Hair clips

[bubbledragon.livejournal.com]

I scrounged around for some of those clips that sorta snap inside out, then clip back together today, after making several dozen marble magnets (without the magnet bit)

I think they turned out rather cutely. I also got fiesty and made one with an orange fake flower. I got the basic gyst of how to do that from someone's tutorial and I thank them, but cannot give credit, because I forgot where it was (Please post the link if you know it, or it was yours!)

( Just a clip... )

So... how do you girls decorate clips like this. It seems I'll be forever known to craftgrrl as hair thing girl. Lol. Know of any tutorials? Other ideas?

Nifty family tree display. (and other fun crafts)

[vespabelle.livejournal.com]

You find gems in the strangest place. Now, normally I wouldn't go to a site that was geared for Mormon women. (atheistic granddaughter of an excommunicated RLDSer foe Heaven's sake!) But looking for quiet books I found this really neat family tree idea:

http://www.mormonchic.com/crafty/family-tree-pictorial.asp

So pretty and a neat way to display those tiny old photographs. It wouldn't even have to be a family tree of course!

The crafts on the crafty Chic part of the site are mostly pretty good and Martha-y (even a few taken directly from Martha) and not your typical "kalico kuntry krafts."

ideas needed

[maybeucansaveme.livejournal.com]

ok, i've come across these two insanly awsome chieese(or japanesse, i have no idea) shirts. I would really love to do something with them because i'm nt too fond of how they fit now but i'm loving the materail. Any ideas? (no purses please :-D) thanx a lot.
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[lethalbubblegum.livejournal.com]

i was just thinking about something that i thought you all may be interested in. when i started getting into crafting i found DIY projects in zines. not many DIY zines are out anymore. i wanna make a craftgrrl zine. i was thinking it could be seasonally [so if i started now i'd be making the fall issue] amd chock full of out awesome ideas. i could take things directly from the FAQ or craftgrrls could write up articles for me. what do you all think?

Go Snacks containers

[uniquewallpaper.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm new, and I was hoping for some input... My little sister is addicted to Mini Doritos, which come in the Go Snacks containers, that look like ( canisters )

I was thinking I would decorate them and use them to hold incense, pencils, etc, but I was wondering if anyone else had ideas. They're too cool to throw away so have a bunch of them.

Community announcement

[gannet.livejournal.com]

I hope it's okay to post about other communities here--if not, I apologize.

I've just started a community for people who make or would like to make rag rugs out of old clothes, yarn, or leftover fabric from other projects. All kinds of rugs: knit, crochet, braided, hooked, latch hooked, proddy, woven, whatever.

Come join us in rug_makers!

Thanks!

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[cedartaylor.livejournal.com]

I finally found some belt buckles (at the army surplus store) and I made this belt before work yesterday, to spruce up my outfit.

Gift Idea needed

[xitsmylifex.livejournal.com]

Okay, so my future brother-in-law is having a bday party for his daughter (Yay! I get to be an aunt!) on Sunday. She's turning 3 I think, maybe 4 but I'm almost positive its 3. I don't have a whole lot of money with paying for wedding stuff and such, but I want to be a cool aunt, or at least future aunt, and get her something for her bday. I'm afraid if I don't then my fiance's family will think that I'm rude or something and not wanting to act like part of the family.

What can I do for a 3 year old? She's not very girly that I know of, but she's the sweetest, most adorable thing ever! I don't want to do anything too elaborate because that means I have to do something similar for the other kids, and I don't have a whole lot of time, so I'd like it to be something simple.... any ideas?

big, bumpy necklaces

[loosetooth.livejournal.com]

Due to one craft show coming up this fall, hopefully another , and wonderful friends game to host trunk shows this fall, I've been making jewelry again. ( Read more... )

Soap/picture display questions

[ilovemormons.livejournal.com]

I was making some lollipops from the usual plastic molds that you buy at a craft store, and I wanted to make soap too. However, the instructions said they weren't intended for making soap. I'm not planning on actually MAKING the soap from scratch but melting down left over bits. I thought maybe the lye or something was the problem, so is it possible to melt down regular soaps into plastic molds? (This paragraph sounds really confusing and badly written looking back at it, so excuse me.)

Also, I have four or five photbooth strips. They're cute pictures but I don't know how I should display them. Any ideas?

Leather or fake leather

[anderale.livejournal.com]

I want to make my guest book for our upcoming wedding and I just want a simple book with soft leather (doesn't need to be real, I'd even prefer fake if it is soft) book. I just want to put holes in it and put leather cording through to hold it together and then a tie to go around the book. However, I can't find any pieces large enough. At the craft shops, I can only find small pieces. Does anyone know of a good online source for pieces of leather? It needs to be all one piece to go around the paper, which I want maybe I little smaller than regular notebook paper...Maybe 6" by 10" or something.

Thanks!

checkered trousers!

