created with chromebook WiFi cards, rhinestones, and gold-toned findings. so simple and fun to make!

Made this crushed Coke can craft using nothing but my thumbs. It took me around 2 hours to get the shape and folds right.

A few things I learned along the way:

You have to be really gentle and patient with the aluminium. Too much pressure can ruin the shape.

Don’t worry if your first round of folds doesn’t turn out the way you imagined.

The 2nd, 3rd and 4th rounds are where things really start coming together. They help define the shape and give it that final look.

Take your time with every little fold. Being careful and applying controlled pressure makes a huge difference.

I used Pinterest for reference and figured out the rest through trial and error.

Definitely a fun little experiment! Would love to hear what you guys think.

(reposted because mods deleted my first post idk why)

These are made of wood, swivel all the way around and close with a magnet (^-^)

It started with trying to figure out how to make icing out of stuff in my wood shop. The textures I was getting led me to these!

I made it with Miyuki seed beads, crystal beads and faux pearls.

I weave every bead one by one by hand, no machine used.

I'm thinking of creating a Christmas color scheme again. What do you think?

it was a lot of fun and easier than I thought it would be

Hi everyone! I’m a lampwork glass artist.

Recently, the Meimei snow leopard meme has been everywhere, so I decided to challenge myself and recreate it using borosilicate glass and a torch.🔥

It took a lot of patience to get those little spots and that iconic expression right. The glowing orange part is when I was shaping it in the flame. I’m really happy with how the light shines through the glass. What do you think?

Worked on this over the course of a year. Milled everything from rough cut lumber and polished it to a mirror finish. Made from Walnut, Cherry, Maple and Paduk.

Helping doing a craft for a fairycore themed event and this is what I came up with!

Handmade from polymer clay at 1:12 scale, with each tiny piece individually sculpted and textured to recreate the layers of meat and fat.

Finished with carefully applied colours and a glossy glaze to capture the appearance of slow-braised pork belly.

Whoops

This was a fun little craft, I love making birthday cards. I tried to have the "happy birthday" message be visible only at an angle, I hope he likes it haha.

I recently posted my first finished one which was a bit of a safer design as it was intended to go to a friend (who loves it, have included a pic, the last image).

This one I knew I would keep so I used it as an opportunity to try out some ideas I had floating around in my head. It was a bit ambitious and if I’m honest that ambition has lead to a few imperfections, however I’m not too worried overall because I learned a lot from all the mistakes, and as I said, this one’s only for me so the pressure for perfection wasn’t there.

Some will be wondering what it is and why I’ve gone to all the trouble to make it fancy. Basically I wanted to create something small that would allow me to try out some woodworking skills and this design gives a functional musical instrument to boot.

The success - To create the front design I used various wood stains. I was worried from some experimentation that the colours would run when they soaked into the fibres but I overcame this by sanding the ply to much finer grit than advised to prevent the stain soaking too far into the fibres. I also discovered that if I pre-stained the entire panel in one colour, the next colour I applied wouldn’t soak in as much and therefore sit on the surface. Yes, this did mean that the stains are sitting on the surface more than they’re designed too however, using a spray urethane finish made it possible to keep the design in place.

I love the oak corners. Staining has blended the colour of the pine sides and oak corners but oak just somehow sings.

The sound is great for a small drum, the bass is surprisingly good and I’ve set it up to produce three distinct sounds. Hit either top corner for a sharp high hat sound, the middle for the bass and bottom for the snare. I’ve made this one with a fixed snare, the decorative brass pins on the outside are the mounting for the snare. My first version included an adjustable snare, on this one I’ve tried to zone it so you can just choose to play or not play the snare. I recorded a quick demo but I’m not able to upload video here ☹️

Partial success, the bird inlays are carved into the wood and then filled with brass powder and thin CA glue. I like them but they’re problematic. Most annoying is although I brought the finest milled brass and polished the inlays up to 3000grit they never really polished up as well as I’d hoped and they’re also a duller, greener colour than the brass hardware I fitted the rest of the instrument with. If anyone has any thoughts on this I’d be keen to hear them.

The inlays also caused some trouble as the thin glue soaked right through the wood fibres and in places have caused the wood to resist the stains in large radius around the the inlay. I’m not sure how I could get around this, perhaps a shellac sealer inside the carving? The result is a very blotchy rear panel and little missing colour on the front design.

Outright fail - I didn’t notice that my countersink bit was loose and penetrating deeper and deeper when countersinking into the skin/tapa. As a result I almost blew through in a couple of places and the screws are set far too deep as a result. This doesn’t affect the function but I’m not keen on the look here.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read all this if you have. One more to finish, I’ll treat another friend I think, now to decide what design I’ll use, a simpler one at least I think!

Brass knobs and leather ears and a glow plug tail.

She is so beautiful. She might be my favorite mosaic I have made so far!

I made these snowflakes using colorful glass beads. I chose lavender and gold because I thought they would complement each other beautifully. I'm pleased with how they turned out.

Just wanted to share (and show off a little, oops) this project of mine that took over my life for the better part of the week!

I was digging through some old stuff and found my old school bag from more than a decade ago that was in a surprisingly good state. I was never going to use it as is but I thought it would be a waste just collecting dust in a corner so I decided to turn it into a standing tool pouch for all my crafting supplies (sewing, crochet, book binding, leather stuff etc etc), and here's the results!

I couldn't find any patterns of the product I wanted so I decided to just figure it out myself. (and since I was already going to go through the trouble of doing so, I also decided to just add on whatever I wanted and use up as much of the materials from the bag as I could.) I also had some good fabric leftover since I decided to try some fancy fabric piecing for the front panel and so I made an accompanying small pouch for more regular stationery. (Though I just followed a youtube tutorial for this one.)

Very happy with the results. May consider making some for Christmas presents.

It's mostly paper ,paper mache, air dry clay, forest forage like pine cones and flowers , wooden clothspin, empty egg cartons. So happy how it turned out.

Blade - 20mm Vulcan Barrel off an F105 Thunderchief flown in Vietnam

Guard/Pommel - Recovered WTC Steel

Handle - USS Texas Deckwood

Made as a retirement gift for a USMC Lt. Col.

Had a wasp colony at work, I’d never seen a nest this big across. I primarily used cuticle scissors, a needle, and an emery board to get the shape. The frame is from an old clock.

Still a few bits to add, and then install it in the forest! Dreaming of it higher up on an old tree

It's probably the most helpful thing I've made for all my other projects!