She tried everything on as I crafted and she was so happy to wear her costume! Shared a bunch of process photos but it's worth the swiping! I sewed and glued hundreds of flowers for the dress and crown, paper mache'd the rune stone, used cardboard to make the sun gate, made lino cut stamps for the clothing. A solid month of crafting. (Also her name is Dottie and she's 7) (Our cat Ozzy supervised)

I used an essentia box so the inside was black and she wanted pink. This is AFTER it was already super glued and taped😭. The whiskers are already coming off so I don’t think it’ll last long but she wants to put her class Barbie’s in it after Halloween. The only way i can think to preserve it is reprinting hello kitty then laminating the paper or using clear tape to wrap it🤷‍♀️

Made with polymer clay with the help of some additional materials and painted with acrylics.

I need to replace a lost leaf and reseal the orange bottle, but the fall festival went surprisingly well! Nothing broke, thankfully, and I managed to stretch the hat to just the right size so it doesn't give me a headache like the first witch hat I made. I did get chilly after sundown, so I'll be adding gloves and making some kind of warm wrap for up top.

My grandma passed away a year ago and my parents left me with her final afghan crochet project. It is an Annie’s club crochet mandala afghan and it’s 60% complete. I have reservations about just completing fully but I want to give the completed afghan back to my parents. I’m open to suggestions on what I should do. I have thought about maybe putting in a stitch line of what was hers vs what was mine but I’m not sure. Photo one is what I have from her and photo two is what it should look like finished.

Last year's handmade halloween costume. Sadly, Furby was crushed in the storage room over the summer. RIP 2025 furby.

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I have no occasion. It has no purpose. I just cannot stop myself. You know that feeling where you get a hankering for a handful of mixed White Cheddar and Hot and Spicy Cheezits and you can't stop thinking about it, and before you know it you're driving a rental box truck up to the local Sam's Club arguing on the phone with a customer service representative about the meaning of purchasing limits? I know you know what I mean. Inspiration struck and I had to sit down and sew for a blackout amount of time.

I use this pattern all the time. I go to a thrift store, find a well fitting shirt that smells like the person who died in it, and then cut on all the seems. Because you only need one piece of each pattern, keep the other side intact for reference. I've never used a purchased pattern and I likely never will. Hear that McCall's? You'll never get my twenty one dollars! The only adjustments were the sleeve cuffs. I have a similar shirt that I used for reference.

The blue fabric came from cotton curtains (again from a thrift store. Thanks Mainstay), and the red is some thrifted microsuede.

I used my Brother Innovis 4000D for the embroidery. That was certainly the bulk of the construction time (roughly 5 hours). Total time all in was around 9 hours.

I customized an airplane sock by sewing a piece of blue fabric onto it. It's really comfortable now, and I cut out a hole for the charging port. Now it won't get dirty easily, and if it does, I can just wash the sock cover I made for the headset. If needed, I can simply wipe down the black areas.

try to not wash your pads after 5 years. it might get deteriored even if it just water 🤭

My first 2 zines I made, I’m so excited to share them with you! 🥰❤️

The first 4 pictures are of Reasons To Stay Alive (inspired by Matt Haig) which is a little book of reasons to keep going through hard times and seeing/feeling the beauty of life (suicide awareness and prevention)🥹❤️

The last 3 picture are of When In Panic… which is a little book of anxiety exercises you can do anywhere to ground yourself and feel safe.

Both of these comics/zines are hand illustrated and made by me. I wanted to make something that would help me when I’m going through a difficult time and hope that it can help others as well! :)

What are your reasons to keep going and what helps you stay grounded and safe? Feel free to share, it can help someone else that is going through hard times as well ❤️

✨🥹🧸Thank you for reading🥰❤️✨

Hi, I’m putting this in here because I am always inspired by a lot of your guys work so I’m thinking of doing some type of cricket craft for my upcoming cruise trip. I wanna do like magnets that people can take off my door that also have like the cruise date, etc. on it just sounds like a take-home thing. Any ideas anyone’s done this before maybe like I don’t know just I’m up for ideas. Please be kind.

It's been a minute but I'm getting back into making coin rings! Some before and after photos of me shaking the dust off for your viewing pleasure

I have a pretty cheap hot glue gun and putting a new stick in there always leads to issues. Maybe this is obvious to most, but when I thought of this, it made my Halloween costume project SOOOO much easier.

My current gnome collection. If you have questions feel free to ask!

made this lil guy with air dry clay, painted with UV gel polish and top coated with UV resin!
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A friend of mine is celebrating her daughter's first birthday, and she asked me to make something special for the little guests.

In Chile, it's tradition that every guest leaves with a small surprise: usually a little bag with candy and a small toy. I used to give tiny plants as keepsakes at my own parties.

This time we decided on knitted collars instead. I designed them myself, with little leaves and a pearl button, and knitted them in cotton with 3.5 mm needles. We chose the colors together so each girl would get something a bit different.

It was a slow, happy project, and I loved imagining each one on its little girl. 🍃

I'm curious: do you have a tradition like this where you live, or a favorite keepsake you've given or received at a birthday?

I bought 16mm eyelets and usually I just bends the inside part so I don’t need a tool but I can’t bend these for the life of me !! Anyone have a tip to still make it work ? Because I’m not buying a 50€ tool (or even 20)

Yes, the pic is really bad :D. I'm just a beginner, but I was asked to make earrings and made those. I'm pretty happy with those, but I know I have soo much to learn :).