[wonderstory.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone, forgive my lack of posts to this community (not that you noticed/care but nevermind.) i have been watching all the posts though!


i just wanted to post this pic of my checkered trousers that i finished last night. They were my first trouser creation, so obviously they're not perfect but okay for my standard :D

my mum is one of those sewing geniuses, so she knows how to make practically anything from memory/by observing an item of clothing. so she basically fed me all the instructions and let me get on with it etc. &i asked her whenever i got stuck with something. i wish i was as clever as my mum ♥.

i messed up the sewing so many times, so i often had to take all the stitching out and start again. Very frustrating but well worth it!#

i have a load of that purple plaid fabric left as well, what should i use it for? i was thinking maybe i'll try to make a skirt (to add to my evergrowing collection of checkered pleated miniskirts!!) or something, maybe a vest top. Xxx

thank yous!

[troisetoiles.livejournal.com]

i just wanted to give a big THANK YOU to the girls that discussed the homemade maxi pads a while back (thread here). i did lots of reading about the issues, and though months ago i would have been reluctant to try them, i sewed up a set this week and tried them and LOVED them!! i even ordered myself a "keeper" yesterday, and i'm so excited about getting into this movement, for myself and the environment. i'm encouraging my girlfriends to try making their own pads, since designing my own was so much fun. once i get my scanner reset up (i moved in june and haven't bothered to unpack a lot of stuff!), i'll share pics.

so THANK YOU girls - you've changed my life.

Help!

[xxargylesocksxx.livejournal.com]

K I'm putting bright pink stripes on my black c.d holder and I need brigth pink paint. But...I dont have any. What colours would I have to mix to get the hot pink thats used on the links and stuff here?

shelves

[kachina.livejournal.com]

i love plants and have many of them in my bedroom. unfortunately, my window-sill is ridiculously small and does not provide enough room for some of my plants. what i'd like to do is install a small shelf (large enough for one or two plants) next to my window so that they can get enough light. i'm looking for creative suggestions for making a shelf and the material i can use for it. a plain wooden shelf will be my last resort.

thanks!!

Fun with spray paint and glue!

[squee1973.livejournal.com]

*Sorry I can't post a pic...*

I've been re-vamping some furniture I have, that I've gotten from various thrift stores over the past few years, but, one two-tier stand in particular, was being stubborn: I tried to paint it the same colour as a book shelf, but, it the paint started to bubble in several spots..and, naturally, since I got the spary paint at a dollar store, I couldn't find another can of the same stuff....so, I was going to throw it away...then, inspiration struck:

I sanded the shelves REALLY good, and re-sprayed them with some Krylon, in a pretty shad of peach I found, then I had printed out various prints of vintage adertisements for chocolate and booze, and cute 'frames' for them out of some robin's egg blue shelf lining paper, and decoupaged them on- 5 on the top, and 5 on the bottom...then finished it off with some spray sealer.

Must say it looks better than I had hoped, and I don't have to go shopping for new furniture now! *Yah!!*

More Bag Creations

[allamericanmom.livejournal.com]

Here are more examples of my bag creations... the rest are behind a cut. Please check out my userinfo about my website if you're so inclined.

black-n-white pin-striped velvet with Ralph Lauren red velvet, lined with black slick material, handles are of silk rope pillow trim, and adorned with a black satin beaded ribbon.

( The rest are here )

So there you have it! :)

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[taliba.livejournal.com]

Yesterday I bought ( this bag )

I love the bag, but hate that it is so leathery and boring looking. I would love to stain it somehow, so that it has a hint of deep red... think "black cherry"... any ideas how how I might do this? Or... any other suggestions on how I might spruce it up a bit... give it some personality?

Thanks much! [Sorry for the x-post... I accidentally posted to the wrong community first... but it works too, so my apologies if you have to see this twice.]

Edit: Sorry, lj-cut didn't work the first time... let's try this again.

cinnamonbun candles & weird dolls

[birdandblue.livejournal.com]

i made these candles...i posted pics and instructions on my website under DIY projects
http://www.mypapercrane.com

i also made some weird looking bug dolls, i first made the faces out of clay (sculpey) then painted them, and cut random fabric for the bodies, my husband says there scarey though :(

my fly

sorry i still cant figure out how to put thing behind a cut, im going to try the faqs again

stationary

[unpeeledpeach.livejournal.com]

Hey everybody! I've been thinking about making my own stationary lately with some nifty stamps. Does anybody know where I could purchase some blank stationary that I could decorate without ripping my pocketbook a new one? Thanks.

Wrist cuffs

[bubbledragon.livejournal.com]

So... I'm going through a punky phase apparently, and I'm craving all sorts of those cute little pink/blue/black leather cuffs with the snaps. So I'm curious... instead of paying upwards of $6, how hard would it be to make them? I mean, initial investment might be high (How does one set snaps? Where can I get supplies and tools?)

And if I wanted to make cuffs out of other things (Say... kicky plaid fabric or something) how could I make it a little more substantial than just one layer of fabric? And where can I find pink/blue/black (p)leather like that? Michaels, Joanns?

