Officially the last person on the planet to make marble magnets.

[ijustlookasian.livejournal.com]

( Gigantor photos of so-so marble magnets )

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[lyricsofmylife.livejournal.com]

This was made over Thanksgiving break with my friend, Sara. It was one of my major projects lately, but I wanted to take a picture of it with my *new* Kodak EasyShare digital camera.....
( mosaic mirror )

Decopage Madness

[radiotik.livejournal.com]

I'm new to this and all other craft communities and i thouht i would just post some old stuff I made way way back in the day before i start on anything new. You guys are great...lots of inspiration floating about! Here goes:
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[fadefromnothing.livejournal.com]

I de-virginized this out of an old x-large run-of-the-mill T for my sister. I later stencilled it... what do you think? I know it's messy, that's how she wanted it =)

x-posted like a mothertrucker.

Domo-kun scarf and hat

[yardenxanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the ideas, girls. My husband claimed he "wouldn't like anything homemade" for Christmas. I saw the Domokun scarf & hat posted here and it sparked the idea, since my husband LOVES Domokun.

(Domo Hat & Scarf)

help!

[mintymoose.livejournal.com]

hey everyone..
i need your help with buying a sewing machine
i've never used one in my life..except for a few times in
home economics classes..
i'm probably gonna use it for sewing up skirts and bags
so i was wondering is this one
-> http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?dept=4044&product_id=2404934&path=0%3A4044%3A4064%3A90433%3A4770

is any good?

Thanks in advance <33

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[alicethrewglass.livejournal.com]

got a brand new singer sewing machine for xmas... and yesterday i threaded it but something is wrong with it, it'll sew for .2 seconds and then it gets stuck and i have to pull out a ton of thread from the lower bobbin area, i'm going to try to re-thread the lower bobbin but i doubt that'll work, anyone had this problem?/or suggestions of what i should do? thanks for any help.
( just so it isn't boring )

faire clothing

[sairyuu.livejournal.com]

has anyone done ren faire clothes for babies? mine will be about 9 months come may/june. any tips? i'm all faire-ish today. yeah, i'm a dork. period doesn't matter btw. i think i may dress him as a goblin or pixie.

it's about time for me to start my husbands new costume and add two new skirts and a new shirt to mine. i am sick unto death of what i've been wearing. (the bodice is new, thank god i don't have to make one!!)

Craft Festival Phoenix, AZ

[terryslillamb.livejournal.com]

Phoenix, AZ sewing and craft festival January 22, 23, 24 at the state fairgrounds 10am – 5pm. You can get a $1 off coupon at Joann Fabrics.
http://www.craftandsewingfestival.com
1-800-96CRAFT

Glass Etching...

[linzbinz.livejournal.com]

My mom and I just hit up the Dollar Tree, and then Hobby Lobby, and bought a TON of glass stuff and glass etching goo...
Sooo we buy all this stuff, and then my mom is reading over the warnings, and telling me about how it can cause death and all that stuff, and to use in a well ventilated area, and how it can cause severe respiratory burns and stuff, and now I'm terrified to use it!
I am such a geek.
I know tons of you have glass etching experience...help me out and tell me everything will be ok?

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[swaly.livejournal.com]

i don't think there's anything about this in the faq's but if there is, sorry & let me know:

i have a roll of very thick, malleable wire. it's silver-colored and has a brushed-aluminum type of finish. again, it's very easy to bend, but that's just the problem- anything i make loses its shape really quickly and i haven't found a good use for this stuff yet

any suggestions on what to make with it? thanks :)

I was sew bored. Har har.

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

A purse.

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A bookbag.

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First Post

[kalaryn.livejournal.com]

Well, I haven't sewn since middle school, so this is going to be very interesting, and hopefully not too disastrous. I went and got all my supplies to make my first corset. Granted I couldn't find the corset busks, so that is going to be a difficult one. If anyone in Colorado has a suggestion, that would be wonderful.

Fringe on a scarf?

