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[336.livejournal.com]

My friend Nina(xoxx) and I got some fun colored duct tape at Michael's and made a whole bunch of totally awesome wallets (with a bit of help from the tutorial from here) for friends and ourselves.

( OMG KEWL PIX~!1@ )

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[bjerk919.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone I was wondering if you could give me some info on Crocheting with wire for jewelry.
Any links would be helpful or pics, Me and a friend of mine want to try it but don't really know where to start.
Thanks a bunch
Cross Posted

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[elspethdawitch.livejournal.com]

Finally finished my scarf! Knit two, purl two ribbing made with white Pattons "Devine" yarn.

( warm and fuzzy )

cardstock question

[mermccau.livejournal.com]

So, I am making invites for a client of mine. To keep cost down for the client, I bought cardstock at AC Moore which was reasonably priced.

I am using a bone folder to put a fold in the cardstock and it is doing a weird thing - the paper along the crease is kind of buckling or cracking after I fold. Does that make sense? Any ever come across this? Is it indicative of the quality of the cardstock?

Thanks :)

how to end scarf??

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

hye...

ok so i just sat here for like 2 hours and finished knitting a scarf that was taking me FOREVER.....but one problem.. i dont know how to end it..if any of you know how, or know websites that show really simple instrucions, it would be greatly appreciated =)


ill post pictures when its alll done

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[africanviolin.livejournal.com]

look what i made


it's not dry yet. i'm also going to do green on a green table. but i'll probably make more of a shape or something, like a star. this was supposed to look sort of mosiac-y.

xposted to my journal.

valentine's day crafts for kids?

[poprockgrrl.livejournal.com]

My gf has been asked to help her 10 year old neice's class create a valentine's day craft. The 2 of us have made plenty of valentine's day related things in the past, but she needs something geared towards 10 year olds that only will take about an hour. I've googled some things but they're kind of boring so I figured I'd ask all you craftygrrls for ideas.
Thanks in advance!

baby gift ideas

[chiquita-bedita.livejournal.com]

OK I have a question.

What is something you can make and give to a baby for their first birthday? Something simple possibly?

I was thinking of a stuffed thing of some sort. It can't be a bear, because she has a fear of teddy bears (long story, but yea she has a fear of teddy bears).

Thanks for the help...I did check the memories

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[hearts-fail.livejournal.com]

I just made candles in eggcups with magic roundabout on the front.

Easter idea maybe?

Except my candle came out looking ugly colourwise

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[incustar.livejournal.com]

( I saw this wallet on craftster )

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[alloveislost.livejournal.com]

hello everyone.i just joined. :]

             ive been lurking around here for about week and everyone here is awesomly gifted.i love everyones ideas and everything.ive been getting into do all sorts of crafts and stuff lately and im excited to get started.well i finally got my mom to let me re-do my room and part of the deal is that i would have to keep my ugly,fuzzy pink comforter and i could customize it or whatever in any way i wanted to.well my idea is to get all diffrent colors of fabric and cut out star shapes and sew them on top of the fuzzy part and like keep adding stars all over until i cover it all.my problem is that i dont wanna take the whole pink backing off and replace it with another cover and sew that one,so i was thinking i could sew on the stars and then just take a new cover and sew it over the pink so it covered the stiching and still have a new color on the bottom part instead of the pink.does any one think this is a good idea,or should i just take the orginal back off and then sew on a new the new back? thanks for any help :D

I have a mug. YAY!

[witchbabywigg.livejournal.com]

I was snowed in last night, so why not get crafty?

A girl I work with just found out she has mono.
Everyone at work has their own coffee cup, but lazy people are always using other people's mugs so they don't have to wash them. She was laughing about the nasty surprise the next person who uses her mug is going to get.... and i thought of a magical present for her.

I do a lot of painting on glass. I made some money this summer by painting custom wine glass sets, which people commission me to do as wedding gifts. The glass paint can also be used on porcelain and stonewear.

So I made this very special coffee mug:

( LOTS of pics and a short tutorial! )

Screenprint (And a Introduction >___ >)

[shikonira.livejournal.com]

'Lo :D My name is Joyce (BUTPLEASEPLEASECALLMESHIKOORSOMETHINGOFTHELIKE), and umm, I've been looking through this community for about a month now. I'm trying to learn how to sew and knit, but I don't really have a lot of time with school, violin, viola, and cello rehearsals, so that takes about 3 hours out my day, which only leaves me 2-3 hours a day to do what I want (except on weekends ;D). Oh yeah, and I love Harry Potter (SLYTHERIN BAYBEE OMG <3)

Anyway, since they've stopped making Potter Puppet Pal t-shirts, I've been wanting to make my own of Bother!Ron on it (<3), and having recently found the cheap screenprinting tutorial, I finally can (YAY! :D).

