Posted by OLLIE on 2005-07-15 16:17:45
Post Subject: Stained Glass Type Martini Glass Xmas Ornament
I am looking for someone that makes small stained glass type Christmas Ornaments in the design of Martini Glasses!! Anyone have anything close to this?? We have had requests for more Martini "anything" in our shop!! Thanks for any info!!
Posted by sjkmaurice on 2005-10-26 14:38:33
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I like the look of the ornaments decorated with tiny beads. I know that's got to take forever, though.
My addition to your digression - My mother insists on hanging up tacky Christmas ornaments we made in grade school. I'm in a "picture frame" made out of a tiny piece of poster board and toothpicks. There's a laminated tree with my younger brother's picture and a bunch of paper circles left over from a hole punch. My older brother has a yarn ornament and we all three made ugly reindeer that grace the tree each year. There are several more atrocities she just loves to show us each year.
Posted by delqc on 2004-12-06 09:01:35
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Crosstitch - fancy enough to look great, mindless enough to do while watching a film or chatting with friends, and you can leave it for 6 months or two years and pick up right were you left off!
As for big projects I've done baby agfans (one pooh-bear, one baby animals), a wedding sampler for my sister, an angel for my sister (in memory her best friend), portraits of my grandma's kitties for her, etc etc ...
for little projects I've done bookmarks, christmas ornaments, a scissor fob (still in-progress), etc ..
Right now I'm working on a christmas stocking for my BF ...
I love cross stitch!
Just wait until you want to buy fancy tools - like dololly's - they're fun ... and when you get really obsessed you'll start railroading all of your stitches ... oh yes you can be a crazy cross-stitcher too ... :)
Posted by Chelsea on 2005-08-19 13:29:17
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I paint, but not very well. Which is because I can't draw and I'm slightly colorblind. Here's an example. Plus some of my paints were crappy and streaky. =P
Mostly I like decorative painting, like making magnets and painting them, or how last year I spent 2 months painting a bootie load of those little flat wooden shaped Christmas ornaments from Michaels with little snowmen or Santas drawn on them. Basically coloring, but with paint is what I do best ;) lol.
Posted by smudgy_cat on 2005-12-09 21:12:04
Post Subject: those clear glass ornaments and other craft ideas
Anyone have stuff they can't figure out how to use? Things you bought because it seemed like a good idea?
Any suggestions on what to do with frosted glass christmas ornaments? I have 2 boxes of frosted ones, and I can't think of anything.
In the clear ones, I've made melted snowmen, paint swirls, glittered outsides, ribbon inside, glittery streamers inside, beach scenes (i got a mini umbrella, shells, and sand in each one).
I also have these scrapbooking letters (A, J, W, M, K, C) that I wanted to use with my wedding in someway, but I never got around to it. Any ideas on what to do with them? Anyone want them?
Posted by arabella on 2004-10-25 23:07:06
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Susanstars, I think I read about you on "Daydreaming on Paper" no? Dawn's site?
My favorite craft on the go is crochet. You can even do blankets if you do granny squares or strips. And - they let you take crochet hooks on the plane!
when I was a little kid I would take my hand sewing on the go. My sewing wasn't very good, but I could make clothes for my dolls and christmas ornaments. I was also a big needlepointer, on canvas.
I personally never got into embroidery (although I almost did once) but it seems to be very portable.
Posted by s t a c i on 2005-05-09 02:38:59
Post Subject: Need ideas for calendar pages, please!
I want to make Dutch Birthday Calendars for my family as gifts (explanation of what this is, below), and I need help with ideas for the pages. I plan to use colored tissue paper cutouts in sort of a collage, so the designs need to be simple. Here is what I'm thinking so far, I'm not totally happy with each of these ideas. Most of them are really ordinary...
January - snowflakes
February - ?
March - shamrocks
April - flowers
May - ?
June - ?
July - sunshine
August - ?
September - ?
October - fall leaves, pumpking
November - turkey? duh
December - Christmas ornaments, etc.
Birthday calendars are a Dutch tradition, and a way of never forgetting someone's birthday. It is a "yearless" calendar that never gets dated, also without any days of the week. Each page is a month, and you write in your loved ones' birthdays on date line that cooresponds with their birthday. They are traditionally hung in the bathroom, so you will always see it and never forget! We've been using one for a couple of years now, and we are always on time with our birthday cards! I also add the persons year of birth next to their name, so I can send age-appropriate cards/gifts to my nieces and nephews.
Posted by deborahthecraft on 2004-04-20 12:27:00
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My Mom used them for her crochet christmas ornaments,and fabric decoritive bowls after she had quilted the fabric and piped the edges with wire.
