Many a craft ;)

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Hello all!
Here are some things that I have been working on & putting off taking pictures of ;)


I've been saving up long strips of fabric that were left over from my sewing ~ we are talking about the width of a piece of yarn (less than 1/2 inch). I tried to crochet them before but didn't like the mixed colors together, so this time I saved some more & broke them up into 3 groups. Here's the first one ~


I just made these to hold things in the work room on the closet/shelves, so nothing too fancy. This one was more of the size I wanted~ When I work I push the bumps to the inside, which can look good on its own. The second pic is with the bumps out ~ I like this basket better this way ;)








That first pair is mine ;) Made from Scrabble Tiles drilled on the corners. I love the beads I found ~ cream colored with a darker strip running through so they almost look like wood too! The earrings below say "EGO" & "ID" ~ I made them for two friends. They are very light too, which I wondered about.


These are nothing special, but my first head pins, so very fun ;)





BOOKBINDING~
I would like to use some of my small fabric scraps to cover books. Before I was looking for cheap blank books to cover, but now I'm wondering if it would be cheaper to make the whole book myself. What do you think? What is your favorite/easy binding method?


GLUING FABRICS~
I am also wondering the best way to do the fabric ~ I glued it down & coated it like decoupage, just to see. The picture above is a test project on a book I'm already using. The top of the fabric was very rough though, so I would like something good to coat it with. Any ideas? I threw some packing tape over it just to seal it & cover the roughness, but not a good solution for real.


SCULPEY ~
And one last question... I just bought some Sculpey to test out & saw "Fimo" & "Primo" brands at the store. I'm thinking the Fimo is not as durable, but other than that I have no idea what the difference is between the three brands. Fimo has some really nice glittery clays ~ any experiance with these?
Thanks so much!!