.

i am going to be registering the domain name urbangypsycreations and selling my art and crafts online. does anyone know if it makes a difference who i register the name with. also, i'm willing to pay someone to setup the website for me, my web designing skills are pretty basic and i want the website to look professional, any ideas how i can go about looking for someone to do that? any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

bargain box

[ceilingfan.livejournal.com]

okay...so the other day i went into this vintage store...

man, they had really cool clothes...but they were all expensive and i don't know why it's so damn expensive since they're all old and used anyway...

so i went into the one dollar box and i found this:


( and i turned it into this: )

My Scarf!

[teaspoons.livejournal.com]

So my mom taught me how to crochet (well, refreshed my memory) and this is my first completed project.

It's inspired by Harry Potter, cause I am a Harry Potter nerd...but I used my favorite colors and changed it a little.

It's about 120 inches...so about 10 ft long with 4 inches of tassle-y stuff (so when I fold it in half...it's taller than me, ha) at the ends and it's 10 inches wide...at the ends but my crocheting skills aren't that great so the width is less in the middle..eep. It's really comfy. I might be making another one, but with Harry Potter colors, like Slytherin or something, I'm not sure yet.

Anyways, just thought I'd post.

shrnie swap

[fadedjade.livejournal.com]

hey, i am without a pic hoster my self, but i'd love to see everyone's shrines that they recieved in the swap a little whie back.
anyone?

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[thetallgirl.livejournal.com]

Can anyone think of a way to make these? These are SO cute, but way too expensive for me!
I want them for my twin girls!!

http://www.yomybooties.com/

yes, but why is the rum gone?

[strange-charm.livejournal.com]

this is x-posted. because i'm a pain in the ass.

blablabla introductory bullshit i had the idea to make a kitchen set for my stepmom for her b-day. i also realized that an oven mitt is the same as a giant cotton mitten.

but i don't know how to make the thumb gusset for a mitten.. and i haven't found any nice, understandable directions either. i do hope to finish it today (big yarn + big needles + fast knitter = GOOD), but first, could you all hook me up with any favorite, easy, simple mitten patterns you have?

thanks muchly! *bows*

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[padhopper.livejournal.com]

When you use those crocheted dish cloths, is the dye suppose to come out in the water?

New craft trade type community.......help wanted!

[little-girllost.livejournal.com]

I checked with Kim to make sure it was ok to post this, so here goes.......

I want to start a new community where crafty girls can exploit their talents and make things for each other. So, if you have always wanted a kitty ear hat/altered book/plectrum earrings, but didn't really have the skills or resources to make it yourself, you could post and ask somebody to make it for you. The idea is that you could then make something else in return. I would like to keep it as a trading community as much as possible.....
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belt buckle

[sugrplum499.livejournal.com]

i lucked out a few weeks ago. i went to michael's & in the clearance section there were kits to make your own belt buckles. so, using the kit, i made this beaded belt buckle that says "jonny was" (the band i promote). ta-da!

CLICK TO SEE BUCKLE!!!

felt!

[ruinmyday.livejournal.com]

here is a felt stuffed animal that i made... it's pattern was taken from the san-x character "potehamu", but it ended up being a little skinner than hamu once the stuffing was in him. i still really like him a lot! he was sewn by hand, because that's my favorite way to sew felt. i just love how the hand stitches look.


he was a lot of fun to make, and i like him a lot! the strawberry has velcro on it, and comes off. awwr! i love my little hamu!

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[suffocateinabag.livejournal.com]

okay, i already looked through the FAQ for ideas, but i was wondering if anyone else had any other suggestions.

I got a couple of the starbucks glass frappuccino jars, and i just LOVE the shape.
Do you people have any other ideas for things to do> i want to use them as presents, since i am on a major budge this year regarding christmas (planning early, school starts in a month or so, and after that, i won't have much time until the beginning of december.)

so, start giving me ideas!

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[ajslildevil69.livejournal.com]

i got bored yesterday and went thoguh my old fabric. i wanted to make a quilted bag but wasnt sure what fabric i was gonna use. i ran across nicholes leftover fabric from a rainbow quilt she made and thoguht "perfect"

and here we go.

