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[aliasydney.livejournal.com]

The last jewelry I made in 2004.... 3 necklaces under the cut



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*yawn* I'm going to bed... comments are appreciated! Happy New Year everyone!

x-posted: beadwork, beaded_jewelry

linx

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craft site: http://www.chadiscrafts.com/fun/Scouting.html

recycled paper bowl and more: http://www.kathyross.com/craftweek22.html

crafts: http://www.homeschoolzone.com/pp/recycle.htm

make your own crooked wine glasses: http://www.africa-trade.com/recycled%20image17.htm

more recycled crafts! http://www.eco-artware.com/crafts/index.shtml

jewelry inspiration: http://brgov.com/dept/recycle/jewelrywinners.htm

jewelry inspiration; http://www.hellomomo.com/index.html

some more inspiraton: http://www.sassbrown.com/sb/designs/

train garland: http://www.lhj.com/lhj/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/traingarland_08172001.xml

key chain inspiration: http://www.ultimatekeychains.com/browseproducts/Toy-Story-Charm-Ring-Keychains---Full-Case.html

STENCIL PROJECTS

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some of my christmas presents i made...
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happy new year folks!

[streetcornergrl.livejournal.com]

the other morning i went surfing with my friends and we realized how much we love the smell of surf wax. i thought it would be a great idea to make candles out of surf wax cuz it smells so gosh darn good! but surf wax is a little different from candle wax and i was wondering if any of you knew of anything special i would have to do to it before melting it down? thanks for any help you can give me :)

Quilt layout help

[renai.livejournal.com]

I'm making a super-duper basic quilt for my boyfriend for his birthday, but I would like some advice on the layout. ( Here )

is what I came up with to start with, but it just looks way too boring. I'm puting photos, poems, and refrences to inside jokes on each of the solid colored pieces, but I still just need some better layout ideas to make it more fun. I have close-up shots of each of the prints if that would help. Thanks for any help or advice!

Cross posted to diy_tutorials

A Tie Skirt Tutorial?

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A while ago, a person posted in this community a picture of a skirt that she had made out of ties and she had asked if anyone would want a tutorial on how to make it. I was wondering if this person ever did the tutorial or if someone else here has seen a link to another site showing how to make a tie skirt. Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)

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[rawtoast.livejournal.com]

my friend and I stayed up late last night and woke up early this morning to make oursleves cute little bags. it was the randomest thing ever.

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some japanese style crafts?

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Hey everyone. Im going to be changing my room around and making it Japanese style. I was just wondering if anyones got any craft ideas for anything? I got Japanese style bedding already and I bought those Japanese straw mats. So I just want to add some little touches. Im already making a few paintings and a trinket box, but I was wondering if anyone else had any other ideas?

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[affectionjunkie.livejournal.com]

I didn't get a sewing machine for christmas, but I really want one.

Anyone's opinions on those cheap ($15) one handed little sewing doo-hickies, I don't know the name of any, but I know they sell them in drug stores sometimes and there used to be commercials for them on TV.

teeny tiny books

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 my new sewing frame

my father-in-law made this little sewing frame for me.  this one is very simple to make.  i hope you can tell how from the pic.  he told me he has a new & improved one in the works.  this one works fine, though. 

   

i made three teeny tiny books w/ it already.  they are made using traditional binding w/ ribbons...minus the spine.  all it is is the running stitch.  very simple!  they work up a lot faster than coptic stitch, but i think the coptic stitch is more fun to do.  but...i like the look of the ribbon a lot more. 

oh, i also made little slipcovers from cardstock for all of my teeny tiny books.  they don't stay closed & i liked this solution better than any other i thought of.  now i can decorate all the slipcovers...yeah right, right after i figure out what to fill the pages of all these books with!!!

ps...here is the direct link to all the books i've made.  click here.

second and third crochet projects.

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[lacebound.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know where I can get instructions for knitting an argyle pattern online?
xoxo

A question about binding...

[gillian-sans.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone. Long time lurker, first time poster. I would like to bind some pages together the way a magazine does. Does anyone know what they use to keep all the pages together, so they don't fall out, and the spine remains flexible? Is it a special glue (decoupage and elmer's didn't work... half of the pages fell out), or wax, or some type of plastic? Where can I get some?

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[noahfex.livejournal.com]

so i just bought this stuff (see below) for the wrong reason, but i figure maybe you guys could help out.



first, has anyone ever used this for making a t-shirt? well, using letters cut out of another cotton fabric and using this iron-on adhesive to put those letters on a t-shirt or other fabric?

if you have had experience, what's the best fabric to use with this adhesive? any sort of help would be great.

also, if iron-on letters state they need a press cloth, can something like a pillow case or something thing be used as a substitute for the press cloth? (i could not find a press cloth for the life of me at walmart tonight and no one was in the craft section to help out.)

Lots of stuff.

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Somehow, in the past week I managed to go out until 5am three times and still got some projects done.



I had a club opening to grace with my fabulosity so I made myself a little gorgeous something to wear.

It's black freshwater pearls, silver lined seed beads, sterling silver, Ritulated Quartz, crystal quartz and swarovski

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The first time I talked to peteevil he wondered if he could pull off pearls. I thought so.
( What boy wouldn't love a pearl necklace? )

Which labels do we like better? Square or rectangle?

hmm

Thanks
--Adam

yarn dying!

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

i spent the better part of 5 hours today dying yarn with kool*aid, using this handy tutorial.



( closeups and vibrant colors below... )

just a note to anyone who wants to do this: kool*aid + vinegar = stankyasshouse. please ventilate your area WELL and have some scented candles burning. maybe a fan or eighty. haha.

(x-posted: crochet and craftgrrl