First Post, and my newest craft

[ladydeakin.livejournal.com]

Hi there!

I wanted to share with you all my pride and joy.

I'm a huge fan of the show Mythbusters and as a gift to Adam and Jamie, the hosts, I decided to sew my speciality - sock monkeys.

( MythMonkeys! )

charms?

[neverseenblue.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have any good online resources for silver/pewter charms?

thanks.

My first attempt at an altered book...Beware 15 pics!

[gadgetluv.livejournal.com]

I finally located where I had put these pics on my computer, so I decided to share :)

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My version of an altered book . . .

[artist-writer.livejournal.com]

This is pictured above the mirror of my dresser. I need practice with these! Send me your supplies and I'll make you one based on your interests!

[x-posted to my favorite communites]

Jeans that I have madee

[funkyyouth.livejournal.com]

Funked up some of me old jeans. what do you
think?

Thanks James

www.funkyyouth.co.uk



 

I learned how to crochet!

[stella-marisa.livejournal.com]

I took a free crochet class at my local library this summer and decided to put my new-found skill to use in a baby present. A friend I've had since the two of us were three years old together is about to have her first child (possibly tomorrow!)

( Crocheting, cross-stitch, and sewing... )

Decoupage question

[foto-phreak.livejournal.com]

this is in regards to my previous post: http://www.livejournal.com/community/craftgrrl/6945727.html

I decided for my mom's gift to just distress a wood frame and send it as an 8x10. but there were so many other good suggestions in that thread, i'm going to try a couple others out.

what i'm wondering is this... instead of using the actual photo for decoupage, what should i do? i want to put it onto a wooden box, so i'd have to glue it. should i just use regular copy paper? or perhaps card stock? i've never actually done any decoupage so i'm not sure what will be good for keeping them image intact for many years, etc...

any suggestions?

grape earrings!

[tummymunkey.livejournal.com]

introducing wonderfully jucy clusters by emily that put my cherry earrings to shame. grapes grapes grapes, and then some! my boyfriend's lovely sister has the immense patience and attention to detail to make these beautiful jewels.

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How to clean fun foam?

[lethalbubblegum.livejournal.com]

Ok so I basically need to know how to clean stubborn dirt out of fun foam. It's actually a pair of flip flops I own but it's the same stuff only thicker. I figured if anyone would know it's be you guys.

new pendants and a bowl

[dolphin-daze.livejournal.com]

well I worked a bit on some new faces for pendantsi ncluding a new Halloween one which I think turned out cool. As well as a new hand cast paper bowl that I hand painted, I love the way this one turned out.

Here is a group shot including one pendant that I wire wrapped in blue and copper wire which I will NEVER DO AGAIN as I stuck a bit of the blue wire through my finger which really stinking hurt! lol



More pictures under the cut
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Delurking alert!

[myclevername.livejournal.com]

This is my first entry, and the very first time I've actually finished a knitting project. Thus, I felt it a worthy enough success to post here!

( Boring scarfy goodness )

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[ixbleedxfashion.livejournal.com]

any tutorials for change purses?


-andrew.

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[jennymade.livejournal.com]

i've finally gotten to the point today that i'm so tired from school, college applications and choir activities that i needed to just sit at my computer for two hours straight and make graphics and change html codes.

it's not exactly artsy crafty, but it's computer crafty. i'm a fan of that as well as knitting and sewing.

i put together a new layout for my beatles fansite in less than two hours (the quickest for me, ever, i believe.)

i'm pumped to show it off.

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[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

( I just found this seashell... )

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[reebert.livejournal.com]

Here is one of my latest creations:



Wood, wire, and paint. :)

Snow White Finished!

[speakinspanish.livejournal.com]

Hi!
I just recently Finished The Matching Skirt to this top, thought you Crafty Girls would appreciate something like this!

( More! )

my busy weekend!

[ohbara.livejournal.com]

These are all at the a local shop as of this afternoon (exciting!!). I thought I'd post them here, too--it's been a while since I've had time to post much of anything!



a little knitted capelet, big old vintage button from me mum's stash.

( the rest are under here, to help out yr. friends-pages )

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[lilnekochan.livejournal.com]

Could someone point me to a post please? Someone posted some cell phone danglies/rearview mirror danglies that they'd made with charms on them, it was fairly recent but I can't find it ;_; TIA

EDIT: Found it! ^_^ http://www.livejournal.com/community/craftgrrl/6881635.html#cutid1

New necklace creations!

[dirtygypsy.livejournal.com]

I made two new necklaces today: one out of a Roman coin I got, and one for a friend who is a big Superman fan.

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(this community is the nicest)

[dreamfilleddays.livejournal.com]

So I have an issue that I figured someone here might be able to address. Well, I recently taught myself how to crochet (and knit, too, but that's not what this is about), and I decided that I wanted to crochet myself a hat. A basic google search and glancing through several sites later, I decided that this was the hat for me, and it seemed easy enough. Now, I've been managing quite well so far, but the problem is . . . I don't have a crochet hook. So I've been crocheting using a pencil. The issue here is that the gauge is probably different (I think my stitches are smaller than the gauge they want) so I'm worrying about whether I should alter the instructions for the hat. I've gotten up through round nine, but it currently has a circumference of about fourteen inches . . . the finished product supposedly has a circumference of twenty-one inches. In the instructions, at this point, I'm supposed to be working even in single crochet stitches for three and a half inches; do you think it's supposed to already have the full circumference and from now on just be working down for the sides of the hat, or will it expand somewhat as I work? If it won't expand, should I just do another few rounds where I continue the previous pattern by doing now eight single crochet followed by two in one stitch all around and then nine single crochet followed by two in one stitch and so on until it has a decent circumference?

Wow, yeah, sorry that was so longggggg and just text. When I finish the hat, I will post a picture! I am also knitting myself a scarf (first knitting project). But hopefully someone can help with this . . .

vintage optical lens pendant

[crissy.livejournal.com]

vintage optical lens pendant.. my first one, definitely don't have my process down yet.. encountered some air bubbles, and the glue melted my painting a bit. the image (el corazon) is scanned from a spanish card game, photoshopped, then painted with acrylic paint. rather see it on a leather cord as well, but i'll get there.

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[exousia.livejournal.com]

Applehoops
( More Brand New Jewelry )

textile medium for stenciling

[iamdolleyez.livejournal.com]

hey, i'm sure one of you ladies might know the answer to this

i went looking for textile medium to mix with acrylic paint for stenciling on fabric, and i found 2 types...
type 1 is a liquitex product, i believe it was called somethingrather900 textile medium. it required heat to set it, and warned of toxic fumes (formeldahyde actually!) being released when you heat it to set. it looked very liquidy in the bottle..and the bottle was about 11 bucks

type 2 was another brand (possibly golden or something like that..they are both available at curry's..). bottle was half the size, more viscous than the other type mentioned above..and said nothing of heat setting or toxic fumes upon set (since no heat set was mentioned)

any advise on which works better? anyone use either of them? is one of them more of a silk screen/fine/soft texture than the other?

i currently use a ready blended fabric paint, which is just fine i suppose ..but since i have a huge giganta-tub of black acrylic (which i really don't use..how much black can you really use in normal usage??) i figured i could invest a little and use up some of this paint that's just sitting here.

anyhoo. thanks!

**edit because i forgot i took a few pictures!!**
( stenciled shirt and a necklace! )

hmmmmm.....i was wondering

[rubyraunchy.livejournal.com]

is textile adhesive the same thing as textile medium?