animal hats! (x-posted to craftgrrl & sew_hip)

[eaterofsouls.livejournal.com]

It's late, but I really wanna show these off. Sorry 'bout the x-postings...
( I probably don't look as happy and excited here as I really am... )

xposted in sewing and <user site="livejournal.com" user="sew_hi

[jollyrancher.livejournal.com]

a tote bag made from scraps i had laying around the house.
somtimes its kinda fun to not care what your making. :)
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[izan-satori.livejournal.com]

does anyone know anything about this book? is it any good?

e string ring

[samuraigrrrl.livejournal.com]

what to do with all of those broken guitar strings?



pretty simple and needs little explanation. remove the broken string from the bridge and measure how round you'd like the ring. make the first loop around and wrap the wire a time or two just below that brass bit. now continue looping around and around as many times as you'd like, leaving enough string to wrap around all of the bands in different directions and twists at the end to hold it all together.
it wouldn't be impossible with the smallest e string to thread seed beads on, but i think it would make the piece too cluttered. it's interesting also, if you believe in such things, to sort of weave into the ring all of the chords and songs that came from it during its use in the instrument, similar to love or binding spell.

for the record, this string in particualr is an elixer medium (for acoustic) e-1st

Online RubberStamping Convention

[feni.livejournal.com]

xposted to stamping

Cyber Convention is now open till November 2nd..
Check out http://cyberstampers.com/convention/

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[bodhia.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to be organised and get my Christmas gifts sorted out now rather than later, and I'm going ideally for handmade or at least more personal things this year.

I'm struggling, though, with my Dad and Grandpa. I never really know what to get for them... opinions on what gifts go down well with men would be welcome. I'm - and I'm sure they are - pretty tired of the chocolates and men's toiletries and coffee that seem to go down every year :)
I like this idea, but I'm a little stumped for things to include.

PLUS,

My Grandpa has very limited sight. He's just a few steps away from blind. Gifts for him are especially hard - he already has more CDs, audio books, liquor and chocolates than he knows what to do with, and most gift ideas for the blind - talking clocks, etc - he already has or doesn't want.

So what can I make for them?

packaging

[skwairpeg.livejournal.com]

What is the best way to package terra cotta pots for shipping? My first shipment of custom flowerpots suffered two fatalities - two of the pots were smashed on their way to their new home. So I'm replacing the two broken ones, but now I'm paranoid that *these* will break on their way, too. I currently have them wrapped in plastic bags with wadded up plastic bags between them and the box, and packing peanuts stuffed into every cranny. I have to come up with some efficient way of packing these things because I hope to sell lots of them eventually. Help?!?!

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[slowjazzmusic.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to share some pictures of a scrapbook I just finished. It took about 2 weeks to make.. I made it for my boyfriend for our 3 year anniversay. It's basically just pictures, lyrics and colleges.

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lining wicker baskets

[kachina.livejournal.com]

so i just bought a basket to store my yarn in, similar to this one:

originally, i had planned to buy one that was lined and had a lid, but unfortunately could not afford them! now i'm glad, because i realized that lining the basket shouldn't be too difficult... so, how should i go about doing this? also, any ideas for making a lid?

thanks in advance! :)

art call!

[ampiphany.livejournal.com]

a group of friends and i are opening an art gallery/eclectic items/books/experimental and underground music/allsortsofwonderfulthings shoppe. our projected opening date is nov. 21st, and our stock of merchandise is still rather sparse. we're a nonprofit organization; the proceeds from our gallerystore will go toward funding our art cooperative so we can do community initiatives: a vegan/organic free meal, free art supplies for homeless/low-income, free art worksops for at-risk kids, pertinent social issues demonstrations, independant printing press, subversive book/viseo lending library & anarchist infoshop....etc etc etc.

i would really really reallyverymuch like to have some of your chokers for sale there. they are superfantabulous!

if you're interested, we can do this two ways:
1. we consign your artbit. our normal fee is 20%, meaning you set the price and get 80% of that when it sells. we will also display your artist cards, business cards, whatnot for promotional purposes, and feature your work at one of our monthly art openings. the consignment fee is also open to negotiation.
2. you can donate us artbits to sell, we will love you forever, and you can use the final selling cost as a tax write-off. the money from the sale of the art will be used for aformentioned community initiatives.

please email moi, escharming@hotmail.com

^_^

HELP!

[angeloflove.livejournal.com]

okay, I need some knitting help. Like, 2 years ago I tried to knit a pair of socks... I'd only ever knitted scarfs before, so I got a pattern that said it was a beginners pattern. I got down to the heel of the sock, and then I got stuck, and couldn't figure the rest of the pattern out. I don't know anyone in real life who knits, so I had put it away...I just recently found my half-sock again, and thought, who better to ask for help? :) I'm really hoping that someone can help me out here...

