Punch! Punch! Punch!

[anti-freeze.livejournal.com]

My 21st is fast approaching and I am in need of a recipe for a seriously kickarse punch. Can anyone help me out?

I'm in Australia so anything that's egg noggy or that needs to be heated up probably wont go down too well with our Summer heat ;o) Oh and if its likely to get 30+ people nicely tipsy that's always a bonus...

Thanks muchly.

Present Ideas

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

After scouring the memories pages and sitting through hours of blankness im in need of help with ideas.
As it is christmas it is needless to say about a gift idea. I'm rather pathetically skint so wanting to make someting aswell as the small thing i've bought for him.
My boyfriend is drum obsessed. always playing on his kit so thought maybe something for his drums as he's been talking about customising it for while. just therein lies the problem... what could i possibly make for a drumkit??
erm he's also really into art, comic books,heavily into music incase that helps with any ideas. hate that i couldnt think up something myself but my minds a complete blank recently :(
any help greatly appreciated. xx

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[sillyfaery.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone, first time posting in this community Here are some crafts i made during the hols...


The wooden rings were a bitch to handle (pun not intended)


I like my new ipod case! (inspired by redglasscurls )

( More pics of the ipod )

erm i didn't take measurements. I just crossed my fingers, took a wild stab with the scissors to cut holes for the ipod screen and clickwheel. even if it didn't turn out the right size, im still quite proud of it. just wondering if the felt will scratch my ipod....hmmm...

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[missmonstermel.livejournal.com]

So I made one of my monsters into a purse:


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crafty/unusual ways to give an ipod?

[he-uses-you.livejournal.com]

i'm not sure if its ok to ask over here, but since i technically already know what i am giving, i figured it would be ok.. if not, let me know and i'll move it over to the crafty_gifts community :)

anyways.. i am giving my boyfriend an ipod nano for christmas.. i think he might suspect it, though.. and i really want to surprise him.. so any suggestions for neat/unusual ways to present the gift? i'm drawing a blank :/

thanks :)

Pants hemming tutorial

[geekpunkgrrl.livejournal.com]

Hey I asked last week if people would be interested in a pin-free hemming technique, and I got one yes, so here it is. It's kinda photo heavy. Just for DIY points, the plywood the machine is on is a beirut table balanced across an armchair.

( mmm...berry colored cords )

Lightbox tutorial- make your own!

[mslaynie.livejournal.com]

Someone on my friends list asked if anyone had instructions for building your own lightbox. Oddly enough, I did this two weeks ago. So, I sat down and made this tutorial. Feel free to use it, but be warned: I haven't slept in something like 36 hours, so numbers and so on may be off. Doublecheck, and use at your own risk.

( It's all pictures! Click to see how to build your own lightbox! )

Blanket Making

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

okay, I made a post yesterday.
And I've decided that I want to make a blanket.
I saw this fabric that was perfect (it's 100% cotton black and white musical scores/notes!) so I bought 2 yds of it.

The only thing is I only have a vague idea about how to go about doing this.
The memories only have things on quilting...but I don't really want to make a quilt.
More of using the cotton fabric and maybe fleece or something else fuzzy and warm on the underside with batting and some sort of trim.
Like, can I sew the batting between the two fabrics and then sew like...squares on it just to keep it in place? Will it stay in place if I don't sew across it but rather just around the edges? I feel like it will bunch up or something. And then just add trim around it.

Am I thinking about this totally wrong?
Is there a tutorial anywhere for something like this?
I'm a pretty decent sewer, so that's not the problem.
It's for my boyfriend for Christmas so I'm just a little apprehensive about messing up and whatnot.

I know this post is kind of similar to my last one, so a little redundant, but now I have a specific request/question and you guys were really helpful yesterday so I thought with a more focused question, you'd be even more helpful! =]

♥

goodbye gift for class?

