Crafts after BC is good for the soul

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  • kmccraw423
    kmccraw423 Member Posts: 3,596
    edited March 2009

    Ok JO - I just right clicked this photo to copy and pasted it here.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited March 2009

    JO, that is absolutely gorgeous!!!!

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  • spar2
    spar2 Member Posts: 6,827
    edited March 2009

    JO, that painting really touched me, you have great talent.  The embroidery is beautiful also.

    The jewelry, magnificent.

    Sahalie, thank you for posting about the duck cage, will make some improvement to mine. Can't wait to see how your umbrella turns out, sounds like it will be gorgous.

    Jazzy girl, good crafting and reading and working today.  Have a good one all.

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  • EWB
    EWB Member Posts: 2,927
    edited March 2009

    Spar- love the idea of having ducks! Do let us know what you find, how cool!

    Wendy- so glad dh is home and doing well!

    Sahalie, love the umbrella idea, balinese fabric is lovely.

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  • sahalie
    sahalie Member Posts: 2,147
    edited March 2009

    JO.  Your work is amazing.  Beautiful.  And congratulations on getting the pictures on here.

    You should have your own little cottage and set up shop.   

    JAZZ is a brilliant teacher.  Thanks for helping JO get her pictures here for us all to enjoy.

    SPAR.  Did you make that "woombie"  I have never seen anything like that.  It is so adorable.

    I'm glad the duck cage idea can give you more ideas. 

    ANNA.  Your idea of using strips of the fabric to tie the ends is perfect.  That's what I'll do. 

    It will look complete that way and I love your idea.  So Thank You !

    Hi KATHLEEN.

    I'm having so much fun finding colorful ideas.

    This could be used as decoaration in a baby's room.  Or.  Tie Backs for curtains.

    Endless ideas.

    I know the book below is a Holiday book but how cute would it be as a gift to a friend

    as an address book or a journal. 

    I love this idea.  Has anyone made one already?

    One of my girlfriends made me one similar for my baby shower gift.

    It is the picture album for my daughter.

    *

    I'm seeing these crochet cupcakes all over the place these days. 

    How cute are they. 

    WENDY.  If you're reading here today I want you to know I'm thinking about you and your dh.

    I hope you both rested thru the night and he is feeling a lot better today.

    How cute !

    I love the idea below for the holiday table.  I'm going to make these.

    The idea is from Goodhousekeeping.com

    See you all later.  My cupboards are bare. 

    Fear and Loathing at Whole Foods next.

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  • LMDuncan
    LMDuncan Member Posts: 715
    edited March 2009

    Hi been reading this thread for a while.... You all make beautiful things.  And since I have been off dealing with all this....I have made new drapes for the house, and I decided to start making candles again.  Used to do it years ago but needed to start something again.  Most of my candles are tealights and votives, but decided to try to do wine glasses with writing on them here is a few pics of my wine glasses.

    I am giving these to my girlfriend who is getting married in May. First pic is unlit 2nd is with tealight lit inside.

    Here is another one I am giving to my MIL for her Birthday tommorrow.

    It is a little harder to see but it says Imagine Dream Believe

    Lori

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  • sahalie
    sahalie Member Posts: 2,147
    edited April 2009

    LORI.   How beautiful those candle wine glasses are.  Did you do the etching yourself?  How did you do that?  I love them.  Those would be great at place settings for the up coming wedding.

    JO.  Your works are so professional.  You have some major talent there and your paintings are extremely lovely.

    Let's all find a fun craft for our SPAR.  She has had a very rough day in more ways than one.

    SPAR.  I hope this craft will bring a smile to you.

    A PINE CONE GNOME.  WE ALL NEED SOME OF THESE.

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  • AnnaM
    AnnaM Member Posts: 1,387
    edited April 2009

    Yes, warm, loving hugs to SPAR. Just look at Sahalie's little pine cone gnome. What joy! What adorable little eyes! What purity in the beard! And the name, pine cone gnome. Pure music. Say it a few times, pine cone gnome, pine cone gnome, pine cone gnome. If anything gets in your way today (almost tomorrow), let that name run off your tongue, pine cone gnome, and all will go right over your head; nothing will bother you.

    pine cone gnome

    thank you, Sahalie.

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  • LMDuncan
    LMDuncan Member Posts: 715
    edited April 2009

    Sahalie

    Yes I did the etching.  I bought an etching kit from Michaels.  It is called Armour Etch.  Real easy it is just a cream that you put on leave for about 15 min then wash off.  The one for my girlfriends wedding I spray painted because I wanted to use her wedding colour of purple. 

