Not my idea-I was inspired by the ones made by atlascoughed, and a book we were both inspired by,Enchanted Adornments. The ones by atlas are *much* cooler, but the pics don't seem to be there anymore, or I'd link.


Wing's about as long as my pinkie.

I had these long drop ornaments, and they made me think of zeppelins. Teeny gear shape lock washer and jump rings attached to the top to make a loop for a hook,the  tail fins/rudders cut from an old gift card and painted . Where the original hanger was, at the former top of the ornaments which is the new tail-there's a wee propeller cut from a thin plastic lid, and another gear. The gondola is mostly paper mache-ish. Two matching shapes cut from thin plastic lid, sandwiched with foam, covered with aluminum foil, then tissue paper and glue, then silver paint, then glitter and sealer.
The fleet-

one ship-

And I had to make one of these a submarine. Made the same way, but a coat of darker grey over all, and a poly clay suckered tentacle on each side. Hey, it's the Nautilus, being attacked by a giant squid! ...green's a holiday color, right?

I'm sending them to the local Victorian Steampunk gallery.

I had a fellow craftster generously give me some craft supplies, including 6 new resin santa faces from a craft store. They were a plain ivory-ish color. So I painted them, and glued on gear goggles made of mini lock washers and leather.
I have a stash of old gift cards, so I trimmed them to size and punched a hole in the top, painted them copper, glued on more gear-washers, strung them with ribbon, stamped them with a key on the back, glued on the santa faces, and put on a couple of coats of sealer.
Front-

Back-

I have a stash of vintage handkerchiefs-some still in the store boxes! Many with delicate embroidery. But a lot of them are spotted brown with age. Is there a good way to remove or lessen the discoloration?
I thought soaking in mild soap and color safe bleach, or using lemon juice, or the old standby of hanging them outside and letting the night dew fall on them and the next day's sun dry them-that's supposed to be a good way to whiten things. But before I start experimenting, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any recommendations.
I figure if worst comes to worst and nothing works, I could try tea staining them, but I'd really prefer to remove the spots as much as I can first, even then.
I'd be very grateful for any help. Thanks!

Okay, the lawn chair is as old as my daughter...who's in the middle of high school. It was faded, rusty in spots, and ready for junk day. Then, the challenge was announced!
I had nothing to lose, so decided to just have fun with it.

The picture doesn't show how faded and blotchy it was in real life, but you can see some of the rust.
First, a coat of white spray paint. Then, I spritzed black spray paint over it to mottle it. Yay 99cent cleanance paint! I daubed on some gold. Then red. Decided the red made it look like it was from a slasher flick, so added blue. Then green, purple, copper, black, a different blue, more green, more gold, and more purple.

MUCH brighter colors than the picture shows! The chair is somewhat adjustable, it'll lay completely flat, too.

Here's a close up that shows the colors a bit better.

But we're not done yet! If I'm going to lay about and relax on my spiffy refabbed lounger, it needs a pillow! Hmm, and what to use that I can leave outside?
Enter the shirt. Purple, thin, some scratchy nylon blend with metallic fibers that looked great, but was a bit too small. I sewed the neck opening closed. I inserted a roll of saved bubble wrap. I pulled the excess fabric around the back, and safety pinned it. That way, I can easily remove the filling and wash the sweater when I like. Yes, it's a bit lumpy, I need to readjust the filling to make it more symmetrical, but I was in a hurry to take pictures before I went to work. I left the sleeves just as they were! That way, I can easily tie the pillow to the chair.
And done! I sprayed the chair with a good coat of spray sealer, and I'll do a few more coats when time permits.


Lumpy pillow! But I'm going for comfort, and for something that I'm not afraid to leave outside.
And the stretchy sleeves snugly tied to the back.
Sorry for the pic overload, but this is my first challenge entry! And it was loads of fun .

I can't organize, but I would love to see this happen!

Okay, the teenage DD is begging me to let her use Nair, so she can quit shaving with a razor. No matter what she does, she tends to get razor burn. And I'd rather not get her started on using a chemical hair remover regularly.
She soaks in a tub or shower first to soften the hair, shaves with the direction of growth, keeps the razor clean(one site suggested cleaning them with alcohol to kill bacteria), and uses a moisturizing gel shaving cream. And smooths on lotion afterwards. I've run out of things to suggest.
I'd be thrilled to whip up a batch of  lotion or whatever if anyone can suggest something that works for them. Any ideas?

made this years ago. I found a toy plastic dinosaur all in orange, and decided he needed to be the focal point of a wreath. I twisted up some vines from the yard, and hunted for red/yellow/orange things. There's a hair barrette, a tiny tot stapler, an apple tea bag, a party noisemaker, a few colored beads and bits of wire, and a long beaded necklace wrapped around under all the stuff. I kind of regret using the fabric fall leaves and flowers now, since my original idea was to use just random stuff that was fall colors, but eh. It hangs on my kitchen wall.

It started as a website, and they later did a book. It was full of hilarious fashion knit projects from mostly the 60's and 70's, with snarky comments added. And I can't remember what it was called for the life of me...
Things like fashion models very seriously posing wearing a giant macrame neckpiece that could double as a wall hanging. Anyway, if anyone knows what I'm talking about, thanks!

I just found this idea on a blog, and I had to come here to post the link! I never would have thought of doing this-check it out!

ttp://www.filthwizardry.com/2010/03/iron-on-decals-from-plastic-shopping.html