( here is the pattern... )

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[neonsparkles.livejournal.com]

HELP! Okay, im not sure what to be for Halloween. I made this awesome short skirt w. GREEN fabric. like pretty green not dark or lime. its short has pockets and a little ruffel on that bottom what could i be to incorperate the skirt.. A faerie? a flower? i dont know.

"keep your head in the clouds" hat

[sharmelon.livejournal.com]

it's a rectangle. it's a hat.
it's modeled by my walrus, "moshi-moshi"

i call it "keep your head in the clouds"

crochet & tunisian/afghan stitch & afghan i hook
caron sayelle in black & baby blue & white & dark federal blue yarn

took me two whole days on & off
watching vh1 "i love the 80s" strikes back

measures 21" around and 7.75" tall

inspired by ana's "square" hat
oh, and it's an animated gif

-[ x-posted to craftgrrl & crochet ]-

mood lighting

[googler.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I want some "mood lighting" for my Halloween party. I know I can go out and get a lot of black lights, red lights, halloween lightbulbs...

but if I were to spray paint regular light bulbs like black or red, would they explode? I know spray paint is flammable (did you know inflammable means the same thing?) so would the paint on the lightbulb cause a nasty explosion?

If yes, then how can I get my apartment spooky without a fire hazard and relatively cheap.

OR should I just skimp on other parts and invest in the bulbs that are made for this. Any ideas?

THanks thanks.

Body Care Gifts for Christmas

[cordelia-sue.livejournal.com]

I make natural body care products for my friends and family. I've made some nice things in the past, but I've been doing a lot of education during this past year and I'm really excited about some of the offerings I'm planning.

This topic came up in a recent post about bath salts, and I wasn't sure if craftgrrl was an okay place to post stuff like this, since it's not crafts like sewing, beading, etc., and there are some communities devoted to this kind of stuff. Several people expressed interest, though, so I will be posting recipes in a week or two, and pictures of my packaged gift baskets once I'm done.

It's hard for me to know what people will enjoy, though. You guys are all cool, and I'm wondering if you wouldn't mind voting on which products sound good to you. Either ones that you personally would like to receive or that you think that others would like to receive.

( Descriptions of the items and a poll )

felt question

[sharmelon.livejournal.com]

Just wondering.. for those who work with felt for stuffed toys and such, do you sketch out a design first -- on paper or on the felt (and with what, pencil, etc?) or just go at it with your scissors? This is out of curiousity. I've been picturing things in my head but my felt is still laying in a plastic bag. Heh. Mainly because I'm afraid of my sewing machine at the moment because I'm not sure if it's broken lol.

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[neener-neener.livejournal.com]

so i made this skirt tonight when i got bored. =)

help!

[melena.livejournal.com]

my friend krys and i are trying to make me a halloween costume. everything was going well until we accidentally ran over a pin and broke the needle. since we've replaced the needle, our tension has been all screwy... a couple normal stitches and then stitches that are 3 times the normal length or maybe even more. the top thread also keeps breaking, like constantly. we've given up for the night.

( some blurry pics )

what on earth did we do wrong????

p.s. the thread is polyesther, the fabric is a thick knit. i don't remember exactly what it was called but it was something like a 'double knit' and is mostly synthetic. we've tried adjusting the tension in bothe directions to no avail.

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[thesidhe.livejournal.com]

i just completed my first cigar box purse.
have a ( peek )

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[night-child80.livejournal.com]

I'm so proud of myself! I finished sewing a bag with the sewing machine my boyfriend's mum loaned me. It's a lot bigger than I thought it would turn out, but it's good! Lots of space for all my crappy nonsense. And I've got enough material to make a matching handphone pouch. All in one night too.

Halloween wreath

[jesamine.livejournal.com]

whoever posted about making that Halloween wreath a few weeks ago, inspired me to make my own.



only, i made mine with crepe paper, not wool. i used a whole pack of black and a whole pack of orange. i cut them into strips about 2cms wide and wound them around a cardboard ring i made. i kept wrapping the strips around, twisting them at the front and laying them flat at the back of the wreath. then i secured the ends with double sided tape...and made sure i finished the last 'layer' with the ends on the back.
and the cat, bat and ghost shapes were cut out from craft foam sheets with a sizzix die cutting machine, not by me...i actually 'found' someone on eBay with one and got them to do it, heh. i just need to stick them on now!
i made it for a friend...but i want to keep it for myself, heheh