Happy Wednesday!

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I've had these sitting around for awhile but have just now gotten a chance to take photos in the daylight.  Both are fully lined in a solid color. 

painted shoes

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haven't posted anything here in a while...



i still need to clean up the pencil marks... but i'm pretty satisfied with them :D

Ideas please...

[pinup-devil.livejournal.com]

My hubby brought me home one of these:

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No Soliciting / Family Buttons

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Hello, all! I'm new to this community, but I have to say that I'm enjoying browsing the archives.

First, a bit of back story. I've a polite "No Soliciting" sign by my front door for years now, but it doesn't keep people from ringing my doorbell. I understand that a lot of soliciting jobs are based on commission. Even so, what person in their right mind thinks that someone who explicitly states that they don't want to listen to a sales spiel will actually buy a product/sign up for a service? Perhaps my new sign will get the point across:

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The wording for this sign was inspired by two Dooce posts from back when her daughter was first born. My brother, who usually couldn't care less about anything crafty, asked me if I'd make him another one of these for his front door. Maybe if I make him stitch it up himself he'll actually get into cross-stitching, but somehow I think that if I did the sign would never get finished. Or perhaps even started.

Right now I'm working on something a little less risqué. It's a design called Family Buttons, and when it's finished it should look something like this. The pattern is from page 66 of Stitching Pretty: 101 Lovely Cross-Stitch Projects to Make by Better Homes and Gardens. It's hard to tell from the picture, but ( it reads as follows... )

I'm stitching this design 2-over-2 on 28-count DMC linen colour 739. I plan to make it as a gift for my mother-in-law, and the buttons will come from Oma's (her recently-departed mother's) box of buttons that I inherited.

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I've changed the wording from "Grandma" to "Oma" and from "there's buttons here from children's clothes" to "there are buttons here from children's clothes", and I've done all of the lettering. Now I just have to finish all of the actual cross-stitch!


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Earrings and beaded goodies galore!

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I've been on an awesome winning streak lately making so much jewellery. I love it, and I want to share it all with you!

Comments always appreciated :)

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My dad's project

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This isn't one of my projects, but instead these are something my dad makes.  I always thought they were so beautiful that I want to show them off a little bit for him.  He makes lamps and plant stands out of diamond willow.  For those who don't know, diamond willow is simply a pussy willow with a malformation in the wood that makes diamond shapes.  When the bark is peeled off, these can be really quite pretty.

Here is my plant stand with a close up of the "diamonds" as well as my lamp he made under the cut:

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He had once started on making a chair out of this stuff, but  got really sick and the project never was finished.  I always thought these would make a beautiful headboard and foot board for a natural bed.  Finding branches big enough to span the width of the bed would be a challenge, but wouldn't it be neat? 

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[art-lurker.livejournal.com]

an experiment today involving blythe - i'm pretty happy with how these wings turned out. yay! i do believe i will make some more :D

baby crafting!

[iluvacslater.livejournal.com]

I'm 21 weeks pregnant, and about a week ago the bf and I found out we were having a boy.

We wanted to break the news to his family in a cute way, so naturally, that meant getting crafty.



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x-posted to my own journal

Happy Birthday

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It's my boyfriend's birthday on 1 March, and also his identical twin brother's birthday. Double the present-buying fun! This year, being short of cash, I've made their presents. They both get matching over-long black scarves (since Geoff always steals my boyfriend's clothes) and I've also painted this for Geoff. It's a series of illustrations based on a horror story he wrote.

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My creations

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This is my very unique creation. I've called it a "Wisp". I've got a bunch of others in different colours.

my friend knit fishies

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Thats me, holding some knit kitty toys that my friend made on sunday on our knit date.
full story HERE
pattern HERE

Crafting Like Crazy!

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Hi guys! I have been crafting like nuts lately and I just thought I'd share some of my resent creations. I love this community. It's so great to see so many other people with a passion like mine. ♥

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My hands hurt like crazy, but it's totally worth it to see things you've created. There's nothing quite like it. ^_^