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Surprise Balls

Surprise Balls
This article is also posted at Squidoo! Inside this ball of yarn are all sorts of little goodies I chose for a friend. I wanted to send them to her in a way that’s entertaining, and since the gift will travel a long distance, I also had to come up with something that would take the abuse of going through the mail. My solution? I turned a pile of ephemera and goodies into a surprise ball. Here’s how: First, I chose the items I wanted to send, inlcuding a printer’s block, some buttons, rhineston brads in a small watchmaker tin, and a bunch of ATC backgrounds. I usually choose to make the largest item in my pile of goodies the center of the ball, so here, I’m starting with the ATC backgrounds. Because this is going to a mixed media artist, I wanted to include lots of different fibers and trims. Next, I’ll add two shorter, thicker items, to pad the center out, and start turning this into more of a ball shape. On the other side, I wrapped the little tin of brads.

Home made superhero fleece poncho-cape. These were one of the presents that I made for my girls this Christmas. They are pretty into the whole superhero thing. They have Batman and Superman PJs and wanted capes, so I thought it would be a nice idea if they had capes that could double up as cold weather ponchos. I used one yard of blue fleece for the superman poncho and one yard of black fleece for the Batman one. The fleece appliques on the backs were done by hand. Here's how I cut the shape of the cape to sew up. I cut out a smaller semi circle for the start of the neck part of the pattern. From here on out you get a faux tutorial using paper instead of the actual cape, because it was all done at stupid O'clock at night with pants lighting and I didn't think you'd be able to make out anything of the black and blue fleece. so here's the semi circle with the little semi circle cut out in paper. Sew up the shoulder seams and hem all around to give it a bit more structure and stop the bottom of the cape stretching over time.

Monster Doll Tutorial ***Visit my etsy shop to purchase your very own Monster Doll*** It's here! The tutorial for these little cuties.... Monster Dolls that is! A Monster Mash? I began by creating a template {in purple} and cutting monster parts out of felt material. Then I traced the template onto my green flannel and cut out two sides {monster front and back}. I pinned my monster parts onto one of the sides. And began sewing my parts on. When I finished sewing my monster parts onto one side, I pinned the right sides of my front and back together. A Monster Lineup! Keep your peeps peeled for more Monster Party goodies! I hope that you likey!

Kodachrome Curtains - Updated! Now with lampy goodness! So, it's been a while since I've made anything Craftster-worthy, but my husband and I busted out the Dremel tool a few days ago and we made this: It's a pair of curtains made out of old Kodachrome slides! I'm really interested in photography, and will buy old cameras in antique and thrift stores in order to develop film that's inside of it. I hate the idea that these pictures would just be resigned to the garbage or something, and wanted to display them (besides just scanning them in and putting them on Flickr - here's a link to my old found negative/slide collection, though, if you want to check that out: ). Travis has this neat drill press set up for the Dremel tool, so he taped a cardboard jig to it and started drilling all of the little holes. Then I connected them all together with chainmail rings. Each panel is made up of 114 slides. But it does make pretty patterns in the sunlight... Thanks for looking!

Quick bread in a bottle Cool weather puts us in the mood to bake. So why not give a friend a head start? Layer the dry ingredients from step 1 (below) for this easy quick bread into a milk bottle or 1-quart mason jar. To fit, tamp each layer well (with chips and nuts on top). We used craft paper adhered with double-stick tape to cover the original milk bottle graphics and the lid. Add a label on the back of the bottle for the recipe instructions. Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Quick Bread 1. 2. 3. 4. Looking for milk bottles? We used bottles from milk we bought in an independent food market, which is a good source for milk from small, local dairies. Get local recipes that you won’t find online.

d20 Handbag of Holding: How to build it By popular request following the d12 bag, here it is: the d20 bag! Now you can make your very own icosahedron. We’re making a pattern and kit for this project available in two sizes: darling and practical. The tiny one is just over three inches tall, and holds little things for you. The larger size is about five inches tall and will fit your phone, wallet and keys along with your dice. There are a deceptively large number of parts to cut out, which is one of the main reasons that a kit makes sense here. Our kit includes twenty canvas pieces, twenty iron-on stiffener triangles, twenty cotton liner pieces, a cord for the handle, a zipper, and iron-on numbers 1-20 in the lovely font BPreplay. d20 bag instructions: If you’re using your own materials, the small pattern is available here (26 kB PDF) and the large pattern is available here (24 kB PDF). There are two sizes of iron-on stiffener panels: little ones (eight of these) and bigger ones (twelve of these). Turn the lid right-side out.

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Plastic Lid Ladybugs I’ve been saving the lids from my milk jugs just to make these little cuties, they make a very simple kid’s craft and and fit perfectly in the recycled crafts category! I absolutely love ladybug crafts, you might remember my paper plate ladybugs, or the ladybug rocks I did for Kaboose a few years ago, or the egg carton ladybugs I have on FamilyCorner. I have another ladybug craft I’m working on now and hope to have that posted soon, they are just so cute! :) In case you’re wondering about all the different colored lids, they come from whole milk, 1% milk, buttermilk and juice. Most of you know I’m a baker and post lots and lots of recipes on my cooking blog, so I go through a lot of buttermilk and whole milk. I didn’t take any step by step photos of these as they are so easy, step by steps just aren’t necessary. Plastic Lid Ladybugs by Amanda Formaro printable version What You Need plastic lid from milk jug black acrylic craft paint 2 small wiggle eyes paintbrush white craft glue What You Do

Let’s Sew… a RevoluzZzionary Easter Bunny | RevoluzZza Last year I uploaded that pattern to create a simple Easter Bunny – and many of you made so wonderful and amazing Easter Bunnies! Some made them out of paper, many sewed really cute bunnies. And so I decided to take the bunny from last year (only made a few modifications) and sew two different versions by using the same pattern: a very simple version and another one with arms and legs and a more detailed face. The simple version is really very easy – absolutely perfect for beginners. And hey, next weekend its already Easter – so hurry up :-) First download the >>> RevoluzZzionary Easter Bunny pattern and print it – cut it out, chose your fabric, pin the pattern on the fabric and cut out: Simple Easter Bunny: When you want to stitch the face of your bunny on a fabric it’s good to iron some interfacing on the inner side of the fabric: Now make your little bunny a unique face – maybe some cute cheeks, maybe Miffy-like pout. And now the most exciting part comes: Turn your bunny inside out!

Hotwheels Flash Drive This Instructable will show you how to take a simple hotwheels car, and turn it into the coolest flash drive ever! I would love to see your creations. If you have made a Hotwheels flash drive post a pic as a comment. Step 1: Selecting a car The fist I made was a Hotwheels 07 Dodge Challenger. Step 2: Tools you will need The tools you will need are a Dremel and a flat-head screwdriver. Step 3: Taking apart the car Taking apart the car is easy. Step 4: Taking apart the USB case Now take your flash drive. Step 5: Cut the rivet off of the frame If your car has a rivet on the end you want to put the flash drive, you will need to cut it off of the frame of the car. Step 6: Cut through the interior If you chose a car with an interior, you have to cut a hole through the back seat to make room for the drive.

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