I love your bag! My friend actually bought a Melie Bianco on eBay for like $50. She didn't like it after a while so gave it to me. But I like yours better. 

I'm making quilts for my two best friends to help get rid of the whole big plastic container of scraps I have in my sewing room. But I was sitting down there today thinking about it and the whole point of the project is not to have to buy anything more. I started hunting through my containers and found a ton of flannel. Would it be possible for me to use the flannel as the only backing or would I need to use batting too? I live in Hawaii and it's pretty hot all the time. I don't want to make them anything that they're not going to use because it's too warm. One of my mom's friends suggested sandwiching the flannel in between my front and the plain back I was going to use. Any suggestions?

So cute! I wanted to dress up but didn't have the time to make anything. Maybe I'll make a robe anyway and just wear it around the house. 
You did a great job!

http://www.naturaldreamer.com/IMG_0310.JPG (the second one is a link because I forgot to resize it.

I'm thinking of going pink for at least the one month between the time I leave my job and the time I move to Las Vegas. Anyone have any suggestions?

I only know Hawaiian music artists. Sorry. That probably wouldn't give you much exposure. But I can ask around.

Like desktop publishing? I know there are printing places that do that around here for $30 as a set up fee plus the price of printing. I'm not really sure what you're really trying to sell, though.

Does anyone do consignment on their websites? I was planning to open a site, but then realized that I only have a handful of different things and I don't want to open the site with only that. So for now I'm looking into seeing if I could consign with someone.
The items I have on my makeshift site right now aren't expensive. There's nothing over $10, so there are a lot of sites I don't want to even approach because they charge an arm and a leg for things.

Any help would be appreciated.

~Jeni

I was watching Jewelry Making on DIY a few days ago and suddenly got the idea to go play with beads and make something. I tried the chandelier earrings, but they didn't come out too good. But the second type I made came out really cute.
http://www.naturaldreamer.com/anjel/jewelry/okearrings2.jpg

Once I get more beads I'll try some other stuff.

I've done a lot of glass etching and have had to come up with my own stencils. Contact paper works really well as long as you don't use one stencil more than a couple of times. What I've done is printed out whatever I wanted the stencil to say on the computer and then used an exacto knife to cut it out. Then traced it onto the Contact paper.

Your book looks excellent!

I've been trying to make one of these for my friend, but I ended up throwing my first attempt at a cover out in frustration. The glue made the cover paper wet/wrinkly. How did you keep yours from doing that?

A friend of mine told me to use a glue stick for the covers instead of liquid glue. It works pretty good. I use a glue stick for the outside of the cover, but liquid glue on the inside.