Pillow

[amazo-gaze.livejournal.com]

My daughters talked me back into making a pillow out of the square of Noro Kureyon that I knitted up a while ago. I was going to just unravel it and make mittens but this turned out to be faster. So with their help we made a pillow this morning:( Two small pictures of the pillow )

Logo and paint results...

[unluckymonkey.livejournal.com]

Here it is folks. This is the logo for the store I'm going to open in about a month methinks. I'm SOOOOO excited! I made about a dozen and this was the winner. Thanks oakenking for the idea for the text below the logo!

This probably tells you what colors the storefront ended up. Blue was the color winner but every blue we could find that went with the deep blue looked close to the purple we already had. So we tried green and I love it.

I'll post pics as soon as I get a few things in the storefront to make it look habitable.

A bunch of people were asking so here's the shop list.
The store will carry:
handspun, hand-dyed yarn
hats, purses and other crochet items made from said yarn
my paintings and drawings
weavings by my partner Kara
ceramics
painted furniture
drop spindle kits

The store will have classes in:
weaving
painting
felting
crochet
drawing
spinning
soapmaking for kids
sewing for kids
and probably a "for kids" version of everything else listed above

THANK YOU SO MUCH everyone who gave me input, inspiration and encouragement. This is actually going to happen! More to come!

OH and it's going to be in East Moline, IL in case was wondering.

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[drunkprincessq.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know where i might be able to find a pattern for a crocheted ear net for a horse?

( it looks like this )

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[misslunakitty.livejournal.com]

Hiiee grrls! Any ideas out there for empty lipstick tubes? xoxo <3

Film canister use

[isisabove.livejournal.com]

All the junk on my computer desk led me to a good use for those empty plastic film canisters. For anyone who does art stuff with bottle caps, they are great storage containers. I had piles of bottle caps lying around and now I can sort them by design in the film canisters.

please help!

[starra.livejournal.com]

question!:

if you were buying bath salts & salt scrub would a glass jar keep you from buying the item?

the reason why I'm asking is because I bought plastic jars but they are funky shaped so I cant get the dang label to fit smooth, but the glass jars are nice and round so the label should fit nicely. I was just afraid people wouldn't want to use glass jars in their bathroom, especially in the shower (for the salt scrub) since they are breakable? PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR OPINIONS!!

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[kelbel200.livejournal.com]

I checked the memories and I didn't see what I was looking for, unless I just totally missed it, but I have a lot of paper towel rolls and I have no idea what I could do with them besides little kid projects. What could I do?


EDIT: I'm a big dork, I meant empty toliet paper rolls :/ My bad.

Airplane earrings

[lower-class.livejournal.com]

I checked memories.
I bought these really cool glass airplane beads at the flea market...I have a crappy camera or else I would take pictures.
Anyways, the hole lays in them thru the center. I want to make earrings out of them so it looks like they are flying.
I've got the earrings and the beads, but I have no idea how to connect them.
It is not the posts, but the other earrings....I forget what they are called...sorry.
Anyways...the best way to make the earrings...should I use string or wire to connect the beads to the earrings?

And also, I saw tons of cigar boxes at the flea market...I want to try making some purses sometime. Awhile ago this girl, I think she posted in here, made a really cool lego one and I wanted it bad, but I am poor...heh heh...Now I can make my own!!
Anyone ever made them before? Any tips?
Thanks.

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[meloyellowd.livejournal.com]

ok, anyone remember a while back when i posted that cigar box purse with the clear lid? it had a real dragonfly specimen mounted inside? if you don't you can take a look here http://www.meloyellow.com/cigar.html (look at the "tess" bag)...

anyway... does anyone know where i can get hinged shadow boxes, cigar boxes, or any other box like that with a clear lid?

heres a different website that does the same thing that has a better pik http://store1.yimg.com/I/hulalula_1734_1480760

if anyone knows a place i can get them for cheap to moderate prices PLEASE PLEASE let me know

Yeah. I'm So Goth.

[dykestar.livejournal.com]

Not really. But I'm going to go see Dresden Dolls tonight and I figured I should dress appropriately.



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[x-forgotten-x.livejournal.com]

i've been lurking for a while. you dals are oh-so crafty. ive been knitting for a while and sewing too, but since i just got a new machine about a month ago ive been working on skirts and stuff. i can't quite make the skirts fit. i'm not fond of patterns just because i like making my own stuff and figuring it out without having to follow somebodys lses work. but i do have a question for you all. i can sew jsut fine, but my skirts are always either too small or too big at the top(on my waist/hip area) but the rest of it it fine. i don't know what im doing wornd because i measure it out..but i still have this problem, any ideas?

anyway:
( shirt )

Something Wicked.

[crudelydrawn.livejournal.com]

I don't know if anyone remembers, but I was working on a Sirius Black jacket a while ago. Well, it's finally finished! It's an orange jacket/zip-up hoodie with a piece of black fabric crudely stitched on the back with a white Sirius Black stenciling job on it. I'm not done stitching up the right side but this is the only time I have the web camera and you get the idea anyway, heh.





I plan on wearing it when I go see 'Prisoner of Azkaban'... and when I go to school and get ridiculed for being a Harry Potter geek.

Oh the wonders of modern techonolgy

[-night-light-.livejournal.com]

Hey I just got one of those bleach pens.

Two questions:
1. Is it safe to use with stencils?
2. Would it work well on a black cotton/spandex shirt?

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[goskullheadgo.livejournal.com]

So my boyfriend and I collaborated on the most awesome present in the world...a PADDLE. We made it for a friend's birthday, but still have to finish it up. I need some help though. The paddle is made and painted, but I wanted to add studs on parts of it. I'm wondering what should I use/how should I do it? The paddle itself is made out of solid maple, and painted with a coat of white spray primer. What studs can I use on wood, where can I get them, and how would I affix them? This will definitely be used, so they have to be practical, not just decorative. I'm at a loss. Also, any other suggestions on what I could add to it? I'm going to wrap the handle in leather, but that's as far as I've gotten.

Also, what coating should I use on it? The image is a sticker printed from my ink jet printer, so I don't want to use anything that might make it run or smear. Would spray lacquer work, or is there something else I should use?

( Click here for a good time! )

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[lower-class.livejournal.com]

Here are the airplane earrings I made.
The pictures are crappy..I apologize. I have a scanner available, but only at my school.
Until then...here they are......( 5, 4, 3, 2, 1......BLAST OFF!!! )

improvements to the boxy purse...

[pierandocean.livejournal.com]

some of you may remember me posting this purse i made a few weeks ago. and some of you wanted to try one of your own, so i gave instructions...

( well, i've made another with some minor, but very great, improvements! )

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[kixeldorado.livejournal.com]

WHEEEEEEEE!!!!!
I got a new digital camera, with money I really don't have.
But it's worth it.
Hee.

BUT, to celebrate, I FINALLY have pictures of the patchwork skirt I made!

( Patchin' it up )

X-posted to my journal...

Ideas?

[kixeldorado.livejournal.com]

Okeydokey...
I have two pieces, almost a yard each of this nifty fabric:


And I have a pajama top I'd like to repurpose, made out of this stuff:




Any ideas?