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[jen-sandwich.livejournal.com]

( sort of a bowie shirt )

New twist on an old favorite.

[vala-amaris.livejournal.com]

Long time lurker, first time poster.  LOL

Yeah I know everyone has done a duct tape wallet, but how many have bloody masks with a knife through the eye?  hmmm?

Well first off, you must understand this is a belated bday gift for a friend who is a die hard Jason/Friday the 13th fan.  I'm disapointed in the pics, it looks better in real life, but you'll get the idea.

I was going to mod podge the graphics on, but I had a feeling that would be a mistake so instead I used lamination sheets on top of the duct tape and that seems to have done the trick.  All the raw edges are under duct tape so it won't peel off.

The outside of the wallet IE the front and back:


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[i-play-pretend.livejournal.com]

could someone help me in finding sites with shadow box art? perhaps some neat livejounal communities!

i havent had much luck.
thanks.

adhesives

[plaidslothbutt.livejournal.com]

i was planning on making stationery and bookplates to give out to people as gifts, and then possibly sell later on...but i don't know what kind of adhesive is on envelopes and bookplates...the kind that dries and then can be re-wetted to put into place.
if anyone knows anything about this, the appreciation would be huge.

monster mash

[blackandhotpink.livejournal.com]

i lessthanthree this community and have been lurking for a few weeks. an art major, who hasn't been inspired in quite some time, but you kids sure did help give a jump start.

i know monsters are redundant, but i at least wanted to share something...

( monster foo foo...monster foofette )

and even more painted ceramics

[j9crafts.livejournal.com]

( CRAZY MUGS )

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[jaquiza.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to get serious about photography so I decided the time had come to put together a portfolio. The problem is I don't like any of the portfolios on the market, they're all so serious. So I made my own...
( click it )

last term's ceramics

[rejectcarp.livejournal.com]

these are two pieces i finished in my ceramics course last term that i was particularly proud of: a bud vase and a purple mug.
( on to the kaolin )

Preserving Petals?

[leopardwolf.livejournal.com]

My box of crafts came back home, and I've been busy getting images together. I hope to share them sometime later tonight.


In the meantime, I wanted to ask about preserving petals. My mate sent me a special order of flowers, which is set to deliver three seperate orders. I was not expecting this, so it was quite a surprise.

I have tulips, and I just recieved what appears to be iris, lily, and daisey.

Since I got the tulips first, they're starting to look a bit wilty. I was planning to go ahead and remove them from the stems and set them somewhere. I know how delicate they can be though, and will shrival almost instantly.

I considered plucking each individual petal from each sprig. I also considered how to preserve them. I'd rather go a natural way like air drying, or pressing them so I can use them again later. For pressing, I was thinking about putting them between something... some sort of paper and then placing them between some heavy stacks of books.

I can't remember for the life of me, if I were to simply hang them somewhere, what are the ideal conditions to get the best dried flowers?

An area with low light, cool, but not too damp? Hard to do here in Louisiana with our humidity.

Would it even work for tulips? They are so delicate, but I want to try anyway.

Anyone else have any experience drying or pressing flowers or herbs for crafty things? Have ny sites to recommend? Any thoughts or suggestions?

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[my-warm-blood.livejournal.com]

i've gotten a 40% one item coupon off joann.com before, but i'm not sure how.
i've searched all over the site and i can't find anything more than their sales flyer, which doesn't have coupons.
does anyone know more than i?

thanks!

Cat in the hat

[ufo8mykat.livejournal.com]

Cats in hats on the freeway!

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[africanviolin.livejournal.com]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

the memories are back (at least, for me!)

probably a dumb question

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

i just started knitin and have white yarn i was wonderin if i can use the dye you'd by for t-shirts to dye it...or anything to dye it for that matter..thanks!

<3 ned

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[placezmoilibre.livejournal.com]

This isn't nearly as crafty as most grrls who post here, but I wanted to share nonetheless...

The dollar store by my house brought in a whole tonne of mac tack sticky paper in all sorts of really different prints -- leopard, cow, etc. I've only ever seen it in white or frosted, so naturally I absolutely fell in love with them all. I ended up buying a few rolls of a flower print that reminded me of those classic blue ceramics and used it to decorate a box in which to store my magazines.

( So pretty )

DIY lingerie?

[sugarmommaless.livejournal.com]

Hey craftgrrls

I was wondering if any of you have a source for lingerie making supplies? Specifically, I'd like to be able to buy:

* bra strap closures
* bra strap elastic
* little slides and buckles that fit onto the bra strap elastic to make it adjustable.
* elastic lace trim
* garter belt clasps (the part that holds the stockings onto the belt)
* other cute elastic trims for use on panties
* stretch lace and other interesting *fashionable* lingerie fabrics, especially prints.

I want to be able to buy these things in a reasonable range of colours, but I'll settle for just black and white if necessary.

Ideally, I'd love an Internet or mail-order store that ships to Canada, but also feel free to tell me about any real stores that have this stuff in the Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver.

Just so you don't get bored with my text only post, here's a random lingerie craft I had saved in my files: Look! I'm making pottery panties!!( Read more... )

Thanks!!

random question (text only - sorry!)

[suziannabean.livejournal.com]

I want to begin this by saying that I know we aren't allowed to sell in here, and I really am not - I just have a serious question about selling posibilities! If this is deemed inappropriate, just let me know!

Anyway - my fiancee is a huge fan of origami, and he asked if I could make him a "Origami Emergency Toolkit" - with room for paper, scizzors, a tweezers, and possibly a folding tool. I immediately started planning, and what I have in my head would be around 4 inches by 7 inches, sturdy, black pleather outside, zipped up on three sides, opening like a book. I am convinced I could do this and do it well. Brandon (my boy) thought that if this does turn out well we could package it with a bit of paper, a scizzors, a tweezers, and possibly a folding tool, and sell them on ebay!

