Destroy corset-styled top and versatile shrug. Mmm tasty.

[petrifiera.livejournal.com]

Okay, I've been a LITTLE busy lately. I managed to make another corset-styled top and a shrug to go with it and my other tops. I'd tried stenciling not too long ago, and that's what the Destroy top is of. I'd tried stenciling Oren-ishii(sp?XD) from Kill Bill, but it kind of bled and I messed up a little, so I made it obvious and added Destroy below it. I used acrylic paint and a fabric medium, if you're wondering. These are pictures after it's been washed, so it stayed in! Yay. ^^ The shrug's very versatile too...it can also be just a regular top (just turn it upside down!) or a fake scarf haha. Don't see how that could be? Look belooooow.


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Pricing Mentality

[jagnightwalker.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone,

I'm having some problems getting into the right mindset as far as pricing my product goes. For years I've sold my pysanky (Ukrainian eggs) at local craft fairs and festivals, and have always priced them at what I thought was affordable while still giving me a profit. I live in one of the lowest income areas of Wisconsin, so I think I am "broken" in ways by living in this mentality for so long.

Now that I'm ready to take it to a true professional level, I am bombarded by people telling me my low prices are disgusting. I know in my mind that if I continue charging what I have charged in the past, I'm going to be very busy, not very wealthy in the end and potentially burnt out when all is said and done. I have people who don't even know the laborious process tell me I need to charge more. Even non profit organizations (who you would think would eat them up) tell me they are true art pieces and that they would hope I'm charging more at shows.

I'm prepared to go national through certain circuits, and hopefully in the end I'll be mainly web based, art show based and not deal with the rinky dink shows I have in the past (wherein I won't have to worry about regional pricing). So my question to you: how do I raise my esteem and pride in my work to charge what I'm worth, and how do I even KNOW what to charge? There are comparable artists charging three times what I do, and then there are those pretty much giving them away. And that's another thing, with others "undercutting", how do you stand a chance?

Valentines day

[disclaimher.livejournal.com]

( I choo-choo-choose you )

Frosted glass remover...?

[erifica.livejournal.com]

Hi, I rarely post or comment here. Although I have been a member and read for quite some time. I've searched and searched for the answer to the following question, and I was hoping that someone here might know the answer to it. I was given a dresser with a mirror for Christmas. I just received it today. The mirror has flowers painted on it in what appears to be the same substance they use to frost glass. Does anyone know what I could use to remove it? I hate the flowers but I don't want to hurt the feelings of the giver. Any help would be appreciated.

stuffed goodness

[comfits.livejournal.com]

  

here's a couple of stuffed goodies i've been meaning to make forever & finally did!  the turtle is about the size of a hand & the rabbit is, well, the size of a rabbit ;)

you can find more pictures & some written out directions for each on my journal.  they're really simply to make...it's just a matter of finding the time!

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[itshardtosay.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know anything about, or have any experience with, Mission Fish? It's a site that helps you post items to Ebay with a percentage (set by the seller beforehand) going to their charity or organization of choice. I ran across someone on a usenet yarn newsgroup who sold a scarf through missionfish with 100% of the proceeds going to St Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

I'm fairly certain that I'd like to support this sort of website and it gives me (and others if they're willing) the opportunity to support several charities with several contributions, even if they're small. Small is much more than nothing.



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Peeling corrugated cardboard?

[poprockgrrl.livejournal.com]

I saw this today and want to make one really bad!
http://www.corrugatedart.com/MosaicDeskClock.htm

Has anyone peeled a layer off of corrugated cardboard without all the fuzzy stuff getting left behind? I've tried it with a couple of different varieties of cardboard this morning and and it leaves little fuzzy remnants behind every time. The pictures of this stuff looks really crisp with no fuzzies. Ideas?

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[sprocketrocket.livejournal.com]

this is my first post, i've been lurking forever. i made this a bit ago, and am working on a skirt in the same style. it's grosgrain ribbon sewed together to create the material of the purse.

it takes forever, sewing each stripe, but it creates a really subtle effect.

the purse:

( two detail shots, and other details )

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[pineapple-grass.livejournal.com]

Just a few things I managed to accomplish during finals and the beginning of a new quarter:

( shirt and bags, heck yes! )

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[ohsosickofyou.livejournal.com]

( when i say shotgun, you say wedding. )

My first post ::sniff:: such a proud moment

[starystary-nite.livejournal.com]

Yadda yadda yadda I've been a "lurker" blah blah blah

Forget the ugly wall color.. I like the color just not in our house, my parents painted it one day when I wasn't home, it doesnt match our kitchen or living room. it's light yellow Our house looks like a Florida State Building..