    Lori

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2009

    LM, I love those wine glass candles!  They are gorgeous.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2009

    Those are adorable, JO!  How absolutely charming.  :)

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  • spar2
    spar2 Member Posts: 6,827
    edited April 2009

    thank you for your kindness JO, I am fine.  Have to have a bone scan thursday but am sure it will be ok.  My lab just wasn't normal so it is just a precaution and I appreciate all the prayers I can get.  I can't believe all the knitted animals, how cute and what fun things to make for kids.

    The painting are magnificent, You need to  open shop, I know I would buy from you. They are heart touching.

    Jazzy girl, what you got going on today?

    All the quilts are just beautiful.  This is a bunch of talented women.

    Sahalie, thanks for your cheering up mr. gnome ( you remembered I love them and have them all in my flower gardens)  I loved him, he is so cute.

    Hope eveyone has a great day.  I am going outside to visit with all my cats and will be back later.

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  • spar2
    spar2 Member Posts: 6,827
    edited April 2009

    I forgot to say. I LOVE those wine glass candles, how cool is that and the etching looks so difficult but you made it sound easy.

    and Anna, thank you so much for you cheering words.  I appreciate them.

    love and hugs and back laters

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  • LMDuncan
    LMDuncan Member Posts: 715
    edited April 2009

    Love the stuffies.

    Lori

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  • sahalie
    sahalie Member Posts: 2,147
    edited April 2009

    The talent on this thread is incredible and so much fun.

    JO.  Really.  You need to open your own shop.  I love the crocheted animals. 

    LORI.   OH boy.  We have a Michael's close by and I am going to get the kits.

    Have you made or used them on Christmas ornaments?   I make one for each new

    family member or baby and use model kit paint and fine brushes to decorate but

    I am loving the etching ideas you have shared here. 

    ANNA.  You are very welcome!  Look how adorable these are too.

    Handmade crafted, needle felted wool acorns from pure wool roving -

    and 100% genuine nature made caps!

    ************************************************************
    Irresistible Acorns....

    How big are they?

    Well, they're lifesize... around .75 to 1.25 inches.

    Touchable set of handmade acorns needle and wet felted from yummy wool roving.

    Wool fabric from the store.  Acorn caps from Mother Nature.

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  • AnnaM
    AnnaM Member Posts: 1,387
    edited April 2009

    I love roving! I love needle felting! The only needle felting I have done is on a penny runner, I added the cutest little sheep all around.

    I really like the chain of felted wool circles, I can think of lots of uses for that. How old is your daughter, Sahalie? Still little?

    Those knit animals are adorable. My daughter makes mobiles out of little fabric animals. I only have one of her animals, a donkey, and will take a picture to post. I'm going up to Boston next week to visit her (and my little tiny grandson) and will take a picture of one of her mobiles.

    Right now I'm putting the binding on a Lenten Cross (aka Persian Puzzle) wallhanging and will post that when finished.

    Hmmm, lots of promised picture posts, nothing tangible, but stuff coming. Isn't it fun to be so productive. Isn't it fun to be having so much fun?
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  • spar2
    spar2 Member Posts: 6,827
    edited April 2009

    those acorns are the cutest things, I wouldn't mind having a pretty bowl full of them sitting on my coffee table, what a conversation starter.  We have thousands of acorns on the ground and always considered them irritating except for the squirrls, will never think of them that way again.

    Are the animals a kit?  I want some peppermint candles so bad and can't find them anywhere, I wonder if I could make some?  does anyone know.  I can't believe all the ideas and talent on this thread.  It is more and better than I dreamed of.  Thank you so much for sharing.  Will post here soon as I get home tomorrow which will be evening time.  nite nite and hugs all around.

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  • Deb-from-Ohio
    Deb-from-Ohio Member Posts: 1,140
    edited April 2009

    Spar, making candles isn't hard at all, it's messy but pretty easy....and it depends on what kind of wax you're going to use....Soy is basically for containers, alot of the others are for molds....

    Deb

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2009

    Sparbiedoll, praying for you as you go through scans today. 

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  • arnie
    arnie Member Posts: 3,050
    edited April 2009

    Hi all...just found this thread and love it!  Love all the posted ideas, talented ladies!  I just had my first AC on Tuesday, feel more human today than yesterday.  My two brothers came to see me Monday night and brought me a new SKIL saw.  I love working with wood and have made many many things.  My husband just laughed when they left and said I'm probably the only gal he knows that would recieve a tool from her brothers!  ha!  When the weather breaks I can't wait to try it out!  Love to sew, crochet and quilt, too.  My sister Margee passed away in November from a different hideous form of cancer called "aggressive destructive carcinoma", went through hospice with her, I've made several afaghans to donate to the hospice that cared for her.  It's a good feeling to give back.  Have a great day ladies...will keep checking back for more ideas.

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited April 2009

    I am really enjoying this craft thread.

    When still living in CA my specialty was furniture.  I had many pieces consigned in shops in Temecula (a big antique shopping area).  I'll try to get some pics scanned.

