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The tin is just a 2 3/4 inches in diameter and one inch tall window tin, I bought it on Etsy a while ago and never had a use for it.

I covered the lid in a picture of fabric once made for Marie Antoinette. The paper was Modge Podged onto the plastic and embellished with gold zig-zag ribbon. (You can see the spot where the pattern is messed up ... the paper ripped while wet so I tried to cover it the best I could)

I mixed gold body glitter with the Modge Podge for the top layer, so, at different angels the picture is more gold.

I absolutely love it. No one I showed was really impressed, but I think it's pretty cool.

By the way, I'm Chelsea. Hi! I rarely ever post. You all make such beautiful things!

If this is not appropriate to post here, then please let me know and I'll remove it.

My husband wrote and recorded this music in the 1980s, but I think it still sounds fresh. I love this particular piece so much that I asked him if we could make a video of it with my trees and he agreed. We worked on this video over break, and had a lot of fun. Enjoy!

I found a bunch of old Pokemon and Sailor Moon trading cards in my grandparents' basement. I feel too nostalgic and guilty to throw them away, so what are some good uses? I was thinking of cutting out all of the pictures, laminating, and adding findings to make jewelry charms but I don't want a hundred pairs of Pokemon earrings :S

A couple of years ago when my grandpa died we threw together a couple "photo" boards - old photos on a piece of foam core.

I think we just used a regular glue stick, but the old photos are on more of a paper paper than a glossy photo paper.

Anyway, I want them off the foam core and I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to remove/loosen the glue that won't ruin the photos - maybe warming or a slight steam or....?

Any ideas?

how i knit sox
-thanx to utube tutorials

the written patterns
in my mind
just melt together.

the pattern i follow
is fairly random
an improvisational
its a knit as you go
up from the toe

I knit loose so
I use size 1 needles & regular worsted yarn-bigger is faster
I like the double circular needle technique
because you can try them on in stages
and the cats can't pull them out as easily as regular double points


these are the 3rd pair I made
with james c brett "marble" acrylic yarn.
most sox take 100 grams of sport weight yarn per pair

I start my sox starting from the toe up
doing a double cast on- on 2 circular needles
one metal one bamboo- i match the needle by feel
casting a stitch one on one needle
then one on the other
_ i didn't find a video showing long end cast on
'm having troubles with embedding
you might want to do a rightclick and open in new tab or window on link
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL4cVW5PJu4"

do enough stitches to cover across 3-4 toes, 8-10 stitches each
knit the round then
increase by knitting back/front in the same stitch
at the ends of the rows till they make a cup
that makes a toe by then you have 15-17 stitches on each needle

I followed cat bordhi has knitting on 2 double needle
I knit about 6 sets of 5 between one single row stripe rows
-the picture is alternate stripes or 3 rows /green 4-5rows purple
i do it till about 3 inches from the heel
start increasing on one needle on both ends (making heel gusset)
the longer circular needle of you're following kristi style in the first video

knitting straight on the other(shorter) needle in between
adding 5- 6 stitches
then start turning the heel(on the one needle only back and forth)

i'm having troubles with embedding
you might want to do a rightclick and open in new tab or window on link
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yVikAvPuE4"wrapping and turning
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFrVqx-iN7k"part 2

doing a knit a stitch slip slip a stitch- i like to alternate the lips on rows
between the turnings
go up the heel and start decreasing(k2 tog) till
till you've used up the stitches you added in the gusset
absorbed I'll decrease a couple extra to make a tighter cuff

starting back on the round of both needles going k1p1
till I run out of yarn or pateince approx 2-3 inches

do the 2nd sox before you forget how the first one went
luckily I can see the increase points and the stripes help with counting

I've done 8 pairs- I'd put off knitting sox till I was 50
I'd tried knitting on and off since i was 5, bells, afgahn age 12, a sweaters@18
didn't really get it till my saturn return(age 29)-2 more sweaters et stuff
and now I can do sox! mind you mom's been doing them for y-e-a-rs

next thing is to watch the video about doing both at the same time.

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Crosspost from KARAGODIN.COM

so in may 2009 i traveled to new orleans, LA. it my the number one thing to do on my 'life list' and also the first time i'd been on a plane. amazzzzing and i cannot wait to go back. i have FINALLY finished my book - thanks in part to my new cricut. i feel like it took me forever but i know people that are a year or more behind with their scrapping so its not too horrible.

x-posted.

( noLA scrapbook !! )

Holy cow, it's been forever since I've posted here. I haven't been on livejournal in ages!
I was really feeling an itch to share some of my work though, so I'm back, and boy, have I missed out! I forgot how much this community used to inspire me on a daily basis.

Anyway, I started sewing plushies that I coined Fuzzy Muffins in the summer of 2008 and have really loved it. :) Lately I've been feeling inspired to try a bunch of new animals and different sizes, so maybe you'll get to see some of those!

Here's some of my work:

( CUT. MORE HERE! :) )

One of 4 saddle seat covers to match my teapot cozy...

Made of more of that satin brocade with monks. The center piece is quilted with white stitching to 3 more layers of fabric, and edged in black dupioni cording. The sides have been topstitched down along the edges, and were interfaced.
The seat ties have red decorative stitching on the edges.
( larger view, and seat grouping )