But yeah the purse.. it was my first actual purse. I've made a few fun one just because that I will use a couple times. but this one I will actually use. Thank you Jordy at Craftster haha

 

( Look at this stuff isn't it neat? )

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[terryslillamb.livejournal.com]

Some stuff I made this week…


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scarves, fingerless gloves, and knitted hats.

[affectionjunkie.livejournal.com]

so, since I posted my lot of shirts I made awhile ago, thought I'd now show my variety of knitted goods. Sadly, I let 6 hats and a pair of fingerless gloves go for presents w/o taking pics first, here is some of what I have left. ( tall girls like tall scarves )

cross-posted in punk_knitters

A problem with a door

[ensorceler.livejournal.com]

Heya kids.

I've got a question for you; I recently re-decorated my room, making it a gorgeous shade of purple.

Problem is, my door is an eyesore. I've gone three room re-paintings (I get bored easily) and I still haven't done anything about my door.

Any ideas of what I could put? Stenciling? Cloth covers? Decoupage?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Flailersrule/door.jpg
^ picture. I've got postcards from a visit to the smithsonian when I was 9 up, along with a coat hanger.

As you can see, very boring.
My door is a sortof faux-wood texture, if that helps any.

Thanks SO much for any help.

Much love. <3

Knitting Armwarmers

[haptotrope.livejournal.com]

So I had been wanting to work with the sari silk yarn for aeons... ok ok since I started knitting in summer. it was, most likely the fiber that tipped the scales in the favour of "gee, I need a new hobby" This is my first adventure in double ended needles and "thumb gussetting" easy peasy. The Sari Silk yarn (blended here with "purple silky wool in summerweight) was a bit tempramental as it is often over spun and requires a lil bit of untwisting it (not too much!) and I learned the hard way that yes, you should have a good friend help you unwind the yarn... or for heavens sake, put it on your feet or knees or something, don't just tug at it and make a tangled ball!


More pics behind cut:
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[http://users.livejournal.com/_kitty_slave/]

I've been a lurker for about a month now. I keep seeing some awsome t-shirts done by screenprinting. I'd like to try this out. Can anyone link me to a good tutorial for beginners?

Thanks in advance!

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[liliebelle.livejournal.com]

i made some wrist cuffs from 50´s hankies. i like them all but i i think my favorite is the one with the dancing boy...

(  +5 )

today's sewing adventures

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

( 2 new totes! )

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[hey-prettylady.livejournal.com]

Just another bag post! :D

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[oopsi8sushi.livejournal.com]

I got stuck at home babysitting for the night.
I want to do a relatively easy craft to keep busy...
Any suggestions???


Thanks! Ü

pretty clutch

[pinkninky.livejournal.com]

one unwanted placemat + a sewing machine + new zipper + vinyl = a pretty clutch



( last year i found... )

Crafty top

[viszy.livejournal.com]

I saw this this crafty tee in a store not so long ago, but it's just printed on and I figured that I could both one-up them and justify my right to wear this top.



( Full pics inside, plus the opportunity for YOU to help ME! Amazing )

Soaps and chocolates

[felicity869.livejournal.com]

( lots of pictures... )

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[xswtnmeltx.livejournal.com]

( a bag i made for my friends birthday )

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

I made some pearler beads:

( a closer look )

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[qtpie121098.livejournal.com]

Im sorry that this is a text only but, Can anyone PLEASE help me find an online store that sells fleece fabric...relatively cheap and is trustworthy??

Thanks in advance!

No new ideas, just some bag pics.

[tiffanyharvey.livejournal.com]

Hello all! I am one of those so called newbies here & am loving every minute of it! I am already dying to do so many new crafts as soon as I get some $$...

So, no new ideas, but I will share some of the appliques that I have done on my bags. I love making these because I actually have a chance to put drawings in my work! ~ the first one is what I got my avatar from (for now at least):

(Her face is a little bent in the pic)

( More bags this way! )

needlepoint

[m16.livejournal.com]

(click thumb for full image!)

this is a my first needlepoint project ever (and so far) that i finished last may. it took a lot of patience, and many breaks in between! the text is actually in my (late) father's hand-writing. i transferred it by scanning it into my computer, laying it out on the needlepoint on photoshop (i also scanned the needlepoint--the image in the center was already finished), cuting the words and pasting them. then i printed it and transferred it onto my fabric with carbon paper. let's just say: crazy! long! project!

Project Update - Beaded Sachet!

[sugabeats.livejournal.com]

Title: Beaded Sachet
Inspiration: The pattern is One of Susanna's which I got at a knitting retreat put on by a good friend
Reason: I made a couple for gifts over the holidays and I wanted one for myself!
Comments: Now that I have made a few of these, I think I finally have the pattern down. Knitting with beads is much easier than I thought! There are beads scattered throughout and at the picot edged top. It is filled with a little bag of lavender and lives with my unmentionables.

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

( when doves cry... )

♥ liz