#crafty — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #crafty, aggregated by home.social.
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I love to draw portraits ✏️👤 Try to caught the beauty i see with a pencil 😊 Thought id show a few of the meny i have done! 🙌
#ActuallyAutistic #Artist #PencilDrawing #Portraits #Drawings #Art #Artwork #Beauty #BlackAndWhite #Crafty
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I love to draw portraits ✏️👤 Try to caught the beauty i see with a pencil 😊 Thought id show a few of the meny i have done! 🙌
#ActuallyAutistic #Artist #PencilDrawing #Portraits #Drawings #Art #Artwork #Beauty #BlackAndWhite #Crafty
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I love to draw portraits ✏️👤 Try to caught the beauty i see with a pencil 😊 Thought id show a few of the meny i have done! 🙌
#ActuallyAutistic #Artist #PencilDrawing #Portraits #Drawings #Art #Artwork #Beauty #BlackAndWhite #Crafty
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I love to draw portraits ✏️👤 Try to caught the beauty i see with a pencil 😊 Thought id show a few of the meny i have done! 🙌
#ActuallyAutistic #Artist #PencilDrawing #Portraits #Drawings #Art #Artwork #Beauty #BlackAndWhite #Crafty
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I love to draw portraits ✏️👤 Try to caught the beauty i see with a pencil 😊 Thought id show a few of the meny i have done! 🙌
#ActuallyAutistic #Artist #PencilDrawing #Portraits #Drawings #Art #Artwork #Beauty #BlackAndWhite #Crafty
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I love this idea!!!
#AucklandNZ - The Maker's Swap
Sunday, June 28 • 3 PM - 5 PM
Birkenhead Library
Hinemoa Street
Auckland, Auckland 0626"Come hang out, trade your coolest homemade stuff, and meet fellow makers for a fun afternoon of swapping and chatting!
The Maker’s Swap
A cosy little gathering for #creatives, #HobbyMakers, #bakers, #artists, and #crafty people alike.
Each guest brings 5 #handmade items to swap. This could be anything from #BakedGoods and #candles to #crochet, #sewing, #preserves, #ceramics, #art, #SelfCare products, and more. In return, you’ll leave with 5 unique handmade treasures created by other #LocalMakers. There will be structured swap rounds to make sure everyone gets a fair chance to choose pieces they love.
Alongside the swap itself, there’ll be time to browse, chat, meet fellow creatives, and enjoy a slow, cosy atmosphere filled with thoughtful handmade things.
This isn’t about perfection or professional selling, it’s about creativity, connection, and celebrating the joy of making things by hand."
FMI:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-makers-swap-tickets-1990162496601?aff=ebdssbdestsearch#SolarPunkSunday #CraftSwap #MakersSwap #LibrariesRule! #Handmade #BuildingCommunity #Crafters
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I love this idea!!!
#AucklandNZ - The Maker's Swap
Sunday, June 28 • 3 PM - 5 PM
Birkenhead Library
Hinemoa Street
Auckland, Auckland 0626"Come hang out, trade your coolest homemade stuff, and meet fellow makers for a fun afternoon of swapping and chatting!
The Maker’s Swap
A cosy little gathering for #creatives, #HobbyMakers, #bakers, #artists, and #crafty people alike.
Each guest brings 5 #handmade items to swap. This could be anything from #BakedGoods and #candles to #crochet, #sewing, #preserves, #ceramics, #art, #SelfCare products, and more. In return, you’ll leave with 5 unique handmade treasures created by other #LocalMakers. There will be structured swap rounds to make sure everyone gets a fair chance to choose pieces they love.
Alongside the swap itself, there’ll be time to browse, chat, meet fellow creatives, and enjoy a slow, cosy atmosphere filled with thoughtful handmade things.
This isn’t about perfection or professional selling, it’s about creativity, connection, and celebrating the joy of making things by hand."
FMI:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-makers-swap-tickets-1990162496601?aff=ebdssbdestsearch#SolarPunkSunday #CraftSwap #MakersSwap #LibrariesRule! #Handmade #BuildingCommunity #Crafters
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I love this idea!!!
#AucklandNZ - The Maker's Swap
Sunday, June 28 • 3 PM - 5 PM
Birkenhead Library
Hinemoa Street
Auckland, Auckland 0626"Come hang out, trade your coolest homemade stuff, and meet fellow makers for a fun afternoon of swapping and chatting!
