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

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to make the baby from Eraserhead
(or as my boyfriend and I call it "dinosaur baby")
What I'm mostly wondering about is how to make the head
I would like for it to not be sewn mostly because I want it to look "real" and not like a stuffed animal version...(but I realize I might have to do this anyway)
yeah I don't know
all I know is that I've never messed with resin or making molds or anything remotely like that before and that's all I can presently think of.

( film still of the baby )

( a picture I found of someone else's attempt at it )

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[vendredi13.livejournal.com]

Since some of us are going back to school soon, I thought I'd share some dorm room ideas with you all. My roomie and I did this last year.
*Don't be antisocial, and keep your door open. To add a bit of privacy, we made 2 curtains from those old AOL/too-scratched-to-play CD's, and hung them at the end of our beds.
( More Ideas and Pics!! )

<333333

[glisteningstars.livejournal.com]

hi :)

I'm sorry if you guys get annoyed by this but I figured this would be the perfect place to ask this, because you guys give amazing suggestions and advice, let alone make the coolest things ever!:


I'm going off to college next week and my exboyfriend/bestfriend and I have been talking alot lately but have decided to not be together while I'm at college for some reasons but ANYWAYS,

I'm sending him a package before I leave with some cds and letters and drawings and I was wondering if you guys have any suggestions with what I should decorate the cover of the package with. Its one of those big yellowish envelopes but they're padded on the inside?



THANK YOU IN ADVANCE <33333

Eastern Dragon

[leopardwolf.livejournal.com]

So, what have I been up to for the past few days?

This:

http://www.deviantart.com/view/9530138

The images really don't do it the same justice seeing it in person does.

A commission for dragondazd of her Wy. It was a very complicated piece that I put a lot of time and effort into. I just hope they like it well enough.

The money from the commission is going toward paying the vet bill for the injured cat I rescued. For that, I thank her.

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[digitalchicana.livejournal.com]

okay here's a question- I looked in the FAQ and in a few other communities. I have a button up, collared long sleeve larger shirt that I'm trying to make into either a peasant top or a summery crisscross type top. I've made slits in the sleeves and am thinking of adding lace to the edges and a seam all around the arm to make it into a bell sleeve. one idea is to cut the collar off, add the same ribbon that I'd put on the cuffes, cut off both sides where the buttons are and the button holes, add some patchwork fabric and maybe something corset style. another would be to criss cross it like we do the tshirts. does this sound do-able?

and IF I had a camera, I'd include before and after pics. :/

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[heygeinletseat.livejournal.com]

i have this desk that i inherited from my daddy when he died a few years ago. it's pretty old and gashed up, but it has sturdy bones. i was wondering what i should do with it. i'd like to keep the color, but there are nicks and scratches everywhere. there are also holes in the door on the right from missing hardware. i've never really done any projects before. please help! any ideas are welcome!


( on to the pictures! )

sorry for the cross-posting.

ANTZ

[grammardog]

So, it's summertime, the living is easy, and once again my kitchen is overrun with tiny black ants. I'm killing them left and right... my squashing finger is exhausted, and guilty.

See, I LIKE ants. I think they're smart and interesting, but I just can't have them running willy-nilly across my countertops and in my dishwasher. The thought of putting them outside is sweet and utterly humane, but the fact is that I'd have to get a swinging door installed because there are so many, and I'm not overly interested in having them get back in, either.

(Wondering if I accidently posted in the wrong community yet?)

Here's where you craftgrrls come in:

Can I easily build my own ant farm? I really want these guys to have somewhere to run around that doesn't involve my cat's food dish. Has anyone ever done this before?

What could I use to sandwich the two pieces of glass together? What kind of sand would I have to use? And would they survive in there without a queen?

Any tips for my wayward antz and I?

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[ilona.livejournal.com]

Hey all,

I am planning to sew myself a nice seventies-ish brown-and-orange bikini and thanks to you guys I figured the straps out, but now I was wondering about fabric.. I know that lycra is the most common type of fabric for swimsuits and bikini's and such, but all the lycra fabric I could find so far is very tacky.
Are there any nice alternatives for lycra? Fabrics that are stretchy, non-seethrough and 'waterproof', but not so tacky as lycra?
I'd like a crotcheted bikini, but I've never tried that before and I need my bikini by next week, so that isn't an option.
Any ideas are welcome!

-x-

tell your mom you need the day off, cuz i dont feel like school today

[toxic-divinity.livejournal.com]

ok so i thought i'd spice up my school supplies. um, this is just one thing so far. Just a notebook. I have another notebook that I know what I'm gonna do with.

( Drink More Jones! )

50's/60's Diner girl...

[agashakatsako.livejournal.com]

Hey all, I have been wondering for at least a couple of years... Where the heck in the cincinnati ohio area can I find a vintage diner's uniform? I love them and I really wish I could find a pattern to just MAKE one but I havn't had any luck yet...

Does anyone know of a good pattern like that/ or a thrift store that has lots of vintage clothes...?

Goodwill has been thoroughly looked through numerous times....


*falls over*

A picture frame

[foreverred.livejournal.com]

Hi! This is my first post to this community. Thought I'd share a Christmas present I made for a friend of mine.

It was a plane wooden frame I got at Jo-Ann frabrics for 1.99 and then some stickers I got on the clearence rack there for like 2.99. I'm actually happy with the results.

( Here it is! )

im living in a dark box

[cribabi.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have some dorm/apartment projects to make tiny little spaces seem less like a hellhole?

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[broken-kitten.livejournal.com]

have any of you bought a sticker-maker before? any tips? i'm interested, but don't want to waste my money. :)
thank you. <3

to seal or not to seal?

[skwairpeg.livejournal.com]

Hi all,

I have been asked to do a bit of decorative painting on this wooden VHS movie storage thing. It's about 5 feet tall and has a birdhouse kind of thing on top, and the woman wants me to paint it with vines and pretty things. Nothing overpowering, and she doesn't want a basecoat. She just wants the vines and things painted right on the wood, which looks like it's been stained but not varnished, and I'm a little scared about this. I'm not sure how well the acrylic paint will go on the wood without sanding it first, but she doesn't want it sanded. And if the acrylic goes on without a problem, which it might, what do I do about sealing it? I can't just seal the painted areas and not the rest of the piece, I think that would look bad. But I cannot think of the best way to go about sealing the whole piece. Maybe brushing on a coat of polyurethane? I've never used that over acrylics before, do you guys think that would be a reasonable way to go? Erg. Thanks for letting me ramble in my overcaffeinated paranoid way.

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[redchinadragon.livejournal.com]

Several small pictures

( I'm a pretty princess! )

Pocket shrine gift I made for my best friend

[arejze.livejournal.com]

I'm going to mail it to him but I'm really impatient when I know I've made a gift someone would like, so I took pictures and showed him anyway. He loved it, and I'm gleeful.

( Read more... )

My AEPG t-shirts TRANSFORMED...

[uber-wench.livejournal.com]

I altered my Beltaine Faire tank top--it was a men's and didn't fit me properly, and I changed my AEPG t-shirt from this year into a 70's hoochie biker-momma shirt!
( Whee! )