armwarmer purse

[--urvalentine.livejournal.com]

I got so bored, that I took one of my purple & black armwarmers that I bought in feb @ hot topic and I made it into a purse/drum stick bag. it's rad. I'm off to take pic's of it to post.
( a little something )

also, i've noticed a lot of people trying to sell/trade stuff. i was gonna suggest that (as an idea) we/I could make a graphic that is semi big that says "NO TRADING OR SELLING" or something? I dunno, just an idea. catch my drift?

help!

[deathtoll.livejournal.com]

does anyone know what these or these are called? i've been trying to find some sort of instructions or patterns on how to make hats like that but its hard when i don't even know what i'm looking for.. haha.

Feti soap!

[glitterlisa.livejournal.com]

My feti came today. ( See what I made! )

Props to tgrupert for the idea of placing them in soap.
You can get the feti here: Fetopia

xposted to craftywhores and my lj glitterlisa

Bluu paint

[haribobear759.livejournal.com]

HI!

LOL! My mom is painting shutters for our house, and she bought a really cool shade of blue that she thought would look great on the shutters, but it's too blue and not gray enough. SO. She gave it to me. It's a small can, not like the regular kind, but the smaller one, and it was about $8. My mom said that I could have it, but I don't know what to do with it. It's a really cool color. LOL. THanks!

x-posted craftydiy and

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Topic of selling...

[americnjewl.livejournal.com]

This goes out to all craftgrrls, new and old.

It amazes me that there can be so many posts made by our lovely mod cautioning against selling items on craftgrrl that go completely ignored. She even took the time to list other communities on which you ARE allowed to buy/sell/trade. (PS. read the community info, it contains so much EXCELLENT information, serioiusly).

Maybe all you sellers out there just don't see them. Which I find surprising. Just yesteday there was a post suggesting that Craftgrrl put up a banner of some sort on this issue. Personally, I don't think that'll work, because you probably won't see that either.

Maybe there's nothing we can do. Maybe you just don't care and are willing to ignore it and post anyway (rude and RUDE). But it's sucking the life out of me, so please resist the urge.

I HAVE THINGS TO SELL TOO!!!! But I post my things in the appropriate communities, you should consider doing the same.

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Not to be without a more craftlike item in this post: I made this bag from a Simplicity pattern:

foam wig heads

[evilpinkbear.livejournal.com]

where can i get a whole bunch of those styrofoam wig heads for free or atleast really cheap?
I haven't been able to find a place where i can get them in bulk or anything.

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[lethalbubblegum.livejournal.com]

where can i get flat back doll faces for gluing onto cloth bodies?

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[stolenjunk.livejournal.com]

hey all. i am a massive collector of pins and patches fro mconcerts, shows, special events and so on. i would love to display them but if i tried to put them all on one jacket or something it would weight like fifty kajillion pounds and not be very comfy. does anyone have any suggestions?

p.s. i thought about curtains but since i am living on campus i will not be able to alter any of the fixtures/firnuture provided by the college.

Ack!

[ilovemormons.livejournal.com]

I am trying to make my mom a candle for her birthday and I want to pour the wax into little terra cotta pots but, ack! There's a whole in the bottom of the pots that I forgot about. What should I put in there that will hold the wax in?

knitting pictures

[mezzanine27.livejournal.com]

i really want to make a t-shirt that says Crafty on the front and then has a picture of a girl knitting on the back(or some other picture relating to crafts). i can't seem to find any good pictures though (i want to make a stencil). does anyone have any ideas where i could find good ones?

Knitting fever.

[exitwounds.livejournal.com]

A few loosely connected things I wanted to say:

*The other day I went out with my mother to some craft stores by my college(Jo-Ann's, Michael's, AC Moore), and I found gorgeous new yarns! Lion Brand yarn has new colors in their Homespun line, including some lovely blends in pink, blue, and green. I picked up a few skeins of this one, but unfortunately that picture doesn't do it justice. It's a wonderfully loud pink that has red and orange strands worked into it!

*This yarn is going towards a pattern in the new fall Vogue Knitting magazine, which I strongly recommend for anyone looking for new patterns. The one I'm using is a hooded long sleeveless sweater with wooden toggles, and it's going to be awesome! Quick to knit too, I'm nearly done with the back.

*While I was working on it today I was watching Techlive on TechTV (secret guilty passion) and they had a short blurb on a girl who was making duct tape accessories to sell. Instantly I thought of you girls and boys. :)

*Also, and this is more for a personal curiosity question for all you out there: how many of you knit? And if you do, have you found that knitting has become popular in your area? I keep hearing that it's found a resurgence lately especially among celebrities (after all, Darryl Hannah is on that VK cover), but I find it difficult here in Connecticut to find many other people with knitting tastes; and there aren't many places or large knitting sections in craft stores usually. So I was wondering if it might be different in other locales?

Hope nobody minded my rambling, and have a nice Friday everyone...
-meg

Ducttape Corset

[nantena.livejournal.com]

( I did this awhile ago, and forgot to post it. :) )

New DIY Project Archive : CRAFTSTER.ORG

[shescraftastic.livejournal.com]

I opened craftster.org up a week ago and it looks like it's catching on. Thought some of you here might be interested.

Undoubtedly, it will soon surpass friendster in popularity.

http://www.craftster.org

Hope to see some of you there...

wedding

[leapinllama.livejournal.com]

i've checked out the FAQ and couldnt find anything great. My best friends sister is getting married and we are really close. I've know her forever. I cant spend too much money so i decieded i'd put togethor an assortment of crafty things to give her. So far i've got magnetic love poetry, and maybe a decoupached love theme box to put the stuff in, and a mixed cd of love themes. I'm having crafter's block. I can sew and crotchet. Please help me with some ideas!

thanks so much,

-alex

more stuff i made

[sioranth.livejournal.com]

( Coil Earrings )

( Silver YinYang Bracelet )

yeah, i know everyone does this.

[stolenjunk.livejournal.com]

okay, i know everyone does the record bowl/album journal thing, but i thought this might be noteworthy because, hey, ( leif garrett!! )

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[aintlifegrand.livejournal.com]

i have this old wicker chair from the 70's that my mom finally gave to me.. the original cushions are long gone and she replaced them with some really thin foam covered in some random fabric... basically, it's not too comfy... any ideas on what i can use to make cushions for this? i was going to use some sort of corduroy for the fabric, but i dont know what to use for the filling that would be thick enough.. any suggestions?

Tank Top Making

[lalindsey.livejournal.com]

Hey crafty people!

I Have a load of fabric that I need to find uses for and today I decided on making a purse and a tank top out of some. The tank top I would like to make is like This one here. Now should I get out a tank top that I have similar to that and measure it out and trace it (both sides of it) on cardboad than transfer that to the fabric and sew the two sides together?

Also, if I wanted to make the little slit in the neckline how would I do that? Would I just sew the sides of it down so it would not fray?

Are there any patterns online?

Thanks!

just some pretties...

[blacksquiggles.livejournal.com]

I'm all about the watery colours...
these are done with a rather simple polymer clay technique using Jones Tones
foils, translucent clays and paint! if anyone is interested I'll post a tutorial next time
I make a stack!

Peeks after the cut

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[quietjane.livejournal.com]

My roommate and I were wondering, is it possible to mod podge a picture or something onto a candle? I wonder if maybe you just wouldnt'be able to melt the candle all the way down.

Kitchen island frugal crafting?

[ethicalcannibal.livejournal.com]

I have completed my rolling kitchen island. I still need two crates for the shelf, for pots and pans, but that will have to wait.

I actually only paid for the grout, mortar, and tiles because the wood and molding was donated by family as left over scraps. So I don't think it's too bad for a $20 project. The tiles were $1.97 for each 12"x12" thingee, and I only needed five because the top isn't that big.

( Click for voluminous pics )

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

i made a pretty purse

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[anderale.livejournal.com]

Has anyone made messenger bags? If so, would you mind posting pictures so I can become inspired to make my own? I just want to see what fabrics you used and how many pockets, stuff like that. Thanks. :D

Woo!

[stargasmic.livejournal.com]

Hello there. I am just wondering if anyone out there knows how to make those cute little Capri Sun purses? Please give me any information that you may know!
Ty! <333 Marge

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[ilovemormons.livejournal.com]

I painted ( these )

wooden dinosaurs today. They are thin and the largest one is five and a half inches long. They're cute, but I don't know what to do with them. Ideas?

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[xxrubyxx.livejournal.com]

woohoo i just made a halter neck top, am so proud *bounces*

its blacky/green in colour with bird written on the front in pink, am planning to put diamantes onto the lettering and stitch lace around the sides :D

will post piccies tomorrow

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[allamericanmom.livejournal.com]

I started making those patchwork bags... here's a taste of what I can do so far.

BTW, I'm not completely done with 'em all... I still have to iron handles and add trim to those that are trimless... but just so you have an idea... :)

( Here they are... )

d-rings

[jesamine.livejournal.com]

does anyone know where i can get d-rings...y'know, for bondage skirts, etc...in the uk? and preferably cheap...
thanks in advance!

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[xxargylesocksxx.livejournal.com]

Hey....Sorry if this is a little off topic but my friend is starting an online DIY Distro (And I'm thinking of starting one too), So if theres anyone who has started one and would like to give her some advice on starting one leave your e-mail (if you have hotmail) and she wants to add you to msn. And if someone has a code for her that would be great! Thanks in advance!

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[wyldviolet.livejournal.com]

I went to A.C. Moore the other day and bought a couple of shaker boxes that were on sale for $1 each. I took one of them and painted it pink, then I glued some lace around the edge of the lid. I printed out a picture of Hello Kitty's face cut it out and traced it on to a piece of white fun foam, then I cut out the other parts of her face from other pieces of fun foam and then glued it all together to make her face. Then I glued it on to the top of the box. I spelled out Hello Kitty in fun foam letter stickers and put fun foam flower stickers in the corners. I put one fun foam flower to each side of the box.

( It turned out pretty neat I think... )

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[theatregeek.livejournal.com]

being mostly unemployed has it's perks now and then



it took me hours to finish because i had to do it all by hand (my fingers are full of holes despite the thimble). ive had that sheepskin forever and couldn't think of what to do with it

( one more for the road )