Archive for April, 2008
Posted on April 28, 2008 - by Chezlin
Ceramics!
The semester is wrapping up so we finally were able to take our ceramic pieces home! Here are mine.
Stoneware. Pinch method. Raku. The assignment was to mix organic with something man-made. I did a water drop mixed with the grid pattern in the ceiling of our class.
Posted on April 24, 2008 - by Chezlin
Paper making tutorial
Sorry for the lack of posts recently, school is wrapping up so I’ve been busy with random papers, projects, etc. Hopefully soon I can start to post on a regular schedule rather than so randomly. Anyway, I finally had a little time to craft, so I decided to make paper. Exciting!
Here are some pictures of my journey:
Posted on April 19, 2008 - by Chezlin
Oldie but Goldie: Boo table
When I was a freshman in college, my mom bought me a table to somehow fit into my tiny dorm room.. It was ugly and white, and my roommate and I knew we had to do something to make it fit into our room better. See, we were both artsy people so a plain white table in our colorful room would not do. My roomate brought a carpet one day and after situating the table on top of it, we knew what we had to do to the table.
Here’s a blurry picture of what we did:
(Thats my messy ass side of the room) We used electrical tape around the side of the table so it’d be black instead of that weird brown.. it made it look more finished.
But it doesn’t end there!
Posted on April 15, 2008 - by Chezlin
Baby quilts galore!
Well actually, not galore.. because there’s only two, but you get the idea! When two of my friends told me they were pregnant, after the initial shock wore away, I got excited to make them baby quilts. I was hoping that at least one of them would have a girl, so I could make a cute girls quilt, but I had no such luck for they were both having boys. That didn’t stop me from making two cute quilts though!
Posted on April 13, 2008 - by Chezlin
Cassette tape tutorial
A few days ago I posted about my cassette tape wallet and how it’s held up over the past 10 months, and I promised a tutorial. Well here it is!
First you need to get your hands on a cassette tape. (more…)
Posted on April 12, 2008 - by Chezlin
Makeup bag tutorial
Sorry I haven’t posted in a long time! It’s been a busy few days. It’s also been a while since I’ve said I was going to do the makeup bag tutorial, so I put it together today! For all of you who don’t remember, or who haven’t seen, my first post was about a travel set that included a makeup bag. I kinda had to wing it on the bag because I knew the style I wanted it to be, but I couldn’t remember where I had seen a tutorial for it a long time ago. I promised I’d make a tutorial for the makeup bag according to how I made it, so here it is! 
All the pieces.
Posted on April 9, 2008 - by Chezlin
Cassette tape wallet, then and now.
About 10 months ago I made a cassette tape wallet after I was inspired by some that I saw online. They were on sale for $43 and the first thought in my mind was, “I can make that for less!” So that’s what I did. Here’s some pictures of it when it was freshly made.
Posted on April 8, 2008 - by Chezlin
Oldie but goldie: Towel pool bag
Summer is approaching, so I thought I’d share a project I did a while back which would be used at the pool or beach. Basically it’s a beach bag, but it’s also a towel! It folds up into itself (much like a quillow) but it has handles that make it into a bag. You can throw in your sunscreen, flip flops and other goodies you’d bring to the beach and/or pool.
Here’s mine:
Posted on April 7, 2008 - by Chezlin
Late night crafting: Part two!
Well, I showed my little sister my new billed beanie hat, and she fell in love with it. I found her wearing it a lot after I had made it, so I decided to make her one today! (It’s her birthday)
Posted on April 7, 2008 - by Chezlin
Oldie but goldie: Shift boot cover
I don’t have time to craft today because I have class ALL day.. so I thought I’d share another old craft. My friend had asked me to make a new shift boot for his car, and when he found the fabric he wanted, he handed me the fabric, which happened to be a bandanna, and the old shift boot, and I got to crafting.
They’re super simple to make.. it’s basically just two triangles sewed together. I can’t give a very specific tutorial unfortunately because not all shift boots are the same.
Here it is:
I hope to be able to make myself one for my new car… if I can get it! If I do, expect another shift boot post!
