coloring metal findings?

[adjustabeledi.livejournal.com]

after searching for evah in the real world, i caved and bought a gross (a gross!) of cell phone lariats online. seriously, i called 4 different stores looking for them!

so, a few years ago, i had made myself this tigerseye bead bracelet. i got out the headpins and black seed & e beads and went to town making all sorts of long dangly bits. but when i put them together to make the bracelet, i realized that 1 1/2" danglies spaced inbetween beads just looks junky to me.
massively discouraged and not wanting to take half of them apart to make shorter ones, i put the whole thing in with the rest of my beads and went and made a bunch of book purses instead.

so anyways, i got my lariats in the mail, and got out all my beads, and i realize that all those tigerseye danglies look awesome as cell phone charms!



the lariats came with a split ring, but i HATE split rings with a passion. or, at least, my thumbnails hate me for using them. (they also hate it when i work with headpins in general. but they can take the pressure, they're just whiny) so i replaced the split ring with various wild wire rings that i had floating around from when i took a chain mail class. i'm so happy with how the black ones look that ive decided to use all those colored ones i have too. boo split rings!

so, here's some more pictures and some questions for you guys...
( charmy goodness )

old stuff

[kiwosabi.livejournal.com]

These are a couple of gifts I've made for some friends. I wish I had new and current crafts to show, but until then.....

This is a simple sling bag I made for a friend for Christmas.


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Here's a CD case I made. I cut out white stock paper and glued it together to make a paper CD case. The rest is sewn/printed on fabric and vellum. This is the first one I made, and I've made several more, but for some reason this is the only picture I took of them.



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A painting!

[j-slice.livejournal.com]

This is a painting I did for an art show called "The Spirit Within."



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Stolen Art?

[boringness.livejournal.com]

A forum I frequent has a graphic making contest, and recently one of the participates posted this:

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9291/ppttg30nq.jpg

One of the requirements is to give a original source image used for your graphic (in this case, a wallpaper) Now I don't use Adobe Photoshop CS or Adobe Illustrator CS, but I don't think that he could've made this in photoshop. The picture seems highly familar to me (either because I've sat here staring at it, trying to decide if I've seen it before, or because I HAVE seen it before.)

Theres only one place I could've seen it before, and that was here, or pixelgirlpresents.com I already went through pixelgirlpresents and couldn't find it. I tried to do the same here, but with so many posters everyday, its a bit nightmarish.

I apologize because this isn't crafty, but its driving me nuts and I hoped you guys would be able (and willing) to help.

Edit: Thank you everyone for your help, its very much appreciated. I guess I've learned never underestimate the uber skills of doom that Photoshop gives you. While I'd like to reply to everyone individually... I'm lazy and tired and trying to fight a headache. So once again, thanks for the input =)

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[njadean.livejournal.com]

"Leaves"

Gorgeous green leaves and vines, sparkling with glass beads.

updatish!

[ravioliness.livejournal.com]

okay so you can pretty much make a gazillion things out of records. luckily my boyfriend owned a record store and i have lots and lots of them to quench my crafty thirst. lol

( so many freakin pics behind the cut )

7 Dirty Words Scarf!

[porcygloworm.livejournal.com]

THE MOST OFFENSIVE SCARF?

A while ago I was commissioned (through etsy!) to make a scarf with George Carlin's 7 Dirty Words on it. It took a while, but I just finished it the other day! It's pretty funny, and I am happy with the way it turned out. I just wish that there was a way to make the tension perfect so that the scarf wouldn't curl, but I think that might be impossible.

