This is the second Valentine's day with my boyfriend- but the first one we are celebrating. His brother's birthday is on Valentine's Day...so it kind of gets it in the way. I'm giving him a lot of little gifts, I plan on giving him one gift till Valentine's day.
I used these:
http://www.mommybydaycrafterbynight.com/2012/01/14-days-of-valentines-free-printables.html

and

http://anythingbutperfect.com/2011/01/free-printable-valentine-candy-bar-wrapper/

I've also got a picture frame (dollar store) and put a picture of us inside to keep at his desk at work.

This is what I have so far
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I ordered the ipod case online for a few dollars.

This is the polyvore set I made to reflect all the clothes I made inspired by these outrageous expensive designer clothes (at least on a college student's budget)
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=42501018

After many errored times using this tutorial:
http://craftgrrl.livejournal.com/11048797.html
I came up with my own way- the lazy way.
Instead of cutting out all the pieces individual- I cut out just one piece!

I figured it out by looking at a knit beanie/hat I already had and realized that it was one piece- not three, four or six pieces!


Taking an old knit sweater, I took the measurement from another beanie and measured along the bottom of the sweater (using the ribbing that's already there- so we don't have to cut it off and reattach later). I then drew this:

I sewed up the sides first, making it into a tube- then sewed the other ends together finishing it off. (I'm not really sure how to explain this- but once you have it sewn into a tube you can pin and figure out which sides go where)


So in the end I got this:


I probably could have made it a little shorter- but I like having it a bit longer.

I also made a little bow for it and sewed it on.

I have experience stenciling, but I always have trouble when it comes to stenciling on black fabric.
I'm making a skeleton Halloween costume and need to stencil the white skeleton on black t-shirt fabric.
Every time I stencil on black fabric I have to put layers and layers for it to show!
I use acrylic paint and Delta fabric medium.
Is there anything I can add to it to make the paint thicker? Or any suggestions? When I add too many layers the image gets really hard and almost plastic like!

Here's my problem- I have tonnes of reusable shopping bags, but they all have store labels on them that I'd like to remove,
I know running a hot iron over it, the print will come off onto the iron, but is there another way?
I'd like to fade/ remove the labels from the bags so I can put my own images on to the bag.

I was inspired by designers Rufio Hearts Lil Snoty- they do mainly upcycling/recontructions and 80's inspired stuff.

I used three shirts- one being a tank top that had been reconned out of an oversize gray v-neck shirt.
The other two were failed attempts at making leggings, but I salvaged the fabric to come up with this.
The sleeves are loose and too long, so I think when I wear it, I'll roll them up, something I usually do on most of my shirts I have yet to resize- for some reason they will fit in the torso, but are too loose on the arms.

Ever since I joined this site I've always wanted to make a t-shirt corset, but have never found grommet tape- not even on Amazon! (and they have everything!)
I followed the sources on WhatTheCraft.com, but it seems that EBay store is no longer open.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend any sites or even EBay shops that you have purchased from and are reputable and sell grommet tape?

Thank you so much in advance!

Looking through my new issue of 17...I came across these motorcycle jeans...I have tons of jeans laying around that have already been altered skinny- but I have no idea how I would go about doing something like this.
I was thinking about making some jean piping from some scraps laying around, and handsewing it on to the jeans?

Any ideas?

[WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IN GOING ABOUT THIS?i was thinking-make a deep offcenter v-neck,and then put in a jean zipper...and possibly shorten the sleeves.but also- should i leave the raw edges of the sweater, or add ribbing to the collar, for a more polished look?]

I found this in the trunk of my car, lol.
and saw this sweater in the september issue of 17,
and thought to myself...
HEY! I CAN MAKE THAT!
All I need is a zipper!



(black sweater)


MY QUESTIONS:

WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IN GOING ABOUT THIS?
i was thinking-
make a deep offcenter v-neck,
and then put in a jean zipper...
and possibly shorten the sleeves.

but also- should i leave the raw edges of the sweater, or add ribbing to the collar, for a more polished look?thanks for any imput :]

How would I go about making her skirt?
It looks just like a simple circle skirt 'except the bottom is almost asymmetrical?
 I have looked up a tut on how to make a circle skirt, but... every attempt I've

 done at making a skirt come out wonky- especially the band on the top, so my question is- does adding a zipper work just as well?

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