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[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

blatently stealing this idea....i have created...

( the puppy! )

A little help please......

[lizzied.livejournal.com]

I found the directions on how to make a duct tape rose in the FAQ's however I need some help. Does anyone have a really simple directions? I am having trouble with the instructions (especailly step 2! ) and I am trying to learn this so I can teach it to some younger kids. Any help is appricated.

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[skankyrock.livejournal.com]

good morning (and to some) evening,

does anyone know where i can get pattern for a chuba (sp?) or chupa for cheap? its a tibetan top and wrap skirt except the skirt is alot wider for more leg room. thanks

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

Hello crafty girls. :) I came across this adorable little trinket on a gift site and I would love to make something that resembles it to give to a special person. Does anyone here have any ideas about how I could replicate the trinket (picture in the cut), materials, directions, anything? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

( Details )

monogram fonts

[tummymunkey.livejournal.com]

hehe. okay, i made a post asking this and posted a craft picture with it, and got no responses to my question, so here it goes again:

what kind of fonts are good for doing single letter monogram embroidery on shirts?

thanks

Pictures

[nicnackster.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone!
I'm making my boyfriend a Mix Cd for Valentine's day and so far it has this jazzy theme to it. I really like the style of the 1940s-1950s lady postcards that you see in stores and such, and I was wondering if there was any where online that I could find those types of pictures? I've googled it a few times and to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

FYI

[shadeofinsanity.livejournal.com]

I just saw on tv that ACE is having a 40% off sale on everything this Saturday. I assume it's all of them and just not the one here. I'll be picking up a bunch of duct tape and whatever other cool stuff I can find.

ideas

[pidgit.livejournal.com]

i need a bit o' help. i'm taking a conducting class right now and just got a baton for it, which i promptly broke the tip off of. anyone have any ideas for making a carrying case that won't bend at all? the crappy plastic one i have now is about a foot long and 1.5" wide. i just need a sturdy tube (haha) that will protect it.

thanks
<3
nik

Decoupages Boxes

[thexshame.livejournal.com]

These are the first things I've ever decoupaged.. I think they turned out good =) The first is an old chess piece box that wasn't used anymore and the 2nd is my art supply case. It was trickier because it has LOTS and lots of hinges; lol

( pictures )

sorry for the shitty quality, its just a webcam. :\

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[lexscreations.livejournal.com]

I was shopping the other day and, inspired by all the black-and-white looks that are in style now, I made some jewelry to match--pendants and barrettes, so far...

(x-posted 'cause I wanna show off) ;)

( Click here to see... )

Bag

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

Hello all.
I'm new here, so here's a stupid question:
Does anyone know how to make a bag like
( this )

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[xxbettyragexx.livejournal.com]

okay, so i want to make my boyfriend one last gift for valentines day. i have this blank sketch book that's about the size of a standard piece of paper. i plan on collaging on the front, but i have no clue what to put in it. i can't really do a scrapbook/memory book type thing (i have zero pictures of us and i've used things like movie stubs, concert tickets, etc. on other gifts.) i was thinking maybe a huge coupon book, with like 8 coupons to a page. any other ideas?

Valentine Card

[cindysewsew.livejournal.com]

I made this for my husband from our trusty Lab Molly ane me.

suede bracelet

[esmee.livejournal.com]

I've been searching all over and reading the memories and I can't find the answer to this question:

I have a piece of goldish coloured velvet suede. I want to make it into a bracelet with a design on it. I don't want to paint it, or stitch on beading. I was hoping to do some sort of velvet burnout type thing with a pattern.

Can this be done? Has anyone done it before? Is there a website out there that can help me?

Thanks!

(no subject)

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

i'm crocheting my mom a knitting needle holder for her birthday, about how long is one on average? i don't want them to poke out of the top...

paisley

[the-love-cat.livejournal.com]

( pink and purple paisley assymetrical skirt and purse )

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[breathesymphony.livejournal.com]

ok, i have a strange request. :) i decided today that I want to make my bf a new pillowcase for Vday. We are semi long distance (only see each other on weekends) so he requested one of my pillows a month or so ago. Sadly, the oly case I could find at the time was Dragontales. I have a 4 yr old sister, so ya know...haha. Anyway. he always is mocking the case and saying he has to hide it from people. anyway, i have like no time watesoever, and tonight after work is the only time i have to stop at the store. Does anyone know the dimensions I should buy for a pillowcase? Inches, watever, of fabric. It's just a normal sized bed pillow, kinda flattened because it's old...haha. I know, it's weird, but i don't have time to stop home after work, and I want to statr it tonite.

Thanks!

New Community?

[brunahildm.livejournal.com]

Hi all,

( This is my latest creation... )

And I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a new community aimed at showing off and talking about hand made cloth creatures, and maybe non-cutesy cloth dolls, too. I searched around and didn't find anything that fit the bill, so if any of you know of one already, please point me to it.

If you would be interested in joining such a community, please comment, and I'll see about creating it!

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[powdermonkey.livejournal.com]

Today is hot and boring so I started on a shirt I've been planning for awhile.



