Margot Potter on You-Tube!

A crafty video by a crafty Lady! It's sock monkey approved!

Jennifer Perkins Video

I want a bracelet like the one Jennifer Perkins made! (watch her video, it's awesome!) I went and bought resin to make one, but have been too chicken!

No Bones About It!!

An Original Fearless Crafter Project

I created this lamp for a crafty challenge on another site, but it was something that I've been puzzling out for a while.

I was inspired by this and this (can't see those pics though....)

*** Safety First!!! ***
and Disclaimer

I'm not sure how true this is, but it is possible that x-rays emit fumes that can be hazardous to your health. It might have something to do with the composition of the film paper. MRI, CT, X-rays are all printed on same paper and may contain trace amounts of silver which can be dangerous to touch as well, but that could just be in large amounts. So don't go licking the films.

If you are wary of such things, then don't make this lamp!!

*** End Safety Note ***

Let's Craft!!!

The total time it takes to do this project does not include the overnight drying time of the glue and paint.


Supplies:

• 4 Wooden frames (got mine at the dollar store)
• 2 3/8" square wooden dowels, cut into pieces to match the length of the longest side of the frame (mine were about 12" long)
• 4 3/8" eye hooks
• 1 Bottle Lamp Kit (hardware store trip!!)
• 1 Finial
• 1 8" lamp harp
• Wood glue
• Wire (I used wire that my dad had on hand, not sure what type or size)

Instructions!
	Start by removing the glass and cardboard backing from the frames. Measure the long side of the frame and cut the dowels to that size. Glue one dowel to one frame with wood glue. Do the same for the other 3 frames and pieces of dowel.
	Clamp for 30 minutes, and then let dry overnight.
	While the frames are drying, use on of the glass pieces from a frame as a guide to cut your image down to size. With her permission, I used my mom's MRI images. Also make sure a plain white sheet of paper is the same size as the glass.
	Now that your frame pieces are dry, start gluing them together to form a box. Clamp for 30 minutes, then let dry overnight. I painted the dowels and the outside of the frame box black. Let the paint dry overnight.
	You now have a box. Here comes the harder part. How to hang it on the lamp harp. Take an eye hook and screw it into the frame, I put mine about 3 or 4 inches from the top. I picked the same spot in each corner, so that there is one eye hook in each frame.
	Take a piece of wire and lay it across your box diagonally. Make sure to have about 2 or 3 inches extra on each end. I used a heavy gauge annealed binding wire that my dad gave me. I think you could probably use bailing wire.
	Fold the wire in half to find the middle. Make a loop to fit around the screw on top of the lamp harp.
	Bend the extra 2 or 3 inches of the wire down, so that you can put it in the eye hooks. You want to hang the wire diagonally across the box.
	You want to try and get the loop in the center, so that your shade will hang evenly. You might have to fiddle with it a bit.
	When I put the images back into the frame, I also used the glass. So here is how the items go into the frame: MRI image, paper, glass. Put the shade on the lamp harp, add the finial and you have a lamp!

100 Themes ATC Personal Challenge

One crafter was looking for inspiration for ATCs.

Here is the original post:
100 themes challenge/idea/ATC-along


Her idea has grown wings! Check out the 100 Themes Gallery! I will post my entries (and links) as I finish them. Newest ones are listed at the top of the list.

Challenge # - Challenge name (the name of my entry)

#2 - Love (Shoe Love)











#8 - Innocence (Innocence)




#31 - Flowers (April Showers & May Flowers)
Not available

City Girl Cap

Pattern here

My rendition:

And now for something really weird...

Cat Hair Toys

Jelly!!

He's back home now! I can't wait to get home and see what he's been up to!

Simpsons Trophy

This is the coolest thing I have seen today!! A D'oh-nut Trophy!!

Swap: Craftster/FOC Pride Swap SENT

A messenger type bag with FOC (Friends Of Craftster)

It's reversible!!

















A matching Pouch (not reversible)













A coffee cozy with FOC in white



















and pink

Swap: Eddie Izzard Round 2 Swap SENT

Do you like.... bread?

An Original Fearless Crafter Project

What's more surprising than a messenger bag for the First Battalion Transvestite Brigade?













I am an Evil Giraffe. I am going to eat all the leaves.
Do you have a flag?















An Original Fearless Crafter Project

Black Crowned Night Heron

I went out walking the other day and saw a black crowned night heron. I've never seen this bird before! Isn't he gorgeous?

YAY!! Craftster!!

My favorite craft website now has 100,000 members!!

One member wrote "An Ode to Craftster"

Thank you Leah, all the mods, Friends of Craftster, and members for making Craftster as wonderful as it can be!

Swap: Cat Lovers Swap 4 RECEIVED

Thank you TheCraftyCat! I cant knit, so I LOVE it all!!

Two knitted catnip toys:
















A knitted dishcloth (can you see the cat on it?)



















A cross stitched placemat:















Dusty with a toy (he liked the way it smelled, but was more interested in me and the camera):

Swap: Cat Lovers Swap 4 SENT

This one was a bit of a challenge - my partner does not have any furbabies!! But she does have a ton of cat themed items at her house.


Cat Paw Tshirt Front:


















Tshirt Back:



















Baby Blue amigurumi cat:




















Cat Paw Polymer Clay Mirror: (I am not happy with the way this turned out, so I am going to redo it and send it to her. Along with the few store bought items I forgot to send the first time!)




















Cat Keychain:

Swap: Little Visitor Swap 6 SENT

This one was actually my fourth swap, but also the longest.

Remember Jelly? Well, he was created for this swap. Here's the concept: Exchange stuffies for a pre-determined length of time. Take your visiting stuffy around town and take pictures, like you would a human visitor. Then make a scrapbook.

My visitor was a cute little giraffe named Sofie. (her site isn't quite finished) Sofie started her journey home today, so when I know she has made it okay I will post the finished scrapbook here. (It's my first scrapbook!)

Here is Sofie, just before we went to the post office. She is wearing a necklace that I made for her in her favorite colors (green and purple). We saw belly dancers at the local art gallery, and she wants to take classes. She is wearing "scarves" with bells on them. She sounds just like a bely dancer!!





















Edit: Sofie made it home safely!

Scrapbook















































































































































Goodies I sent with her: