Feeling crochety

[dovinia.livejournal.com]

New squid!

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Always lurking, rarely posting....

[haddassah.livejournal.com]

Hello all, I am a card maker and thought I would show off a couple of my cards.

Starting to make soap

[igotpi.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know roughly how much it costs to get everything together to start making soap?

I know you need a hand blender, rubber spoon, thermometer, stainless steel or glass bowl and pan, then all of the ingredients. Is there anything I'm missing?

Quickie Question

[tydyehippo.livejournal.com]

I want to make all the girls I work with some Hershey Kisses Rosebuds. A little bouquet of maybe 3, with a small bow, wrapped in tissue or cello. My question is, it seems I have seen these rosebuds made with the colored Saran wrap... Is this right? I have Googled and they all show cellophane but that seems like it MIGHT be difficult to work with and since I work with 20 girls x 3 rosebuds each, that might seem like it would be too fiddly to attempt. Am I imagining things are are the rosebuds only made with cello? Has anyone tried anything other than cello??

I plan on doing this for Valentine's day so I want to get started making these buds as soon as possible so I am not doing it all on February 13th!

Thanks! And I promise to show pics of the finished products! :)

a few new yarn skeins..

[marajane01.livejournal.com]

 

( lots of fun back here! )

( lots of fun back here! )

soap making!

[fauxrealz.livejournal.com]

Here it is.

I had to take pictures a second time, because the lighting was bad ... and my camera decided it was going to take a crap on me. So, I had to splice things together a bit! Nonetheless, I hope it is helpful for anyone who wishes to give it a try!

Go here if you want 101, a good walk through for this process.




( saponification! )

<3!

Why I wanted acorns

[dolphin-daze.livejournal.com]

These boxes both started with the pieces of beauty bark with the holes in the middle that I found. We were at the pumpkin patch in October and while walking through the corn maze I looked down and found a piece of beauty bark with a hole in the middle where a knot from a tree branch must have been. I then came up with the idea of putting a fairy face in the middle of the bark and started collecting things to go in the boxes. I ended up with two different boxes. Boxes are wood and painted (there is glass on the cover. I added lots of fun cool things to the boxes.

Boxes measure 5 1/2 inches square and 1 1/2 inches tall
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my first non-question post in years (literally)

[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

so please go easy on me...

a while back i posted abt ways to display a monogram that i'd made with my husband and my initials (pardon the grammar). so after many fights with the printer and other issues here you go.  i really love the background paper but wish the design were bigger.

 

( tada! )

thanks for all of your suggestions they were very helpful! hopefully, now that i have my crafty mojo back i'll be posting more.

bigger photo:

 

Crochet Triceratops

[tuuurtle.livejournal.com]

( Pretty much the coolest thing I've ever made. )

newbie knitter what are 'sets'?

[pippi-az.livejournal.com]

I've made a few things but am attempting something new and the pattern says to work in 'sets' ???

I'm beating a dead horse and making this calorimetry but I'm lost at row 2 where it says 'rib as set' what does that mean??? :P TIA, here's the pattern...

Row 1: Work all sts in 2x2 Rib.

Row 2: Work in 2x2 Rib as set to last 2 sts, turn work.

Row 3: Sl 1, work 3 sts, place marker, work to last 2 sts, turn work.

Row 4: Sl 1, work 3 sts, place second marker, work to next marker, turn work.

Row 5: Remove marker, sl 1, work 3 sts, replace marker, work to next marker, turn work.

Repeat Row 5 fifteen times more.

Row 6: Do not remove marker. Sl 1, work to next marker, turn work. 44 sts between markers; 38 sts at each side of piece, outside of markers.

Row 7: Sl 1, work to marker, remove marker, work 4 sts, replace marker, turn work.
Repeat Row 7 seventeen times more. 2 sts remain outside markers at each end of the piece.

Row 8: Sl 1, work to marker, remove marker, work last 2 sts.
Work 1 more row, removing final marker.

Loosely BO all sts.

Sculpey III Question

[sherylb.livejournal.com]

Hello all! I have been reading along for a few days, but haven't posted as of yet. I LOVE this community and find myself being inspired endlessly by all the wonderful craftiness here! I wanted to introduce myself and I also have a question. No pics yet, but those are coming!

My name is Sheryl and I am a SAHM of two. I have always been crafty and I have done a little bit of a lot of different stuff. My current crafts are knitting, spinning, needle felting and sewing, and I am just starting to work with Sculpey. I don't have a ton of time to craft, so most is done late at night after the family is in bed. I will say that my main craft is knitting, but sewing is coming up in the ranks since I got my new sewing machine for Christmas!

OK, here is my question for those who have used Sculpey. I just tried it out last night. I made some small items (a few decorative buttons and small hearts on the head of pins) and baked them as directed. They are no more than 1/4" thick, so I put them in for 15 minutes. When I took them out, they were still very soft. I put them in for another 10 minutes and then let them cool. They have hardened considerably, but the larger pieces are still slightly pliable. I can get a very small curve out of the piece if I bend it gently. Is this the way it is supposed to be, or should it be completely hard and unbendable? Do I need to bake for a longer time? Is the 15 minutes really a low estimate, or is that pretty accurate for a piece 1/4" thick or less? Any other ideas or thoughts?

Thanks so much for all of the wonderful ideas and inspiration in this community! It has become one of my favorite places to visit every day!