Have a cuppa earrings

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I made a couple of earrings for myself last night (ok, so I made them for my Etsy shop, but there's no way I'm giving these up now, I love them!). Why three? Well, originally I had planned to wear one of the cup ones with the teabag one, but decided, there may be days that I may want matching, rather than coordinating, earrings instead.

I chose the beads because I thought they were reminiscent of sugar cubes. Overall, they just delight me, and I'm wearing them today already.

new gato toy

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Has anyone tried folding this butterfly? I've tried folding it, and I get stuck on step 5, where there's an attempt at making it clearer.

Any tips?

Elizabeth :: A Tale of Two Hearts

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Its my first time posting though I've been lurking!

I just made this pair of earrings a few days ago and love them to bits. I have had those czech glass hearts for the longest time but just could not figure out what to do with them. Then with a stroke of inspiration I settled for this!


Comments anyone?

Richmond Recycles Handmade Book

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Richmond, VA.

6.25" x 6.25" square, keyhole bound hardback.

The book covers are covered with a recycled map of Richmond, Virginia. Interior paper lining is a complementary olive green, subtly striped shop paper.

Bound with olive green waxed linen thread.

160 pages of 60lb white sulfite drawing paper. Toothy enough for drawing, smooth enough for writing.
Eight 20 page signatures.



I wish the map I made this with had covered more area so that I could do another book!

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made a new wristlet, wanted to show it off.

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I thought I'd share the place where I get my really nice snaps.  I just took advantage of the exchange rate, as well as the absolute number price difference (e.g. a book in Canada costs $12, but the price in US dollars on the same jacket is $8, and the exchange rate hasn't been at 60¢ for a LONG time -- GRR), and ordered 600 snaps from them.  Even after I've paid duty on the snaps, they'll still be cheaper than I could have found here in Canada.  SnapSource has pretty good prices online for their sets of 50 ($9 USD in the "online only" section), and fast shipping.

AND... they have a great page of links to other sewing and notions sites people here may be interested in, including sewing.org for information on becoming a "sewing educator".

http://www.snapsource.com

I love the snaps just because it's so much fun to sew with a hammer.  (posted in sew_hip, craftgrrl and quilting)

Hair accessories and Jewelry

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( more vintage flowers creations! )

I can't enough of making these :-)

My Cushions

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MY DIY EARRINGS

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 I've recently started to enjoy making my own things.  I've started making Earrings because I realized that many of the earrings being sold on the market can easily be made.  So here are some of my creations.  I'm just a beginner s don't be too hard on me!! :P

Quilt recycle and use up old jeans

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Trip Around The World quilt


 

Can I rubber cement something to masking tape?

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I have the worst luck. Or I have no skills, who knows.
Anywho - I have this project that is getting much more complicated than I meant it to.

And now I'm wondering:
Can I use rubber cement glue to stick regular computer paper to something covered in masking tape?

I really don't feel like trying to find out the hard way.

I love you people!
Thanks in advance. ^_^