Dragon case. Leather.

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Birdy ornaments

[pandariko.livejournal.com]

It was a few weeks ago now I think that someone posted the most darling little raven bird plush for her trade buddy.
It gave me the greatest idea to make ornaments for my Xmas tree. When i moved out, I never got to pick out too many things for my home. This year I'll be prepared!
I made kind of a how to with pictures for those interested. It's really simple though so Level 1 in easy.

( picture heavy - birdys )

Slide Show!

[jessie-beans.livejournal.com]

So I took a TON of pics today of my stuff, and decided it would be best to show them off as a slide show, so you guys wouldn't have to wait for a gazillion pictures to load!

Below is the "teaser" slideshow, that the website says works on LJ, and if you click on it, you can see the actual one. It is Neato! Let Me know what you think! :-)

( Fun stuff! )

Pirate Cake

[j9crafts.livejournal.com]

Every year we have a costume party on Talk Like a Pirate Day and every year I make this cake: http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/cake/cake_pirateship/ Apparently every year something terrible is going to happen to it. Last year the layers didn't stick together because I forgot to put it in the freezer, so once I had it all done and frosted it just fell apart. This year it was perfect. I was on my way to the party and dropped it upsid-down on the sidewalk. I guess there's always next year...
( Pictures from before it died: )

Felt book!

[seestephgo.livejournal.com]

I hopped on the bandwagon and made a felt book for my cousin, Aryn, who turned two last week.


( Can you guys tell what each page is supposed to be? )

Turtle Quilt

[sarahmcgregor.livejournal.com]

I made this quilt quite a while ago but I thought that I would share. It was for a school project, I love it when university classes let you be creative. Its about 3 feet by 2.5 feet.
My grandma taught me how to sew and quilt... this is the first project that I attempted with out her, which is why it is pretty small. I've also made one for a friend that was the same size but had a bear on it. As soon as I find the picture I'll post it.


*** Sorry! I TRIED and tried to do the LJ cut but it just wouldn't work for me...

Some advice please?

[fear--my--wrath.livejournal.com]

Hello, I'm new here and this is my first post.

I need some advice. I've been practising my glass engraving on bottles, but I don't know what to do with them now.

( pictures! )

The engraving stands out  better with a dark background, but I have no idea what to do with the bottle to best display it.

WHOO IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

[burn-redrum-85.livejournal.com]

So I had this black wallet, and black is too plain for me so I decorated it! 

( Wallet! )

There has to be other Project Runway junkies here, right?

[sassi214.livejournal.com]

Pink flowers and corduroy. Sweet.



As the indelible Tim Gunn once said to Angela "queen of fleurchons" Keslar...

( It's looking a little Holly Hobbie. )

Claymation from the kiddos, as promised

[lauralita44.livejournal.com]

I couldn't find the code for embedding... sorry.
In order from least impressive to most, at least in my opinion. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgD3XpwqvNw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN4tyslV6l4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY6rOda6Xs8

if anybody knows the trick to finding the embed codes on youtube, please tell me!

Autumn Greenwoman Wall Hanging

[dolphin-daze.livejournal.com]

Here is my new greenwoman mask. Created with handcast paper, that is molded into a face shape then handpainted by me. This piece is named "autumn Greenwoman" and features a face painted with acrylics an autumn leaf design, the eyes are handpainted and layered with a glossy gell fixitiave to give them a "wet" look and she even has real eye lashes! Around the edge of the mask I glued silk leaves that have been accented with colors that are in the mask. The mask is 7 inches tall and 5.5 inches wide not including the silk leaves around the edges with the leaves included the size is 10 inches by 10 inches.
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costume help?

[jipsyjune.livejournal.com]

hello all!

so my roomies and i are dressing up for halloween as non-slutty disney princesses. we're got aurora, cinderella, jasmine and belle covered. we went and bought fabric and boning and everything and are going to begin cutting and sewing tonight as college students don't have very much free time. i promise, i'll post pics when we're all transformed.

now my question to you all is....i need to find jasmine's jewellry...her gold earrings and necklace...but most importantly her jewelled hairband and the belt thingie. but i went to michael's and jo-ann's and i could not find big enough jewelled thingies. i rememer them from when i was young..these half fake jewels that had flat backs...but they seem to have disappeared?

anyone have any idea where i can find a couple of those, preferrably not too expensively?

also, has anyone made any of these costumes at home? for adult sizes? because pictures would be lovely....at the moment we're improvising from period ball gown patterns, men's pj pants patterns and oversizing children's puff sleeves....so any help from anyone would be great!

thanks in advance!

felt cakes and fruit

[azurafae.livejournal.com]

does anyone know the asian website for the felt fruit and cakes. They were toys you could break apart via velcro. the cakes had icing details you could play with to make the cake tops your way. I wanted to make some play food for my daughter for christmas and the saved link to the site was deleted from my internet favorites when I moved last year. I was thinking about the site the other day and wondered if one of you gals knew the site I was talking about.

(no subject)

[l0nely-escapade.livejournal.com]

I know there is no buying/selling/tradeing of any kind on this community so if this post isnt aloud let me know so i can delete it or the mods can delete it. ^_^';;;;
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I was wondering if anyone knew of places or LJ communites that donate arts and craft supplies? My girl scout group is low on supplies and since we are a small one we dont get many benefits we cant really ask for much. We ask for $1 dues to help pay for breakfast and lunch for the girls and we really dont want to raise the prices on them. >_<;  We used to get fabric pieces and scraps from a curtain store but they are relocating and can no longer provided us with any goodies. My girls love to make things out of nothing and always present our stuff at local fairs.
Does anyone know where i can go to ask for donations for supplies? 
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again, if this post isnt really aloud im sorry, I wasnt sure where else to ask for help =(

Remove rhinestones from ribbed t shirt fabric?

[rikkisix.livejournal.com]

Hi,
Anyone know how to remove rhinestones from ribbed t shirt fabric? They are attatched with glue directly on the fabric.
Thanks!

I are knitting!

[cirrussilvus.livejournal.com]

Well, I finally got around to teaching myself how to knit and here are the results:

( 3 knitting projects and 1 non-knitting one )

Also, I have a question. I want to make some playing card type things. Making the cards is easy enough, but what can I use to coat them to preserve them and make them look professional? I guess I could laminate them, but I was wondering is there was a spray coat or something. Any recommendations?

Food that looks like other food!

[reiko-sazanami.livejournal.com]

It was my friend's birthday today, and we had some rather non-traditional cake for him.

( Sushi...but he's vegetarian! )