Craft Chat & Swaps

My Brother-In-Law's birthday is on Saturday and I don't have time to buy him anything. What can I make?? He is turning 27. He is a huge reader and he loves the Beatles and the White Stripes. He is pretty geeky so he would love anything funny and weird. Thanks!

Hey everyone! Just letting you all know I've started a blog... pretty excited about it! So come and check it out! Thanks http://callen-upcycle.blogspot.com

ROUND 2!! (sign-up) Happiness and love for someone else than yourself.... what about that?! You dont receive the swap yourself, but you give up the address of someone you really care for or someone you know who could use a little bit love. The idea is that you get a swap...

Please can anyone offer me some ideas? I have to make a special 40th Birthday card for a lady who loves Newfoundland dogs, we are part of a water rescue group and I have been asked to create something special. I have a few ideas...I thought I would put 40 silhouettes of...

Hey friends! I was given a billion cross stitch patterns that came from magazines. I was wondering if any of you guys wanted to do a trade for some? There are all types, from samplers to precious moments, flowers, birds, holiday. They are kinda old, from the 80's and 90's so...

Attention all swappers! A few of us Lovely CO+K Girls have been busy creating a swap page on facebook. We thought this might be a good idea to keep track of swaps and share our swap photos. Please join us by liking the page......

hey i realy want to make the comic shoes by mia (here's the link : http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/comic_shoes_2 ) but dont have clear acrilc spray could i glue the comic on with home made mod podge the put the home made mode podge over the top to make the more water...

So things are getting really crazy in my life lately, and I found that writing in my blog really helps me sort of de-stress... And I kidna wanna write in it a lot. But I don't wanna write about like...everyday things (like, what happened to me. My life isn't that interesting...

Since I'm a college student with only a very part-time job, I find that I have to get creative with my old wardrobe or thift store finds in order to freshen up my closet. My challenge to you is to create a great back to school outfit/bag/whatever out of something old you never...

Hi everyone! So for my speech class, we're required to do demonstrate how to do something. But I am HORRIBLE at coming up with ideas XP so maybe you guys can give me some ideas? I'd like to do something that'll interest the class that's also artsy or crafty. I was thinking...

hey y'all now selling my handmade creme de cocoa soap http://www.etsy.com/listing/55896808/creme-de-cocoa-soap free shipping for you COAKpers

Here is the link: http://www.shophandmade.com/Store/Rachiecollection# I hope to have more "GlamRachie" items in the shop soon. :-D What do you all think????? xoxo

i was looking at the swaps and thought it would be cool to have a random swap. leave a comment if you think his is a good idea

Heyy, swap buddies! I JUUUST missed the Halloween 2010 swap, and I loved Jeanette's idea of a Harry Potter swap. Halloween and the release of the first Harry Potter 7 movie are coming up, so who is interested??? :-D Some basic ground rules: *Must have completed at least one...

Hey, I was wondering if anyone could point me to a good tutorial for making photo charms? It seems to be one of those searches that comes up with pages and pages of adverts! Are they tricky to make? They look so sweet and would make it easy to personalise things for people!

hi i cant find any skin coulerd felt any where is there a way to stain it ?

I've decided I'd really like to make a sailor senshi wand, but I'm not sure where to start! I've seen some done with clay, and I've seen others made with cardboard templates and grout. Though I've seen lots of them, I'm also having a hard time finding any sort of tutorial, so...

So yeah. I haven't done crafts but remember how to sew and that sort of thing and want to make the Gothic Lolita headband Haruhi wears. Here is a picture for those who don't know what I mean....

I was just given an insane amount of crafting supplies by a very nice lady and I wanted to make her a few thank you things, well, her son said that she LOVES RHPS and I was going to try to make something, but I have no idea... I watched it a few times in my younger years and...

Topic Table of Contents: Post 1: Swap Survey - Survey guidelines - List of Incomplete Swaps Post 2: FAQ’s - Tips to Remember - Newbie Swap Information Post 3 and beyond: Swap Survey Entries - Newbie Questions and Answers. If you have a question that you would like to see...

So I wanted to do the Halloween swap but come to find out, I don't meet the right criteria. It said something about needing to do the newbie swap first but I haven't seen anything about a newbie swap. I'd love to get involved but I don't know where to start. I haven't been a...

For some odd reason, my school was giving away free copies of a Harlequin romance book. I grabbed one, because as a crafter, I know never to turn down free things Now the problem is... I don't know what to do with it! I've seen the paper chandelier design on this site which...

Yeah, pretty much as the title says. I don't work with wire often and i'm not sure if this is a thick enough gauge to make it stand up well. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Ok, this is an alternative Halloween swap... So if you want to play but don't have enough board posts/projects for the main Halloween swap then this is the place There is so much scope in this theme:...

So Halloween has been on my mind lately and I always like to start celebrating early and thought what could be better then doing a Halloween swap. I was thinking we could take sign up for partners till Sunday and then have the send out date be the first week in October. This...

I've got a recent obsession with chainmaille but I can't find any how-tos for it. Does anyone know any good websites that have step-by- step guides? I want to learn new techniques to use as well. Thanks =]

Hi ladies and gents, Is it to early to be thinking about making christmas presents? My best friend and my sister are both pregnant and are due late December/early January so I don't think I want to rely on having time to make pesents in December! I need to make ALOT of...

I posted this on Yahoo answers, then I remembered CO+K and thought I'd probably get better answers here, lol. 1. I wasn't aware that their baking times and temperatures were different (Fimo - 110 C for 30 min, Sculpey - 130 C for 15 min.), so for some pieces I used both clays,...

Hey guys! School starts in almost a week and I need a backpack! A cool one! I would like to sew it, but I can't find and patterns that I like. Ideas?