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[p3nut.livejournal.com]

hi! i'm back with two new paintings :)

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Glass Etching

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This community has got me in a crafty mood, so today has been spent crafting all day long! I had a couple of birthdays coming up and I decided that I finally wanted to try out glass etching. It was soooo fun! The glass etching cream is expensive ($10 for a 3 oz. bottle), but it lasts through multiple projects, so it ends up being a fairly inexpensive gift!

As usual, I have to apologize for quality of the pictures... no matter what I did, I couldn't quite get the lighting right on some of the pictures to show off the etching -- it's so light anyway that it's hard to see!

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I used Armour-Etch Rub 'n' Etch stencils and Armour-Etch Glass Etching Cream for the vase and I used the same glass etching cream for the goblets, but made my own stencils using contact paper and Fiskars Scrap-Boss stencils that I had in an insect theme.

more skulls

[peeppeep.livejournal.com]

these took longer than usual but I love them! standard black pillowcases, dolled up with some embroidery...

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I'll probably look around craftster too..but help!

[lovealwaysliz.livejournal.com]

We are going to have a chairty craft bazzar at work, where booth rental proceeds go to The United Way...I'm not looking to make a bunch of money because it will be open to our clients (I work for a mental health organization), in October (so I have some time!).  I really would like to break even between the booth rental and the cost of supplies, so I need some help!

( Possible things I'm going to make, cut for the convienience of those who don't want to waste their time reading :) )

Where can I get the best deals on these items (online preferably because Hobby Lobby, Jo-Anns, and Micheals are too expensive for my taste, and I live in Indiana, and we aren't that big on having cool things available in the middle of the corn field where I currently reside!)
I need: containers for lip balm and bath salts, beeswax and essential oils, and labels for the lip balm and bath fizzies.  I'll sneak around craftser for ideas (yeah, I finally signed up!), but craftgrrl is way friendlier to me (both in the literal and user friendly way)!

pencil pouch!

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1 old nasty backpack..
1 pair of too short pajama pants..
5-6 hours of hand sewing and pricking my fingers..

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A String Doll I've named Daphne!

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I finally figured out how to make string dolls. Please check her out if you'd like. I've named her daphne and I'm kind of proud.

Fake Cuts Save Bandwith ... and bunnies)

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HARRY POTTER NERDS, IT'S CRUNCH TIME!!!

I need to dye my v-neck sweater from a light heather grey to charcoal grey. It's 91% cotton, 8% nylon and 3% spandex. Will RIT dye be able to dye it?

Ribbon Pencils

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Wondering if anyone can give me some input on this...

Have you ever seen those fancy decorated pencils that are wrapped in ribbon? I'm trying to make some. I just took my regular pencil, spread glue all over it, then took my ribbon and applied it in a spiral fashion. Now, how would one go about sharpening this? I don't think a regular sharpener would work, and an electric one would get jammed. The only one I could see sharpening it is one of those old classroom pencil sharpeners. Do you think it would help if I coated the ribbon pencil in decoupage medium to give it  a seal/laminate? Do you think this would help when one would go to sharpen it?

TIA