crochet cats , and another bear

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( Willis and Parsnip )

What I Spent My "Weekend" Doing

[rmoigmeirndbt.livejournal.com]

A Bit Of Background: My grandmother has Parkinson's and so feels much more comfortable dressing for dinner if she has a way to protect her clothes. A while back she ordered an "Adult Bib" for about 10 bucks. When the sorry thing came, it was a piece of bright silver vinyl with a hole in it and a sketchy rolled hem that didn't always catch. It was also too short. So, she asked if I could do anything with it, and that's how I got started. Since then, I've made her a couple of her own, and she says she's gotten enough compliments that she thinks she could sell them if she had stock on hand. Here's her modeling one of my favourites:





( And here's the 7 I finished up yesterday.  )

help!

[acidtrix.livejournal.com]

This is very last minute and hopefully not too inappropriate, but i need to make a penis pinata for a bachelorette party on Saturday night. I figure it needs to be made tonight if i want to have any chance of it drying in time to decorate it. I'm not concerned about how to decorate it, or how to do paper mache; rather, i have no idea what to use as a form. balloons for testicles is obvious, but the rest of it is not so obvious (at least not to me...). 

any ideas??!

I made tshirts (well, designed tshirts) for the party but the damn photo hosting site i use is down... as soon as it comes up again i will post pics :)

somebody stop me

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today's couple:

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Some new stuff:

Asian print purse

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opinions, please!

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a little background info: my friend's birthday is saturday, and is going to come over to celebrate. i've known what i wanted to make her for like two weeks now, but have totally put it off 'til now. ugh.
anyway. i have two versions of the shirt i want to do for her, and i don't know which one is better. so, if you could... ( have a look and help me decide? )

i'm also debating what would be the easiest and fastest way to transfer this. my experience with iron-on transfers has not been fantastic. i've never done screen printing before, though i have wanted to try it out. but i'm afraid it won't be ready-to-wear by saturday. if i cleaned it up real good, maybe i could stencil it? i'm not exactly an artist, so i'm not sure i trust myself to just draw/paint it on.

i'd really appreciate suggestions. thanks in advance!

New jewelry! :D

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No such thing as idle hands around here the last few days...

( I've made new jewelry! )

matchbook notepad tutorial

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( By popular demand, a matchbook notepad tutorial. Image heavy. )

Projects #28-30! Yes, I've been busy.

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#28 // amigurumi bunny!
#29 // amigurumi bear!
100% acrylic, from my own pattern



#30 // amigurumi fruit cell phone charms!
mostly, cotton, except the cherries which also are acrylic

I love this glaze

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( Shiny )

teacher emily's dancers get cards!

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just gotta disregard the user name on this one :P
i made some congratulations/thank you cards for the girlies that i teach dance lessons to.
and thought that since i liked how they looked,
i show them off :D
(i also included the photograph, so you can see what the picture looks like)
( adorable girls! )

Taggie Blanket

[drowningmermaid.livejournal.com]

I finished the Taggie blanket you were all so kind enough to advise me on.

( pics and explainations )

I also made him a matching fringe blanket for his bed.

it took me a whole half hour. It was so easy.

Opinions? Exclaimations?

So I never finished that dress...

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But here are some flowers!



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coral

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I stayed home sick today but at least I was productive!
( lookit what I made! )

Hand-sewing

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Remember that Harry Potter shirt? I've decided to make a hoodie out of it.

However, I don't have a sewing machine at home, so it will all have to be done by hand. Not a problem. Can you guys recommend me some links with different stitches for this sort of thing? Especially with visuals. :)

Set Complete!

[rmoigmeirndbt.livejournal.com]

For those of you who commented on the bibs, thank you so much! I really didn't expect such a massive positive response. Now I guess I just have to figure out marketing.

I took the suggestions to create pouches to carry the bibs, and started with a Ladies' Dinner Set. This is my first purse/bag/thing ever, but it can hold the folded bib, the glasses case, and still have about half the interior space left over for medicines or anything else.

For the Gents' Dinner Set, I'm currently thinking a buttoned "envelope" style pouch for the bib with an outside pocket for glasses...cuz I just don't know how to make a hanky look right right now (no rolled hem foot.) Maybe the "envelope" style won't seem too girly/purse-ish.

( And I don't know why my pictures are fuzzy... :(  )

embroidery

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Cassette tapes embroidered on NEW pillowcases for a dude pal. What is it with dudes and having that one brown threadbare greazy pillowcase that they have been using since grade 6? The recipient of these is guilty of that and needed an upgrade.

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[homicideisgood.livejournal.com]

alright y'all....heres an opportunity for your creativity to shine!
i need a retainer case..as i've already lost two (and jsut got my third!)

i'm going on vacation and i don't want to lose it again!
what do you guys suggest using to hold it?

i was thinking maybe an altoids container, although i have none and i don't know what to paint metal with :O




thanks for your idea(s)!

Keyboard of Love...<3

[melancholiclies.livejournal.com]

So. I got this Idea...

My boyfriend needed to take a break from me...due to problems with his family's divorce. 
I wanted to make him something, for our one year anniversery in September.

And I was thinking, since it's a long distance a relationship and we're always talking online...

*dramatic music*

I'm going to buy three wireless keyboards. Like the one he has. And take the keys out and arrange them to say:

"I still love you"

I'm just wondering...if you guys had any ideas on how I could get away with not actually having to take the keys out and rearranging them manually...

Does anyone know if I could buy the letter stickees that they put on the keys? If so, I could remove the letters off of one keyboard and just stick on new ones. Would save me 90$ +

Thank you all. And I'll post pictures when it's finished. =)