I picked up a load of crochet thread at a yard sale. I am trying to crochet doilies. But all the patterns I have found so far only confuse me. Can any one please suggest a site where I can learn what I need to know in order to do this. I can do basic crochet and am learning more , but it is with yarn. I want to be able to do the doilies as well. Thank you.

I finally finished the two color cushion/pillow I was making for my friends' wedding. I worked from 5pm on the 9th until 10am on the 10th. Straight, no sleep. I was mad at the back, every time I measured it against the front I had just one or two rows left...Literally every time. At 9am I bound the rows off and began sewing the two together- 92 sts as the pattern called for was too long, and it was just barely wide enough. I cried while sewing it up and wailed that they wouldn't like it but I had nothing else to give them.


They loved it! Said it matched their furniture perfectly. I was so relieved and ecstatic. Here's the finished product.



Sorry for the size, I haven't figured out how to thumbnail it and linking never seems to work right -_-;

Sorry for flooding your page with two posts in a row (and no i am not that problematic, only 2 out of clients i face are a little hard to please). As frickinmuck has suggested, i am posting one of my previous comment into a post since it seems worthy of discussion, here goes:

A client of mine always calls me at any time of the day, and demands changes to be made within the next 30 minutes. I am a student on summer break, and yes, this is a freelance project. So, the way he sees it is that it is vacation time, and therefore i have all the time in the world. Yes, i do have time on my hands, that is the reason why i accepted the project in the first place.

He calls round the clock. And i guess as most business types are, whenever he could slot in some time, he would review my work and call me at that instant. The problem is i don't want to work like this. I think it is rather stressful to pick up a call 10pm, and be expected to make changes immediately. If the changes are minor changes to him, he expects it in half an hour. They are "do-able" but definitely not "enjoyable".

I have been upfront, stating that i am unavailable but it isn't any better, as he would then just shift the timing a little, adding casually "alright, just work on it, and get back to me tonight, no matter how late it is". On several occasions he has even "allowed me to go get some rest" and "get up 8am latest tomorrow".

Like most freelancers, i suppose he presumes it is fine for us to work off office hours, clients may take it that we are more flexible like that, and leave the usual communication and working protocols aside. And like other part-time freelancer who is still attending college, i am guessing clients could get the wrong message that we are easy to take advantage of in respect to time.

I don't want to be so flexible to the extent of being a pushover. And although one of the benefits of freelancing is to work outside the usual 8-to-5, i do think it is rude of him to chase after changes with a snap of his fingers. I will feel better if i could at least have half a day to get back to him. Unless the changes are extremely extremely minor changes, of course.

He has two other projects that he would like me to take on for his business, but right now i am finding it quite draining to work with someone like that. Have any of you worked with people like this? Please do share your experiences and advice on this matter.

Thank you.

He's finally finished!




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Hello everyone, this is my first postie  but I have been admiring  all your lovelies for a while now. I havent "crafted" in some time ( at least nothing I've finished more than half way through).  I realized I was broke as a poke but had a birthday party to go to so I whipped up a quickie Birthday present of stuff I had laying around the house.  I put this little one together in about 4 hours and even though she looks abit sloppy, I was darned proud....  (beware of BIIIG image)

( Behold!!! )

:) Finishing up six of these. I'd had the designs cut on five of them, just had to finish cutting the sixth and applying the acid etch cream.

( biostein! )

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( passionate words are never spoken. )

PSD/Comments/Questions here please.

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hey everyone, I'm new here.
I just wanted to say hello and post my deviantart URL just to put it out there.

Thanks :]
http://zombiegurrl13.deviantart.com/

ok i have a few questions....

i etch glass & have recently been given a bunch pf panes of glass (picture sized) minus frames.  these have raw edges that i don't care for too much.  is there a way i can smooth them out & finish them?
also - is there a way to put holes in the glass (like in the corners) to thread ribbon for hanging?
this is non-glare glass...tho i have no idea if it makes a difference.

on a similar note i would like to add some color to some of my work but am unsure how to go about it...is there a paint for glass that is clear & won't wash off (with hand washing)?


thanks to all!!

Hi! I am selling tons of clothes and stuff, over here!

http://community.livejournal.com/ottawaforsale/494812.html



Thank youuu!

Hey guys.
Anyone know how to do this to a picture.
How do you make a certain focus be color and the rest black and white?



help is appreciated.
Program use: Photoshop CS4

( ideaas hereeee pleasee )

 im taking an a.p. studio art class next year and have 7 pieces to complete during the summer.
one has to be an exploratory piece, which HAS to use the following materials: 

- gesso/white paint
-charcoal
-ink or black paint
-masking tape
-newspaper
-a discernable figure
-cardboard

any idea of what i could do? i was thinking something with like eating disorders 
but i dnt have a clue how i could tie it in. anything would be helpful
even if you think of something frequent shown in newspapers like re-occurring articles i could work with
thanks so much everyone =)

The CHA Craft SuperShow (Website)is July 31st - August 1st. Anyone near the Orlando area going? If so, you might wanna check out your local Joann fabrics shop for a discount coupon for admission.

See you there!

I was developing the design of a CMS for a client. He is a nice guy and we have had fun just chatting on the several occasions that we met to discuss the project. But, he changes his mind on things every other day, hasn't even made a first payment (totally my mistake). It isn't a large project and he sincerely is a nice guy, so i doubt he will run away and evade payment.

Fast forward 2 months, the project is still not done yet because he changes his mind too often, and i have my other commitments too. And because we are on friendly terms, i didn't want to be rude to him about it (totally a mistake to treat your client too much like a friend and not push for a realistic deadline).

So, i found out that he has been looking around for someone new to work on the project. I would hate to think that i am incompetent. But to be honest upon hearing it, i felt relieved instead. He is a nice guy i wouldn't mind being friends with, but completely oblivious sometimes so it is hard to communicate in respect to work. We are 80% done, i would say, if he doesn't want any other impromptu changes.

How do i go about telling him "thanks for the work, i know you are looking for someone, now i would like to be paid, and fare thee well". I was actually thinking about waiting for him to get to me once he finds someone new. But really, i can't stand spending more time dwelling on this any longer. A friend says "email him an invoice", apologise, tell him you know he is looking from someone, get out immediately. What do you all think?

Thanks for any help in advance.

Damn weather. It is days like this that make me wish I wasnt so keen on doing things in advance. Like buying Hope tickets. I do not want to go out in that while still recovering from a cold.

Hey, could PLEASE someone help me?!
I wanna know how to make this:

Icons...
especially the text animation stuff, ya know? I use image ready and ps cs 2 ... or 3... and I also use jasc animation shop, but I dont even know how to make stuff like that.
Please, could someone help me?

Greets & thanks...