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[thesilentsiren.livejournal.com]

Meet Frank:


Frank likes..
breakdowns
hearts
tight pants
cuddle buddies
and long walks on the beach

personal quote- "I might be made of beads but I can rock you like a hurricane"

sweatshirt skirt, aka "sweatskirt" minus the sweaty sweat

[momolo.livejournal.com]

I wanted to make myself a t-shirt skirt, but all my big, un-wanted tees are thin and white. Freezing my butt off in the cold Wisconsin weather while showing everyone the color of my underwear (if I'm wearing any o.O) is not my idea of fun.


Micheal's had a sale on their plain-colored sweatshirts, so I bought a black one for US$4. Good shit. I made myself a skirt with some hot pink fleece for racing stripes (not that I rush anywhere) from the remnants bin from Joann's for about $2. It took me about two hours, on and off to make this, try it on, tweak it, try it on again, and tweak it some more until I was happy. I'm pretty satisfied with it. The bottom band acts as a good waistband. And I can wear the front as back and back as front because there is NO DESIGNATED front or back.

I didn't include a front photo 'cause it looks like a regular skirt. It is kind of form-fitting (you can see it curves around me butt) but not tight, and it flares out a bit at the bottom. But it keeps thighs warm, it's a good winter skirt, and more importantly, I can wear it in public without people telling me that they love red undies too.

( I've included some instructions (with awesome graphics!) if you are interested. )

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[littlemspoogie.livejournal.com]

( a question about ideas of what to do with lavender )

felt flower pin

[schnuckypuss.livejournal.com]

I made this cool flower pin yesterday after needsomecoffee posted the instructions here: http://www.livejournal.com/community/craftgrrl/2820944.html

Meat that's super cute!

[pixiepuff.livejournal.com]

Hey crafty craftsters! I saw that Craft Planet is selling Meat Babies.

You could buy them or make your own, but I think they're so darn cute!

More cuddly meat

help me.....

[shizu-bara.livejournal.com]

I'm not really sure if this belong here, and if it dosen't I'm REALLY sorry! feel free to delete this post if it doesn’t belong here. (also if you could direct me to the correct community I’m appreciate that)


any way, I have a plain boring ceiling that’s in need of some paint, or something to spice it up and also match the wall paint. Only problem is painting it is REALLY hard since it’s that textured stuff! So, I need any ideas for painting or just making my ceiling look better! Any ideas what so ever are appreciated! ^___^

( pictures of the problem )

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[shut-you-out.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have any good truffle recipes. Or know of any web sites with them.

If this is in the memories. Please show me where cause I couldn't find it.

Thanks in advance =]

Question.

[halima.livejournal.com]

I'm making a necklace that uses some paper components. Does anyone know of a waterproofer or varnish or sealer that would work on paper and dry clear? It also needs to be a stiffener.

Thanks.
Halima

dragon chapstick case

[sioranth.livejournal.com]

Beaded this last night, am going to put a ring on the back so I can put it on a necklace & wear it.



Pattern available at Blue Rain Designs

Marble Magnets

[grunterstar.livejournal.com]

Hey crafters

Just wanted to let everyone know that at the Rag Shop, marbles are on sale for $1 a package. Also, at Michael's, they're on sale for 4 bags for $3. I just checked in the circular I got in the paper and I thought I'd let you all know because I'm sure you all love sales as much as I do. I live in NJ so I'm assuming that this sale is for all the Michael's and Rag Shops in other states.

T-skirt

[object001.livejournal.com]

Just another t-shirt skirt. Made out of random scraps that have acumulated over the years. I think it's pretty neat considering it cost absolutly nothing at all.. I think all but 1 of the old scraps were actually given to me.


( back and side )

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[pink-peas.livejournal.com]

( oh yes, there's more snowday crafts! )

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[mzbrokenhearted.livejournal.com]

Okay, I need ideas. My Hello Kitty alarm clock broke. =( I got a new alarm clock, but its just an ugly black alarm clock. What can I do to make it cute? [it's electric.]

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[caraismatic.livejournal.com]

I have a question for everyone..im making my friend a scrapbook, and the book is this white leather (?) crap thats pretty ugly..is there any way i can decorate it...its for her sweet 18...i was thinking of putting her face on there somehow..im not sure what sticks to leather...

hmm

[faithonfire.livejournal.com]

i have a queeestion.

well, i've been seeing very adorable rainboots from delias and that's all good and well, but i can't really afford them!

is there any kind of paint i can use to paint regular ole rainboots?
or are there cheap places to get polkadotted/cute rainboots?

<3

Forgive.

[twotrees.livejournal.com]

I just bought some E 6000 glue for making marble magnets and I just don't know how to handle it without getting it on me. Also I am concerned about the toxicity of it. I have a neurological disorder. I made some at Christmas but I used mod podge and a craft adhesive to glue the magnets on. Anyway, anyone get nauseated or dizzy from this glue? Anyone have any medical problems that it aggravated? Any other suggestions?

I know I have asked before for alternatives, but I don't quite feel up to digging for the old answers in the archives or my emails. I just had laparoscopic surgery and I was hoping to make these while I convalesce.

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[stasiia.livejournal.com]

if i bought dress type shoes.. what type of paint should i use to paint them? and should i spray anything over it, so it doesnt come off?

