I'm like a bird..

[sometimessuper.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you all have heard of the crafting spree that gorgeousmadness  and I are going on because of a certain unnamed project in conjunction with on_radar  that will be premiering soon. 

Here are a few things I've done...

 

( I know I'm not Liz but.. )

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[searzz.livejournal.com]

I haven't posted any of my crafts here yet. But I've replied to many posts.
I just made a purse using simplicity 8331. I haven't used a pattern in along time and I didn't follow everything too well, but I guessed when I wasn't sure. the best thing about this pattern is that it's reversible.
also, here's a lightswitch plate I made for a friend's birthday last week. I just decoupaged a new york subway map on it.
( purse and lightswitch )

Semi-Finished Dolly!

[lilitha.livejournal.com]

She's almost complete!


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Craftgrrl Update

[ethicalcannibal.livejournal.com]

Well, we have 4938 members to the community, and 1944 memories. You guys are coming up with some of the greatest tutorials ever, and we are trying to keep up with fitting them in the catagories in the memories. The stuff you guys create is amazing!

I also wanted to mention I have been very impressed with how fantastic, polite, and kind everyone has been lately. Even on hot button issue crafts like bones and leather projects. You guys are making this community a fantastic, and positive place to post, and read. Thank you.

I need to give warning that those of us modding are deleting an increasing number of sales posts, or posts thinly disguised as a sales post, or outright shop (with internet sales) promotions. Our community is very strict about not selling, but if that's what you want to do there are some other communities listed on the front info page where that can be done. If you guys would like to list more communities that allow sales, then I will update the community info page for you.

The outcome of all these sales posts (I figure I am deleting between 10-20 posts a day that are OT, and mostly sales), we are removing any and all posts that have references to sales without warning as per our user info. Sorry about the inconvienence.

So once again, please post sales friendly craft sites, and I will update the user info, and thanks very much to all of you for making this an amazing community.

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[sandwhichestime.livejournal.com]

for all you crafty gals I have some neat ideas to share. I happened to be watching the Carol Duvall show this morning on HGTV and usually I don't watch her show because she often does more adult crafts than I would be interested in. but today she showed how to make this fiber lace scarf and I thought it would be neat to share with you all. they turned out beautiful and I can't wait to try making one of my own once I get some money.

they also had some crafts sent in by viewers. one that I liked the best was a bird feeder made out of coffee cans to look like a snowman. it was made of four coffee cans for the body, a plastic plate for the hat brim and another coffee can for the hat. the plate was a bird feeder. and I thought it would be neat if instead of painting black holes on the body for buttons if you drilled holes and put seperaters between the body cans to make individula bird houses. you could paint the whole thing to look like a snowman or make more than one to make snow family. if you wanted a more year round look I thought making them look like american gothic! I can just see something like that sitting in someone's yard.

anyway. the link to the lace scarf again is: fiber lace scarf

indie_Grrrls

[meloyellowd.livejournal.com]

hello ladies...just so you know i created a community for all you ladies in the indie business world. I know most of you sell your goods in a small business or internet setting so it will be a good place to exchange ideas, get feedback, promote, and help each other out. I hope you'll join!

indie_grrrls

crafty projects

[popejoan.livejournal.com]

Hi all! I wish I had a digital camera so I could actually show you my projects, but for now I will just have to write about them!

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Silversmiths

[fuct-in-da-hed.livejournal.com]

Hi! I wondered if anyone on here works with silver. I have been doing a silver jewellery making course for the past year. I enjoy it alot and wondered if anyone else on here was a silversmith? or knows anything about it? or knows any good sites with chain instructions?

coffee table refinishing question - PLASTIC and particleboard.

[velvets.livejournal.com]

Yesterday I was walking home from the 711 and I was this coffee table sitting on the curb and recruited my boyfriend to help me carry it home. Yay for curbside finds.

Anyways, right now its just a basic dark brown, which wouldn't be a problem but thats the same color as my couch! I want to refinish it, and so inlies my problem.

It apperas to made out of partical board covered with some sort of lauqer (think early prefab ikeaesqe) with a plastic rim/edges and base.

I looked through the memories about refinishing Ikea furniture (thanks craftgrrls) but what to do about the plastic? If I missed it I apologize!

Any suggestions on how to refinish plastic - hopefully out of the same substance as the particleboard????

Thanks in advance!!!

Printing on fabric

[lunia.livejournal.com]

Last week, a lady in my quilting circle told us how to print on fabric by running the fabric through a laser printer:

• Place the shiny side of FREEZER paper against the fabric and iron them together.
  
• Trim it to 8.5" x 11" (or whatever size paper the printer can do).
  
• Put it in the printer so the fabric side is printed on.
  
