A pack and a dork

[malytwotails.livejournal.com]

Dorky geocaching stuff, like what a cache looks like, and the pack I made to carry our GPS equiptment. For those of you unfamiliar with geocaching, you can read all about it here at the official geocaching site. It's got a great potential for being crafty, and is all sorts of a fun reason to get outside and explore.

( geodorking )

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[twinklebella.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know a store where I can buy transparent yellow bingo chips? my friends and I have a joke with them and I want to use them for a scrapbook page, but I can't find any anywhere
I've found them online but the shipping costs more than the actual bingo chips!

thanks

Darrah

pearl paint sale

[bklyndoll.livejournal.com]

25% off any one regular price item (gocco printer anyone?)

join their mailing list to see if you can get the coupon or try this link. i have no problem fwding it to anyone. just though i'd share the wealth!

happy crafting

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[prettyinskulls.livejournal.com]

How would one get a glued on patch off of a cotton shirt?


The manufacturer put their logo on a shirt sleeve and I'd like to take it off without cutting the fabric. I've tried having it dry cleaned in hopes of the chemicals loosening the glue, but it didn't work, anyone have any other ideas?







xposted to tshirtsurgery and craftgrrl

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[rubanthecuban.livejournal.com]

How do you make skirts like this



is there like tutorial or something? cause i'm dieing for one! or more!!

LiteBrite pegs

[pieces-of-me-.livejournal.com]

Hi I'm new to the community and I have a question.

My grandmother gave me some LiteBrite pegs recently and I have no idea what to do with them! She used to make lamps with them but didn't want them anymore.



Thanks!

2 Questions....

[rockerducky.livejournal.com]

1. I read the memories and everything, I promise. LoL. Ok now I'm tunring jeans that don't fit quite right into a skirt a couple inches above the knee. I looked in the memories and could only find stuff for turning pants into long skirts. Do you use the same method, jsut shorter or is there anything different I need to keep in mind.

2. See my guitar in my user pic? It's very pretty but has such a boring black strap made of woven nylon or something. Are there any suggestions on fun ways of decorating it without drawing away too much from the guitar? Since it's not one solid color, I don't want to do too much but I still want the strap to have a bit more life to it.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Duct Tape Questions

[crafty-in-nh.livejournal.com]

For anyone that does duct tape crafts, I have some questions (I'm a newbie):

What kind of surface do you think is best for working on duct tape projects?

What type of cutting board do you use?

Are they any good sites for projects or supplies that you would recommend? I found tapemonster.com for different colored duct tape, but are there more colors and varieties?

Any helpful tips and tricks?

I got both duct tape craft books out there, so I'm sure I'll find a lot to keep me busy, but any recommendations would be great :)

quick question

[roxy2578.livejournal.com]

I've been looking around and can't find information about ruching fabric for a skirt or shirt, etc. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance :o)

six month anniversary

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

this may be better suited for the crafty_gifts community, but i have some specific questions, too.

firstly, i am totally inspired from this post & going to make a book like that for my boyfriend & i's six month anniversary. one of my questions is, what should i use for a cover? i'm out of ideas, so if you have any suggestions that would be great.

i'm also going to make 184 reasons why i love him & slip them in hersheys kisses. 184 being the number of days until our one year anniversary. my question for that is what should i put them in? any ideas?

also i want to make a homemade six month card, so if you have any suggestions for that one, too.

& the last question is we plan on making our own death cab for cutie zip-ups. probably just using letters, since this will be the first thing i've done like this. do you have any preferences for iron-on letters? or is another method like silk-screening better to use?

thanks so much.

OH & HE LOVES GUITARS. is there any way i could work that into the whole deal?

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[disclaimher.livejournal.com]

Hey hey pretty ladies!
( I just finished making this skirt )

fat chick sewing patterns?

[dangerbabies.livejournal.com]

hello again,

i was wondering if anyone knew of any good sources for fat lady sewing patterns? and not dated, ridiculous patterns like a lot of companies are pushing.
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off-grain fabric HELP

[spin-sugar.livejournal.com]

Newbie sewer here... I recently bought some red twill fabric at Joann's with plans to make a little a-line skirt. Yesterday I went to get started, and found that the fabric is seriously off-grain. Like WAAAAAY off-grain. Does anyone have a tried-and-true method for getting fabric back on-grain? My sewing teacher once showed me the blocking method, but I don't have a large enough surface to tack the fabric down.

Also, what is the best way to check the grain BEFORE buying?

saddlebag for moped!

[agnigounoticed.livejournal.com]

Hey I was wondering if anyone had any ideas, or ever knew someone who made a saddlebag for moped or scooter or something? I am looking to make something like this, except I wouldn't do the double like that and only do the one side and just have it clasp to itself. I have some strong canvas fabric I was thinking to use for it, but I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas or tips or knew where I could get some help for something like this! thanks

-Kelly

UK based tshirt wholesaler?

[ubika.livejournal.com]

I'm looking to start doing a bunch of screen printing and I was wondering if anyone here had any recommendations for a UK Based Tshirt wholesaler?

Preferably one that is fair trade/ethical like American Apparrel or No Sweat, which are US based though to the best of my knowledge? Any advice or suggestions much appreciated! :) Cheers!

A trade?

[evilshell.livejournal.com]

Thanks to everyone for their help with my mod podge question. I ended up buying wallpaper paste that is good for paper. I've got my fingers crossed that it will do the trick!

Now that I've started to get images ready for decoupage, I realized that I'm lacking material in my native language. (I'm an American living in Switzerland) I'd really like to mix American/Canadian/UK/Australian pieces along with the French and German/Swiss ones I'm already using, but they are really hard to come by over here.

If anyone would be interested in doing a trade with me, I'm looking for 20s - 70s magazines (particularly those with lots of cheezy ads; women's magazines and pinup type magazines, too.) In return, I can send you some German or French language publications or other items you can only get over here.

Let me know if you're interested, or of a better venue to ask around for some help :)

Thanks!!!

2 posts in one day? something must be up

[bklyndoll.livejournal.com]

well, here is my first attempt at bead jewelry. simple but i still can't tell if i like it or not: