Happy Valentine's Day

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

It's a double dip.

Valentines Day and the current theme (using up stuff).

( I've had these done since Mid January! )

Derivative patterns?

[flutterbychild.livejournal.com]

I want to make an American Girl doll dress, based off of a pattern I found on Ravelry for a baby dress. At what point can I claim the pattern as my own and not simply a modification of the original pattern? What I want to do (if I can figure out how) is add a hood and long- or 3/4 length sleeves. I know lots of people modify patterns and I don't mind saying that I did so, but I was just wondering...

valentines

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

i made some valentines for the kiddies in my class, based on something i saw on pinterest (of course.) 

Scarves!

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

i made one of these for me, and then my older daughter wanted one too.

either tonight or tomorrow i'll have some valentines hearts. =)

( scarves under the cut )

and since i've taught my two girls how to crochet, the younger one, M, is now making herself a ruffle scarf.... and she's using some floofy white yarn that i've had hanging around for quite some time. ;)
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Admin Note

[ilea.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow the craftgrrl homepage redesign is going live. When it does I'll be on a plane. So if any of you guys see something terribly broken or whatever don't fret. Just leave a comment here or pm me with what's up and as soon as I get off the plane and get to my email I'll work on getting anything that's not working fixed. Hopefully everything will go smoothly and you all won't need this message but if it doesn't here it is.


Back to me packing and running around like crazy!

Modifying Trunk for Vending

[thezombified.livejournal.com]

I bought this trunk/footlocker last month with the intention of modifying it into immense awesomeness for vending- the goal being to have it end up being both functional (transporting my crap/stuff around) and aesthetically practical (displaying all the crap I've just transported), saving me a ton of time on set up as well as giving my booth a little more of a professional/unifying look.

Trunk. Plus Chim, for scale.

To avoid potential disaster, I've decided to ask you guys for some ideas/suggestions before I actually dive in. Here are some thoughts I currently have, in handy list format:

- My style's rather ooky spooky Halloweeny cartoony- I want to emphasize that
- Inside needs to be painted (paint/technique suggestions encouraged), or otherwise prettied up
- I need to attach a magnet board and something to hang necklaces on to the part on the left
- Need to put in 2 shelves (so 3 sections) on the right part...
- ...and rig displays on each shelf for comics, cards, and stickers+pocket mirrors
- Ideas for rigging lights for nightclub vending welcome as well
- Need to replace the hinges so the damn thing will open all the way
- No plans to do much to the outside- maybe a large sticker with my logo and website- but the outside won't be seen much during display

Any and all suggestions welcome! Thanks!

(I did my best to be as vague as I could re: the stuff I sell, while still including the info I felt was relevant to this project. If there's anything I should edit out, please let me know and I shall do so as soon as I can :)