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[lttle-red-lotus.livejournal.com]

Today is my sister's birthday, so I wanted to post what I made for her. I got inspired by molecules of all things. I'm going to be doing an emotions molecule series soon. It took me forever to figure out how to make these things. I tried doing a beaded ball, but it didn't give me the right effect, then i tried to make clusters, but that didn't work either because the crystals didn't stick out like i wanted to, so i came up with my own method. Is there an easy way to do this, or some beading technique that I don't know about? If so, what's it called?

( the envy compound molecule )

( the happiness compound molecule )

my first time.. spinning

[sharmelon.livejournal.com]

oh boy, i can not get the hang of this spinning stuff!

my spindle kit came in the mail today and i put it together as a bottom-whorl drop spindle.

i think i have made the leader correctly (out of some regular yarn i had lying around), but can not figure out how to actually start spinning with my wool. i pinch the leader and wool fiber together and give the spindle a spin, and it starts to twist together for a few seconds, but then my spindle starts to spin in the opposite direction and it just falls apart. boooo.

what am i doing wrong? and any tips you spinners have to offer?

i finally got my wool and leader to stick together, thanks to some help from spinningfiber and using the park & draft technique. this is a lot harder than i thought.. and i'm not even sure if my 'yarn' is turning out correctly. o.o what do you guys think?



( +1 detail behind the lj-cut )

in Hair!

[njadean.livejournal.com]

here's the lovely Tania adorned with my latest peacock hair jewels!

A bracelet or two...

[khinara.livejournal.com]

A friend's b-day is coming and I wanted to make a bracelet for her made of freshwater pearls. I already had an idea of what I wanted the bracelet to look like, but I wanted to see how the bracelet would look in reality first before actually using the freshwater pearls. So I used some plastic beads I had lying around and this is what became of it:



It looks okay, but I don't know...sort of bare? Like there's still something lacking and it doesn't look as "finished" as I want it to be. Any suggestions on what I can do? Or what I can add to it and such? Bunches of thanks in advance.

( Bigger pics here )

salvage note

[hydrolagus.livejournal.com]

If you're chopping up a sweater/tshirt/sweatshirt for crafty purposes, the neckband makes a very nice headband. Even one from a polo shirt with the collar left on, for a mini-scarf effect! Scroffy/boring ones are good for when you dye your hair--you can toss them afterwards with no guilt.

spinning adventures - continued! :)

[sharmelon.livejournal.com]

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ta-da!!! :) i started with 1 oz. total of various dyed rovings (magenta, light pink, red, light blue, dark blue) and spun them (my first time!) on a bottom-whorl drop spindle earlier this morning. i washed it to set it and it is finally dry! i am so excited! :)

Pencil pencil pouch

[giraffecrafts.livejournal.com]

( Perfect for my cartooning class! :) )

Thanks for looking!

Wow!

[lp-drumline7.livejournal.com]

Nothing to do leads to boredom. Boredom leads to remembering obsessions. Remembering obsessions leads to stencilling, in my book.


( I needed a new pillow anyways. )

helllo

[distorted-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hi, this is my first post here, though I've been lurking for awhile (isn't that always the story). My friend really wanted me to help her make a skirt out of some fabric she bought, and I ended up getting inspired and making a skirt for myself too, out of some fabric I bought about a month ago. And now I want to show off, of course!

( clicky! )

Well, thanks for looking! Hope you enjoyed!

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[tweetspie.livejournal.com]

So, my dad's on this garage sale kick (he got a copy of MS word 97 and Battle Chess for $1, so he's gone crazy) and I'm on this thrifting kick, which does not bode well for either of our wallets. Well, we stopped at this garage sale yesterday, and we were looking at stuff. He bought some christmas ribbon (I wanted an xmas tree topper that was really cool and would kick ass on top of a staff, but he wouldn't get it for me) and a box of boxes, and then we found this tin, and for 50 cents, I got a tin full of BUTTONS!!

ahh!!

Well, anyway, we thought we were done, until I was looking at this sewing machine. I asked how much it was, and the woman said $40. We were hesitant at first, but it was a Kenmore, probably 15 years old, and it came with two boxes of cams. It was a done deal when we plugged it in, and it ran SILENTLY. I got all excited, and then the woman came over to me while my dad was writeing the check, and she asked me if I liked crafts. I smiled and said that I loved crafting, and she walked me over to a box of random stuff and started packing it all up. "here, take this" 0.0 What was the box full of? Scrapbooking paper, random stencils, earring posts, "jewelery paper" (I'm still trying to figure out what that is lol), and just a ton of stuff. But my favorite part was...


FEATHERS!!! There's probably 25 birds worth of feathers in this box, and I have NO idea what to do with them. I'll find something... I just wanted to brag


:P

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

Does anyone have any good tips/bookmarked sites for tye dying things? Like how to get the best results/just random tips to make things look cool.

Also, does anyone have like good suggestions for other kinds of cheap dye alternatives? Like, I just use Rit, but I'm wondering if you can use like any household liquids such as juice...

Sorry for text only, and I looked through the memories and couldn't really find what I was looking for.

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[mutant-boys.livejournal.com]

Hey guys, I've been lurking for a while and now I have a question to ask you.
I friend of mine wants to do a cosplay no one of the Angel Sanctuary characters, but we are having a bit of a problem....we don't know what patterns to use to do it. Can anyone help me? Under the cut are various links which show the character.

