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Crafts ahoy!
Oct. 7th, 2010 06:52 pm$20 later, I've come home with some really awesome craft supplies.
3 small wooden boxes from a local Dollar Store (which is something of a misnomer, since just about everything there costs more than $1, like those boxes), which will be sanded down properly, painted, probably have a coat or clear something-or-other added to them, lined with soft shiny material, and then probably sold on ArtFire because I can't think of anyone who'd want them as gifts and I don't have a credit card to get an Etsy account.
Also got a bamboo pencil case which will also be decorated, though I'm not quite sure how yet, as there are enough gaps in the box design that just painting it as I would a flat box won't surk out very well. It'll take a little planning, but I'm sure I'll come up with something good.
And a small folding wooden paint brush case. See above on the decoration. That one I'll probably keep for myself, though, since it's such a handy little thing and I rather like the style of it.
Then Rei and I paid a quick visit to the Salvation Army store, where we found not only two small twiggy-looking star decorations (perfect for the pagan home), but also a rug hooking kit for $3. I've been wanting to learn how to hook rugs for a while now, but have been reluctant to pay $20 for a small kit at a normal retail store or craft store. This one came with a very small part of it already done, and no instructions, but all the materials are there and I can find basic instructions online, and for $3, it's a good investment so that I can learn and master how to do it in order to do more complex ones later on.
Add all that to the embroidery floss and Aida cloth that I dug out today in order to start making winter holiday cards, and that leads to one happy crafty me!
I'm sure I'll end up taking pictures of most of these things, too, once they're all finished, so I can show everyone what I mean. Besides, this journal needs more crafty content!
3 small wooden boxes from a local Dollar Store (which is something of a misnomer, since just about everything there costs more than $1, like those boxes), which will be sanded down properly, painted, probably have a coat or clear something-or-other added to them, lined with soft shiny material, and then probably sold on ArtFire because I can't think of anyone who'd want them as gifts and I don't have a credit card to get an Etsy account.
Also got a bamboo pencil case which will also be decorated, though I'm not quite sure how yet, as there are enough gaps in the box design that just painting it as I would a flat box won't surk out very well. It'll take a little planning, but I'm sure I'll come up with something good.
And a small folding wooden paint brush case. See above on the decoration. That one I'll probably keep for myself, though, since it's such a handy little thing and I rather like the style of it.
Then Rei and I paid a quick visit to the Salvation Army store, where we found not only two small twiggy-looking star decorations (perfect for the pagan home), but also a rug hooking kit for $3. I've been wanting to learn how to hook rugs for a while now, but have been reluctant to pay $20 for a small kit at a normal retail store or craft store. This one came with a very small part of it already done, and no instructions, but all the materials are there and I can find basic instructions online, and for $3, it's a good investment so that I can learn and master how to do it in order to do more complex ones later on.
Add all that to the embroidery floss and Aida cloth that I dug out today in order to start making winter holiday cards, and that leads to one happy crafty me!
I'm sure I'll end up taking pictures of most of these things, too, once they're all finished, so I can show everyone what I mean. Besides, this journal needs more crafty content!
