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Microcosms

This is what happens when I try to clean my room and find some empty jars, and some other things…

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Button

It’s been a long time between posts. I became lazy with documenting things, and I’m sure no one reads this any more, but here goes. I HAVE been making things, just not blogging about them.
Last night I whipped out some lovely green Sculpey that I had lying around and made some buttons which should eventually [...]

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Sac

Sac, originally uploaded by AdinaBean.

I sewed this a while back. It is made with a lot of love, and has pockets, lining, velcro, ribbon, and so on. Don’t forget the mushrooms!
A lot of effort and careful planning paid off.

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Cross

My first cross stich!, originally uploaded by AdinaBean.

My first cross-stich project. It’s about 5cm tall/wide. I am pleased with it. It’s time-consuming and very relaxing. Another thing to add to my list of relatively useless but fun skills.
If any of my 2 readers know of some great source of interesting pixelart that I could cross-stitch, [...]

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Vinyl

stickers for my moleskines, originally uploaded by AdinaBean.

Long ago I ordered loads of fantastic plain vinyl for making stickers. 8 colours, and 16 square feet of the stuff all up. I finally made some! These are directly based on the little critters on my Paperchase water bottle. They help me work out which [...]

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Originally uploaded by Lynn K.

1) I love this photo. It reminds me of the film “The Science of Sleep”. Paper/cotton clouds are magical

2) I’m mostly just testing how Flickr automatically blogs photos.

3) Happy Tuesday!

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(head)case

My first real zipper attempts (the previous cushion doesn’t count)… Adapted from this fantastic tutorial.
 
 

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Squishy

I’ve just finished sewing this cushion cover. It’s from this tutorial.
 It was surprisingly quick and easy to make, and I’m not quite a dab hand at this sewing business. Very exciting stuff!
 

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Gramobird

 
 My first shot at animation. Photoshop CS2 and iMovie, and sleep deprivation.

Always.

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Super

My chum Ash gifted me this singlet from Supré. Aussies will understand why I am not comfortable wearing it, despite the awesome print. So I did this to it, and now I am proud to own it.

I am aware that my stitching is dodgy and the zip is coming off a bit, but I don’t [...]

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