Check it out! In case anyone is offended by DIRTY WORDS, here is a link to my post about it with a bunch of photos:

http://porcygloworm.livejournal.com/307471.html?view=1895439#t1895439

need help making pinback button display

[rocketbox.livejournal.com]

hey crafty kids! i am in need of your help, ASAP.

i recently had some custom 1" pinback buttons made for a friend's band and am looking for a neat way of displaying them so they can be sold at shows and events. i was hoping some of you would have some cool, thrifty and fast ideas (they have a show going on tonight) to display these buttons for viewing and sale.

any suggestions you have would be awesome. hope to hear from you!

xoxo,
'leigh

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[howcanueatthat.livejournal.com]

I'm sewing a whole new batch of shirts which I'm going to post later, but I wanted to post this question while alot of pople are at lunch and might notice it.

I've got a makeshift website up right now for my stuff, but I'd really like something better. I LOVE the way mine looks, but I made it off of a pagebuilder template thing, which has zero HTML, so I don't know if I can just copy it somehow to another site. I looked in the memories and didn't find much help, but I know the question's been asked before, so I feel bad for asking. But here I am, doing it anyway. What kind of experience have you guys had with having a website? Where did you get yours? I'd like to get a reasonably cheapish one, but I really want a pagebuilder or the ability to copy my current site to the new site. I'd also like to have a www.whateverthehelliwanttonameit.com kind of address. I found www.ipage.com and it seems nice-ish, but I'm not sure, so I wante to ask all of you guys for your opinions on different webhosting sites and stuff. So...thoughts? ::begs::

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[cicisunflower.livejournal.com]

I suck at actually remembering to take pictures of my crafts. I get so happy that they are done, that I normally just give them to the intended person, or wear them for months never actually thinking about taking pics.

Under the cut are: my first freeform wire wrapping, my version of the 'fraggle rock' hat, and a very nifty rose pendant necklace.

( Sorry if you already saw this on craftster )

making molds & casting question

[fat--lady.livejournal.com]

Hi there - I have done some research online, and have some very good ideas, but I wanted to ask you all so that I might have the chance to actually converse with an expert...

I want to make a mold of a stalk of asparagus then cast the asparagus in plaster or plastic or whatever will work best. (I'm going to try and paint it to look real.)

What are the best materials for this and how should I actually go about it.

Thanks!!



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Cross-stitch decisions

[reiko-sazanami.livejournal.com]

Alright girls, I have a dilemma.

I am ALMOST done with a cross-stitch for my week-old niece that I started before she was born, and had no problems so far. But now, in the last steps, I DO have a problem.

For s cross-stitch that marks her birth, is it better to have her first and last name or her first and middle name on the nameplate section? The instructions give no insight into this, so I'm stumped. And I tried, and there is no way to fit all three names onto the plate.

So which is more proper for hanging in a nursery/bedroom? First and last? First and middle? Help!

EDIT:: Thanks to everyone who commented, I'll be going with first/middle. I'll be sure to post the finished product (framed and unframed) here before I hand it over to my brother and sister-in-law. They have no idea what I've been up to. X3

An idea for old t-shirts

[webmyrcury.livejournal.com]

My friend exile618 gave me a few of his old t-shirts, thinking I'd want to wear them for just knocking around the house/painting/doing stuff that requires wearing older clothes. Nope, wrong, I wanted to turn them into pillows! So this is a surprise for him, but I'm sure he's not going to come here to see it...

I've only done one so far... I want to see how it goes over with him before I decide to make the other two.

( They're engraving my Worst Seamstress EVER trophy as we speak... )

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[arrien.livejournal.com]

( I made these. Clicky clicky! )

Tell your friends, if you have any with little people.

I'm also working on a blue-themed boy-ish one as I write this, which should be finished next week. So.

ideas?

[pinkninky.livejournal.com]

ok, more shrink plastic!


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my question is: what else can i do with black shrink plastic?

Kniiting case

[valadbunny.livejournal.com]

Well I went thru the faq section but didnt find what I am looking for.(sorry if I missed it somewhere)
I know alot of you have been posting needle cases for kniiting needles and I would like to make one.I have tons of fabric and I have some knit elastic.
I have not made anything with cloth other than making some very bad looking book covers.(trust me they was so bad i couldnt even use them!)
Does someone know where I can find something that goes step by step?I have all different sizes of needles tall and short.I also want to make it so I have all my knitting items there with it.(like the stitch holders and the gauges,,,all that stuff!)If anyone can help me out it would be a great help to me!
I will check back in a few to look for posts.TY all! Nacole

Handmade Notebooks!

