Blobfish help!

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Im having problems making a pattern for a Blobfish plushie, does anyone have anything similar that I can work on, like a whale or something? I'm losing my mind looking at his sad blobby face.

Glueing neoprene?

[alphaninn.livejournal.com]

All the sites I've found have said to use a special type of neoprene cement. I'm wondering if any of you here have experience using other types of glue, and what type that I could get at the craft store would be best.

See, I have a neoprene laptop sleeve, that I want to make a bit more convenient for airport travel. It has no straps, so I was thinking about adding adding two that would become the handles, and one across it just for peace of mind. The straps would go all the way around, so the weight of the laptop (and it's a hefty laptop - 18.4") would be on the straps rather than the stretchy neoprene.

Would glueing the straps to the neoprene then stitching them into place damage the integrity of sleeve? I want something I can sling over my shoulder that will go through security (TSA approved laptop bags for one this size are hard to find, and expensive)without removing it from its case, and that I can shove in my normal carry on at my convenience rather than feeling like I'm holding up the line. Or, to just use as my "personal item" and shove my purse in my carry on instead.

Sorry for the text only =( I'll post photos of what I come up with, though!

Some really bright tabs from me today

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I made these fiery tabs a few days ago. I love using bright colours in my beads... as many of you already know :) These are handmade lampwork glass, for those of you who aren't familiar with my work. They are beads, not a finished bracelet.



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I love lamp.

[grammardog]

About 15 years ago, I bought a cheap paper lamp, kind of like this one. Eventually I knocked it over and ripped the paper shade, natch. I'm a notorious penny-pincher and hate throwing useful things out, besides, so I bought some rice paper and recovered it. But I did kind of a lazy job, plus I knocked it over within a week and ripped it again, anyway.

I've been cooking up a plan to make a chandelier with paper circles, so I decided to give this lamp a re-do in a similar style to see if it would work, and here is the result. I used a utility knife and sandpaper to scrape the glue from the lampshade off the metal parts. Then I used a circular punch on vellum paper (YESSSSS THAT PACKAGE OF VELLUM I BOUGHT AT A YARD SALE TEN YEARS AGO FINALLY CAME IN HANDY!), poked holes in each circle with a pin, and strung them together with jump rings. It was kind of slow going, but I learned some tips for my future chandelier, and I knocked out half of a season of Degrassi Junior High, so. Everyone wins! I think it looks pretty cute.