Headbands I Made

[jerricajaneen.livejournal.com]

Here are a couple other headbands I put together one night a few weeks ago :)

Petals and Pearls:



Studded Tulle:

Question about selling our works

[nezzie.livejournal.com]

If I use a pattern that I have purchased, or that is available for free (say for 3d beading little animals and such), can I sell what I make? Or do I have to create original patterns for this to be ok? I'm not entirely sure how this works. I did a bit of poking around Etsy and see someone selling beaded Disney characters...is that a legal thing? I guess I just don't understand how copyrights work in regards to making and selling our own items using someone else's characters or purchased patterns. I recently discovered I love love love making 3d beaded animals and would like to find something to make a bit of money on too.

Thankyou :)

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[girl-on-a-wire.livejournal.com]

well poop. i had an idea in mind to make for the kids in my classroom for Christmas, but after testing this idea out on a few bags, im finding that its not working, and now i am stuck.

my original (via some parenting magazine) idea was to paint a portion of a tote bag with chalkboard paint, and after gluing some ribbon around it, i would have cute chalkboard totes to give to each of my students, however, in an attempt to be frugal, i bought bags from Oriental Trading, and they are too porous to hold the paint, so now i have a bunch of totes and chalkboard paint, and no idea what to do with them.

i was trying to figure if there was some sort of other medium i could paint that would both be solid enough to hold the paint AND be easily attached to the bags. if that cannot be easily obtained, what are some other ideas to create for about 20 kids in less than a week?

help please!!