[lower-class.livejournal.com]

Forgive me if this seems like a dumb question, but I saw someone who had put fringe on their scarf the other day, and I want to add fringe to the scarf I made for my mom.
I have never done it before, so I have no idea if there is a special way to do it...or do I just tie the yarn to the end of the scarf?
I am using Lion Brand Homespun yarn...It will make pretty fringe.
Thanks.

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[prophetspyder.livejournal.com]

( I need help with my crocheting, please! )

crafty gift given to me

[wary.livejournal.com]

This is maybe my third time ever posting here. I used to be paperruse. This is not exactly crafty on my part, but I thought you girls could appreciate this. My boyfriend's dad and sister made me one of those wooden frame knitting bags for Christmas. Made, as in cut, sanded, fit together, sewed, and carved with runes. I almost cried when I saw it. And it was made with pretty moon fabric. I always wanted one of these, but hated the ugly tapestry patterns they come in. So, to incite jealousy ( I give you pictures! )

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[throwrug.livejournal.com]

Thanks to Christmas, I now have the digital camera capabilities to share with you all some of the things that have been wholly occupying my life lately-- so much so that my shoulder and forearm were aching nearly to the point of incapacitation the other night, which was simultaneously annoying and scary.

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I have a ton ton ton more than that, and chances are you'll probably be seeing of it soon. Thanks for taking a look at any of it, guys!

(And this may be cross posted to...some other places, I'm not sure yet.)

michaels arts & craft book

[stargyle.livejournal.com]

for christmas i got this michael's arts & crafts book that has EVERYTHING in it. i've just been reading it and looking through everything and i want to do it all. especially the glass etching. it's really cool to have a huge book full of how to's and such, makes it really convenient and fun :) anyone else have this book?
..even though i work at joanns and i feel like i'm cheating. hehe. because we have the joann guide to creativity, but then again, that's more sewing. hehe. ;)

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[hot-robot-sex.livejournal.com]

craft boy is at it again! i made it for my boyfriend, but am tempted to keep it.
ignore the photograph. i need to pick another one and resize it.

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[petit-p0is.livejournal.com]

( frodo lives! )

xmas candies (slightly belated)

[sairyuu.livejournal.com]

PEPPERMINT BARK
very easy to do. i used 12 candy canes per every pound of white chocolate (if you can buy it from a good place, the tollhouse white morsels are not so good, i made some with choco from a local farmers market that *rocked*). put candy canes in bag, smash your candy canes till they are tiny (drywall hammer works nicely)add the dust/tiny peices to your melted white chocolate. smear in (dry!) tupperware containers about 1/4inch thick. sprinkle slightly bigger pieices on top, bang with spoon to set in. put in freezer for a few minutes, break peices and distribute.

CHOCO ESPRESSO BEANS
i failed. i failed horribly. i made little bean piles and a chocolate brick-of-death. i used don fransico's roasted vanilla coffee beans and semi sweet morsels. i recomend trying milk chocolate or adding somethign sweet.

however, peanut/semi sweet chocolate bark is excellent, as are half dipped giant pretzels.

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[junkkidcatholic.livejournal.com]

Picked up this black and white fabric from the remnants at Joanns today for less than a buck. The checkerboard material is from a bandana I already had from Hobby Lobby ($1). The button I found in the closet. The binding I had leftover from something else. This is my first project on my new sewing machine!
scanned images and text behind the cut
( WARNING: LARGE IMAGES )

xposted: craftgrrl, sew_hip, my journal

Yay my first good post ^_^

[staticdischarge.livejournal.com]

*Gasp* I finally made my first stenciled shirts, I'm so proud

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bits of yarn

[sillymu.livejournal.com]

Hi!! I just recently joined this community and have been listening to all the great talk around here.
I am mostly a knitter but I dabble in all sorts of things; trying to break into sewing soon.
Anyway my real purpose for posting is I recently received a great deal of rug hooking yarn as a Christmas present. Now I do many things, but I do not hook rugs.
Is there anything else you can do with this stuff?
If anyone out there hooks rugs can you use it on canvas? Maybe I could make a furry purse or something?
Any ideas would be great
Thanks in advance!