I heard about this site the other day and thought some of you may be interested. It's called Mod Podge Rocks, and they have something new up every day.

I made a Free Spirit amigurumi doll, and named her Sofie:



Her hair was put on with a latch hook and it took forever. Also I suck at embroidery but I think I did pretty good with her eyes. I'll be making more clothes for her soon, but I am so done crocheting for a while lol. This was not an easy project.

Hi everyone.

First of all, I changed the layout for this asylum. Thought maybe we'd all like to look at something different for a change. :-) Nothing fancy, just one of the premade layouts. But I thought it was a little more readable than the one I had on here.

Secondly, I've decided to try something different here. I notice we're all kind of losing interest in the monthly challenges. And that's cool, I can understand. Especially this time of year where it's summer, and crafting might not be the first thing on our minds.

Still, whether we like it or not fall and winter are coming. (Fall I like, but I'm not a winter person!). And with them, a truly fun holiday. Halloween is just under 3 months away.

So, here's my idea.  The first ever craft_crazy contest! Yep, you heard me right. The first ever  contest. I'm going to try and keep it really simple, so please read the rules below and let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

The Rules:
1. You must pick a theme from this list:

Halloween
Haunted House
Horror
At the Carnival
Fantasy World
The Creature of My Dreams

2. After you've picked your theme, you create an arts/crafts project based on that theme. As before with the challenges, any and all arts and crafts are welcome. Drawing, Painting, Scupture, Collage, Sewing, Crochet, Knitting, Jewelry making, other paper crafts, etc. etc. So long as you can take a picture or scan in your finished project, it counts. :-)

3. Take a picture (or pictures) of your finished entry.

4. Post a picture of your finished item in the asylum No Later than October 20, 2009. **
** Note: When posting pics of your finished project, please include the words Contest Entry in the Subject of your post. Also, somewhere in your post, please be sure to tell us which theme you picked to make your entry on.**

Other Info:
This time around, the only judge will be me. Yep, I'll be judging and not taking part in the contest in any way other than that. For now, for this first time out trying out the idea, I think that's the fairest set up I can come up with.

I will pick a winner, and a first runner up. Depend on how many people enter, I may award second and third runner up, as well.

And yes, I will award prizes. Just something little, mind you. Times are tough for everyone, but I want to hand out some sort of prize. So, here's the prizes as I have them figured:

First Place Prize: 6 months of paid account time for a journal here on IJ (any journal on IJ that the winner wants the paid time applied to - so long as they are the owner of the journal/asylum).
(Or any other IJ items that can purchased with a combine value up to $15.)

First Runner Up: 2 months of paid account time for a journal here on IJ (any journal on IJ that winner wants the paid time applied to - so long as they are the owner of the journal/asylum).
(Or any other IJ item(s) that can be purchased with a combine value up to $10.)

I'm really excited to see what we can all come up with! While I won't be entering the contest myself, I may make a few things and how them to you all, just for fun. 

If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback please don't hesitate to contact me! You can comment on this post, or email me: feline_scribe {at} insanejournal {dot} com.

Hi all! Happy summer! Hopefully everyone's doing well.  I know summer is the busy season for a lot of folks. For me, too.  It can be hard to get much crafting done in warmth weather (either you're too busy, or it's too warm to be buried in the craft supply of your choice?).

Still, I wanted to announce July's challenge theme.  So, the challenge for July is:

What do I mean by that? As usual, you can interpret it anyway your creativity takes you. But, what I was thinking was to make a craft project that is a tribute to something or someone. It can be a serious tribute to a friend, family member, mentor, etc. It can be a tribute to a favorite author, artist, musician. Or, it can be a funny / light hearted tribute to your favorite t shirt, your best CD, your favorite coffee mug, the song you danced to at a party, your first car, your favorite resteruant,  your missing sock, the laundry your forgot to do... anything!  Have fun with it, and run with it!

I can't wait to see what people come up with!

Also, a reminder:
Remember, you can post pics of challenge entries any time! Say, you just finished the May challenge item, and it's now August. That's cool! Post the pics whenever you can the project done.

That's right -- I've decided the last week of June is officially the first annual "Crafts Gone Wrong Week".

Yep, I've decided to dedicate a whole week to crafting projects that didn't turn out the way they were supposed to. It's time to own up to and embrace our crafty disasters.  We've all had them - those projects that went so far wrong, we're not sure exactly how it happened.  It's part of being a craft person or artist. Not every project turns out.

And those projects that went wrong? We shove them as far back into the closet, bury them as far down in the drawer, hide them as far under the bed, as we can.

Well, I say, no more! It's time to haul them out into the light. And while you've got them out, take a pic of them and post  it here! 

Sunday, June 21 through Saturday, June 27 is the first Annual Crafts Gone Wrong Week here at craft_crazy .

Post pics of your craft project(s) gone wrong, and share in the fun!

This is awesome community of creative people. I'm so glad to have you all here. I know some of you may be worried about posting your crafts and work here, maybe afraid it's "not good enough" or "not creative enough". Well, everyone and all crafts are welcome here. And I figure, what better way to break the ice and let everyone know it's ok to not be perfect,  we're here to share the triumphs as well as the disasters, than for all of us to trot out our projects gone bad?!?!?