Loves,
~bubbles

Jeans Skirt

[arianfire.livejournal.com]

Heylows ppls. Im here makin muh first post on muh schtuff. About 2 weeks ago I started searchin for crafty schtuff and I decided to give "make a skirt outta a pair of jeans" a try. I didnt want to make a short skirt since I've got some of the whitest legs out there...so its floor length. AND BTW, the pants are size 12. I can put em on and off without unbuttonin them, IOW HUGE! (Im a size 9 now)...But I thought it came out cute, specially for being done by hand **gettin a sewing machine for xmas** and bein muh first project. Plus, I liked the stripes on the jeans. So, Ima use it even if i have to keep pullin it up (I dont like belts) So anyhoot, here are pics...hope I did the code right..if i didnt muh bad, like I said its muh first post.


I think Ima end up rippin off the patches

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[knkdyke.livejournal.com]

uniquewallpaper posted about mini go snack containers, and I had some ideas, but they were too long for a comment. I really wanted to share them, and I'd love some input.

bubbledragon mentioned that they might make good emergency kits and it started me thinking. The first thing that came to mind was a rafting trip. An emergency kit in a waterproof container would be GREAT for a rafting trip. Of course, I was thinking of an ACTUAL emergency kit.

Then I started thinking about Silly Emergency Kits, and came up with this:

My family has an annual fishing trip, and I think an "emergency fishing trip kit" could be a really cute gift. I would paint the outside to look like a fish, I think. (What kind of paint would be good for painting plastic?)

• lighter or matches (for people who smoke, it's inevitable that you'll remember your cigarettes but forget your lighter)


• pens or pencils (for the puzzle books that inevitably go along with fishing trips)


• a fish weight (I saw one that goes on a keyring the other day - the perfect size)


• a roll-up measuring tape (good for acurately displaying the size of "the one that got away")


• wet-wipes ("fish-guts" - 'nuf said)


• Bottle opener


• Band-aids (for those owies caused by fish-hooks)


• Sample bottle of sunscreen, maybe?


• Aspirin or non-aspirin (somebody on the boat ALWAYS gets a headache)

(other ideas?)

I was also thinking of things that you could put in a "New Baby Emergency Kit", "Back to School Emergency Kit", "First trip to camp" kit (my daughter just went to camp for the first time so this came to mind). Basically, I was thinking of colorfully painted containers of stuff for "life's little emergencies".

I thought it was a cute idea, so I thought I'd share. If anyone does anything like this, I'd love to see the results. If I happen to get around to doing it, I'll be sure to tell y'all all about it. :)

Handbag Directions

[allamericanmom.livejournal.com]

It was requested that I post the directions for the handmade handbags. ( I'll do my best! )

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[hoopiest-frood.livejournal.com]

ages ago i think there was mention of uk craft communities. could someone please tell me them? thanks

el!za

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[detholalle.livejournal.com]

Goodness...has it really been four months since I have been here? I missed out on so many lovely craft ideas! ::cries::

Lately I have been beading like crazy, and wanted to show you all my latest accomplishment...
( Eye of Horus )

It took me four days to finish it. I mainly worked on it after work while watching TV, so I didn't get too bored. :-) The pattern is by Suzanne Cooper and is in her book Adorn Thyself. I hope everyone likes it!

If the picture looks blurry, blame it on my dial-up connection and AOL. :-) Nothing looks right unless I have my boyfriend upload it for me from his computer.

shecanrocknroll: i'm so damned crafty!

[fallingupndown.livejournal.com]

my first box out of book making project didnt go as i had planned, but ended up turning out ok.

( m o r e )

heya

[thehermit.livejournal.com]

( here are some crafty things I've made recently )

Skirt help.

[--heavythoughts.livejournal.com]

I really like this skirt. Anyone know about how I should go on making it?



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New Stuff

[ieatsoniclife.livejournal.com]

I made this stuff today. The book is covered with felt and the wristband is leather.

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[neverlukewarm.livejournal.com]

i finished my circle skirt :D i am so proud of myself cause it is the first item of clothing i've made. it is pale green with red polka dots and is about knee length and all swishy and 50s-esque. i don't have photos but i assure you it is lovely :) but now i am at a loss. i have nothing to do now it is finished! i need a new project now!

snapey love!

[lemononmylips.livejournal.com]

for my friend jacquie, as it is her 17th birthday (yesterday). she loves spookiness...and alan rickman.

outside. check it out.

i call the inside "the flaming fires of hell".

love and concoctions,
jamie

Grow your own sofa..

[robotparade.livejournal.com]

Is there anyone out there with this READYMADE issue willing to share the couch making directions with us???

There's been a lot of talk on here about building furniture lately and now I'm itching to build my own couch!!!

I'm just interested in the frame building part

Thanks for any help : )

More shrinky dink bracelets

[bubbledragon.livejournal.com]

I'm addicted and on a roll.

Today I made a charm bracelet with shrinky dinks. I used the symbols from the Care Bears' bellies. And yes, I used the new symbol for Share Bear, if any of you are Care Bears dorks. ;o) I tried my best, but sometimes I just had to remember that detail would be shrunk like 9-fold, so I had to forgo some things.

Hope you gals like it. Any ideas for future charm themes? I could use some inspiration.

Edit: my webserver's being wonky. I'm not over any sort of limit, because I don't have any. But it's been slow recently, so just come back later if you're getting red x's

( Care a lot! )