Dyeing a dress?

[ststepdown.livejournal.com]

Hey crafters, I have a question about fabric dyeing.

I have this dress that fits fabulously but the color looks literally miserable on me.
I really want to dye it pretty much ANY other color than the one it is one. Ideally I owuld like to dye it blue and get a greeny color because the dress is pale yellow.
The problem I think I am going to have is that the dress is 61% polyester/35% rayon/4% spandex.
I would even be fine with bleaching it or something, just not this pale yellow :(

can I dye this dress? what would work?

help: Matboard

[cynthia-french.livejournal.com]

I'm looking for art projects I can do with kids 5years old - 18 years old (three different age groups - projects don't have to be acceptable for all of the ages) that can utilize mat board scraps (all shapes, sizes, colors are available).

I work at an art center that has a frame shop and we have about 8 boxes of mat board scraps. Mat board can't be recycled, so I'm trying to find a way to use it during our summer art classes.

Long time no post

[tru2myart.livejournal.com]

Hey everybody!! Typically I just post my jewelry but after a long dormancy I've taken up the pencil again.




She's called "Girl catching bubbles" done with pencil, colored pencil and white charcoal on brown paper. The picture doesn't do it justice, I'll have to take another when I get it framed.

I'm hoping for more drawing inspiration. If I do enough I may start auctioning them to raise money for the Relay for Life walk we're doing.

Fractal Glass Pendants!

[poisons-sanity.livejournal.com]

Hi everybody!

A bit of a break from fused glass to show some more fractal pendants! These are all sealed with a glass oval cabochon and bonded into metal settings


(  and 3 more )

Glowing zebra mask!

[me-maneuver.livejournal.com]

Hello all! *waves*

I made a new mask! Well, it is modified from my other zebra masks, but still... I LOVE IT!

The base of this mask was cut out and shaped out of vegetable tanned leather. I've been making quite a few, but this is quite possibly the coolest mask I've ever made. It is painted with metallic (aka shiny) acrylics in a fade across the rainbow, then zebra striped in black.

Then, I was thinking, what could possibly make this cooler. OH YEAH! IT COULD GLOW IN THE DARK.

So, everything that isn't the black stripes glows in the dark. It's my new favorite thing ever. :D

( picture under cut )

Test piece for a necklace urn

[grygon.livejournal.com]

( Read more... )

Memorial Day Productivity!

[sillyfaery.livejournal.com]

 I'm glad i spent some time indoors crafting this weekend even though the weather was fabulous outside. I sat at the sewing table, constantly looking out the window, watching the birds, our dogs, my husband frolicking in the delicious sun. :(

BUT

look what transpired?



( More pictures! )