ThriftyFun Crafts - September 9, 2009

Vol. 4, Num. 36, September 9, 2009 (Read It Online) Do you have any craft tips to share with the ThriftyFun community? We are also looking for Halloween craft ideas. Feel free to share them on one of the contest pages or submit them to Crafts for Fun and Money. Thanks for reading, The ThriftyFun Team Send to a Friend! Submit Craft Tips (You could win $25) Submit Photos of Your Crafts (You could win $25) Submit a Craft Request New! Crafting for Fun and Money! Link to ThriftyFun.com Edit Your Subscriptions: To edit your ThriftyFun subscriptions, click the Update Profile/Email Address link at the bottom of this newsletter. Today's newsletter contains: Photos and Projects: Craft Project: Terra Cotta Pincushion Craft: Framed Dried Fern Craft: Vinyl Wall Accents Craft Project: Cardboard Art Resizing a Large T-Shirt Craft: America Freedom Flag Craft Project: Beach Glass Pendant Craft Project: Recycled Decorative Vase Requests: Making Your Own Bow Maker Making a Table Cloth from a Doily Pattern Fragrance Lamp Oil Recipe Plastic Canvas Christmas Bell Pattern Craft Uses for Petrified Wood Left Handed Directions for Blanket Stitch Making a Youth Backpack Patterns for Plastic Canvas Cleaning Artist Brushes Vintage Santa and Mrs. Claus Crocheted Potholder Pattern Making an Angel from a CD Repairing a Crocheted Blanket Today's Sponsor: Crafting for Fun and Money! If you are an avid crafter, capable writer and own a digital camera, you are eligible to participate. Submit your craft projects to ThriftyFun and we will pay $15 for any crafts that we publish. More Information: Click Here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/post_craft.ldml Photos and Projects: Craft Project: Terra Cotta Pincushion This is a cute pincushion using a terra cotta pot for the vessel to hold the batting in. You could paint the pot. I chose to decorate it with sewing trimmings. View This Craft: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf41783961.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Craft: Framed Dried Fern I bought this old frame at a garage sale several years ago for $1 and then I pressed a fern between several pages of newspaper and weighted it with books. When completely dry, I mounted it with sewing thread onto some mat board and inserted in frame. This particular frame has a convex glass but you would not need that because the fern lies flat. Makes a very inexpensive addition to an arrangement. By Laniegirl from Iowa Contest Contender! This post is a contest contender! Read it and then Rate it: Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf91027503.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Craft: Vinyl Wall Accents Use inexpensive vinyl wallpaper for accents in your room if there isn't enough for your task. Buy it at thrift shops or rummage sales and get creative ! Make your own pattern of find something from many choices of free patterns online and trace it onto the back of the wallpaper (I used pre pasted). Cut out the design or shape and dampen it on the back with a slightly wet sponge (no need to get out the paper hanger toolkit) and apply it. Mine turned out rather well and, in comparison to the vinyl wall art available to buy online, the price is perfect. My roll cost $1 and there is plenty left for many things ! My junky looking desk top looks great covered with it and I didn't even adhere it due to possibly wanting to change it sometime, just cut it to fit and lay it on ! Use the scraps for crafts, I chose stacked flowers I have punches of in several sizes of the same flower. By melody_yesterday from Otterville MO Contest Contender! This post is a contest contender! Read it and then Rate it: Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf68090325.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Craft Project: Cardboard Art Try this simple project you can make with things you have around the house. View This Craft: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf74394833.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Resizing a Large T-Shirt My son had a large tee shirt he no longer wanted. I wanted to wear the shirt but it was way too big for me so I shortened the hem then rolled up the sleeves and did a fold over of about 1 1/2 inches on the shoulder seam. Once tacked in place I added two contrasting buttons. Now it fits and looks good with jeans. By Norulesart from Sunny Florida Contest Contender! This post is a contest contender! Read it and then Rate it: Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf15979488.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Craft: America Freedom Flag This is an America Freedom curtain. It was crocheted in 7 panels. Each of the red panels has a word or phrase embedded in it. I used Filet Crochet to do this. Since it is to go in my husband's tractor trailer, I put his CB handle in the middle panel. Love me, Love my pets. Cricket Contest Contender! This post is a contest contender! Read it and then Rate it: Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf19446771.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Craft Project: Beach Glass Pendant After finding many pieces of Beach Glass on a trip to Lake Erie, I had to make something with it. I wrapped the glass in a wire and hung it from a chain. View This Craft: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf91494103.