The Maker’s Swap
A cosy little gathering for #creatives, #HobbyMakers, #bakers, #artists, and #crafty people alike.
Each guest brings 5 #handmade items to swap. This could be anything from #BakedGoods and #candles to #crochet, #sewing, #preserves, #ceramics, #art, #SelfCare products, and more. In return, you’ll leave with 5 unique handmade treasures created by other #LocalMakers. There will be structured swap rounds to make sure everyone gets a fair chance to choose pieces they love.
Alongside the swap itself, there’ll be time to browse, chat, meet fellow creatives, and enjoy a slow, cosy atmosphere filled with thoughtful handmade things.
This isn’t about perfection or professional selling, it’s about creativity, connection, and celebrating the joy of making things by hand."
FMI:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-makers-swap-tickets-1990162496601?aff=ebdssbdestsearch#SolarPunkSunday #CraftSwap #MakersSwap #LibrariesRule! #Handmade #BuildingCommunity #Crafters
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I love this idea!!!
#AucklandNZ - The Maker's Swap
Sunday, June 28 • 3 PM - 5 PM
Birkenhead Library
Hinemoa Street
Auckland, Auckland 0626"Come hang out, trade your coolest homemade stuff, and meet fellow makers for a fun afternoon of swapping and chatting!
The Maker’s Swap
A cosy little gathering for #creatives, #HobbyMakers, #bakers, #artists, and #crafty people alike.
Each guest brings 5 #handmade items to swap. This could be anything from #BakedGoods and #candles to #crochet, #sewing, #preserves, #ceramics, #art, #SelfCare products, and more. In return, you’ll leave with 5 unique handmade treasures created by other #LocalMakers. There will be structured swap rounds to make sure everyone gets a fair chance to choose pieces they love.
Alongside the swap itself, there’ll be time to browse, chat, meet fellow creatives, and enjoy a slow, cosy atmosphere filled with thoughtful handmade things.
This isn’t about perfection or professional selling, it’s about creativity, connection, and celebrating the joy of making things by hand."
FMI:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-makers-swap-tickets-1990162496601?aff=ebdssbdestsearch#SolarPunkSunday #CraftSwap #MakersSwap #LibrariesRule! #Handmade #BuildingCommunity #Crafters
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I love this idea!!!
#AucklandNZ - The Maker's Swap
Sunday, June 28 • 3 PM - 5 PM
Birkenhead Library
Hinemoa Street
Auckland, Auckland 0626"Come hang out, trade your coolest homemade stuff, and meet fellow makers for a fun afternoon of swapping and chatting!
The Maker’s Swap
A cosy little gathering for #creatives, #HobbyMakers, #bakers, #artists, and #crafty people alike.
Each guest brings 5 #handmade items to swap. This could be anything from #BakedGoods and #candles to #crochet, #sewing, #preserves, #ceramics, #art, #SelfCare products, and more. In return, you’ll leave with 5 unique handmade treasures created by other #LocalMakers. There will be structured swap rounds to make sure everyone gets a fair chance to choose pieces they love.
Alongside the swap itself, there’ll be time to browse, chat, meet fellow creatives, and enjoy a slow, cosy atmosphere filled with thoughtful handmade things.
This isn’t about perfection or professional selling, it’s about creativity, connection, and celebrating the joy of making things by hand."
FMI:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-makers-swap-tickets-1990162496601?aff=ebdssbdestsearch#SolarPunkSunday #CraftSwap #MakersSwap #LibrariesRule! #Handmade #BuildingCommunity #Crafters
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slowly working on this lava snail. shell is still unfinished but will be added eventually.
unfortunately the “toucan sprinkles” chenille yarn i bought from hobbii is of poor quality and keeps shedding, so i cannot sell this one.
Bitsy for scale.
(pattern is Giant snail by Megan Lapp aka Crafty Intentions, made with chenille yarn.) #crochet #dogsOfMastodon #craftyIntentions #snail #craftodom #crafty
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Shenanigans are afoot!
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Shenanigans are afoot!
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CW: Adult content
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At #UVIC Campus #CommunityGarden #Market with student vendors selling #upcycled #patchwork bags, jeans & textile art.
#DIY #StudentCreators #Crafty #LifecyclesProjectSociety #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CommunityMarket
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At #UVIC Campus #CommunityGarden #Market with student vendors selling #upcycled #patchwork bags, jeans & textile art.