When the paint dries I'm going to get the machine out and sew fluoro thread in zig zags all over it, but my mum says I need some kind of fabric padding or facing behind it to make the stitching look good? What's this stuff she means, and do I really need to bother?

( Another one I made a few weeks ago )

Lucky Stars.

[crudelydrawn.livejournal.com]

I've been making a lot of lucky stars lately...



They're really spiffy and people seem to like flattening them and then popping them back up. Mindless fun, really. Anyway, a lot of my friends almost ate these when I showed them 'cause they thought they were candy... Then it got me thinking: couldn't I make these out of edible paper? Then people could really eat them!

Does anyone know where to get edible paper and how much it costs? Oh, and I made a load of these stars for Valentine's Day just so I can throw them at people like confetti.

taggie blanket pattern or ideas

[calienteyfria.livejournal.com]

I want to make one of these for our son, and perhaps a few more to sell...

I can't find a pattern online and don't have a sewing machine, so I am thinking a couple of squares of the polar fleece and stitch around the outside and then turn it inside out so the loops stick out.

Would this work? http://store.yahoo.com/snuggleroo/littletaggie.html

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[heartweights.livejournal.com]

For Valentines Day, I've decided to make my boyfriend a handmade book.

I have some lovely handmade paper with a pink thread embedded (it is quite stiff, and thick), and I was planning to put a polaroid on each page with a sentence of a poem I have written under each polaroid- and on the last page, the final sentence of the poem only.

This book will be a max of seven or eight pages at the most, including the cover. What would be the best way to bind this? At the moment I'm studying this and hoping that this would work, but as it would not be very thick I'm wondering if there is anything more suitable.

Help is very much appreciated, and if you want to use/modify this idea for valentines day or what not, please go ahead, I dont mind. Once again, I'd love help/feedback.

Thankyou! ♥

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[forever--lost.livejournal.com]

how would i sew my own clutch with a zipper? is there a website??

BOXES!

[carharttgurly.livejournal.com]

Boxing Question!

So, I made shortbread heart cookies and I need some sort of box to put them in. Or some sort of holding device. They're somewhat large and I don't really want to stack them on top of one another, so I'm looking for something nice, flat and long (like a shirt box)... that I can just put some cute ribbon around or something. Where does one find nice boxes like these?

Or, does anyone have an alternative suggestion for packaging?

PIllow Corner

[fleacita.livejournal.com]

I want to make a little relaxation corner in my room. Like I want to put down some sort of padding (thick, like a small mattress would be) and somehow attach pillows along the bottom of the wall (as a back rest) and then just throw TONS of pillows on it. (It's like what Beyonce had in her room on cribs from last year, if anyone saw).

Can anyone give me any tips on what to use, or how to make some padding for the floor, and how to make some padding or attach pillows for the bottom of the wall.


Thanks!

HeyO

[sweetgarbage.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if a "sweater" like this would fair better being done by crochet or knit...does anyone know of a pattern or should I just freehand? The worse it looks, though, probably the better so that is good.



So, yeah, crochet or knit? Patterns? Does this make any sense?

woot

[faithonfire.livejournal.com]

dang. i love these things.

<3

they're hearts. just. the picture was funky. hah.a

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[mutedsongbird.livejournal.com]

so i'm making my boyfriend a band tshirt quilt-type deal and there's just one problem...i live smack dab in the middle of suburbia and after searching through every thrift store in town (all 4 of them) the only tshirt i could find was backstreet boys which is definitely NOT acceptable in terms of his taste in music. so my question is this: does anyone know where i can get large quantities of band shirts (or just nifty shirts) for cheap?? any/all ideas are appreciated!!
thanks guys! er...girls...

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[pidgit.livejournal.com]

here's a great newbie question: what kind of paint do you use for t-shirt stencils?

<3
nik

x-posted to clothes_surgery

stinky !

[miao0726.livejournal.com]

i made some boxes that are for gifts. used glue, mod p., spray paint, spray acryllic. if its smelly, i used it basically.

which leads me to this - how do i get the smell out. its been 4 days and they still smell like the chemical sprays. and who would want to put anything in a box thats going to make everything stink ?

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[mittens-of-doom.livejournal.com]

Yay! This shirt I modified turned out awesome.
( Read more... )

Ha ha!

[indiependant.livejournal.com]

I learned to knit WITHOUT your help and it only took me 24 hours!

This is a new record!

Being self-taught is SO rewarding.

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[imahobot.livejournal.com]

since vday is saturday, i came up with this

( pin up heart box )

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[twinklebella.livejournal.com]

Ok- I've got a really old, amazingly comfortable pair of the white, three colored stripe adidas sneakers with the plastic shell top...

I painted the baby pink stripes magenta when I got them 4 years ago... so I just touched that up, and the actual SNEAKER isn't too bad- nothing a little white shoe polish can't fix... but does anyone know

a. something I can do to change the shell top rubbery plastic part back to white? it's sort of turned a dull eggshell/yellow color over the years.

b. something i can do to not make them SMELL SO DAMN BAD?!?!

hehe. thanks a TON!

Darrah