Snowy box because it's all snowy outside so I drew a simple snow scene and put it on a box to celebrate.
BeadTool4 review. I used pictures I took of mushrooms for my example, but if you ask nicely, I also did Sam Winchester for R.
Wild Rose bead pattern, also done in BeadTool4 using another photo I took this summer ( Read more... )

E told me today, Threadbanger had a puppet episode that showed how to make bike chain bracelets. So there you go. After we get it degreased we will make bike chain bracelets with our 56 inches of found bike chain.
( The Tuck and Snippit Show )

One of the gifts I got for E was a bag from Enderby Designs, and it arrived on Christmas Day. E was *thrilled* Bouncy happy thrilled. Especially since there was a lovely note from Meg in the package. Meg does the Decor It Yourself segments on ThreadBanger.
( How to make a cape video with Meg of Enderby Designs )

Last night at the gym, I watched Martha's podcasts for Halloween, and some of her projects were great, some.. well.. a lot less so. The Styrofoam and glow stick spiders come to mind as incredibly bad for the environment. Disposable chemical glowsticks. STYROFOAM. Oh well.. so even Martha isn't perfect. But one of them was for a window silhouette of ( Read more... )

Honeybeehill's conversation about patchouli.. just because it made me lol. I like the smell in blends, but it does tend to make me sneeze. Which made teen clubbing at the couple of local teen night clubs a pain when I was younger. Lots of patchouli, cloves cigarettes, and leather. The scent always makes me think of the Cure and strobe lights ( Read more... )

First,the dice bag. jenna-thorn pointed out that Anticraft had a really neat eyeball dice bag up. Well.. I'm not really a follow patterns kind of girl, so I didn't. I just grabbed some yarn,and wondered why I'd never thought of that.
( wanna see? )

Don't forget, Chat tonight at 6 pm Pacific Standard Time. Bette is going to be having a super secret word contest, she's picked a word, and anyone who says it will get beads. Last week she came in with a secret identity, and said anyone who guessed who she was would win beads. So I've got charlottes coming to me in the mail ( Read more... )

I was checking my webstats the other day, and I was absolutely shocked to see how many hits I had from the diy ethics tag on here.
Right now, I'm watching Thread Bangers podcast, it's not one I've mentioned before, but for someone into DIY fashion, recycling and repurposing, it's fantastic. The music and energy of the show make it one of my ( Read more... )

More mail happiness this week. I got the most gorgeous necklace in the world. I'll take pictures later so you can all agree it's the most gorgeous necklace in the world from Bette. It's a 3 dimensional dark red rose with 3 Russian leaves on a black beaded ribbon edged in a gold color, all done in 15s. Serious patience. And oh yeah. it's the most ( Read more... )

( the last couple of days )