A distraction from the pain

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My neck pain & migraines have been getting to be too much again, even on pain killers. So I distracted myself from the pain by working in my journal.

Abundance Book Cover

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I've been reading a book on abundance, and this is the notebook I use for the "program". I decided to art up the cover this weekend. It's hard to tell from the scan, but there is a lot of gold glitter glue on it.

Drawers as shelves

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I posted a little while back asking about stuff I should know for my upcoming craft fair. It's next week (starting Thursday and running through Sunday), and I'm sharing a booth with four other crafters (jewelers and artists). Someone here recommended keeping our stuff separate, which after thinking over, I think is a wise idea to help each of us brand our stuff the way we want to. Since my cards and handmade books are generally made out of salvaged paper goods (junk mail, books that are trash-bound), I was planning on using some older items to hold my goods to kind of link the salvaged idea together. I bought an old wooden 7-Up crate with dividers still intact that will let people flip through four sections. I found a vintage glass butter dish with high sides to hold things as well. However, I wanted to have more than that to hold things up for people, since that doesn't seem to let me display things on their own, only in groups.

Enter dumpster diving!

There is an apartment building at the end of my alley that currently has a pile of wooden drawers stacked next to it. While I flirted with the idea of making a shelving unit out of them, as I've seen done elsewhere, I know I don't have the follow-through for larger projects like that (nor really the walls to put up shelving). So I was thinking instead of using a couple to stack sideways like shelves, but to hold the notecards and books at the craft fair. Since they're sort of 70's looking (which is not the vintage I'm going for) I figured I could paint or collage (or both) them to mix better with my stuff, but without detracting from the merchandise. The side of the drawer would turn into the bottom of the shelf, and the new top would be another surface to display signs or merchandise on. Also, since I do more than just the paper goods I'm selling there, painting and decorating these would be a good way to show I can do custom work like that for someone who might be interested.

Has anyone here used drawers as shelves before? What am I not thinking of that might be important to keep in mind?

Thanks for all your crafty ideas, ladies (and gents)!

Bruce Springsteen stuffie

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   Hi!

I started this Bruce Springsteen stuffie for my  mom for mother's day, but due to moving out of state mid May, I didn't get a chance to finish it until now!   I used the basic doll pattern from Knitted Icons.

I still have to make his guitar and probably will do some more detail on his jacket.



He's based off the Born to Run cover.  Here's the original if you're not familiar:

http://images.coveralia.com/audio/b/Bruce_Springsteen-Born_To_Run_(2005)-Frontal.jpg

 

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Plus,  I had to include his ridiculous fuzzy hat from the era.  :D

( ridiculous fuzzhat )

Thanks for looking! :D
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shoe help.

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i looked in the memories/archive, but it's all about decorating the outside of shoes, which is not what i'm trying to do. and i don't really know how to google this, so i'm hoping you crafty ladies will be able to help.

i love ballerina flats, but have a problem with most of them. my right foot is considerably smaller than my left foot, and so usually have to wear a hair tie around the shoe to make it stay on my right foot. well, now i have a foot tattoo on my right foot, so i don't want to wear a strap of any sort. i was trying to think of a way to add padding to the inside of the heel; would fabric and superglue work? i don't want it visible from the outside, which is why i'm not leaning towards... sewing, or something like that.
also, i have a pair of shoes, same style, that give me a giant blister across my heel every time i wear them. i figure whatever method i use for the above, i can use for this as well.
basically, i want a way to put padding inside my shoe, across the inside of where my heel is, and i don't want it to look... bad.
any suggestions?

It's been a while since I've posted...

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Things have been really crazy with work, health, and finishing this competition piece :)

The name of the series I just completed is called Transcendence 3; it's a series of 3 pendants.

1st - single cherry blossom on a branch
2nd - medallion of DC monuments surrounded by the blooming cherry blossoms, with a photo of mine in the middle (from this year's cherry blossom festival)
3rd - set of 2 cherry blossoms on a branch

Materials: fine silver, doming resin, photograph

Reason behind the name:
In Buddhism, the cherry blossom symbolizes the transience of life - and reminder to appreciate life because time is fleeting.
The cherry blossoms in DC symbolize the friendship transcending between Japan and the United States; the cherry blossoms around the tidal basin were a gift from Japan.
In Chinese symbolism, the number 3 symbolizes life, living, and birth. This is also the 3rd cherry blossom piece I've made. The first was for the 2007 Fire Mountain Gems Beading competition, the 2nd one was unnamed, and this is the 3rd one!

I had the hardest time coming up with a name (thankfully Scott (my husband) is really good at taking my ramblings and coming up with a 1 word name for my work...I added the 3).

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Critique greatly appreciated! :)

x-posted to personal journal, craftgrrl, beadwork, and jewelrymakers

Strange, pretty things I make

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Hi, my name is Jennifer. I'm twenty-two and a student in Houston. I make lots of weird, silly cards for birthdays, holidays, or bicycle spokes. They're pretty simple. I generally use scented markers, coloring books, cut-outs of animals from magazines, sequins, and stuff like that. Sometimes I laminate them with contact paper if I'm sending them as a postcard or using them as a spoke card.



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What to do with 427 Peacock feathers?

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My neighbors have peacocks and I traded fruit for peacock feathers. I got 427 peacock feathers  in various shapes and sizes.  Most of them have the eye that you typically see with peacock feathers. Some of them are sword shapped.

So far in my mind is to make Charms for necklaces and earings. I plan to get gueanne fowl feathers as well to work with that.  As they have black feathers with white dots.. Polkadotted.

I have so many of them that I don't think I want to make earrings and necklace charms with all of them. And I wondered what craft ideas you can come up with.

I've seen Headbands, Hair Clips, Purses... What would you do with 427 peacock feathers? And no its not enough to wallpaper a room.

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[kida.livejournal.com]

Hi. I'm looking for a guide on how to make something like what I have under the LJ cut. I don't really know much about crafts, so any help would be appreciated. I do know the girl who made this said she used resin, but I don't really understand what that means. Along with resin, everything inside of it is from a cd booklet that has been cut up. The closest craft store to me is Hobby Lobby. I'd appreciate it if a rough estimate of prices could be given for supplies (sans cd booklet).

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[libra-iruka.livejournal.com]

So, anyone here a Stargate: Atlantis fan? Well, I am, and at some point between seasons four and five, I decided to totally nerd-out and make myself a plush of my favorite character: the not-good-but-not-quite-bad-either Todd the Wraith.

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When you get burned, you get even, i mean, creative

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So, over the weekend I was hanging out with my boyfriend and his family, and I mean FAMILY. Just about the entire clan. Anyways, that's beyond important, a couple of us thought it'd be wise to do a "rain dance" around the fire. Well, I did a twirl, slipped, and fell into the fire. My arm hit a log, but that's it. My only injury. I just thank God that my hair was pulled back, I have really long hair... Anyways, There is a wedding this weekend, same family actually, and I didn't want to have to sport my bandage. (Bandage covers up burn patch, which is a see thru sterile moisture pad, and amazing for burns) So, the only reason I wear the white bandage is because I want to wear short sleeves but don't want to disgust people looking at my red burn, which is missing a layer of skin, just not pleasant looking. So, with the wedding, and not wanting to wear the bandage, what are my options? How about a coordinating arm band?

( The Results of tragedy!! )