what to do with origami cranes?

[sixtyforty.livejournal.com]

I went on a crane-making binge not too long ago, and now I have thousands of cranes all over my house. I tried stringing the larger ones and hanging them from the ceiling, but I'm not too thrilled with the idea. I have the small ones displayed in various clear jars around the house, but that doesn't seem right either.

Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do with all these cranes? I feel like I'm living in a bird sanctuary.

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[emonotscreamo.livejournal.com]

I checked the FAQ/memories but couldn't find anything.

Does anyone know of anything to do with old telephones?

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[sycamorechick.livejournal.com]

Anyone know how to get superglue out of shirts?

( the shirt )

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[avocado.livejournal.com]

Hullo craftistas!

Here is a shirt I made. I stencilled fabric paint onto a charity shop shirt to make my very own Zombina and the Skeletones shirt. This picture is me with Zombina after a show - there aren't enough spooky bands around, in my opinion.

Hat Help...

[u-blow-my-head.livejournal.com]

I don't know if this would be off subject or not, if it is, then please accept my deepest apologies.

I was wondering if anyone could recommend any good sites that would show how to make a hat.
A soft one...
A close friend of mine has recently been diagnosed w/ cancer and is currently undergoing chemo...so I was thinking that making her a soft fuzzy hat would be a great gift and a great project.

Any replies will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
Q.Q

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[cass624.livejournal.com]

sorry if this isnt quit on topic but I horribly need help!!

I'm going to be moving out of my parents house in a few months and I am getting a lot of things at garage sales. I got these great end tables for $4 But the one has a really bad nick on the corner of the drawer. Any idea of how to fix it? If not, I may just get some material to put over...

thanks in advance!!

( end table )

~Needle Lace~

[mihrage.livejournal.com]

Well, a bit nervous as I haven't shown any of my own crafts yet to the community.

But, in a comment from lunia's post about what was our favorite craft, when I replied, she asked more on the needle lace..

So, I thought I'll open it to show everyone..

^_^ Here is a rather large doily lace I scanned up. ^_^ It's really hard for me to explain in type on how to do this, otherise I would.. (I had to learn fromw watching).


Enjoy!!




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guys and crafts

[mandycapped.livejournal.com]

For starters, I've checked the memories and didn't find much along these lines there.*

Like many of you, I enjoy crafting on a regular basis. I live with my boyfriend and am trying to come up with some things to do/make with him that he will actually ENJOY. One thing I do a lot is knit, which he's tried his hand at and liked ok, but it wasn't really his "thing". We've done paintings, marble magnets, books, etc etc etc. He enjoys doing crafty things to a point, but not nearly as much as I do.

I guess what I'm asking here is what crafts do you do that your boyfriend/husband/guy friends seem to take an interest in and actually want to do WITH you?

*The memories have tons of ideas, I know. I'm just trying to find out what other guys like based on personal experiences.

The scrapbook I did for my boy...

[jennbits.livejournal.com]

This 7x7 book took a really long time to complete. I used the pictures from our little vacation in California and some of the mementos. I covered the book using the bag from the gift shop where he bought me a cute stuffed Okapi at the San Diego Zoo. There are several pocket pages. On a few of the pages, (3, I think) there are letters that look as though they are black letters on black pages. Those are actually mirrored letters and look silver when they aren't planted on a scanner.

This book turned out SO CUTE that I really really really don't want to give it to him. I blurred the first page because it's sentimental but left most of the layout so that you can tell what is going on.

EDIT: GAH! I just noticed a spelling mistake in one of my headers "Chidrens" instead of "Childrens" and a mistake in my journaling! It's a good thing I posted this afterall!

( WARNING: There are about 2mb of images (27 total pics) behind this cut so you may want to SHIFT+click (open in a new window) and let it load in the background while you continue reading your friends list )

embroidery thread??!!!

[zenshiva.livejournal.com]

ok, I used to do alot of cross stitch and I have a ton of regular, non shiny thread. However, since I am now wanting to do some sublmine stitching and embroider.....do i need to have that shiny thread instead???

Also, I have NEVER embroidered before. Any site recommendations for basic stitches? Recommendations for what to embroider?
Do I need a backing of some sort for hand towels and washcloths???

Thanks!
Can't wait to get started on my Tiki stuff!!!!

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[jadey-mcshadey.livejournal.com]

Hi,
I searched the FAQ, but didn't really see what I was looking for. I want to make professional-looking stickers to advertise my little business.

I've seen the xyron machines, but I don't like that they are unlaminated.

Does anyone have any suggestions on sticker making or know of any other machines that are available? I would rather make them myself than send my designs off to have them made.

Thanks!

Dressers

[muskry.livejournal.com]

Somebody loaned me a set of matching real wood dressers for my kids and she gave me permission to paint them and replace the knobs. Who cares about the paint and knobs!! What really annoys me is the stupid drawer issue. I can't open or close them because they get stuck and squeak. ARGH! They aren't on tracks, either. Is there some way I can alter the drawers in order to make the dressers functional without destroying the wood too much? At this point, the kids can't even open them and they're taking up space.

snood

[sairyuu.livejournal.com]

has anyone ever crocheted or knitted a snood?? can i just use a very loose double crochet in a thin yarn?

any tips?

i was just going to start crocheting a round and keep on going until it was big enough to fit around my head and then attach a ribbon ala this.

Flower Hat

[lower-class.livejournal.com]

Hey...I finally learned the round stitch...circle stitch..whatever after crocheting for over 2 years.
The pictures are bad, but I am going to show you what I made.
The hat I followed a pattern for. The flower I freehanded because my liitle brother was on my computer and I was sick of waiting for him to get off because I wanted to finish the hat. So what I did was crochet 5 and slip stitch them together. Then I put 16 double crochets in the ring hole. Then for the next row I went...single stich, then 2 double crochet in the next stich, then single crochet iun the next stitch...and repeated that.
weeeee..I'm proud. Now I can do many more things.
Why did I wait so long to learn it in the first place?

( My First Hat )

fabric cuts are worse than paper cuts

[disclaimher.livejournal.com]

I sew pretty often with all different types of fabrics. And every night, after I am done sewing, I wash my hands and go to bed. But when I am washing my hands, they begin to sting, and all of these previously invisibly, tiny cuts, show up on my hands a bright red. I have never experienced this other than when I started sewing, and my mom says that when dealing with fabric, it is possible to get tiny cuts all over your hands from the sharp fabric edges.

Does this happen to anyone else?

vellum

[prettymachine.livejournal.com]

is it possible to tea-dye vellum paper? i don't mind if it gets all wrinkley, i just don't want it to disintegrate or anything.

also, what other ways are there to dye papers that leaves a natural, antiquated tint to it? i need a slight variation in colors for this art project i'm about to start. or can i just adjust the concentration of the tea to get different hues for the different papers?

cake, card and present

[jesamine.livejournal.com]

this is kind of crafty, i suppose. i just made some cupcakes...although, more than half of them got burnt. but this one was ok:



...that was taken right before i shoved it in my mouth...lol.
and i just made another big cake anyway...a pink and yellow one, mehe :D

and here are photos of a birthday card i made for a friend recently:

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annnnd, a couple of photos of the record journal i made for above mentioned friend:

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