Question about Shrinky Dinks.

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I looked in the memories and couldn't find anything, so here I am.

Does anyone know if you can glue or put stickers on the plastic and then shrink it? Or anything like that? I can't draw, and I found this awesome clip are that would look great as a crafty item.

Any help is great!
TIA!
♥ Amanda

Purple Reign

[fabunobo.livejournal.com]

Hey! Check out the shower curtain that we made!

other options for fabric pens?

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Are there crayons or something, you could use to draw starbursts of widening color on fabric and have it be permant? I know there's marker pens, but I heard they dry out quickly, and fabric pens are expensive.

something like this, in the picture,

you clever recycler, you!

[carinbrat.livejournal.com]

I spent some time today playing with fabric, ribbon, glue, plastic and dirt.

( what could it be? )

Do you like it or not?

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craft-a-licious

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Stick weaving, the easiest craft since grade school.

So, I am being very crafty lately, and I just thought I would share some of the progress of my stick weaving. Usually you use sticks, I wanted to try needles instead. I got them from hobby lobby for $1.20 each, they're called "weaving needles". They are near the knitting/crochet stuff. Anyway, it was kind of a gamble if it would work or not, and it came out really well. The only problem I am having is the smaller the needles are, the harder it is to move the work down.

( pictures of in progress work )

Shrinkydink flower charm bracelet

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At this month's craft group we used the charms we made last month (from polymore clay and shrinky dinks) to make bracelets. Luckily they had cute plastic leaf beads because I didn't know what I was going to do with my flowers. :)

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can anyone help me find a quilt pattern for something similar to this?

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thanks!

Bibs!

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Some friend of my roommates thought it be a great idea to have all the guests bring a decorated bib (not a good idea - not every one's crafty). Since they are not crafty, I had to do them all.



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I did a crapload of sewing yesterday!

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( First, I made a bag...of course )

( Then I made a pouch to go with another bag. )

( Then I made cushions for my sister's porch swing. )

( And Throughout all that, I was working on a skirt. )

Now for my conundrum....how am I supposed to hem the damn thing?????
Ack!

City Circle Skirt

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I made a circle skirt (that ended up a bit more oval-y but that's fine with me), and I LOVE it! I got the outside fabric for $2/yard, and the inside regular price to go with it. :D

( On to the pictures, you say? )

x-posted to sew_hip

amigurumi at the blues fest

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heck yea

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Casting resin molds - Jewelry

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I was walking through Hobby Lobby the other day, and saw a Castin'Craft kit for pouring resin jewelry. They had several other Castin'Craft brand products, and also had a mold with different pendant shapes. The mold appeared to be a candy making mold (it looked like it was just normal plastic, like what you make chocolates or wedding mints in).

I have done some light research, and know that I usually molds for this stuff are made of rubber. I also know that you can spray a mold release agent onto your molds so that the resin shape pops out easier. Not wanting to spend a buttload on latex rubber to MAKE molds, can I use just a normal plastic candy mold, or even indent my designs into non-drying modelling clay? I'm not going to be making anything that I want to exactly reproduce many times. Anyone else have any knowledge on the subject?