...there is never enough time

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Since I teach and I am out of school for the summer, I have been crafting my little heart out. Here are some pictures of the past few things I have been working on...
( vinyl and soforth  )

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I've decided to do the face-up on my doll. (was too busy to start it but I have the time now) I mentioned this before
and received some very helpful tips from the people here at craftgrrl.

I have sprayed my doll with Mr. Super Clear. My question is, if I  make a mistake and remove it with thinner, will the
MSC be removed  from that area as well?
If that is the case I am wondering how to respray that area if I am not ready to give the face its final coat of MSC.
I thought of covering the rest of the face with a few layers of tissue paper but if anyone has a better solution
please let me know.

Thank-you!

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I have not posted in a long time...i have been really busy!!
This is really image heavy!

( I have been super busy!! )

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I've been meaning to make a reusable shopping bag for AGES now. I'm very conscious of my carbon footprint & general impact on the environment. Even though I always reuse plastic shopping bags, I haaaaate taking them. My purse is always huge, but sometimes I'll have something that won't fit in my handbag. Anyway, I've been meaning to make a reusable bag to throw in my purse forever, & I finally got around to it!

I used the tutorial [below] to get the true shopping bag shape & use the awesome pocket to fold it up.
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=177482.0

( here! )

Blue dress of ultimate cuteness

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My friend Holly introduced me to the most amazingly inexpensive fabric place ever. It took up three buildings- enormous! The only downside was having to sort through piles of bolts of fabric, but I guess that's not really a downside.



Both the pretty sheer fabric and the under layer were $2.00/yd, but somehow I ended up getting a discount and paying $1.50/yd. The lady had a very heavy accent, so I couldn't understand what it was for. Not complaining though. Oh, and the zipper was $.75.

For the bodice, I modified a Vintage Vogue pattern slightly, and then ended up modifying it more because though my measurements were pretty close to the ones on the back, it thought I had huge boobs. The bottom is just two layers of donut, so that the skirt can be full for swing dancing. There is also a bow, because every pretty dress needs a bow.

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New set

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I've had this set planned out for a little bit but I finally went and bought some more chain to finish it off.

( Pink Lolita necklace and earrings )

I Made a Prom Dress too!

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Story time!!! (Don't worry, it's short)

I was sitting in English one day when my friend plopped down in the desk next to me and moaned "kaaaattt, design a prom dress for me! I can't find any that I like (or something along those lines)". 

"I can make it."

"REALLY?!?"

"yeah, sure. I'm not really doing anything else for the next three months".

 AND SO...

( The cream and blue prom dress was born... )

cernunnos

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with help from the tutorial by bleaknimue! fantastic!
his soul is tied to the necronomicon via a binding spell. enjoy! :)
(+photos)

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So Lowes was having an outdoor sale the other day, and I was able to pick up a ton of tiles (both small and medium sized) for pretty cheap. I really want to do some collages on them, and maybe turn the small ones into pendants (they are lightweight), however I was wondering if anyone knew if mod podge or something similar would be the right adhesive to use on it? 

SFTO - question

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I think we just need to start using the acronym SFTO...I always feel weird saying "Sorry for text only!" because, well, text is fun too. I like writing, I like reading, ergo I like text. It would be an interesting modern-art-ish experiment to do a large blogging site that contained only pictures and no text, but in the mean time...there's nothing wrong with a little text post.

I have a question...

Has anyone found a crafty solution to all of those cords people accumulate? Right now, I have a cell charger, three mp3-to-computer cords (why 3? long story), two camera-to-computer cords, one camera-to-tv cord, several spare ethernet cables...

I don't have a lot of desk or wall space, so I'm not sure that a rack would be the best solution, but I'm not sure about anything else?

1) Small strips of fabric with velcro? So I could roll the cords up and put the strip around them? Then I could just toss them in a basket or a drawer. I could even embroider the strips with the names of cords they are meant to hold...

2) Something similar to those makeup/paintbrushes/whatever caddies? You know, those things that look about like a rectangle, with straps or pockets all along one side, then you put your makeup/paintbrushes/etc in it and roll it up? Again, I would be folding the cords up. (Do those caddies generally have interfacing, and if so, what weight/kind?)

3) Any other ideas?