[ravenfyre.livejournal.com]

okay... so i got a new full time job teaching at a literacy/tutoring centre (yay!)... which means i'm going to have to leave my volunteer job at the elementary school i've been at since september (boo). it's extremely short notice (my last day at the school will be thursday), but i have no choice :\ it really sucks, i wish i had more time.

i'd like to do something nice for the kids (they're in grades 7 and 8), but i don't know what? make them something? i'm looking for any suggestions as to a goodbye gift.
can anyone help me out? i'm at a loss here. i basically have only tonight and tomorrow night to work on it, so all my original ideas (a classroom quilt or something like that) i no longer have enough time to complete.

suggestions, anyone?
much thanks :)

Alien Hat

[ruxer.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm newish - to both the community and crafts in general. My best friend suggested that he and I make each other's Christmas gifts this year, which I thought was a fun idea. However, he then decided that I learn how to knit and make him a hat, scarf, and gloves. I told him that was out of the question but secretly went out and bought a Knifty Knitter. I suppose that is cheating, but what does he expect, eh?

Anyway, since I've enjoyed getting ideas from the posts here, I thought I would share my first Knifty creation. It's a very silly hat I made for my husband. It was supposed to be an alien, but my husband says it looks more like Cthulhu. He suggested I add some sort of teeth to the bottom of the brim so it looks more like it is eating his head, but I'm not sure how to do so without obstructing his eyesight. Suggestions welcome!

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[trulyyours.livejournal.com]

I was inspired by a post made here earlier:

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new

[labiapatrol.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm new to the community and it seems like a good one. I've been looking through the post and it gave me a ton of new ideas and inspiration, looking forward to seeing more..
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a few things I've done lately, I've been knitting alot, I always knit during the winter, but I've been busy doing other things as well

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[prophetspyder.livejournal.com]

VOTE:

jennymade's Christmas cookie cutter ornaments

turtlexheart's demented elf

Just reply to this post with your vote. Easy breezy!

Trees and a Penguin!

[tydyehippo.livejournal.com]

I am a member of a monthly craft club and we just had our Christmas party. Every year, I make a gift for the person whose name I drew and then I make little gifts for all the other members.
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[angelicate.livejournal.com]

So, our semester-long project for my art foundations class was to gather all of the projects together and design a book. We had the option of printing a cover and laminating it and spiral-binding the whole thing or we could build the book from scratch, so I chose to build it. It was interesting, and I'm thinking of doing it again. This could be a good project for a gift (scrapbook/photo album/journal) for someone.

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packaging?

[goddessathena.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have any ideas on cool ways to package marble magnets besides altoid tins? I can't think of anything besides piling them up and wrapping them into a lump shape. :P

jo-ann coupons

[pinkninky.livejournal.com]

i like sharing coupons with crafty folks who can use them! these were e-mailed to me, so if you're not on the jo-ann mailing list, you're not left out :)

( dec.10 only = 50% off of one item / dec.5 - dec.16 = 40% off of one item )

just print, and save money :) happy crafting ♥

God Bless Martha Stewart

[foob.livejournal.com]

Thanks to Martha - my wedding will be beee-yew-tiful. :)
( Crafty Martha Wedding goodness and bonus cuteness! )

a 'little' project

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

The week before school started I took time off of work to stay home with my son. I agreed to also babysit his best friend and his sister as well. The boys were very wrapped up in their boys-only stuff, so I got out my old miniatures magazines to show Miss H. (we had gone to the fair and had seen a miniatures project entered at the 4-H booth). We then decided to do our own. We only worked on this for 2 1/2 days, but it was great fun (particularly for a 9yr. old girl!), and turned out so cute!

I had made a similar sort of vignette as a Christmas gift once- I got a set of graduated cookie tins with Santa on them- one held homemade cookies, the next homemade candy, and the final smallest one, a scene with Santa, a mantle and tree, and a little girl just waking up on the couch to catch Santa.


( lots of photos! )

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[alustrialcrafts.livejournal.com]

I manage to finish up some new patchwork bags based on my newest bag design I posted a while ago. I have to admit - I'm really happy with how these came out. I'm trying to debate whether I can get away from my uber gothiness (hah!) to actually use a bright coloured one...or to make myself a black based one :)


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