hey all

Well next year I will be off at college and I know the rooms are not very fun/cozy ... so I was wondering if anyone could give me fun/cute ideas to do for a dorm room.  Stuff to put on the walls or cun things to make that we could use but also not take up to much space.... well if anyone could help me out on this I would love it! thanks a lot

Browneyes

(if you have any pictures of your old dorm rooms could you post them! that would also help alot) Thanks!

http://arts.state.wi.us/static/fairs/directory.htm

I found this on the very last page of the Misc. Topics, and went hey this would be good here

[Home Crafts]

Well I am going to be dropping a class (during drop week) and have narrowed my new corse selection down to two.

A)Home Crafts- students will learn a variety of craft skills that are subject to change with trends. Current projects include counted cross-stich  wall hangings, potpourri pies, strip quilted cats, padded photo frames/albums, pillows, muslin snowmen, and papertwist angels. Optional projects include stenciling, wood painting and finishing, and many holiday gifts and decorations. Students each complete a major craft project which is worked on a weekly basis throughout the semister.

B)Crafts as a buisness- This course offers and oppertunity to use your craft skills with an enterpreprenerial flair. Craft projects requiring a variety of skills and techniques will be completed as determined by students and instructor.  The "twist" to this corse is that students will set ip and run a "craft community"  within the class, including the planning, producing, and profitable selling of handmade crafts. Students will learn many hands-on craft skills as well as employability skills.

I am torn between the two  , any sugesstions or comments

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/spacandscarletto.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/beforeyoubreakmyittybittyheartinpaint.jpg

Well I was seeing all of these schhol related projects ... and well since school is starting in a week i just decided to spiff up a few things. The first one is Spac that says "Stop in the name of love".   And the second one was going to be Scarlett(Vivian Leia) from Gone With the Wind (the best book ever made!) But the paint was too runny and now she looks like the devil. o-well.

The second picture is the back of the Spac notebook, which says "Before you break my heart"

Are there any good DIY zines that any one makes or has heard of?

http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/poem_for_mom.bmp

What I did for my mother last year was make her a bookmark because she is always reading. I just made up a quick poem and glued it on some thicker paper (lared two differnt colors) , took a hole punch to it, and added a little string thing to the top(which could be substituted with ribbon) and wham bam thank you mam your done


P.S. I put the bookmark inside of a book that I bought her, kind of a 2 in one present.

But my mom being the sentimental girl that she is, photo copied it and uses the pohto copy as a bookmark because she says that she dosent want to ruin the orignial, and she said that she might even frame it ... sigh ... well thats parents for you

Where is a good place/website where I can get some quality timtex?

I got one of these blankets for Christmas last year or the year before.
It's really easy, all it is, is material cut and tied together, I think mine is
made out of ... well I cant think of it right now.  but here we go ...

I got this from my Aunt:
http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/birdseye_of_flower_blanket.bmp

Close up/ Edge:
http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/close_of_of_flower_blanket.bmp
http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/flower_blanket_edge.bmp

I made this one:
http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/rose_blanket_birdseye.bmp

Close up edge:
http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/rose_close_up_blanket.bmp

Me trying to show you how I cut and tied:
http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/Rose_blanket_Open.bmp

All you do is lay both fabrics ontop of eachother and
cut slits on the side and tie them together.

Sorry about the bad pictures and if this is confusing 

Does anyone have a Beatles stencil or a good picture that could be converted into a stencil, because I looked and cant find one.  PLEASE HELP

These are my first tries for stencil-ing.

Front of shirt
http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/Front_of_Elvis_Shirt.bmp

Fonzie
http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/Fonzie.bmp

Back of shirt (I sewed some really bad cut stars onto the back also)
http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/Back_of_Elvis_Shirt.bmp

Elvis
http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v196/blue4/Elvis_close_up.bmp

It's ok for my first shirt that I decorated hey? The front is still kind of blank dont you think? What Else could I put on them?



P.S. Sorry for the blury Pictures