I can't wait to see the misshapen mistakes and strange twists of creativity... Who knows? Maybe someone here will even have an idea of a way to salvage or re-make your craft gone wrong.

Happy June, everyone. Sorry  I'm a few days late posting the challenge, but I was away from the computer all last week.

Thank you to everyone who's responded to the Feedback Poll. ( http://asylums.insanejournal.com/craft_crazy/20623.html ) If you haven't taken a few minutes to share your thoughts/opinions yet, please feel free to do so.

And with out further ado, this month's challenge is:

What does that mean?  Those are the first 3 colors that come into my mind when I hear the word summer: Green, Blue, and Yellow. And seeings as summer officially starts later this month, I thought it'd be fun to do a color themed challenge. Make what every you want, however you want, just include those 3 colors in there somewhere!!

Made a new dress for my American Girl doll :D

( Under here )

What craft project have you had hanging around for the longest? We all have one, don't we? A sweater we're knitting and the colors are now out of style. Or a collage that you never quite got around to finishing.

For me, it's a baby blanket that I started three years ago. I didn't have anyone special in mind when I started it, and maybe that was the problem. I had been given some baby yarn and decided to make a blanket with it. The fact that this was July and the yarn was thick and hot probably didn't help matters any. I got about halfway done, if that, and it's been sitting there ever since. Today I finally trashed it. I don't even have the energy to pull it apart and recycle the yarn. I think it's become a curse in my mind.

Thanks for taking the time to do the poll! If you have any other questions/comments, please feel free to comment on this entry, or contact me (feline_scribe [at] insanejournal [dot] com).

( Blankets! )

My cousin is due at the beginning of next month with her second baby, and I made her a blanket.

I'm not so sure this counts towards the May Challenge, but I thought I'd post about it anyway.

Good Tuesday Morning Everyone!

Thanks to all of you to who take part in our challenges. I love seeing what you come up with!

What's that mean?  It's taking other things, and remaking them, basically.  A time to raid your attics, garages, local thrift stores, fleamarkets, your granny's attic, and anything else you can think of for supplies. And then remake it into something new!  And, if you can't make everything from re-crafted/re-used items that's ok. Just re-use/re-craft some element into your piece.

(For example, maybe you find a great costume jewelry broach, but you're not a jewelry maker. Yet you want to remake it. So make you crochet a choker, and but the old broach on it as a pendant/decoration. That sort of thing.)

Some great blogs to check out for inspiration and ideas:

Thifting in Oblivion : http://thriftinginoblivion.blogspot.com/ (Love her stuff! Her etsy store is awesome as well!)

The Etsy Trashion Street Team Blog: http://etsytrashion.blogspot.com/

Re-craft Blog: http://re-craft.blogspot.com/

DIY City Mag: http://diycitymag.com/diydaily/

Can't wait to see what you come up with! ;-)

A friend of mine recently told me that she's using socks as pot holders, so I planned on sending her some pot holders I made. As something extra, I decided to add some dish cloths as well.

( two pics )

Sort of for the April challenge but not really since I've been wanting to try it anyway.

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First of all, my apologies... I'm a few days late posting April's Challenge. (Not too bad though.. I should have posted it on Monday, and today's Thursday. With the way things have been going for me lately, to be only 3 day behind is pretty good! :-P)
arian_of_chaos  gets the credit for this month's Challenge theme. She mentioned the idea to me, and I immediately thought it was an excellent idea for this month's theme. I know a lot of folks, between the recession, job issues, health issues, stress issues, that are having a rough time of it lately. And I think probably everyone knows someone who's had it rough lately. (At least that seems to be the case with everyone I've talked to lately.)

What does that mean? Do something crafty, as a random act / acts of kindness. Make something, for someone, just because.  Or, make something, and then find someone to give it to.  Use your crafty skills to brighten the day of someone who could use a little sunshine in an other wise crappy week. 

As always, thanks to everyone who takes part in the challenges, and everyone who's a part of this asylum.

I'm finally posting my pictures for March's challenge. I made a ton of pot holders as they are something that I need, not to mention they go back to January's challenge because I used up a lot of scrap yarn. I also made dish cloths, but I've not taken pictures yet. Mostly because many of them haven't had the ends weaved in just yet. Oops! ( lots of pictures )

Hey guys. New to the community, just wanted to say hi.
I'm Kate from Orlando ^_^
I like knitting, sewing, needle point and dabble in all sorts of other stuff.
I'm also big into make-up and face painting/body art.
Hopefully I'll have some projects to show off in the near future.
And I'm looking for more friends so feel free to add me if you feel so inclined.
<3 Kate

More applicable to January's challenge really, since I was trying to get rid of the last of this stash. Although the eyes are recycled from another ami that died a noble death and I technically didn't spend a single cent, so that covers March XD ?

( Fear the wrath of the Mighty Cthulhu. )

Wooo I have finally finished a challenge! Still working on the last two...slowly.

( Samantha isn't naked anymore! & I can see the future! )