a journal page I just did

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Today the pain from my neck was really wearing on me. I finally gave in a took a pain killer, then got out my polaroid pinhole camera and holgaroid and distracted myself. I used some of the photos I took here in this spread. The good news is, yesterday I got a tabletop easel to try to work on so I won't have to look down, and did this on the easel.

Dying Nylon or other Non-cotton fibers?

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I make "Kitty Kits" - Cat ears and a tail for people to wear - and sell them at anime conventions. One of the biggest problems I have is having enough BLACK headbands to put them on. I've TRIED elastic, thin and thick, and the headbands are the most convenient for everyone. I will not deny that I am kind of cheap, so when I find the 6-packs at the dollar store (which are technically "Kids" headbands, making them more durable than the ones that are for adults and $3-5 a pack at Target or Wal-Mart), I snatch them up. Only problem is that they are nylon or poly or SOMETHING that melts together when I put a match to it, and they are in horrendous bright colors like pink and purple, yellow, bright neon blue, etc. I get maybe one black headband out of 12 that I buy. I tried taking a sharpie to them, but the undertone of the color still comes through a bit. I've got a convention coming up at the beginning of August and I'm trying to start a little earlier than a week before the con. I've tried RIT dye and stuff but it doesn't work at all, so I'm out of ideas, short of cutting all the fabric covers off and replacing them with handsewn ones... which will take a ton of time, and defeat the purpose of getting them inexpensively!

Thanks in advance for any advice that can be given... and so this isn't completely text-only, here's a couple of "Custom Kits" I did a couple years ago.   The customer requested the ears sit very low on the bands, as their roleplay characters' ears sat the same way.  The tails were wired, and each tail had a belt loop instead of the regular safety-pin attachment.

  

Edit:   I have to remember that not everyone understands the way my mind works, so I will clarify.  I LOVE the headbands that I use because they are cheap and really really durable.  I do not want to change the type of heaband that I get because I don't want to have people coming back 10 minutes after they buy them because of a broken headband.  I stitch the ears onto the nylon covering of the band, and that's what keeps them on.  I do make many different colors of Kits, but for some reason everyone wants black or more 'normal' looking headbands for their ears x_x;;.

Black + White Ocelot/Leopard-Print Motorcycle Jacket!

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So I made a motorcycle jacket! It's based off one I made a few years ago, but I didn't LOVE it. Everyone else did. I like my new one better. So does everyone else :D

( He's The King Of The Cannibals... )

Warning: Profanity

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I made some cards! Yay!

( Yay! )

Warning: Profanity!

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Made more cards! More yay!

( Yay V2.0 )

removing fabric paint?

[kasdan.livejournal.com]

i've got a pair of overalls with fabric paint on that i'd like to take off, but i'm not sure how to go about doing so.

sadly i don't know what the overalls are made of - something synthetic and a little heavy - and i don't know what kind of fabric paint it was, but i do know it's the kind that comes in a little bottle with a teeny nozzle that you use for crafts.

the paint is on pretty thick since it was used for lines and wasn't spread. i'd rather not ruin the colour of the fabric, but i figure i'll probably have to. i'll just paint over the spots if it comes to that, so -- ideas? give me your worst! ;D

thanks!

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[crunk-caitlin.livejournal.com]

So, I've been missing all the crafty things in my life. I'm moving to Houston in just a few weeks, and I won't have space for all of my craft junk, so I decided to just take up embroidering, since the supplies are cheap and doesn't take up too much space.
For one of my first projects (after my attempt to do a Vogart kitten crashed and burned) was a Stormtrooper... thing.. for my friend. I'm not exactly sure what to call it. A patch? that will be mounted and framed?
Anyway

It's about 4.5" x 5" ish (not including the background), and I fixed that little patch of white in the orange after I took this picture.
I'm going to cut the background back until it's just a half inch border, so just imagine it like that :)
EDIT: I cut trimmed it up and scanned it, for a better quality picture, behind the cut.
( the details and some process pictures )

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[twistedsecrets.livejournal.com]

more crochet goodness :D

I made this Bambi style fawn from a pattern out of a crochet book I got for christmas. Its a gorgeous pattern and i'm stoked with how she came out!


( fawn )

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monsters live in my studio



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