#DIY #StudentCreators #Crafty #LifecyclesProjectSociety #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CommunityMarket
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And here are the finished books! They're not perfect, but I'm getting a lot of practice. These are made out of junk mail that I've cut up and collated, and the covers are from food packaging. I'm thinking of putting these up in my Ko-fi store eventually, though it will probably be a while before I get store-worthy photos worked up.
ko-fi.com/bekah20124
#bookbinding #crafty #maker #diy #books #handmade #recycling #paperarts #copticbinding #notebooks -
And here are the finished books! They're not perfect, but I'm getting a lot of practice. These are made out of junk mail that I've cut up and collated, and the covers are from food packaging. I'm thinking of putting these up in my Ko-fi store eventually, though it will probably be a while before I get store-worthy photos worked up.
ko-fi.com/bekah20124
#bookbinding #crafty #maker #diy #books #handmade #recycling #paperarts #copticbinding #notebooks -
Did a bunch of #bookbinding yesterday, and in order to make things smoother, I made myself a punching trough out of cardboard. It was way easy than I thought it would be, and it makes punching the holes in my signatures so much easier!
#bookmaking #books #handmade #cardboard #diy #maker #crafty #booknerd -
Did a bunch of #bookbinding yesterday, and in order to make things smoother, I made myself a punching trough out of cardboard. It was way easy than I thought it would be, and it makes punching the holes in my signatures so much easier!
#bookmaking #books #handmade #cardboard #diy #maker #crafty #booknerd -
I made an #evergreens #wreath from invasive morning glory vines/wine grape vines & windfall foliage from recent windstorms 😊💚
#Crafty #Creative #ArtWithNature #NatureCrafts #HomeDecor #DIY
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I made an #evergreens #wreath from invasive morning glory vines/wine grape vines & windfall foliage from recent windstorms 😊💚
#Crafty #Creative #ArtWithNature #NatureCrafts #HomeDecor #DIY
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I made an #evergreens #wreath from invasive morning glory vines/wine grape vines & windfall foliage from recent windstorms 😊💚
#Crafty #Creative #ArtWithNature #NatureCrafts #HomeDecor #DIY
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I made an #evergreens #wreath from invasive morning glory vines/wine grape vines & windfall foliage from recent windstorms 😊💚
#Crafty #Creative #ArtWithNature #NatureCrafts #HomeDecor #DIY
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I made an #evergreens #wreath from invasive morning glory vines/wine grape vines & windfall foliage from recent windstorms 😊💚
#Crafty #Creative #ArtWithNature #NatureCrafts #HomeDecor #DIY
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You've been double-crossed! ;) Today's 10x10 has two intersections of proper nouns - one I've used a few times, one many have at home, and a third that's in a crossword somewhere every day. Click below for "Crafty Creator" and share this with your friends!
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You've been double-crossed! ;) Today's 10x10 has two intersections of proper nouns - one I've used a few times, one many have at home, and a third that's in a crossword somewhere every day. Click below for "Crafty Creator" and share this with your friends!
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I’m trying to make this into a gothic whimsy masterpiece! #crafty #refurbish #diy #project #toomanyprojects
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f3dcsz365o4zyt7uuqyliwgt/post/3mfs7c2hi6c2x -
🐍🌐🌏💚💁🏿♀️(Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made!)*[He said to the woman!*“Did God actually say?*‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”]*{& the woman said to the serpent!*“We may eat👉
#DO #NOT #BE #TEMPTED #Mankind #ADAM #EVE #CAUSE #Fall #SATAN #DEVIL #EVIL #SERPENT #IS #CRAFTY #TEMPTER #MAKES #US #QUESTION #GODS #WORD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Lord #Savior #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Understanding #Sin
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🐍🌐🌏💚💁🏿♀️(DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS ACROSS THE WORLD)*[Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made!]*{He said to the woman!*“Did God actually say?*‘You shall not eat of👉
#DO #NOT #BE #TEMPTED #GODS #COMMANDS #Mankind #ADAM #EVE #CAUSE #Fall #SATAN #DEVIL #EVIL #SERPENT #IS #CRAFTY #TEMPTER #MAKES #US #QUESTION #GODS #WORD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Lord #Savior #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Understanding #Sin
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🌐🌏💜💁🏼♀️(DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS ACROSS THE EARTH)*[Satan!*THE DEVIL!*THE EVIL SERPENT IS A CRAFTY TEMPTER!*& SAID!]*Did God Really Say?🐍🤔😱🥺🫨🌀🍥
🌐🌏💚💁🏿♀️(DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS ACROSS THE WORLD)*[Now👉
#DO #NOT #BE #TEMPTED #TO #RATIONALIZE #GODS #COMMANDS #Mankind #ADAM #EVE #CAUS #Fall #SATAN #DEVIL #EVIL #SERPENT #IS #CRAFTY #TEMPTER #MAKES #US #QUESTION #GODS #WORD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Lord #Savior #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Hospitality #Understanding #Sin
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🌐🌏🩵💁♀️[Mankind (ADAM!*& EVE) CAUSE]*The Fall!😳😱😧🥺🫨😲😮🤯🙀
🌐🌏💜💁🏼♀️(DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS ACROSS THE EARTH)*[Satan!*THE DEVIL!*THE EVIL SERPENT IS A CRAFTY TEMPTER!*& SAID!]*Did God Really Say?