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Craft Project: Recycled Decorative Vase Make a vase for artificial flowers by recycling an empty thread cone and a used CD. View This Craft: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf30274483.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Contests: Tip Contest Submit a Tip or Recipe! Photo Contest Submit a tip with photo! The above contests are weekly. We pick 2 tip winners, 2 photo winners (1 photo and 1 pet photo) and 1 recipe winner at the end of each week. Each winner will win $25! My Frugal Life Submit a My Frugal Life Essay! New Requests: Making Your Own Bow Maker Does anyone have directions to make your own bow maker? I've seen them in stores and they look like you could make your own. So I was wondering if anyone had? By craftymom2one Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf10855432.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Making a Table Cloth from a Doily Pattern This is a hospitality doily that I have. Can someone tell me if I can enlarge the pattern to make a table cloth from it? If so, how? Or if someone has a tablecloth pattern similar to this doily pattern. I wanted a pattern no bigger than 38 inches round in diameter. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. By LilNannaJJ from MN Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf21858018.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Fragrance Lamp Oil Recipe I need a recipe for essential oil fragrance for catalyst burner. Can anyone help? By superduper665 from Mt. Pleasant, TX Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf36867974.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Plastic Canvas Christmas Bell Pattern I am looking for a plastic canvas Christmas Bell pattern # 579060 by Herrshners. The kit contained 8 bells. By jball from Winamac, IN Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf34433909.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Craft Uses for Petrified Wood I found a spot behind my house where someone dumped a load of petrified wood (sandstone not gemstone unfortunately). I would like ideas on what I can do with it. I can't use it as a paperweight as it sheds sand. By handymanlimping from Austin, TX Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf81201615.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Left Handed Directions for Blanket Stitch I'm looking for simple directions for doing the blanketstitch. I am a lefty. By harleyphn from Efland, NC Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf14431618.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Making a Youth Backpack Has anyone out there got a good idea for making a back pack/ruck sack, for a young person? By tonij. from L.G.C. England Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf57062265.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Patterns for Plastic Canvas I am looking for plastic canvas patterns for snowflakes. By navygirlsmom2002 from Plymouth, ME Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf29334996.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Cleaning Artist Brushes I am an amateur artist. I use acrylic paint.The brushes that I use are nylon bristles. These are smaller brushes, one inch is the largest size, such as the the brushes that are sold by Donna Dewberry. I have other brushes, that cost less. Anyway I have read suggestions people have written about brush cleaning, Murphy's Oil Soap, hot vinegar, etc. I have stronger cleaners, but would like to hear other people's ideas. Thanks. By Kersti from Bellevue Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf45874318.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Vintage Santa and Mrs. Claus Crocheted Potholder Pattern I am looking for a crochet pattern for a Santa and Mrs. Santa pot holder set. The faces are pre-made either in rubber or a plastic style and they are both wearing wire rim glasses. It's just the heads and both are wearing hats. My sister got a set from a coworker approximately 29 years ago for me. Now a friend of mine wants a pattern for her sister who wants to make a few sets for gifts. She is home bodied and needs something to combat boredom. Thanks for any and all your help. By Luv2kraft143 from Daytona Beach, FL Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf53991334.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Making an Angel from a CD I need the directions for the fourth and half angel made out a CD. By Craftlady23 from Indiana, PA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf55077547.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Repairing a Crocheted Blanket I am trying to repair a crochet blanket for my 3 year old grand niece. The stitch is a two double crochet, space, one double crochet into the next stitch. The rip is in the middle of the blanket and I can't tell which way the pattern goes. Can someone help me please. Thanks. By Sugarsmama from Warsaw, OH Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf67878777.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Looking for a frugal solution to an everyday problem? Submit your request here: Click Here