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[drawing-zeros.livejournal.com]

hey, is there any special techniques to keep in mind when sewing stuffed animal/toy thingies? or is it just like sewing pillows?

Yeah, Toilet seats.

[thanksforstayin.livejournal.com]

Hi. I was over at kikiskc.com checkin out all of the awesome toilet seat covers. Does anyone have any clue how to decorate a plain toilet seat cover to look like this?



Thanks for your help. :)

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[radmegan.livejournal.com]

while watching Pumpkin tonight, i put this together...
i was working on a pink skirt, but the zipper was pissing me off- so i went to this instead!

happy sunday!

First post / Re-attatching sleeves to avoid saggy shoulder seams

[felineillusion.livejournal.com]

Alright -- here goes a question that has already been asked, and I have researched a little: How does one go about making t-shirts smaller? I found this post very helpful, however, it still leaves me with a problem -- the shoulder seam where the sleeve meets the body of the shirt is still going to be too low, making the shirt look like it doesn't fit. I'm assuming that to fix this, one would remove the sleeves before cutting off the excess material on the sides, however, does anyone have a particular technique for re-attatching the sleeves? I have a rough idea, but if someone has experience with doing this, advice would be welcomed. Otherwise, I'm just going to have to wing it. And by god, I'm ready to resize my shirts now! Thanks for reading this.

Posted in craftgrrl and t_shirt_surgery.

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[retrocircles.livejournal.com]

i'm having some trouble. i got ( this )

shirt from ebay and didn't think it would be in such a state. as you can see there's ( grey )

marks all over it. i love the shirt and it's so hard to get hold of...

basically how can i turn this into something wearable but still keep the front design?

cross posted everywhere. i need help.

hi (purse+bag)

[in--bloom.livejournal.com]

I just joined this community. I like it a lot! I wanted to show you the purse I just made:

It's very simple but it's the 1st one I make. I used my old jeans.
( and )

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[burnt-the-plans.livejournal.com]

OK has anyone seen Crazy/Beautiful where kirsten dunst uses a camera and then presses the polaroid type picture to paper and the image transfers to the paper but iw worn looking. DOes anyone know what type of film and camera she has?

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[girlwithpencil.livejournal.com]

I couldn't believe my luck when I found a loom up in the attic a few days ago. We have two other looms but they're usually taken (crafty moms- a blessing and a curse *to be said in the deep voice from True Hollywood Stories, etc.). So I asked my mom why it was up in the attic, and she said that she just didn't use it because it was a bit too small to do carpets/tapestries, and said that I could have it! Yeah, baby!

I used yarn from SISU, and made this:




( pictures )

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[tinkurfly.livejournal.com]

So I am in the process of making a duvet cover for my fav blanket. I love the heavy wieght of it but it does not match my decor, so I figured I could make a duvet for it. So, If a duvet cover is basically a giant pillow case for a comforter, then how are you supposed to keep the blanket from buching up inside of it. I dont want to sew it directly to the blanket because it would be way to hard to wash that way. Any ideas???

PS.The duvet is a patchwork made of variuos grey cotton calicos. The back will be just plain fabric, probably just a plain sheet cut to fit. I am thinking that I will probably make it close in the style of an envelope like you do on pillow covers. I will post pics when and if I ever finish it.

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[iamthemuffin.livejournal.com]

this might sound completely ludicrous, but...

next month my divorce will be finalized (trust me, this is a GOOD thing). my friends and i decided to throw a celebration party, a "re-bachelorette" party if you will. we want to have decorations and games and favors and whatnot, that will have a slightly risque edge to it all, without going all-out in the typical bachelorette party style (no penis-shaped straws, in other words). but i'm coming up blank as to what would be fun.

any ideas?

a little early, perhaps

[tomcatkitten.livejournal.com]

But Halloween is a big event in my town, and since I didn't have a costume this year, I really want to make it good.

I'm watching Moulin Rouge right now, and now I'm really wanting to make a can-can costume for myself.

Have ya'll seen any patterns that I could possibly work off of for this?

Random Stuff

[cloudxjuice.livejournal.com]

I saw the idea for these on here, and decided to make some.
( Barbie shoe earrings )

I had some googly eyes lying around, and decided to make earrings out of those as well.
( Gooooogly )

I made a belt too :)
( rawrr )

TV1 Bag.

[object001.livejournal.com]

I saw the ugliest duffle bag at vinnies a while back but it was made from the coolest fabric. It must've been some TV1 merch or somethign cause it has Seinfeld, Cheers, I dream of Jeanie, Brady Bunch etc. So for $1 I thought I could aford to buy it, cut it and make a bag worthy of this rad fabric.



Agree?

Hey crafty ladies!

[ieatsoniclife.livejournal.com]

A while back people were talking about making bottle incense burners, but drilling through glass is a pain in the ass, right.

WELL

Snapple elements are now bottled in metal, so you can just hammer a nail into the back and voila - a ready to decorate beautiful burner!

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[jesamine.livejournal.com]

i use elastic thread like this for making necklaces and bracelets. but it doesn't seem to stay tight when i knot it. i've used superglue before now to put a bit on the knot, but it makes any beads near it go a white colour.
is there anything else i can use to secure it? or perhaps there's a more secure knot or something?
am in the uk, btw...

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

Random Craftiness post...

I haven't posted any completed projects in a while so... Here it goes.

( craftiness )