Alternative Crafting

Sewing Kit

Posted by cassandra , 12.13.2008 Saturday, December 13, 2008

altogether. the Quinn is a needle holder. maria laguerta has dismembered hands and forearms. i used a TON of mod-podge so the mirror doesn't fit snugly anymore. the backside of the printed dexter (no spatters) is the mirror, the underside of the painted dexter (bloodspattered) is the "when you want something sharp".


i'm not sure about the mirror. the text says, "when you want something sharp"

outside. i freehanded that logo!


I finished my sewing kit!



the card i sent along. it's a crimescene.

my favorite is "it's your wet dream in there" (that's a quote from the show).

Dexter Sendouts....

Posted by cassandra , 12.10.2008 Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Are fast approaching! I'm *supposed* to send out on Friday. I'm hoping to get there.

Here's what I've got. Excuse the crappy phone pics.

There's a blood-spatter necklace on a bamboo tile, a bamboo tile bracelet filled with (foul-mouthed) Debra quotes (my favorite is "Got laid. Big time." I made this awesome Dexter-ous clock but I messed up the super glue so it's forever 11:19. It won't move. It was a horrible screw-up. But you live and learn.

Also on the list. Some fun notecards (early Valetine's day cards) filled with awesomely creepy lines like, "I want your DNA" or "You're my favorite slice of life." A lot of them only make sense for people who are "in the know" of the show.

Also included:

• "hey, wanna play?"
  
• I would bleed for you.
• one blank
• I keep bleeding love.
• My DNA wants to party with yours.
  

The only thing I have left to do is a little sewing kit that I'm going to make out of a PURE mints container, like this.


You open it up and not only is it a slider tin (which I love) but there's a little mirror and a hole for the mints. I'm going to make a tab to pull up the mirror easily and place a little sewing kit under there. I'm going to paint the whole jabba red/black/white like everything else and maybe stencil DEXTER/the logo on the mirror. Nothing too special but I think it's going to come out cute. I love repurposing things.

Updates. . .

Posted by cassandra , 11.08.2008 Saturday, November 08, 2008

• I am about to venture into new territory. I'm going to try my hand at candlemaking. I just bought ten pounds of soy wax chips, fragrance, dye and wicks. The cool part was whatever you bought you got a free fragrance "sample" (1 oz. is what you get and that's enough for a pound of wax). So I got to get some stuff for others (Xmas) and got a "sample" for myself.

• I also collected my clock parts today and a piece of black felt and red yarn for my dexter creepy blood clock. That's all.

• I'm still considering the Craft Fair in town in a month. I don't know if I can have enough inventory ready in time. But. I will attend either way. I will probably do some Xmas shopping there.

• Oh! And I also want to try making solid fragrance. I found this *super* easy "recipe" on Craftster. Shea, beeswax, fragrance and olive oil. That's it! I am now going to be hunting for the perfect containers for solid fragrances and candles.

• I talked to Greg about making gifts, if he was ok with that. He liked the idea. I'm def going to buy him some stuff but I like making things and I like that I can make things that are "inside jokes" for us or stuff that I know he'd like but you can't really buy. I started making him a "Gob" shirt from Arrested Development...the front has Gob on a segway and the back will say, "A trick is something a whore does for money or candy!" I even got the arrested development font (Antique Olive).
  

so that's it :)

I'm really excited to start on some new projects!