I have seven million craft projects on the go. I’m starting to lose track of them, and suddenly go “Oh shit! I want to do X too!” so I thought I’d make a list so that I could refer to it when I need to shop.
Felting Soaps
- My ginger & white tea soaps smell good, but are kind of bland looking. I think I’ll felt up half of them, especially now that my new roving has arrived. (I bought 4oz of some absolutely gorgeous deep purple roving at Ursulmas, too.)
Handmade Paper
- My handmade paper kit arrived yesterday! I currently have two tupperware containers of little tiny pieces of paper soaking in them. One of them is nice and pulpy already (it had thinner paper in it) so I’ll hopefully be making that tonight. Bonus: I already have a bunch of cool “additives” like calendula and lavender. Need to buy: mortar & pestle. Or an old blender, but I like the idea of using a mortar & pestle better. Also, could use a mortar & pestle for soap projects, too.
Hollow Book
- Need to hit up Value Village and find a nice leatherbound book that I can destroy. Concept: I want a hollow book cover for my Kindle, mostly so that I can read at SCA events without feeling like I’m totally ruining the medieval experience.
Striped Giraffe
- With the “success” of my Lesser Red Velvet Marmot, my next trick is going to be a striped giraffe (made out of an old ripped button up shirt I’ve been saving for just such an occasion). I have a few other plushie projects planned after that, but they’re surprises! so I won’t mention them here yet. I may need to pick up some fabric… or dig through my scraps.
More Cold Process/Melt & Pour Soap
- Unmolded a sexy, sexy soap last night, a gorgeous creamy base with maroon marbled around the top. the saran wrap I put on to protect it while it saponifies hit the top and fucked up the original design I was going for, so I shaved off a very thin layer off the top… and to my surprise, it’s FABULOUS underneath. Has a very anthropologie feel to me. Anyhoo, I need to make more soaps. More pirate soaps, more space invader soaps… and I want to try again at that marbling technique WITHOUT fucking up the top, even if it turned out gorgeous anyway.
For great little Mortar & Pestles check out those kitchen gadget shops in Chinatown. It’s quite fun to go through everything in the shops and they have awesome deals on Mortar & Pestles. Happy Crafting!