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I hope you enjoyed making melt & pour soap today! I’m sure you can see the possibilities for making your own soap molds using silicone ice cube trays, chocolate molds, and containers from around the house. If you are interested in melting & pouring at home, here are the instructions from today’s class. Soap handout,...
I love having two pairs of glasses in one case – although my reading glasses will be joining me in craft group for now on because I can’t thread a needle any more!!! – but you could carry an iPod or other important device in the other side. (Oh there’s a surprise, I’ve made a...
It’s summer – oh, boy is it ever summer around here with a “once in a lifetime” heat wave – so you’ll need a case to store your sunglasses! So here is pattern for making your own sunglasses case (pdf). And here’s a PDF of the instructions. If you’ve sewn before, you might want to...
If there’s anything I like more than cupcakes (from a design point of view), it’s sushi. I was inspired by the Soap Queen’s video and posts on making flexible soap (click here for the jelly roll tutorial, click here for the sushi soap tutorial, and click here for the video on making flexible soap), so...
There’s a surprise – Susan’s a geek who likes Doctor Who! (I did have a Dalek shirt, but it said it was “XL” and my tiny mom couldn’t fit into it, which just shows you that you should try on the shirt before you stencil on it!!!) FABRIC STENCIILLINGWith a few pieces of fabric and...