More owls...smelly owls...

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Edited to add my owl pieces, the lamp-owl, and some reactions from the other people on my floor.

I love the whole crafting culture I'm starting to see...

This isn't mine, but I love ( this crafty tattoo )

Also, as another follow-up to the amazing stuffed owl tutorial by sandydanger, here's the one owl I've actually completed. (I have a bunch of half-owls, but haven't actually bothered to go buy buttons or stuffing, so...oh well.)

( So, here he is. )

Another craftgrrl posted her version of the owls. She was adding lavender and hanging them on hangers to scent her clothes. People were commenting on the entry about any other possible use for the owls, and I suggested filling them with rice to make handwarmers. I have since changed my mind. I think it might just be too little rice - I didn't put this guy in for very long, and he burned horribly. He still looks okay (this picture is post-burn) but he smells like burned rice. I'm probably just going to have to rip him open and get rid of all the rice before my roommate starts to complain about the smell. It's a cold freaking November, and I still have all possible windows open. I really wanted to draw stink-lines on that photo. Oh well, as Edison would have said, first I discovered a thousand ways not to make a stuffed owl. Gah. Even my hands smell. My neighbor was talking to me, and said, "God, some people need to learn how to microwave," and two more girls walked by saying, "Wow, it just smells so bad in here." Argh.

This is the lavender owl entry. Also, I was thinking that it would be cool when someone posts a tutorial and multiple people follow it, it would be cool to link between all the entries, just to see how different people can do different things with the same basic idea.

New beehive bag

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I love the echino beehive fabric. It's pretty hard to find now, but I still have some! I'm really into making bigger bags right now and made this one. You can get echino fabric at reprodepot.com

( beehive )

Just in the nick of time

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I was burning off yarn this week, making a hat and scarf, and I finished it tonight. Lucky for me, really, because it's now officially cold and windy outside.

( hat and scarf under the cut )

Coss Stitch

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Some of you might remember, about a month ago I posted how I made a chart for a stormtrooper helmet? Well I finally finished stitching it - I had four on the go and switched back and forth between them, I'm not quite *that* slow! The first one is obviously a Star Wars quotation, the other is for another friend and is from West Wing - she is a teacher and a CJ fan so I figured it would work!

( Pic )

What kind of high sheen spray on gloss can be used on rub on decals, put on painted wood?

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I have your average glossy spray on sealer, and it apparently it making the rub on decal lift up off the wood.  Would it help if perhaps, I modge podged the image first then spray sealed it on?

Or perhaps do I need a brush on sealer?

And also so it won't be a question only thread, I bought several pairs of cute baby socks and made them into catnip pillows today. They're so fun and funky were easy too!.

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Ok, reposting this again since it was deleted by the mods (sorry guys, didn't realize the link broke the rules!)



My mom, the very talented lady of Oh So Crafty (no link, but if you're interested in viewing her craftiness you can google it), just started making these felted rosebud pins out of old wool sweaters.

I fell in love with them and thought I'd share a picture to make you smile (because who doesn't love soft fuzzy things that look like pretty flowers?)




I've managed to snag one from her house already but I'm attempting to get a few more so I can walk around with a little bouquet attached to my shirt :)


P.S. I think I'll need at least 24 hours to recuperate from almost getting run over by the crazy lady at Downtown Disney and all the horrible drivers swerving around on I-4 at 90 mph. How do these people actually get a license??