🌐🌏👉
#DO #NOT #BE #TEMPTED #TO #RATIONALIZE #GODS #COMMANDS #Mankind #ADAM #EVE #CAUS #Fall #SATAN #DEVIL #EVIL #SERPENT #IS #CRAFTY #TEMPTER #MAKES #US #QUESTION #GODS #WORD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Lord #Savior #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Hospitality #Understanding #Sin
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🌐🌏🩷💁🏿♀️*LET US NOT BE TEMPTED TO RATIONALIZE GOD'S COMMANDS!❣️
🌐🌏🩵💁♀️[Mankind (ADAM!*& EVE) CAUSE]*The Fall!
🌐🌏💜💁🏼♀️(DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS ACROSS THE EARTH)*[Satan!*THE DEVIL!*THE EVIL 👉
#DO #NOT #BE #TEMPTED #TO #RATIONALIZE #GODS #COMMANDS #Mankind #ADAM #EVE #CAUS #Fall #SATAN #DEVIL #EVIL #SERPENT #IS #CRAFTY #TEMPTER #MAKES #US #QUESTION #GODS #WORD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Lord #Savior #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Understanding #Sin
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🌐🌏🩷💁🏿♀️*[DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD]*LET US NOT BE TEMPTED TO RATIONALIZE GOD'S COMMANDS!
🌐🌏🩵💁♀️[Mankind (ADAM!*& EVE) CAUSE]*The Fall!
🌐🌏💜💁🏼♀️(DEAR BELOVED👉
#DO #NOT #BE #TEMPTED #TO #RATIONALIZE #GODS #COMMANDS #Mankind #ADAM #EVE #CAUS #Fall #SATAN #DEVIL #EVIL #SERPENT #IS #CRAFTY #TEMPTER #MAKES #US #QUESTION #GODS #WORD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Lord #Savior #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Gentleness #Understanding #Sin
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🌏🐍🤔📖🍥🌀*Genesis 3:1-24*🌀🍥📖🤔🐍🌏
🌐🌏🩷💁🏿♀️*[DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD]*LET US NOT BE TEMPTED TO RATIONALIZE GOD'S COMMANDS!👉
#DO #NOT #BE #TEMPTED #TO #RATIONALIZE #GODS #COMMANDS #Mankind #ADAM #EVE #CAUS #Fall #SATAN #DEVIL #EVIL #SERPENT #IS #CRAFTY #TEMPTER #MAKES #US #QUESTION #GODS #WORD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Lord #Savior #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Gentleness #Understanding #Sin #Forgiveness
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🌐🌏💛💁🏼♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS SO I HOPE!*& PRAY YOU ALL HAVE A FUN!*WHIMSICAL!*VERY SAFE!*& WONDERFUL DAY!*AMEN!🤗👉
#DO #NOT #BE #TEMPTED #TO #RATIONALIZE #GODS #COMMANDS #Mankind #ADAM #EVE #CAUS #Fall #SATAN #DEVIL #EVIL #SERPENT #IS #CRAFTY #TEMPTER #MAKES #US #QUESTION #GODS #WORD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Lord #Savior #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Gentleness #Understanding #Sin #Forgiveness #Damnation
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🌐🌏💛💁🏼♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS SO I AM LAYING ON THE COUCH TO START FEEDING MY SPIRIT WITH GOOD!*& LOVING THINGS!*& SHARING WITH YOU ALL SO WE HAVE INQUISITIVE THINGS TO PONDER!*& ARE LIFTED UP IN POSITIVE HOPE!*AMEN!👉
#DO #NOT #BE #TEMPTED #TO #RATIONALIZE #GODS #COMMANDS #Mankind #ADAM #EVE #CAUS #Fall #SATAN #DEVIL #EVIL #SERPENT #IS #A #CRAFTY #TEMPTER #And #MAKES #US #QUESTION #GOD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Lord #Savior #Light #World #People #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth
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🌐🌏💛💁🏼♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS WE HERE IN CONNECTICUT USA ARE STILL EXPERIENCING A BLIZZARD!*& MY PHONE WOULD NOT FUNCTION OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER IS SO BAD OUT!👉
#DO #NOT #BE #TEMPTED #TO #RATIONALIZE #GODS #COMMANDS #Mankind #ADAM #EVE #CAUSE #The #Fall #SATAN #DEVIL #EVIL #SERPENT #IS #A #CRAFTY #TEMPTER #And #MAKES #US #QUESTION #GODS #WORD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Lord #Savior #Light #World #People #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth
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🌐🌏💛💁🏼♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS GOOD MONDAY MORNING!*& WE HERE👉
#DO #NOT #BE #TEMPTED #TO #RATIONALIZE #GODS #COMMANDS #Mankind #ADAM #EVE #CAUSE #The #Fall #SATAN #DEVIL #EVIL #SERPENT #IS #A #CRAFTY #TEMPTER #And #MAKES #US #QUESTION #GODS #WORD #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Lord #Savior #Light #World #People #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Sin #Forgiveness #Damnation
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🌐🌏💛💁🏼♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD GOOD MONDAY MORNING!👉
#DO #NOT #BE #TEMPTED #TO #RATIONALIZE #GODS #COMMANDS #Mankind #ADAM #EVE #CAUSE #The #Fall #SATAN #DEVIL #EVIL #SERPENT #IS #A #CRAFTY #TEMPTER #And #MAKES #US #QUESTION #GODS #WORD #Monday #Devotional #Love #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Lord #Savior #Light #World #People #Remember #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding
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#AroAtelier2026 - Day 2 - Aro-Craft I don’t have much time to #crochet today, so I’m posting my little #bookcover instead, which currently holds my #stickerbook 🐸💚 @[email protected] #aroweek #arospec #aromantic #crafty #diy
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Dear #crafty people, looking at getting some thimbles (not times for crying out loud autocorrect) for awesome wife. Are there any decent adjustable ones?
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I'll also try and include more #Photographers and #Crafty folks for next month's #FirstFridayArtWalk .
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Would you look at these balls! They are so round and pop in your mouth so easy
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4415324329/#CraftyAndy #stickers #dog #furry #anthro #canine #cartoon #toons #looneytunes #cute #funnyart #popart #balls #craftyarts #craftyandyarts #crafty #diystickers #etsy #christmas #holidayshopping #holidays
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Sewing can be oddly soothing
I spent about an hour this morning trying to avoid jabbing myself with a sharp metal object. The experience was more satisfying than I would have expected–not just because it left me without injury, but because it left me with a inexpertly patched pair of jeans.
I’ve been sewing buttons back in place since I was in high school, that being one of many things my mom taught me to do. It’s not hard, it doesn’t take that long, and even if you need to make this repair away from home, you’ve got decent odds of a hotel room including a mending kit with all the materials needed.
It took me a little while longer to get in the habit of picking up a needle and thread to sew together a tear in a shirt or a pair of pants. That’s not too difficult either, plus you get the satisfaction of restoring an item of clothing to service without having to pay somebody to do it.
Then I devoted part of a Saturday in July to level up my mending game at a free clothing-repair tutorial in Arlington hosted by Art on the Mend (yes, that is me in the picture on the home page), a program founded by cartographer Alison Davis-Holland.
With a small room’s worth of people, I got some hands-on coaching in picking the right kind of fabric to patch an item of clothing, a few different stitching techniques to employ for the work, and how to proceed with it. The “why” of this lesson was just as important: not only because it’s cost-effective to repair something, but because that act of DIY mending personalizes that object.
And it allows you the chance to put some creativity into the required stitching, as Davis-Holland showed with some of her own fine work.