I like to use it on my fabric strip beads(like the paper rolled kind).
Posted by boheme-anne on 2004-11-01 21:44:16
Post Subject: Any new christmas ornament ideas?
Every year I tie homemade christmas ornaments to my packages for an added touch. Last year I made the "disco ball" type ornaments with styrofoam, pins, beads, and sequins. They came out really nice, my husband wanted to keep them all for us! I thought about making sculpty ornaments this year, but the thoughts of sculpting and painting christmas objects again bores me (I did it thousands of times with pins and knick knacks). I was just playing around with irredecent pipe cleaners and bent them like a snowflake and put some blue and clear beads on it. That don't look bad, but it looks kind of tacky. Any clue on how I can make it look snazzy? I got this one book that shows how to make this beaded douli thing for over the top of ornament balls. It looks like a long, complicated process. Any one do this?
Posted by carriebear857 on 2004-11-29 14:03:34
Post Subject: Christmas Ornaments
My boyfriend's mother just asked me to join her in an ornament swap, which involves making 15 or so Christmas ornaments and then swapping them with 15 other ladies over dinner (hence the name... ornament swap). My dilemma is I don't know what kind of ornament to make! I have a little less than 2 weeks and I'm tight on time and money (college student!). Does anyone have any suggestions? THANKS! :)
Posted by sarabell on 2005-07-20 12:19:51
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i definitely agree that music affects your mood - creatively and otherwise. the most creatively-inspiring cds that i can think of were all when i was in christmas production mode (but weren't christmas music.)
the best wrapping paper that i've ever painted was when i was listening to the Kundun soundtrack by Phillip Glass. Also did some great paper while watching Fantasia.
last year's paper mache bird christmas ornaments were made while mostly listening to Bjork's Homogenic. they turned out so nice that i was tempted to hunt down her address and send her one!
Posted by Becky65301 on 2004-08-11 10:57:21
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I can sorta relate to what you're saying- I normally work but took the summer off cause we couldn't find day care for the kids. Which is like being unemployed, only I get to go back in a couple weeks. (and not a moment too soon, kids driving me crazy!)
I didn't even mess with being inspired or crafty for the first few weeks, I just layed around like a slug and watch Oprah and HGTV all day. But I was long overdue for a break, and probably you are too.
After a few weeks I got into my craft stash boxes with the intent of sorting things out, and found a bunch of silly craft kits I'd bought probably 3 years ago (on sale, you know how it goes) that I don't even know why I bought now, but they were quick easy mindless projects. So I made myself do them, under the pretense of not wasting money. Then I came across an old book- crocheted amulet bags- and some cool thread and thought they looked easy enough, I might try one of those. Basically I just slid into it slowly, with mindless projects, and eventually the creative part and the inspiration kicked back in. But honestly, it took a couple months, cause I was so tired and so burned out. At this point, I've been whipping out scarves and hats and little bags and wierdo Christmas ornaments and even a little Fimo... getting stocked up for gift-giving I guess... which is good cause we are *poor* right now, LOL...
Posted by happydaisydoo on 2004-07-06 20:55:03
Post Subject: TV crafts
I read your post this morning and filed it in the back of my head. As I sat crafting in front of the tv this evening, I was hit with inspiration. I usually work on simple christmas ornaments while I watch tv! I make them as gifts for friends and family each year and for the most part I try to keep them simple and low cost. Of course, I have gotten in too deep before, but I have learned lessons! Anyway, I have several ideas that are pretty kid friendly that I could pass on if you are interested. I'm not sure if my lengthy descriptions would be appropriate for the whole forum. I am pretty new. Well, good luck and let me know if I can be of assistance.
Posted by MeOfManyNames on 2004-08-29 22:55:30
Post Subject: Donate them!
Find out if there are any schools or groups around town that need film canisters for anything. Some kids are so creative, it's amazing what they can come up with!
When I was in second grade, I remember making Christmas ornaments from film canisters. We hotglued the canister to a painted foam ball with some felt, googly eyes, etc, and it became a snowman!
Posted by sparklingallison on 2005-01-31 13:33:42
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Kissmyknitz,
I like your advice. I have a mental image of what I want to transfer, so I'll go about finding a picture of it and go from there.
What are some examples of little cross-stitch projects you have done? (Do you have pictures? :))
I most recently saw some very cute Christmas ornaments and stockings from Hold Everything that were cross-stitched. It was just a pattern though, not a picture, which I really liked.
