Not just pretty dresses...

[rhiannontherose.livejournal.com]

'Allo fellow crafty-folk. It's me again, the one who posted the wedding dress. First off, yeah, it was Photoshopped...from two almost identical pictures of myself in the dress. I'd prepared the image (note- no background) for the portfolio of the seamstress that put it together and fitted it to me. One image showed the brocade on the dress more clearly, but one of my eyes was crossing horribly. In the other one, my head was just fine, but the lighting was hitting a little more strongly, and so the fabric of the dress wasn't as distinct. Wanting to showcase the gown as well as possible without morbidly chopping off my head or making the showcase my crossing eye, I stuck one head on the other body. When the image is smaller you can't even tell, and I'd actually forgotten until someone pointed it out in the comments. So..I admit it. The image was altered. But it's still my head, my body, and my dress, as they were, as they looked.

Now that that is out of the way, I'd like to ask what you think of one of the other kinds of things I make, that I got a chance to grab an image of tonight. I make jewelry, and I make chain maille, and I make chain maille accessories/jewelry....and one of the most popular kinds of pieces is called a "hand flower"...where a webwork of rings/chain/beading extends from a bracelet to a ring. (Most incarnations appearing at RenFests and as Hindi jewelry.) A lot of people really like the concept, but aren't big on the look of maille, finding it too gothic, or old-fashioned, or chunky, or whatever. So, I have a series of hand flower styles I designed that are a little more delicate. The one I have linked pictures of behind the cut uses largely chain, swarovsky crystal beads, and silver-tone sliders accented with coordinating swarovsky cabachons....

( Swarovsky Slider Hand Flower )

Painting terra cotta planters

[lemonchiffon.livejournal.com]

I want to paint my terra cotta pots (make them look snazzy) in preparation for plant time. What kind of paint/sealant would I use? Would acrylic crack and peel when wet? I need something that can withstand frequent watering and the elements, but not hurt the plants. (I have googled this, but maybe I am looking in the wrong places. Most websites don't mention what type of paint to use.) Anyone have experience with this?

mermaids...

[herbpriestess.livejournal.com]

i wanna make a mermaid costume!
you will be blessed with infinite good karma if you
help, please...

sea shore necklace

[euthanize.livejournal.com]

I was born in florida, and the ocean is perhaps the only thing I really miss about it. There's a kind of fringy, deep reddish seaweed that always washes up on the beaches, and it's one of the things I remember most about my childhood there. I used to poke through the seaweed, looking for tiny shells and crabs and such that had attached themselves to it.

so while I've been forced to stay home with an evil cold, I decided to make a necklace to support a pretty hill tribe silver starfish pendant bead I recently bought. of course, I had to make it resemble the seaweed that I remember so well (and still poke through on occasion whenever I visit). I also used lots of little copper button pearls, olive green rice pearls, and olive green dancing pearls to give it even more of a sea weed effect. I spent many hours on this necklace, and it's my most intricate piece yet.

Unfortunately it does not suit me at all, and so I will probably be putting it up for auction at some point.



( more pics behind the cut..dialup users beware )

bottlecap pins

[abs6183.livejournal.com]

a while ago i saw this nifty pin at a thrift store made with bottlecaps, a little picture and resin, and the other night my boyfriend (so much more a craftgrrrl than i'll ever be...) and i decided to give it a try on our own.
( more info and pictures behind the cut! )

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[yardenxanthe.livejournal.com]

Sophia Loren -- My first stencil!

( Bella! )

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[ink-smudge-smut.livejournal.com]

i'm having a spa party type of get-together, and i'm looking for recipies, etc. that i could try as one time, glamour-type things with a fairly large group of girls. face masks? cosmetics?

hopefully, without buying lots of things i will never use again.

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[forever--lost.livejournal.com]

Hey..I need some inspiration!! I painted an Altoids tin black..now i want to decoupage on it. What should I decoupage?? Any good or funny quotes?? Any good pictures?? Anything is up for ideas for me. I just need something. <33

Maps

[meloyellowd.livejournal.com]

ok so its not exactly a "craft"...but it is artwork...and its my first time doin it... so I'm excited to show you ...If any of you are fans of the yeah yeah yeahs I know ull appreciate it

Scarf for Mandu!

[abinitio.livejournal.com]

Woo! Another scarf! This one is for my co-worker (well, ex-coworker now). She's been wanting me to knit for her and I decided to have at it, since, at the time, she had put in her two weeks and prob'ly wouldn't see her ever again. I whipped this baby up in a few days.

( caution: burriness )

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[sycamorechick.livejournal.com]

Hi, I have these 2 pictures of john travolta that i think would make great stencils. I would like to know what you think. (These are 2 of the best pictures I have ever seen of him!)

( WOW!!! )

ROAR!

[listenesmerelda.livejournal.com]

whee! ( the mari-chan inspired scarf i made. )

i crocheted it with regular red heart yarn and fun fur paired together. the claws are fleece.

(crossposted to fruits, craftgrrl and crochet.)">.)

My first sweater

[cordelia-sue.livejournal.com]

So, I've been knitting for almost three weeks now, and I just finished my first kid's sweater and hat in the round for my three year old son.



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It's not perfect, of course, but I'm pretty pleased with it for a first sweater. It was a learning experience.

I made it from this pattern. It has 3/4 sleeves, but I wanted full length sleeves. In retrospect, I should have narrowed the sleeve width, as they're too wide as full sleeves. I also made them a bit *too* long, hence the rolled cuffs.

I knitted the hat in the round, even though the pattern was for a flat piece, just because I wanted to knit in the round. I found it very, very easy and enjoyable. I'm going to make another hat tonight.

crossposted to knitting

Red Beans And Mice

[leopardwolf.livejournal.com]

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