The Repeating Form

The Repeating Form
Showing posts with label Swap-Bot. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Altered Journal Swap

Another swap done! I love joining journal swaps on Swap-Bot. This took me a long time. I tend to strip books down to nothing and then rebind or use in alternative ways. Well I had a found a very old comp book that was only 30 pages. So i added more paper and rebound the book. Then I altered the journal. After a while of working on it its finally done and sent off to smmarrty. 

Below is the front and inside cover of the journal. 

Front Cover

Inside View

Well  my only other hope is that she loves it!

Friday, April 8, 2011

very merry un-birthday present Swap

Yay for finished swaps! I love that feeling! So I hosted the Swap 

I sent to mienkintoshfairie 

 He was hand sewed canvas and stuffed. I painted the whole thing first. Then I embellished him with embroidery thread, and made a little beaded hanger for him with a bow as well.




Please feel free to check out more views on my flicker account

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Giving An Old Tee Shirt A New Look

Part of the glory of being able to create amazing fun things from items you already have is knowing how to make it.
Heres the deal,There are two parts to this.
Part One: Create an Item Part Two: Give a brief description of how you made it, so we can recycle a little more in this world!
Find A Clean "Old Tee Shirt" and lets turn this old tee shirt into a recyclable beauty. You can use the tee shirt to cover a beautiful homemade journal. You can make a very handy reusable grocery bag from this tee shirt. What about a pretty clutch? Perhaps A Comfy Lap Blanket, the possibilities are endless.
The only requirements is that you make your partner something amazing, something you yourself would love to receive.
This is senders choice, but it must be a RECYCLED Hand Made item by you!
Please ask me any questions if one should arise. No recent one's. Unexplained threes will be booted from this swap as well.



This was an example to the swap ( the inspiration behind it all really) 

Directions: 
Take the desired Tee Shirt and cut it to your liking and Sew it onto a thicker material, I used what i had around the house from an old project. 

Sew on the image to your choosing.

Sew pillow together and there you have it. 

This was so easy to make but it really makes an alternative for keeping that special tee in your life in a whole new life!