But, the problem is, it only tells you how to do one colour, and Bother!Ron has like, a lot, so, can I use multiple colours when using that screenprinting tutorial without messing up the entire thing? :D

Thanks bunches for anyones help! <3

Fun With Duct Tape

[mere1312.livejournal.com]

Yesterday I was snowed in my house so rather than sitting around doing nothing I messed around with my duct tape! There are some purses and wallets...

Sorry for the crappy pictures!




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duct tape

[amourbliss.livejournal.com]

I really want to make some duct tape flowers and other things, but where do I find the colored duct tape? I don't want it to be very expensive, but I do need bright colors like pink. Are there any online stores that sells them for reasonable prices. All the ones I've seen sell for like $8....and to honest I'm not really into paying $8 for tape!! Please help!!! If anyone has some that they want to sell that would be great to!!

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[toxic-divinity.livejournal.com]

I know some of you will be slightly against this buuuut I need some creative help here. I want to give my boyfriend a little thing that is..."50 reasons not to smoke pot". dun dun duuuuun... (iono really how else to get through to him as yelling has not worked. so i shall use my crafty powers on him) But i dont really know how to give it to him. Like, in what way to present it. How to wrap it, envelope it...w/e you know what im talking about. Anyhoo, I hope you kids can help me, I will love you forever.

Bunny Fleece Hat

[invertedroum.livejournal.com]

Hey there! I'm new to the community, this is my first post here.

Well anyhow, I was wondering if anyone would happen to know how to make a bunny fleece hat, such as this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1345&item=5951845111&rd=1 I'd like to make one of my own, but I have no idea how to go about doing it. I'm assuming you'd need a pattern or something. If anyone could help me out it'd be greatly appreciated!

I made my friend Ryan a scarf....

[twinklebella.livejournal.com]

Here it is! yay!

I've been working on and off since November, but I finally buckled down and finished it (I did more than 1/2) yesterday when I was snowed in!

hehe.



I particularly love the little r.



Darrah <3

wallet

[azila.livejournal.com]

just finished making a wallet. (Coppied incustar) There’s was cooler than mine though. I couldn't figure out how to do the pockets for credit cards and stuff... But that's ok! Great idea!( Read more... )

Screenprinting: a tutorial and other info.

[murdercitygrrrl.livejournal.com]

I printed these shirts last summer, and never put them up so thought I'd share.
These shirts were made in conjunction with a fundraiser for a photography scholarship in honor of one of my mother's friends that died in a car wreck last year.
The image I used was one of his photographs.

Screen printing paint isn't paint, its "ink" but that's not what you need to know. For tshirts, what you need to know is that regardless of what paint, ink, or whatever you use, if its not for tshirts you'll need to get some fabric medium. There's a picture of it below, and you can find it with the acrylic paints in most craft stores or craft sections in department stores.

You will need:
a screen
your image
a shirt
screenprint paint/ink for shirts OR screenprinting ink + fabric medium
fixative or some other method of putting your image on the screen (see below)
squeege
a nearby sink: this could get messy

( instructions, etc )

My recent craftings.

[darkmagix.livejournal.com]

Hiya guys, I've been lurking around here for about half a year now, and I finally decided to actually post some things I've made! This was mostly all made this weekend seeing as I was inside with not much else to do during a snowstorm we had.

( Pop Can Chinese Lanterns. )

( Pop Can Tab Belt. )

( Fingerless 'Hobo' Gloves. )

( Fleece Harry Potter Scarf. )

Well, that's all for now.
-Chris


Update: The scarf tutorial is up and can be found here: http://www.livejournal.com/community/craftgrrl/5168478.html

Two fleece collars

[banshee.livejournal.com]

I have a ton of fleece left over from holiday projects.
( and one more: )

WEB HOST AND SOFTWARE OR TEMPLATE WITH A SHOPPING CART

[beachniksnet.livejournal.com]

Can anyone out there please recommend a software or web host that I can use to create a website with a shopping cart that will allow the payment to go into my paypal account??

bat-pack

[anhmzz.livejournal.com]

tee-hee:

http://theroseroom.net/archives/bat%20back%20pack%20crop.jpg

It's a back-pack that look like a bat! (assuming the bat is rectangular, has red floppy wings, and no eyes).

I made it as a gift for my sister for her birthday. The fabric came from Wal-mart and is black fuzzy polyester (outside) and dark grey flannel lining. I think the wings are a poly blend of some kind as well. To make it I pretty much sewed the right sides of the fabric together on 3 sides into a giant rectangle, turned it inside out, attached the straps and wings, folded down the front part, sewed it closed and attached the teeth. It closes with white velcro, which I also cut out to look like fangs.

It made me really happy, because I think it turned out well (given my limited skills) and my sister liked it too. I may need to make another one to keep.

Camera Bag Tutorial

[sharmelon.livejournal.com]

Similar to wasted_sympathy's robot purse tutorial, but I just thought I'd share. This is how I went about making my camera bag, and thought you other craftgrrls would find it useful.:

cambag-tutorial.pdf (3-page PDF, 727kb)

too poor to afford art

[moondanzing.livejournal.com]

I repainted my bedroom recently and wanted some kind of India type goddess for the wall, but of course being of low cashflow, I couldn't afford what I wanted so I decided to paint my own. Let me know what you think of this to go with my bedroom.