• Print.
  
• Peel off the freezer paper.
  
• The same piece of freezer paper can be used for this many times afterwards.

This would be a great way to make personalized tags for projects. I bought some freezer paper, but I'm afraid to try this because the printer at my job is the only laser printer I have available. I don't want to be responsible for jacking up the office printer in case something goes horribly wrong. But I am dying to see this work so thought maybe some of you more adventurous types could try it and post some experiences and/or pictures for us.

Batik?

[calesmom.livejournal.com]

I checked the FAQ but was unable to find anything. Can anyone tell me an easy way to do batik? Has anyone else done it? What has your experience been with it and what would you do differently? Thanx.

weaving for kids

[dj-jazzy-jas.livejournal.com]

does anyone know where i could find easy weaving projects for kids online?

thanks!

x-posted like whoa

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[redmoocow.livejournal.com]

hi.
i'm an RA (resident advisor) at my university during normal semesters, and i'm also here for this summer. instead of having to work desk hours, though, i got my boss to let me do a crafting program every week. i'm doing:
june 21 - tye dye
june 28 - marble magnets
july 7 - card making
july 12 - embroidery lessons
july 19 - vase decorating
july 26 - soap making (melt and pour)
august 2 - candy making (melt and pour)
august 9 - no sew fleece pillows
august 16 - picture frame decorating

anyway, i just wanted to share. do you guys have any other suggestions that i could do? (20-40 people) i was thinking about painting flower pots, but i might just do that for just my wing, and not the whole building.
:-)

Interfacing

[needsomecoffee.livejournal.com]

Quick question : If I find that the interfacing I bought isn't quite thick enough, can I simply use multiple layers of it? Any foreseeable problems with that?

Thanks!

scrapbook, memory boxes, etc

[stasiia.livejournal.com]

I've really been getting into scrap booking/ saving memory type things.. so anyway, 1st question: what do you recommend for really good scrap booking idea books/web sites..supplies.. I'm somewhat of a beginner and I'm only 17..funds are somewhat limited. ive found all the supplies to be so expensive =/. Is there a better place to get cheaper supplies?

I've been going through boxes of old things my mom kept from when my sister, brother and I were in elementary school.. things like report cards, books we made, drawings, awards..etc. I was first thinking id organize them into groups..so I spent a long time making separate piles for each of us and then I was thinking about putting the things into a scrapbook or something, although I don't want to change the pieces in any way..so I figured id have to put them in clear plastic or something.. then I thought that not might not be a good idea because it would be just like showcasing the stuff and it would be better if they were kept in some type of box..like a little box of old memories/treasures..any opinions on this? other ideas?..what type of box should I make? should I do anything with the pieces so they last longer. id rather keep them like they are..but im sure theres things you can to make them last longer that I don't know about?

lastly.. I have boxes of old pictures and old photo albums that pictures are falling out of and pages are turning brown.. so should I just re put them all into new photo albums.. are there certain ones that are better than others? where can I buy good ones or ones that aren't too expensive?

thanks

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[junkkidcatholic.livejournal.com]

Sorry if this is in the FAQs. I looked but didn't find what I wanted.
Does anyone know how to make fabric flower pins like the one on this bag:

I see them all the time on tank tops but I can't bring myself to spend so much extra money when I know there must be some way to make them out of all those scraps of fabric I have. Plus, it would be neat to have them to match things I make.
My mom said that perhaps there was something you could use to stiffen the fabric and then peice it together. Any ideas?

New doll with pics..finally : )

[bluegirl1372.livejournal.com]

Hi everybody. I wanted to post pics of my latest doll. Her name is Magnolia Pearl but I call her Maggie for short. She took me weeks to finish. Teaser pic here . Lots more pics behind cut and more details about her.

( more pics here )

Going away, for a while

[zige.livejournal.com]

This is my first ever picture post so i will apologise for the state of the pictures/size/messyness/whatever else may happen!
My boyfriend is going to portugal for 3 weeks to see the football (lucky him!) and gets back 3 days after I go to Australia (lucky me!) So i wont get to see him for eight weeks, so I made him a little present to make him smile.
Its a box that i modpodged little silver stars onto the inside (wich you cant see on the picture but you can see them properly for real) and put a picture of us in the bottom, and a heart bead thing on the top like handle to open it with, ive filled it with little lyrics from songs and sayings we have, and silly little things on that written on paper. I wanted to make these into little origami heart shapes but then realised my origami skills didnt strech that far so they are just folded into little diamonds.
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[wannaseestars.livejournal.com]

SO today I took a trip to the new Jo-Anns. They had a bunch of soap crafting stuff on sale. I've been wanting to try it out, so I bought some goodies.

