A beaded butterfly Papilio Rumanzovia

[kathy-kostinsky.livejournal.com]

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hocus pocus, i've caught spirits in bottles!

[digitalusrex.livejournal.com]

it's weird how i got the inspiration for this, but i've been collecting materials for months and finally sat down last week and started putting it all together.

basically, i etched little spirits on glass bottles with etching cream and stencils and then created magical charms out of polymer clay and strung them on a ribbon with some pretty vintage glass beads and swarovski crystals and wrapped the ribbons around the bottles' necks.

it was a ton of fun. i LOVE polymer clay and beads. i made five bottles total, each one with a different color scheme: blue, green, orange, purple & red. i've included the descriptions i put on etsy cos i had a lot of fun writing those.

i would really appreciate you darlings' opinions.

TIA & LOV.

( 15 pix )

Purple polka-dotted monster

[penguin-ford.livejournal.com]

I was just in the Stuffy/Plushie swap over on craftster and this is what I made!

( It's a two-eyed, no-horned, walking, purple, people eater. )

And I got ( this )

back!

Millinery, a slightly lost but being rediscovered art

[snarkitty.livejournal.com]

I recently took a class with my local milliner. It's something I never thought I would be able to learn, so I was ecstatic to be given this opportunity.

We got to make three hats -- details below!

( Felt, straw, and buckram )

Alice in Wonderland Shoes

[tiros.livejournal.com]

I was commissioned to paint a pair of shoes with an Alice in Wonderland theme...

( down the rabbit hole )

Edited to ask: A while back when I was on this community I'm sure I remember someone making a seperate community for people to ask and discuss how much their crafts should/could be sold for. Does that ring a bell at all?

Steampunk Messenger Bag

[halfuana.livejournal.com]

So in a few weeks, I start my first semester at Ringling College of Art and Design as an illustration major. So I made a messenger bag to carry all of my books in. I tried to make it look steampunk in style, as I've been trying to steampunk my wardrobe lately. But anyway, I hope you all like it, I've tested this with several highschool yearbooks in it (and our classes were huge at our school) and it seems to hold up really well. Anyway, Images are behind the cut! Hope you all enjoy this :D ( Read more... )

Thanks for checking it out!