I left the class with a pair of jeans in which a developing rip in the wallet pocket had been sewn up–with a lot of help from the attendee seated next to me–as well as a set of fabric patches to use in other fabric-repair attempts.
Saturday morning was one of them, involving another pair of jeans that needed patching. (I don’t remember Levi’s wearing that badly in my younger days, but maybe I just keep them longer now.) Sewing a patch on fabric that’s begun to fray is more work than re-attaching a button to an intact shirt, especially if you’re not that practiced at this task, and so I had to take my time with it.
But I also found this exercise so oddly soothing that I didn’t mind the minutes going by. Slip the needle and thread through, send it back, through and back, through and back… and the risk of poking yourself with the pointy end forces a level of concentration that my screen time rarely allows.
See also: why I’m so crazy about gardening and cooking, two other hobbies that help me less like a digital man and more like the analog kid I once was.
#ArtOnTheMend #craft #crafty #DIY #fabric #jeans #LeviS #mend #mending #needleAndThread #patch #patching #sewing
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Sewing can be oddly soothing
I spent about an hour this morning trying to avoid jabbing myself with a sharp metal object. The experience was more satisfying than I would have expected–not just because it left me without injury, but because it left me with a inexpertly patched pair of jeans.
I’ve been sewing buttons back in place since I was in high school, that being one of many things my mom taught me to do. It’s not hard, it doesn’t take that long, and even if you need to make this repair away from home, you’ve got decent odds of a hotel room including a mending kit with all the materials needed.
It took me a little while longer to get in the habit of picking up a needle and thread to sew together a tear in a shirt or a pair of pants. That’s not too difficult either, plus you get the satisfaction of restoring an item of clothing to service without having to pay somebody to do it.
Then I devoted part of a Saturday in July to level up my mending game at a free clothing-repair tutorial in Arlington hosted by Art on the Mend (yes, that is me in the picture on the home page), a program founded by cartographer Alison Davis-Holland.
With a small room’s worth of people, I got some hands-on coaching in picking the right kind of fabric to patch an item of clothing, a few different stitching techniques to employ for the work, and how to proceed with it. The “why” of this lesson was just as important: not only because it’s cost-effective to repair something, but because that act of DIY mending personalizes that object.
And it allows you the chance to put some creativity into the required stitching, as Davis-Holland showed with some of her own fine work.
I left the class with a pair of jeans in which a developing rip in the wallet pocket had been sewn up–with a lot of help from the attendee seated next to me–as well as a set of fabric patches to use in other fabric-repair attempts.
Saturday morning was one of them, involving another pair of jeans that needed patching. (I don’t remember Levi’s wearing that badly in my younger days, but maybe I just keep them longer now.) Sewing a patch on fabric that’s begun to fray is more work than re-attaching a button to an intact shirt, especially if you’re not that practiced at this task, and so I had to take my time with it.
But I also found this exercise so oddly soothing that I didn’t mind the minutes going by. Slip the needle and thread through, send it back, through and back, through and back… and the risk of poking yourself with the pointy end forces a level of concentration that my screen time rarely allows.
See also: why I’m so crazy about gardening and cooking, two other hobbies that help me less like a digital man and more like the analog kid I once was.
#ArtOnTheMend #craft #crafty #DIY #fabric #jeans #LeviS #mend #mending #needleAndThread #patch #patching #sewing
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My latest blog post goes over miniature food and how I've been recreating minis from MGA's blind box line:
www.thefrugalgamer.net/blog/2025/06/20/more-dupes-for-mgas-maki-it-minis/
#miniatures #mga #makeitminis #crafty #frugal #fun #tinythings #minifood -
My latest blog post goes over miniature food and how I've been recreating minis from MGA's blind box line:
www.thefrugalgamer.net/blog/2025/06/20/more-dupes-for-mgas-maki-it-minis/
#miniatures #mga #makeitminis #crafty #frugal #fun #tinythings #minifood -
My latest blog post goes over miniature food and how I've been recreating minis from MGA's blind box line:
www.thefrugalgamer.net/blog/2025/06/20/more-dupes-for-mgas-maki-it-minis/
#miniatures #mga #makeitminis #crafty #frugal #fun #tinythings #minifood -
Made another crafty post about making polymer clay charms! Check it out here:
www.thefrugalgamer.net/blog/2025/05/10/polymer-clay-charms/
#blogger #crafty #polymerclay #charmbracelet #charms #blogpost #crafts #cute #tamagotchi