( voila! )

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[caraismatic.livejournal.com]

hey everyone...my 16th birthday is coming up (9.12) and i was wondering if anyone had any creative ideas...i'm really stumped and i want it to be "off the hook" also any ideas for party favors that i could make? thanks!

<3 cara

hoodies?

[vertigodreams.livejournal.com]

mmkay, am in desperate need of a new hoodie. just a plain black zip up hoodie. i can't find one anywhere. okay, i found one, but it was almost EIGHTY DOLLARS. i'm sorry, i am not spending that much on a goddamned hoodie.

so anyway, any ideas on how to make one, pattern suggestions, etc? i can knit, sew, and do most generally crafty things, so any idea is welcome. (or even a place that sells them.)


(and ps, for any dumpster divers out there. try michaels. you'd be surprised what they throw away.)

super cute soap idea!

[redmoocow.livejournal.com]

so my camera isn't working, so i have no pictures, but today at the camp i work at we made the cutest little soap things.

we took bags (tall and skinny, clear plastic bags...although any semi-thick plastic bags without ziploc-ness at the top will work) and filled them with clear soap that had a slight blue tint to it. we then put the bags down on the table, holding the top up so that it stood on the table (we put little, flat bottomed bowls on the table full of cold water so that it would harden faster than the top) and when the bottom had cooled enough, we put a plastic (kinda rubbery feeling) fish inside. we then twist-tied it shut and there you go! it looks like the bag you bring home a carnaval fish in! sooo cute!

and when you want to use the soap, just poke holes in the bottom of the bag and use it while still inside the bag. i thought it was pretty awesome. just thought i'd share.

(*hint..if you're gonna do it...green fish make the water look a bit greener as well...kinda gross then..but still very cute)

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[ajslildevil69.livejournal.com]

any ideas on what else to do with old shirts? i have so many but im afraid to take the shears to them. i also have 3 cigar boxes i need to know what to do with. i really love the designs on them so i dont wanna cover them really...hrmmm...

x-posted like a bitch

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[ajslildevil69.livejournal.com]

im just really annoying today
if anyone has any old tattered backstreet boys shirts they dont want anymore id really appriciate if you can send them
to me! i could pay for shipping and even for the shirts themselves but im low
on cash.

x-posted

I really hope this is not in the faq, i looked, i swear.

[rawiscorrri.livejournal.com]

I have a question. sorry if it is a repeat!
Ok, so I have this stretchy fabric, and im going to make a skirt with it tonight. Now, I know there are things you have to do differently when you sew with knits and stuff.
I heard you stretch it out first and then sew it...will it then stretch back?
And I know that if I just sew it as it is it won't sew?
Any other ideas?
I know you're supposed to match the thread type to the fabric type, so since the material is 100% polyester knit, i got polyester thread.I dont know if stretchy thread exists.
I need to make this tonight because it has to hang overnight before i hem it. and i need it soon.

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[lethalbubblegum.livejournal.com]

while looking for something else i came accross this! since it's about that time to work on handmade xmas cards i was very excited with their collecion of xmas card ideas =9 hope you all enjoy!

knitting??

[pnkyrules.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone. I just got my first pair of knitting needles, and wow, the FAQ has been awesome. theres oodles of websites for beginners like myself. Now, I'm not quite getting this casting thing, but mainly its because these needles keep slipping out of my hands. and well although in all the how to knit sites, they have these very detailed pictures, but sadly only the finger tips and needles. so... how in the heck do you hold these things?

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

*waves*

Does anyone know where I could find beads like these online?

my new shirt... <3

[thrifty-pixie.livejournal.com]

I reconstructed this shirt that I bought for $2 today.
Before:


After:


I <3 it. Sorry, it's crossposted absolutely everywhere!

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[ex-clumsily.livejournal.com]

hi! i made a shirt a while back and i thought id share!





my cat ate the strings on the back so i'll have to fix that but over all i think it was a success.

pocket shrine swap: the shrine(s) i got!

[stinkycretingrl.livejournal.com]

long...
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hello

[corabora.livejournal.com]

hi! im cora, and im new to the community, thriftypixie addicted me to it! ok, im gonna start posting pictures soon, but first i have to take pictures. but i do have one quick question:
ok, whats the best way to make a gather or ruched side? im totally lost on it, so please be specific! thanks so much!