So my questions ... a) do you think anyone would actually buy this? b) I could probably manufacture these for around $7 a pop - would 15 be a good price? More? Less? I don't know how much time I'd be putting into them, and I want to know if it would even be worth my time!

Thank you all for your help in advance!

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[cameronangel.livejournal.com]

Well I screened my 2nd onsie...and am very disappointed. I did a test, and I filled any holes that were left...But I guess I didn't get them all...Plus tigger's head got screwed up! :o(

But the worst is( Tigger looks like he's going to EAT Pooh! )

Oh well...Life goes on...Maybe this can be the alternate onsie...LoL

OH!!! And the quilt is finished! It only took a little while this morning. I won't post a pic, cuz it looks the same, except it has the embroidery floss now. Tonight I think I'm going to start the cross stiched bibs...

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[choochoohiggins.livejournal.com]

I'm a guy that wants to sew clothes for guys. Where are all the patterns for guy clothes? I can't find any at JoAnns or Walmart or on the internet.

I've been making necklaces....

[auzerais.livejournal.com]

( See here... )

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[isisabove.livejournal.com]

Ive been making some chainmaille earrings lately and I want to photograph them in a way that will look nice. A better camera would help, yes, but I also dont know what to display them on. For you gals out there that make and sell earrings, what do you use for a display for selling or even taking pictures? Nothing too spendy since I know I could go buy one of those display heads or something.

bag tutorial!

[lucidambiguity.livejournal.com]

( crappy paint tutorial for the sketchbook bag )

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[slizylvia.livejournal.com]

I want to do some crafty shopping!
but i'm running out of cool places to shop.
and i am sick of ebay for now.

so here is my question.

What are your favorite online shops for crafty supplies or fabric?

Scrapbook Theme Idea

[tiffanyharvey.livejournal.com]

A while back someone was asking about themes to use on a scrapbook other than the traditional "Christmas" or something like that ~ well as I was finishing my Chinese food the other night, I popped open my fortune cookie & pulled out 2, yes 2, fortunes:
"Your smile makes the world a lovely & beautiful place"
"Isolating yourself from others will not prevent you from being hurt"

I thought that you could make a very fun Fortune Cookie themed scrapbook, using the fortunes as captions! I could see either of those fortunes above making the right picture quite funny ;)

And ~ to go along with the theme you could use all sorts of Chinese stuff to decorate the pages. Like characters, Chinese knots, origami ~ so much fun!
(I am actually about to dive into this whole scrapbook thing, so I will first be making "College" & "Wedding" books)

New to Crafting.

[thegrimtuesday.livejournal.com]

Hello Everyone!

I'm new to crafting about, but due to some pretty stressful times, I've taken it up with absolute abandon.

Right now, I'm working on a chess set made of Sculpey. completely non-standard set, of course since i'm not particularly good at copying anything.

I'm sorry, but for now I don't have any pictures. They are coming along rather well, though and promise to be rather cute when all is said and done.

My question relates more to the business end of these crafts. I'm not sure if it is an appropriate question to post here, but I was wondering how all these auctions for the crafts has gone? Have any of you used this method? Does it work nicely for you? Is there really a market for these things?

I ask the last one because I've found everything so easy to do and so much fun that I don't see why more folks don't take it up themselves. It's so relaxing.

I look forward to seeing more of everyone's great work. There are some incredibly talented people here!

mokume gane with polymer clay

[cydniey.livejournal.com]

i've been doing it a while, but i just got a long, thin, flexible blade to do the slicing, i'd been using a double edged razor blade, dangerous, and not so effective.

but with the clay blade i whipped these up in under half an hour.

Setting Grommets?

[barbituratecat.livejournal.com]

I picked up a big container of metal grommets at the thrift store, but I'm not sure how to set them. I can probably pick up a grommet setter at Michaels, but does anyone have any hints/tips/recommendations for setting them/using them?

embroidery pattern

[blackandhotpink.livejournal.com]

i was curious if anyone had an embroidery pattern (or anything of the like) of the eiffel tower. or anything parisian for that matter.

i'm trying to make something for my friend who is obsessed with paris. so any additional ideas + patterns are welcome. thanks.

Baby Cakes

[alice-blue-gown.livejournal.com]

My sister Lucy is about to have her baby any day now! eek! She knows it's a boy so that will be my second nephew awwww!!

Instead of getting her flowers or toys etc I decided to make a "baby cake"!
I'm sure I've seen these on here before

It's made from rolled up nappies (diapers to all my American friends) which are tied with ribbons. then I just tucked in little socks, mittens, dummies, bibs etc and put a bottle on the top.
It's supposed to look like a cake...........

What do you think? I think it's cute and she will be able to use all of it too!

Front View


Side View

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[morriganslayde.livejournal.com]

( Watch me work!!! )

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[look-closer.livejournal.com]

oooh, my boyfriend bought me an old typewriter for valentine's day!!! (an especially special gift for me, the wannabe writer) and he collaged a tree out of typed words on the cover of the case. oh gosh i love him!

but anyway! what are fun things to do with a typewriter (besides write of course) what lovely new things can i make!!!

I love pink!

[theshwiggles.livejournal.com]

I bought this beautiful pink collared shirt at Value Village, and thought it just needed something to make it so much more beautiful.  It was so fast and easy, and I love the way it turned out.  There are a few little messy spots, but it's ok, I'm still new at this, and am pretty impressed with myself.

 

( Do you see stars?! )