    I especially enjoyed finding old maple or oak chairs, refinishing them and covering the seat cushions.

    I also made flower plants out of old cane chairs.  They were a great seller!

    Also, did hand painting on lots of furniture in the shabby chic style.

    Spar ... I absolutely love your windchimes.  I have a question though ... what size drill bit did you use for the holes?  I have lots of old hardware, etc., that I have collected from my property and would love to use it to make a windchime.  I also picked up some small copper fittings to add to the beadwork.  They make a lovely sound!!

    I found a tin plate used for camping at Walmart and will use that.  Just need to paint my own design on it. 

    The quilts are gorgeous ... maybe I should did out my sewing machine ... better not, I have so many projects waiting to be finished.

    Great ideas on recycling cards too!

    Bren 

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited April 2009

    Here are a couple of my chair/flower pots on my front porch.

    They make great gifts for friends and family!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2009

    Hi Granny

    Welcome to the craft thread.  We would love to see pictures of some of your crafts. Smile

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2009

    I've done alot of counted cross stitch projects and given about 90% away as gifts.  Here are a few pieces I did keep.

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  • kmccraw423
    kmccraw423 Member Posts: 3,596
    edited April 2009

    You ladies put me to shame!  What a bunch of talented women.  I want to see everyone's projects - post pictures, please.

    JO - love the idea of Knots n Pots - too cute.

    HOPE - love your work - so beautiful!

    Maybe one of us could start a store and have others contribute to the stock with their own crafts - sort of like those antique malls with many dealers.  Maybe just an internet (virtual) store.  What do you think?

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  • sahalie
    sahalie Member Posts: 2,147
    edited April 2009

    SPAR.

    The deck is all decked out for you and all of us for when you get home from your scan.

    I know you will be OK.   Please check in when you feel like it.

    I will be out and about most of today but will check in later.

    JAZZ.  I love your needle work. 

    JO.  I hear you about owning a store.  Our business while fun and meeting so many

    interesting people, it does demand playful attention. 

    OK.  SPAR.   Chin up.  Onward with Love and friendship.

    We are waiting for you to get home  :  )

    Sahalie * Jazz * JO * Anna  * debOhio  * granny *  Kathleen. 

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  • sahalie
    sahalie Member Posts: 2,147
    edited April 2009

    Glad you like it JO.

    OK I threw this together.  Let's make this a pot luck.  Oh and just so you know

    Our pictures are in no particular order with names.   :  )

    Janny's coming too.  I sent the radio flyer for her as her bicycle is off limits to her at the moment.

    Party favors of the home made kind are welcome.

    Thanks to all.

    Prayers and Hugs SPAR.

    XOXO

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  • spar2
    spar2 Member Posts: 6,827
    edited April 2009

    thank you so much for the warm welcome back, it has been a long day but after the shot of radioactive stuff, had to wait 2 hours and drink 40 oz of liquid so I headed to hobby lobby to pass the time.  I found the perfect material for the quilted wall hanging I want to do to hang above my bed.  Am very excited to get it going but I have 3 other projects in the making I need to finish first.  I am going to go by my mom's tomorrow and ask her for just 5 peices of her precious sea glass, she found them all in Delaware beaches and she bought a glass globe lamp and filled it full of her sea glass.  If she won't let me have any I will have to use some frosted glass.

    The scan went smoothly, had to start over once because they said I moved even though I though all I did was take a deep breath. Will get results tomorrow afternoon and soon as I know I will post them here.

    Sahalie, those heart party favors are some of the cutest I have seen.  Hey, I got my 4 ducks today and they are so sweet.  My DH had a huge plastic container all set up in the house with their little feeder and a bown with rocks in it so if they fall in they are standing on a rock.  There is a light in there keeping them warm.  We were warned at the store to keep them very warm.  Haven't decided names yet, got to know their personalities a little more.   I hope Celia reads here so she knows I have some more ducks and will have to post pictures later.

    Love that deck and am ready to kick back and relax, DH cooked supper tonight and it so reminded me of you, he fixed smoked oyster nachos with onions and peppers and tobasco sauce, they were wonderful and full of lots of cheddar cheese.  YUM!

    Jaz, the cross stitch is beautiful.  To do that I would have to use a magnifying glass.  Found a latch hook rug of a huge lion today but it was way beyond my pocket book.  My wall hanging will be prettier anyway.

    granny, imagine getting a skill saw, if I asked for one, my DH would take my temperture, but who knows.

    JO, that cross stitch pillow is really special and I would so love to hear about some of the Christmas ornaments that you made.

    DH drilled the holes for me in the plate.  He is my better helper.  Am so glad he set up by baby ducks in the house until they are older and built them a nice cage for when they are older outside.  He even painted it yesterday.

    I am going to go do some crafty work.  You guys have a good evening. hugs.

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