[pinkswizzlestik.livejournal.com]

So I recently redid a few of my notebooks made from recycled books.

  

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Then I made some from scratch (Amazon packaging turned out to be quite handy)

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I'm sill struggling a bit with the corners, it mainly seems to involve huge amounts of glue, usually all over me. Though I've discovered that Power Pritt is really useful and saves so much time holding things waiting for liquid glue to dry.

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[jennymade.livejournal.com]

so my musical is over now, and i'm terribly sad and heart broken over this, however. it does mean that i can get to know my sewing machine again. i've been working on this bag off and on for the past three weeks, and finally got around to finishing it this afternoon.




( plus three )

thanks for looking!
<3 jenny.

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[tummymunkey.livejournal.com]

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[anteriority.livejournal.com]

New bracelet! This took a couple of days, but I'm really, really happy with how it turned out. It looks better in person than in the pictures.



( being worn )

shrinkydinkyyy.

[lookizanna.livejournal.com]

( strinky dinkies! )

so is there anyway to make them straight up flat?
all i did was leave them flat in the oven...and when i took it out to roll it, the bubble/indent was still there.
thats all.

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[valadbunny.livejournal.com]

I just discovered that the small sewing machine that I bought today needs batteries. -.-' I thought it would have a foot petal but it doesnt.
I only bought it to use for right now.I have my big one loaned out.
The one I got is a Provo Craft Tools Sew Crafty Mini.It was under 10 bucks and it says it works on cards,scrapbooks,cloth and any craft projects.So heres to hopping!I dont need it to go thru think stuff so it should work.
Heres my question.Has anyone ever used one of these before?Is it worth keeping or should I leave it in the box and return it?

Art!

[trtlgrl.livejournal.com]

I got tired of not being able to find cool turtle artwork for our guestroom, so I made this! It's inspired by the book "little turtle's big adventure"


( closeups :) )

2 face lion

[andricongirl.livejournal.com]

click for larger image

crochet.

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[ive-got-krids.livejournal.com]

Okay um I'm going to the dropkick murphys in 2 days and i have nothing to wear and i was just on the phone with my friend and thought of a good idead to make a skirt out of the 3 shirts i have and i was wondering if anyone had and ideas on how to make it ? I have 3 shirts and I wear a plus size and i have a few other black shirt i dont wear so i should have enough fabric.

Craft related, however I did ramble a bit.

[perverted-cat.livejournal.com]

To make this post craft related a bit more, does any one know where you can get good thick needles that will go through the size 7 hole in canvas AND still be able to thread? I got tons at walmart but their chicken shit chintzy please excuse that curse word. in like 5 minutes of using them the eye breaks and you can't keep your thread in your needle, and that consequently frays your yarn


We go on vacation soon,

I have to pack my yarn for my canvas crafts and get suitable needles to stitch with, and I have to pack embroidery floss for my hand sewing I'm doing and the bibs to do it on the only thing is, like it takes like 30 mins to do 1 bib, and that's no problem but lets say you have oh I don't know 50 bibs to sew get them ALL sewn the first day, and then you have to haul them done and just wasting space the rest of the trip.


In your guys's opnion like what should I do? Like I think the op to sit there undescracted by pc and other at home things would be awsome, but what then. I'd have to haul them the rest of the trip which is a week or ship them home.

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[lisatrix.livejournal.com]

My art teacher had us do a project based on a work of literature, so I did this watercolor. It's a character named Rosa from The House of the Spirits by Isabel Illende. She was born with green hair, and when she died her young sister watched her autopsy through a window. Weird book.

Closeup!


( Cut for noodity 'n big giant incisions )