Craftgrrl.

Okay, so, nice and simple. Two picture frames. I took out the glass and backing from a Goodwill frame, painted it black, and stapled/super-glued window screening to the back.

( Earring frame )

This is the text of the teafortwo entry. The craftgrrl entry is just the same, without the first part about the jewelry, and with a teaser image to get people to open the lj-cut.

Sooo, I'm a huge liberal. But when I saw these beauties on the news as political Tea Party wear, I wanted them really badly.


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craftgrrl entry

I'm still learning to embroider, but I've made one thing I love, so far. This is on a plain white drying towel, like my grandma used to do.

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Copypasted from craftgrrlSomeone here in craftgrrl posted a link to a pdf pattern for home-made Snuggies/Slankets/whatever called The Snuglet. After buying some fleece on Black Friday, I finally made one tonight. (With the help of my wonderful mother. I like sewing, but this does not mean I am good at it, and I had never attached sleeves before ( Read more... )

It's the week before finals week - also known as me writing all the research papers I've had more than a month to do week. I've developed a twitch in my right eye. I've also been stress-sewing between hours of reading and writing. Cross-stitching is so freaking orderly ( Read more... )

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(Mac the Spoon, definitely watch this.)

Yeah, you remember my post about my little sister's costume? Yeah, I'm a horrible copycat. Or...copyheartless.

( Cute lil monster...oh, and I'm wearing a costume. )

Did I ever mention how much my sister rocks?


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Making Handmade Paper
in 10 easy steps

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