Alternative Crafting

Jack's Mannequin

Posted by cassandra , 9.08.2010 Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Finnnnallllllystarted.

With the text

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Completed Xmas Gifts!! Obvi spoilers!

Posted by cassandra , 12.24.2008 Wednesday, December 24, 2008

I'm so excited! I am giving so much homemade stuff this year! Greg, my mom, Greg's mom, my sister and her bf. . .yay! Onto the photos!


Greg's Camp Anawanna (oh you know you loved it too) shirt. This was my first stovetop Rit dye job. I like how the yellow came out. And I had to make my own brown paint, so forgive it if it's not exact.

One of Ing's candles: Morning in the Moonlight.


Her set, all pretty-fied.


Completed solid fragrances


II

Ingrid's Jesse and the Rippers shirt. Took me about an hour or so to do both of them.
Shaun's, in Seahawks colors. :o)


Together. Completed. I wanted to get them some sort of matching thing so this was it. They are both Full House watchers. This was my first time cutting two stencils at the same time. I glued them together at the edges and cut them both using an x-acto knife. This method would not work for small, intricate designs but worked ok for big letters. If I'd scrounged around for used tshirts at Value Village, I probably could've done this gift for like $.50/each.

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Coming Soon...

Posted by cassandra , 12.14.2008 Sunday, December 14, 2008

I'm starting on Greg's shirts. Additionally, I'm making a shirt for him a la Crackdown that says, "Skills for Kills, Agent."

I am probably going to make 3-4 Jesse and the Rippers shirts. I mean, really, who doesn't love Full House?? Awesome.

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XMAS SPOILER for Greg

Posted by cassandra , 11.23.2008 Sunday, November 23, 2008

I think I'm going to end up making him a bunch of white tshirts that I've decorated.

The next one I'm going to make is "Skills for kills, Agent." It's from Crackdown. I watch him play a lot of video games but I don't really play them. I think I'll probably end up making him a lot of "inside joke" shirts. The only shirts I've ever made him had the Reservoir Dogs movie cover (took forever!) and "Sucks to your ass-mar!"

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LOLSwap

Posted by cassandra , 10.04.2008 Saturday, October 04, 2008

I got a crafty itch today that I can't scratch.

I think it's the anticipation that my deadlines are coming up. . .hmmmmm...



So here's what we got.

I have to complete my Chuck P swap pretty quick here. So I made the Graphic Traffic T, it came out ok. Not my best. I used watercolors with the fabric medium which I shouldn't have done. I didn't want to go out in the rain and buy more acrylic paint, so I mixed up watercolors and paint medium. This pic is after the washing. I also tried a technique to plan for aging: painting one color "underneath" (white) and then painting one color on "top" of it. That way, when the tshirt starts to fade, you will start to see the white coming thru. Just a test run.

Then I made a Book of Very Common Prayer and a Mr. 600 T (which is still in progress). The only thing left to do is to create another lyric journal. But I'm not sure what I can decoupage/stick on front that will be interesting or entertaining or Chuck P related. I thought of finding/creating a graphic of a sitting cow to represent the Judas Cow (great story from Lullaby) but really that something that I would use, not make for someone else. I think she gave me a quote he liked. I can just write that on the front.

For LOLSwap I've only completed 2 items. I have one left to make. We're supposed to do two smalls and one medium. The shirt is my medium. But maybe it won't be. I have collected my materials but I have not started at all. Well. That's not entirely true but. I'm making luggage tags. They're going to be cat-shaped and contain a vinyl pocket to hold address info. Should be good but probably going to turn into a large or at least a medium before the day is over.

So here's my LOLspeak magnets. You can buy them somewhere (thinkgeek, I believe) for something like $20. Or make them for $0.77. You could/can personalize them however you wanted. My favorite is "lolpox".

So her package will have these magnets, the "Do Not Want." tshirt and some luggage tags. It should be good. I also threw in some gummy candy for a tasty package cushion.

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Chuck Palahniuk Swap

Posted by cassandra , 9.20.2008 Saturday, September 20, 2008

I'm trying to brainstorm for the swap but I seem to be having a little trouble. My projects have to be mailed by the 15th of October. I might be one of the last ones to ship at this rate.

I know I'm going to stencil a few tshirts (I think the swap has to be 2 medium items [1-2hrs each] and two smalls [>1 hour each] which gives me a starting point but still...). I think I'm going to do something with the Party Crashing theme from Rant. Check that out here.

I'm thinking a Graphic Traffic Radio shirt, made to look like a cheezy radio free giveaway shirt with crazy colors and a cheezy graphic. I will have to brainstorm on that. Maybe come up with a stupid catchphrase of my own. I don't think Graphic Traffic had a frequency or catchphrase listed in the book.

I will probably do another tshirt for the other medium. Maybe a shirt commemorating the opening of the Tender Branson Sensitive Materials Sanitary Landfill (read about Survivor here).

I will dress up (collage, decoupage, modpodge to death) a journal to look like the Very Common Book of Prayer from Tender Branson. And probably another notebook for my other small. Though I'm not sure which novel I shall reference. Maybe just something simple and basic like "Cassie Wright's 600 Man Gangbang!" (snuff

I'm crafting for my partner's boyfriend and he's a musician who write lyrics, so I'm thinking notebooks can't be a bad choice. He also likes hats, I guess. I don't know if I could find a blank hat with much ease. I might be able to find a simple knit hat and applique something on to it. Hmmm...I haven't sewed in a looooong time. But that wouldn't be too hard.

As for me, I enjoy the more obscure references in literature. Something a little less surfacey and little more hidden in the shirts. I like for people to not understand what the shirt means. I made Greg a shirt a few years ago that says, "Sucks To Your Ass-Mar!" which he's worn the bejesus out of. One guy at the mall was a high school english teacher and he was seriously going to stencil himself a shirt. He was totally inquisitive about the method (freezer paper, fabric medium, x-acto knife) and it was a totally cool moment. It's a secret club--wearing these underground kind of shirts. So for me, I'd prefer a less popular thing. I wouldn't wear a shirt that just said "SNUFF BY CHUCK P." It's gotta be something like, "I banged Cassie Wright" or "Mr. 137." Hmmm that's another idea right there.

Jeez! This has been a great brainstorming session!

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Posted by cassandra Saturday, September 20, 2008

I'm planning on making a cute tshirt for my swap angel project. It's going to be video game themed--katamari damacy (best. game. evar!!!!)!
The front will say "I like to watch" (a little sexual humor for your Saturday) and the back will be the lovely King of All Cosmos with an excitable "Royal Rainbow!"

The End.

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