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[rainbowripple.livejournal.com]

ooh! tops!
( hehe.. boredom strikes again. )

x-posted! sorry!

space-y pin ups?

[evilpinkbear.livejournal.com]

where can I find pictures of pin-up girls with space-y costumes, kind of like the cheesy ones they sometimes used in ads and stuff.
there's one i saw before that i'm looking for in particular...
it would look something like that, just NOT done in m.s.paint ^_^
i was looking all last night and couldn't find anything close to this.
help?

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[ex-susieoh941.livejournal.com]

this is me saying hello. well, i make stuff. :) you can see "the stuff" in this post in masqueradeball, and this post in diymarketplace.

i also make dolls and such, but primarily i work in illustration and book crafts.

personalizing with spray painting shapes

[whattachic.livejournal.com]

wow. i have this really awesome idea. to make stencils to spray paint images onto my old jeans/shirts/anything.

has anyone done anything like that? im thinking razor blade the picture out of oak tag, but i dunno what kind of paint to use. regular hardwear store spray paint? do they make fabric paint in spray form?

thanks for any imput.

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[kissmeimtai.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if anyone has ever made arm warmers like bjork wears in the human behavior video? How do you make them? and how to they stay up? because it seems like hers go far up

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[xmyfistyourface.livejournal.com]

this is my first time posting here, but i read this community non-stop.

i like the summer because i can catch up on all my sewing and crafting and such. i made a skirt a few weeks ago out of a pair of brown dickies and i added a heart to it. i don't have a digital camera, so i had to resort to paint.

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[ink-smudge-smut.livejournal.com]

i'm planning a project pertaining to love, and the feeling of being loved.

i want to use some sort of song lyrics, and i'd be interested in the musical tastes of a community like this one.

what's your favourite love song?
lyrics, artists, titles would be appreciated.

x-posted to aureola, rainbowdirting and craftgrrl

Lantern Festival

[burntflowers.livejournal.com]

On Saturday I went to Illuminares.

It was beautiful and almost surreal. Thousands of people walking around with handmade lanterns in a perfectly dark park. Lanterns floating in the lake and hidden in groves of trees. It was so beautiful and impossible to capture with my slow-in-the-dark camera.

I made my own lantern.









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AOL tin candle

[invaderstitch.livejournal.com]

So, I had this AOL tin, just sitting there, begging to be made into something.
I grabbed my acrylic paint, Mod Podge, a copy of Animerica, some old "floating votive" candles I had, and the scissors, and went to work.
( forgive the cruddy image quality as my webcam sucks )

I painted it in acrylics to give it a rougher surface and to provide background color, then mini-collaged the lid with images from Ranma 1/2. On the inside, I glued in a picture of Ryoga Hibiki and made a little inscription with a sharpie. The entire thing was then sealed with the sparkle Mod Podge to waterproof and keep the paint from chipping. Then, I melted the votives, and poured the wax into the tin, placing four of the votive wicks inside. And voila. :) This was made as a gift for my boyfriend, who adores Ranma 1/2.

Just thought I'd share. :)

paypal question

[shimglam.livejournal.com]

I want to use paypal on my website but my items are one of a kind. what happens if 2 people try to buy the same thing before i can take it off?

my new obsession...

[theatregeek.livejournal.com]

i made this in the morning after my work day got canceled and i was procrastinating cleaning my kitchen...



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tada

[whattachic.livejournal.com]

i posted last night cause i got the creative itch at 3am, and here's how the pants came out.

all i had in the house was an old hair spray bottle and some red caligraphy ink. i'll spring for some spray paint the next time. the stars i made on adobe illustrator and just printed them and cut em out. the gundam i cut out of an old magazine. nervous about the ink not staying, so im gonna iron them today.

( starry/gundam 'spray painted' pants )

Basic Black Skirt

[elcorazonde.livejournal.com]

First off I don't know much on clothing. I have a basic black skirt that comes just right to my knees.. It's few years old and the hem on the bottom is starting to wear out. I love how the skirt hugs my body, so I don't wanna get rid of it..I like to think that I dress fairly conservative with a 1940's flare. Can anyone help out with how I should update my skirt?

Thanks so much..

No decorated straps for me... I go all the way. Full guitar body modification, right here.

[avocado.livejournal.com]

On Saturday I bought a guitar for the hefty sum of sixty Great British Pounds. I intentionally bought a plain one so I could decorate it (not that I had that much choice at such a low price). This afternoon I rode my scooter to the Post Office and bought 300 one penny postage stamps and 100 two penny stamps. The man said 'are you sure?'. 'Hell yes' I replied, only without the swearing.

Then I rode home as fast as my speed-capped scooter would carry me (30mph) and got to work.
( girls get busy not in the way )

the purse my cat keeps trying to eat

[hwar.livejournal.com]

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sharpie on fabric?

[kryssysucks.livejournal.com]

i just finished my first t-shirt
skirt. it only took me a few
hours. it actually wasn't that
hard. anyway.. i used a sharpie
to mark lines where to take in the
seams, and now i need to take them
out. if i just wash it, will the ink come
out? if not, how can i get it off?

my left arm is a touch numb, it happens
everytime i hand-sew. does this happen
to anyone else?

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[--routineriot.livejournal.com]

my mom and i like to save the tags our cats get when they get their yearly rabies shots. i am sure you know what i'm talking about. i have 11 of them (4 blue flower-like shapes, 2 red hearts, 3 green bells, 1 orange oval) and have no idea what to do with them.

since they have holes in them, my first idea was to make a charm bracelet of sorts, and put one on a keychain. not very exciting.

some have an H or an W written on the back in sharpie. i don't care if it shows, it would be nice to know which cat they were for, henry or whiskers. but i would totally love to decorate a few, although i am not sure how. idea would be wonderful.

this may be a little off topic, but it is somewhat related to this post. my mom really wants some portrait pictures of them both, espically henry who is pretty old. i would like to take them myself, to make them more special. not to mention that i love photography. the only problem is that neither one of them can sit still long enough for me to take a decent picture. any ideas for that?