( Pictures )

Thank you guys!!!!

my first amigurumi

[keymistress.livejournal.com]

i made this first amigurumi bear for my boyfriend and an amigurumi beagle for my good friend. :)

Text only... again. :/

[way-back-alone.livejournal.com]

Yeah I just post last night, but another dilemma has been thrown at me.

My school is doing something new this year called a "Renaissance Program." I don't really know much about it except that its meant to reward kids who get good grades, have limited absences, etc. My school asked me to design the shirts for the program. They said it can be anything to do with the school, but that they don't want it to scream, "Hey I'm a good kid!"

Any ideas of what I should do for the design? I'm completely blank...

help a poor crafty girl out!

[dollyday.livejournal.com]

can anyone read japanese????
im totally stuck on something and i cant understand the instructions in my book,:-(
if you do and could tell me (if i send you the page via email,I WOULD LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!
its driving me crazy!

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[twotrees.livejournal.com]

A while back someone sent me a link to the copyright laws for collage artists. My computer was nearly destroyed by a virus a while back and I lost this link. Does anyone know of any good ones that list the copyright laws for collage artists in the US?

New Member and question

[schmishy.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone. I've been meaning to join this community for a while now, but I wasn't spurred to actaully do so until I had this ridiculously dumb question. :P

So, I'm making this bracelet. It's very simple. I just attached three pieces of fishing line to a crimp bead and closure, and I made three beaded strands. Now, I want to twist them like a thick rope before I end off on the other end.

I used to do this all the time with yarn when I was little and made friendship bracelets. I remember it was simple logic that kept the "rope" twisted.

I don't know what's wrong with me, but I CAN'T figure out how to keep it from untwisting. I was thinking that the crimp bead would help, but now I don't think it would. I don't know what's wrong with me. I feel like a five year old with no logic. I'm just staring at the strands like, "duhhhh".

Can anyone help me? I know that when I get the answer I'll be like OH! but I apparently need some help. Maybe it's lack of sleep! :P

Thanks in advance for any advice. Hope everyone is doing well. :)

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[cheshcan.livejournal.com]

( And much more jewelry--about 175k of pictures )

Also: my family moved from California to Washington in 1996. We thought it was going to be a pretty short fiasco, so we pretty much tossed any old crap into storage and took off. Needless to say, it wasn't a fast ordeal, and for various reasons we're only now getting that storage unit cleaned out. Most of it is entirely useful crap, but it's also a fun time capsule from the mid-90s! So my POINT: I found my pogs! If you don't remember pogs, they were round bits of cardboard with pictures on them that you used to play... some game that totally escapes me now. I didn't have that many--I always got into fads really halfassedly--and so far I've located about 16. Batman, Robin, Harley Davidson, dolphins... my favorite is one with "NOT" crossed out and "not sucks!" written in tiny letters around the outside, because... what the hell? Anyway, does anyone have any ideas for them?

Assorted junk

[banthetubetop.livejournal.com]

I finished a bunch of projects I finished lately, so I am finally getting around to posting pictures.

( Suitcase, planner, and (even more) fall out boy bags )

Emptying an awl?

[dj-spider.livejournal.com]

I'm using a leather awl with rotating heads, like this



on plastic, in order to insert jump rings, and the small plastic circles are getting backed up in the hollow of the awl. We've tried needles and pushpins -- how can we get them out? I'm worried that they'll end up keeping the awl from working it's best, and we've got a lot of plastic squares to link together!

hello! a newbie here...

[wyldflwrgoddess.livejournal.com]

I was introduced to this community by my friend the lovely sykopixee. Over the past six months I have really gotten into beading... a lot. I have so much fun with it. The best thing about beading is that if you don't like what you make, or you get tired of it and don't want it anymore, you can just whip up something else brand-new that you like better. It allows me to tinker around with tools and that makes me very happy. I've actually gone around my house and taken necklaces that I bought at the store and are tired of and rip them apart for the beads. My skills range from simple to intermediate, I haven't gotten super fancy yet, but I'd like to learn. The newest thing I have done is the coiling memory wire bracelets. I've made three of them. The ones that I like the best are the ones that are an amalgam of pretty much every beading project I've done to date. It's like a patchwork quilt, but for beads! I've gotten bad about not taking pictures of new stuff, but I'll get better about it now that I'm posting here.

( some of my beading projects. VERY IMAGE HEAVY, BE WARNED. )

Before I went on this beading odyssey, I did a lot of sewing-related crafting in high school. I can embroider like nobody's business, and everyone thought was nuts when I customized a pair of jeans with embroidery. I've been a bit distracted with the beading, which has kept me from finishing my last sewing project. I ripped a new skirt a few months ago, and it ticked me off to no end. I decided to cover the whole thing with corderoy patches. While I have finished the front, I haven't gotten around to the back of it. I'll post pictures on that another day.

I look forward to being in the community! I won't do a mile-long entry next time!
Miranda

Iron on Transfer Anyone?

[msformaldehyde.livejournal.com]

I just ordered Iron On Transfer Paper for my inkjet printer. I am going to be making some t-shirts and I am wondering if anyone has used this method? Any tips and suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks~

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[theshwiggles.livejournal.com]

What is everyone going out as for Halloween?

I NEED IDEAS!

Blocking a knitting project

[dark-freya.livejournal.com]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me how to block a knitting project? I am getting near the end and I can't seem to find a link to show me how to block when I am done. If anyone can direct me to a website or let me know how they block a project, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.