Connect
Topics
2011 2012 2013 angel audio tapes basket beans box Calendars CD cd case creative dodecahedron fabric fingerless gloves floppy disk floppy disks for sale fun foam gloves heart horizontal mask monitor moon-time necklace stand ornament owl painted picture frame pin cushion printed printing print ink cap recycle school screen door sewing thread socks spiral socks stencil stress balls sun visor toothpick vertical-
-
Recent Posts
Category Archives: Assorted
Love CD Valentine
06/02 2002 Creating this unusal Valentine’s gift was easy while playing in my graphics program to create the design and then mounting it on a CD. The text of the design is are the lyrics of the song “the Rose”. The full lyrics are on the back of the CD. For version 1 I printed … more —»
Posted in CDs-Video Tapes-Floppy Disks, Graphic Design, Recycled
Tagged graphic design, heart, valentine
Leave a comment
Reading Glasses Stand/Holder
Now that my husband needs a second pair of classes to use the computer, we had to decide on a safe place for them. Also it was important to create something that could be left out in plain view. Just at that time we finished a bottle of Isopropyl Alcohol. I cut off the top … more —»
Fabric Welcome Sign Adapted From Stained Glass Pattern
The pattern for the welcome sign came from a stained glass design. I had made this with gallery glass for my father-in-law. Now that he was moving to a new apartment where everybody seemed to have some craft item on their front door, I decided that this would make a suitable welcome sign. In my … more —»
Make a Tabletop Easel from Metal Tubing
I needed an easel for an exhibition for our business poster and did not want to buy one. I looked online for instructions and ideas and found a good number to get main brain going. That’s when I realized that I already had most of the material in my garage. I decided to stick with … more —»
Fun With Fun Foam Flowers
While experimenting with my glue gun dolls, things didn’t work out and the dolls got stuck and would not come out of the mold. The only thing that did come out was the head. So instead of throwing it out, I just figured an new way to use it. I had made flowers from ‘fun … more —»
Pin Cushion from a Sock
Next I needed a pin cushion for my beading needles and I wanted it to be smaller. I found that I had a single acrylic white sock in my laundry room. Sock Pin Cushion #1 size: 1.5 inches in diameter, 2 inches tall I cut off the cuff then I cut the cuff in half … more —»
Pin Cushion from a Knit Tie
I needed a new pin cushion as my current one is made from felt and I just can’t stick my wool needles into it. Then when I was cleaning out the closets I came across an old knitted yellow tie from my husband. He’s not going to use it any longer and I did not … more —»
Paper Embroidery ATC Cards
After my introduction to paper embroidery I just had to play around with it some more to see what I could come up with. As I like to work with small items I started with ATC cards. original posting date – February 25/2008 Paper Embroidery Geisha ATC Card On Saturday’s shopping trip I checked out … more —»
Posted in Assorted, Paper, Paper Embroidery
Tagged artist trading card, elephant, teddy bear, tshirt
Leave a comment
Fun Foam Sun Visors
I first posted this in July 2005 on my old website. Last year I saw in the mall some visors for sale that used curly shoe laces, fun foam and fabric. I thought I could make that myseelf and then came across this website http://www.lifetoolsforwomen.com/f/teen-daughter-crafts.htm, which had the pattern for the visor. visor pattern – … more —»
Stenciled Patio Screen Door
It is summer and I decided it was the perfect time to move this post from my old website. I first posted it on September 25/1998. How many times have your or somebody in your home walked right into the screen door because they did not see it? Well, it happened quite a bit in … more —»
