Lots! of pictures....

[dreamer2015.livejournal.com]

Hey, Im Amy Jo... felt really accomplished today in getting some stuff done and wanted to share some of the new stuff and some of my older(yet recent) stuff with you all. Reading entries here usually has an inspiring effect on me... so hopefully that will be passed along : )

( Lots of yarny goodness.. and then some )

Shrinky Dinks in the news

[gretzilla.livejournal.com]

Hey, ladies.

This isn't a craft of my own, but I thought you might like it: a new professor in California was strapped for research cash and needed computer chips, so she (no joke) made them out of Shrinky-Dinks.

Pretty awesome.

Whatcha think? Too wide? Or just right?

[tcarole.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone!

I just finished up a Christmas gift for one of my girlfriends last night - I made a scarf out of silk ties (oh, and I took lots of pics - tutorial coming soon!!!)



(Pardon the horrible photo - I will try to swap it out with something better soon.)

I made it the full width the fabric would allow but my question to you is, is it too wide at the bottom???? It sort of naturally folds on it's own when worn, which is fine, because the backside is a pretty burgundy silk. The weight of the beaded trim (a splurge) holds it down as well. But do you think it would be better in a straight style (it would still need to curve in a little at the neck - unless I made it super-thin, which I don't want to do.)

I'm asking because there's still time to fix it if the overall consensus is it looks really weird this way.

( Another pic after the cut if you need more visuals to form an opinion. )

Thanks for the help!

おすわりいぬ (osuwari inu)

[sharmelon.livejournal.com]

これは「おすわりいぬ」です。「メリークリスマス！Ｈａｐｐｙ　Ｈｏｌｉｄａｙｓ！」と言っている。

This is "osuwari inu". He is saying "Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!"

From ISBN978-4-05-604880-3, "あみぐるみでゆるり" (amigurumi de yururi) by Sachiyo Fukao.

The knit hat pattern is also inside the book. ^-^ かわいいですよね！

Project #44 of 50 crafty projects in 2007.

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[reebert.livejournal.com]

Two things I made for my 4yr. old niece:

An angel topper for her little pink tree:


( thing #2 )

Hemp Silk

[virgo-moon.livejournal.com]

Hello :)

Does anyone have any ideas where I could find hemp/silk blend fabric? I did locate a few sources but wow, expensive! (About $15 a yard). Do you think this is a "normal" price?

Thanks!

Oh, my last craft project so this isn't just text:
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Christmas cards

[drowningmermaid.livejournal.com]

I wasn't going to do Christmas Cards this year because they're time consuming and because postage is expensive.

Well, one day last week, I got into the Holiday Spirit and said "screw the time, screw the postage!"

I didn't have any money to buy cards, so I decided to make them. Even more time consuming. yay.

I looked up some methods online and discovered Wax resist. It appealed to me quite a bit.


( and then, I got to work! )

Acrylic paint

[lindseydyan118.livejournal.com]

I have a bottle of acrylic paint that is really thin. It is a little thinker than water consistency. Anyone know of a good way to make it thicker?

New Pendants!

[dolphin-daze.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure how these pendants would turn out when I first started them but I love love love how they worked out. Sometimes when I try something new it works great and sometimes I will have a great idea and it just won't work how I want it to. It always makes me feel good when I have an idea works although both good and bad can be great learning experiences.

Sooo without to much more yammering...

hidden messages pendants. The message is ment to be read by the wearer because the word is upside down and hidden in the design. All faces are handpainted and made out of clay.


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Jacket with a trainish/bustle attachment ( Added bigger picture)

[tattooedjenell.livejournal.com]

So my best friend has this thing to go to and wanted something different wear and here is what we came with. We took a plain black shrunken blazer of hers and fancied it up.

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Craftystuffs!!

[webmyrcury.livejournal.com]

Follow the fake cut for a pocket shrine, Christmas cards, and more! :D

(Crossposted!)

Chicken Hats

[igz00.livejournal.com]

So as kind of a weird family joke I'm making chicken hats for everyone for Christmas... or at least trying to...

Ideally, I'd like them to look similar to this:


I made myself a rough pattern last night, which came out pretty well, but I have a question about the details.

( Test Chicken and question... )

Linen napkins

[mightyfinewine.livejournal.com]

Appliqued linen napkins. A Christmas gift for my sister.



( More under here. )

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[morningcame.livejournal.com]

Hey Craftgrrl's!


Tonight I'm teaching my friend Jackie how to use a sewing machine, and I was wondering what your first sewing projects were?
Mine was a rail fence quilt, which is good for building techniques, but I don't think we're going to have much time to do a quilt since we're college students in the midst of the last week of classes.



Any kind of advice would be very appreciated!
<3

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[ethora.livejournal.com]

I made this labradorite and Hill Tribe silver necklace a few weeks ago, and although it is pretty I decided that it was a bit boring:



( So I restrung it...WARNING - the page behind the cut is image heavy) )

I'm very fond of the way it turned out, especially since it's so sturdy feeling. It's like I made the setting from PMC, but it's really just wired-up beads.

Anyway, ( here's some more jewelry I made in recent weeks, if you're interested... )

advent candles

[sbilokonsky.livejournal.com]

i made mine this year..


made out of a thrift store find alter, pine needles, christmas star, some fiber hair stuff, candles and oasis...

Quick Question!

[peachypan.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if anyone could recommend a cool site for buying silks

At the moment I'm getting them from a local craft store but I'm needing more bulk quantities :)

And what have I been making with all this silk!
MORE KANZASHI :)

( 2 more for funsies! )

Coupon help and hot dogs.

[rhiannonrising.livejournal.com]

Links to Joann's or Michaels coupons?  My google-fu has failed me; I come up with nothing but message board posts and similar useless wank.  Thanks guys!

And because text only posts are lame, here is a picture of me eating a hot dog at my booth during a craft fair last month!  You probably cant tell but Im selling soap.

First Purse

[emiko.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I made something today... A purse! I made a skirt earlier this week but I haven't finished up the accessories yet... This is definitely my most complex project I've worked on, I'm actually really surprised it came out so nice *___*

It's for a gift exchange on another community... I bought this cute fabric for a different project/present, but changed my mind and used it for this instead :)


( Take a Look... )

using your home printer for heat print transfers?

[addicted2crafts.livejournal.com]

There are heat transfere pens and pencils, however I was wondering if there was heat transfere printers? It'd be awsome if there was, just print let dry then iron onto your project. Would be great for those items that had to much fne detail to trace the pencil over.

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[calusa.livejournal.com]

I was at a craft show today... and someone was selling photo notecards. I think they just glued their photos on some pre-made notecards.

Any idea where I could get me some of these?

Thanks!

Painted shoes!

[reenii.livejournal.com]

hey guys. Ok so i had cheap Kmart rip of converse shoes that were so boring, i never wore them.

Decided to jazz them up with some paint and the random images in my head

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dino quilt from start to finish. with a question for all at the end

[shewhosews.livejournal.com]

quilt story:
i have an autistic three year old cousin.
who has a love for dinosaurs
(he's three, and can tell you the type of dinosaurs. honest!)
our family is trying to reinforce this noticed love
and have been shopping for a dino theme for his christmas gifts.
i decided to go the DIY route,
and create this little number.
( dino quilt in picture forms )