1.) Two molds
2.) Shea Butter
3.) Soap Dye
4.) Melon Berry Fragrance Oil
5.)Moisturizing Gylcerine Soap

I have a couple questions though. Can the same oil that is used to scent candles and such, be used for scenting soap? The Fragrance oil I picked up at Jo-Anns just doesn't smell too hot. So far, I've had better luck getting fragrance oil from Wal*Mart, as opposed to craft stores.

Secondly, is it a good idea to add shea butter to the soap block I have?

Im new at this, so excuse me if my questions seem a bit silly! :)

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[shefakes-asmile.livejournal.com]

does anyone have any cute craft ideas to decorate a dorm room? preferably somehow involving pictures cause i have bunches of pictures of my friends that i want to display, but i don't want to go frame crazy. but any crafts you have in mind would be awesome. thanks.

Hot Wild Cicada Pouch Action!

[alustrial.livejournal.com]

Well, with Brood X out and about, and me being stuck in South Florida without being able to see them, I decided to make my own little brood of hot wild cicada, in pouch form, that is.

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[cellarstella.livejournal.com]

Sock Elephant Tutorial!!!

I haven't tried it yet, but it looks awesome and I want to share it.

Well well well...

[sometimessuper.livejournal.com]

So you can teach a old dog new tricks...

 

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Flower Hair Ties

[everybodybleeds.livejournal.com]

Hello! My name's Corrine and this is my first post on this community. I recently got in to reconstructing tshirts, sewing and all that type of stuff, which means I'm a newbie.

I wrote my first tutorial. They're for flower hair ties -- kinda self explainatory to make, but I wrote a tutorial anyways because they're fun.

Enjoy!



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knitting question

[nancy619.livejournal.com]

I recently taught myself to knit and feel pretty confident on your basic knit stitch. I would like to make a scarf with vertical stripes. How is this done? I've seen a lot sites saying that you knit the scarf length-wise on circular needles. Right now I only know how to use straight needles and obviously a scarf is too long to knit lengthwise on straight needles.

Help!

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[savateuse.livejournal.com]

Two questions...

I want to do felt appliques on a dress, how well do they hold up to washing?


I need reccomenddations for excellent fabric paints, I dont want something that will peel off or fade tremendously or crack or get otherwise skuzzy. I want to do some designs on a tank and I want them to be as close to a silkscreen as possible without looking like complete junk.

Any help will be rewarded with virtual spankings and thank yous.

Finally a moment to post!

[unluckymonkey.livejournal.com]

I have a moment to post the yarns I've made lately!

This is one of the lovely Lumpy Confetti Sisters. They have WONDERFUL slubby things I just learned how to add. :)

Comfy Couch Cara is smooth and thick-n-thin. I'm learning how to spin finer w/o losing the fun texture. I think this will work wonderfully for the knitters who like fine work but not quite lace.

Footstool is her skinnier sister. I just wanted to see if I could and I can and it's really pretty!

Raggedy Red Blanket is the long lost sister to Raggedy Blanket. Targhee really makes for NICE textures all on it's own.

Hope you enjoy! This is really most of the crafting I get to do these days. But I AM working on learning more about wire jewelry so Maybe I'll have something to show for that next week. :)

First post: repairing a shredding bag...

[thesibylqueen.livejournal.com]

Hey, all. This is my first post, so hello! Here's my problem: I have a woven(?) sort of over-the-shoulder bag that I dearly love, and love to use. So much so, that the inner part of the strap where I most frequently grab has started to fray.

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Any suggestions on how I can repair this? Thanks!

concert creation

[soresubject.livejournal.com]

I am slowly redecorating my room and I want to kind of give it the concert club venue vibe, so I figured I'd set the tone with this:



whoa what are you?


( doot doot doot )

Also, like I said, I want to give my room a concert-vibe. Any (relatively cheap) suggestions? When I get some extra dollars, I'm going to finally frame some signed posters, and print copies of some concert photography at Kinkos. I also have a lot of band stickers taped to some poster board, any other ideas I could do with those? (I have entertained decoupaging them to my furniture or something, but I kind of want to leave them in their current condition in case I decide to use them for something in the future). I was also thinking of maybe putting up some white Christmas lights, but who knows. So if any of you have some quirky decorating tips and ideas, I'd appreciate the input. Thanks!

xoxo!

Crosslink to EGL - Candlelight Strawberry Cheesecake

[eibii.livejournal.com]

Awhile ago on the EGL community, someone posted a recipe I figured I'd share with y'all "Candlelight" - a translated recipe for a charming cheesecake shaped like candles, with caramel-coated strawberries for the 'flames'. Just remember to convert metrics to standard as needed!