Thanks for your time ;)

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[bluevelouria.livejournal.com]

i'm not sure if this is allowed, but does any one have/know here to find a picture of ducky's shoes from pretty in pink? i would love to make a stencil out of them.

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

installing zippers on knitted things? such as sweaters, etc? anyone know? i'm totally lost...


xposted to knittingpretty

Beads!

[faded-purity.livejournal.com]

So here is some jewlery I've made over the past couple of months. I wanted to see what y'all thought of it. I'm interested in making some jewlery for sale, but I wanted to see how much you think a decent price is for this jewlery.


( On to the beads )

As promised earlier today...

[darkmagix.livejournal.com]

( Freece Hogwarts Scarf Tutorial!  )

Name Tag Holders?

[rochelle.livejournal.com]

I've searched the memories and don't see anything about this. I'm looking for some kind of something to hold my name tag for work. It's a piece of paper with my photo and name on it, and it's slightly bigger than a business card. Most people have theirs in a clear plastic name tag holder thingy with a pin on the back of it. I'm looking for something more crafty! I'm thinking something on a ribbon that goes around my neck, but I'm not sure what to do. Any ideas? Thank you!

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[bluevelouria.livejournal.com]

is there something to put in acrylic paint that makes it stay on fabric without washing off?

New To The Community

[lilangel32583.livejournal.com]

I just signed up for livejournal today, and I'm still trying to figure out how everything works. I just started working with clay and wanted some feedback on some of my work. The "Faery Tiles" are my latest project.

creeeeeture

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

i adore all the little crochet monsters everyone makes...

( so i made my own... )

I actually get to post something.

[speakinspanish.livejournal.com]

Lately I've been making some things.

These Valentine's for my friend's/family
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[alluneedislooov.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone, I hope this is allowed, I just figured a lot of you crafty gals (and guys?) would be making valentines this year.

I was just wondering what kind of mushy quotes you were going to use. I'm making my own this year and I don't want to just write "Be Mine" and stuff like that.

Soooo, give me your mushiest, cheesiest valentines day lines.

TIA,

Ashley

My valentine's day decorations and more!

[weddedblog.livejournal.com]

So, we're big valentine's day people around here. Since we got married around this time (on the 17th), we combine the two into a week-long extravaganza. It goes without saying that we decorate.

To start, I made a heart mobile in the dining area.

It's made using the grade-school wax paper/crayons/iron method. And it's hung on a paper lantern covering our 80's light fixture.

Make it yourself!
Place protective paper on your surface, especially if it's your ironing board. Don't want wax everywhere.
Place a rectangle of wax paper on your surface.
Fun Part: Shave crayons over your wax paper using a pencil sharpener. Combine colors in unique ways but stick to a few colors, 2 or 3, for each work of art. More colors will mke it look more and more like brown or black when it melts. Make sure there are spots where some colors are concentrated and make sure about the inner two thirds of the wax paper is completely covered with shavings.
Cover shavings with another rectangle of wax paper.
Cover with a protective peice of paper and iron! Just iron over the entire surface with your iron set at high (cotton). Make sure the entirity of the wax is melted. The colors will blend and look faboo!
Set aside to cool and work on your next masterpiece.
Cut into any shape you like. These make great sun catchers so make a bunch and put them in your windows.

( There's more, Come see. )

Ink question...

[kixeldorado.livejournal.com]

Okay, this might be a little bit more art related than craft, but I'll ask anyway and I might get lucky.

I've got the idea to do a picture on a (gessoed) canvas with brush and ink.
The ink that I've got is "Higgins Black Magic" ink, it says it's waterproof. Nonetheless, when I get done, I want to protect the piece somehow.

I've seen varnish for oil and acrylic paintings in stores, and eventually I might get some because I've got some paintings almost done.

Would this use for an ink piece? The ink says waterproof which of course means that it's not soluble with water, but what about the oils or whatever is in the varnish?

Has anybody tried this before?
Is there an alternative solution? (Yeah, put it under glass, but framing's more expensive than I have money for...and a little bottle of varnish is much cheaper than a big ol' frame set.)

Anybody?

I hope this works...

[streetcornergrl.livejournal.com]

*I'VE FIXED IT!*

woweee i never post on here but i finally got around to making stuff. Hope you like it....


( If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like. )

used to be in this community under "eh_not_really"

[--corine--.livejournal.com]

im just gonna post pics of 2 bags i made. comments appreciated.
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thanks.

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[phlegmy.livejournal.com]

hmm... would stretch poplin (97% cotton and 3% spandex) be a suitable fabric to make a skirt? lucky dots is on sale & i would looooove a skirt out of that fabric. how many yards do you think would be enough for a women's large circle or a-line skirt?