Posted by juilel85 on 2004-07-26 15:10:08
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I bet it would be really easy to make earrings. And, like everyone else said, you could decoupage practically anything. Depending on how many you have, you could decoupage a set of christmas ornaments...would make for a very unique tree! :)
Posted by msfish on 2006-12-19 14:01:47
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ironically, quornflour, i think i'd like to move TO seattle! i grew up in california, so i miss the west, but i was in the OC until college and then in the bay area for school (and three years afterward), so i think it'll be a while before i'm that far south again. i want a city with a flourishing art scene (indie musicians and writers in particular), progressive politics, and lots of thunderstorms. hence seattle (also i apartment-hunted there a few years ago, just before i moved to NYC, and loved it - if i'd been confident about finding a job i'd probably have gone for it).
if i could go anywhere in the WORLD, on the other hand, i'd move back to oxford (UK) in a heartbeat (i lived there in '99 and got married there this year). it's close enough to london that i could get my city fix when i needed it, it's bursting with libraries, it's gorgeous, it's got weird little pubs all over the place, and...well, i'm an anglophile.
as for what's great about where i live (manhattan): there's always something to do, i can find whatever i need whenever i need it (unless it's red glass ball christmas ornaments - i spent six hours running all over the city looking for them on sunday), my friends and family pass through all the time, and you can't beat the X factor. i saw a tough-looking guy carrying a boom box blasting the theme song from "reading rainbow" once, and it made my whole week.
Posted by the-kitschen on 2006-01-27 07:43:32
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All these are great ideas!
When we got married, I loved getting gifts that would help us remember the day, like picture frames, Christmas ornaments that had the date of our wedding, etc. The custom christmas stockings are a great idea! Also something for the honeymoon would be nice, like his/her robes or fun bath stuff.
Posted by Athos on 2004-10-22 00:49:52
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oh hodge, you'll make me blush! glad to be helpful.
and crochet was my gateway craft! i always thought knitting was too hard, and then i got hooked by crochet. hee hee. i realized i needed to learn knitting in order to have a full range, so i did.
i made a few scarves and hats with no pattern in crochet just by trying different things to see what would work. i don't know if you celebrate christmas, but there are tons of crochet christmas ornaments. many are cheesy, but could be varied to be cool. you'd get a lot of practice reading patterns, and you'd only need to buy a couple skeins of cheap, yucky acrylic yarn in three or so basic colors to have tons of variety. you could give the ornaments to a nursing home or other center if you won't use them yourself.
is there a specific pattern you want to try from the interweave knits mag? i could look at it (xuli kindly lent me her copy) and let you know my thoughts about the difficulty. also, check out the thread on the second knit project on the craft section to get ideas about choosing projects. lots of great advice there.
Posted by Em Bee on 2004-11-12 18:21:07
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Finger painting & cutting snowflakes out of different colored paper with my mother.
Making Christmas ornaments in Sunday school - construction paper rounds with other rounds wedged on them, already cut-out angels which we got to paint, angels from pipe cleaners & aluminium foil. I still have all of these & they go on the tree every year.
Salt dough ornaments in first grade. We also made odd clay things & painted them that year - I think mine was a shocking pink & green ashtray. Only not. More of a rounded lump, with a small central indentation. I liked it!
Posted by smudgy_cat on 2005-07-15 12:42:35
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I made christmas ornaments that were paper cranes. I had them hanging on a stand on each table. Those who wanted one, took one. Those who didn't, didnt'.
I ended up with a some leftovers, but they can go on my christmas tree in future years.
Don't make anything that you couldn't see being tossed in the trash. If you are that bound to it, choose something that you are less invested in.
Posted by abigailamy on 2004-09-29 16:29:52
Post Subject: Looking for christmas ornament craft ideas :)
Hello!
With October 1st only two days away its hard to think about Christmas...but I'd really like to make christmas ornaments to give to people. Does anyone have any favorite ornament craft projects to suggest? I love to decoupage and I like paper crafts, but I also want to make an ornament that will be around for next year, something that has some permanence to it. Any ideas? :)
Posted by abigailamy on 2004-06-09 20:22:50
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Hello!
My name is Abby and I am new to the forum. :)
I love crafts. I like to do decoupage a lot, make Christmas ornaments, and I teach gift wrap. I am learning how to make scrapbooks - mine are very very basic if you looked at them. I love mostly the paper crafts. I knit when I have insomnia, which means I have this big long thing that could be like a nine foot long scarf if I ever tied it off, which I haven't.
I am a graduate student and will complete my degree in August. Crafting is a fun way to relieve stress and a lot of my friends do some kind of craft.
I drink coffee every morning, green tea, diet soda every day -- way, way too much caffeine for the typical person. But I guess that's the usual graduate student! I love to read - biographies, chick lit, even romance novels if they aren't too sappy. I love independent movies, yoga and vegetarian cooking.
Well, that's me and I look forward to meeting all of you!
