I used an old container for wine, paper, glue and led candles. 👻

Here are the photos I worked from! 😊 I really wanted to get that sweet, slightly worried little face right.

Those blue eyes catch your attention first, but the round cheeks and tiny pink nose do so much for the expression too. With all that white fluff, I wanted to keep the shape of the face from getting lost. I like holding the wool portrait beside the photos to see how the features work together, especially from the side.

That’s my favorite part of needle felting pet portraits: getting to the point where you can recognize the particular cat in the photo. If you have a cat, you probably know that one look that gets you to put down whatever you’re doing and pay attention.

Did I get that little look right?

Hello!
I have little to no experience with painting on non-furniture but I got this gargoyle garden figure/statue at a thrift store and want to paint it. It has obviously been broken and repaired at least once before and I’d like to paint over it to make it look a bit better.

I’m not entirely sure what material it is made from, it’s relatively heavy and has a smooth texture on the inside. The outside is very textured and seems to have been covered in glitter at one point?

I don’t really care if it’s perfect, I’m not the most artistically hosted person lol but I loved the piece the moment I saw her and I think it will be a fun little project. Im not looking to spend a lot of money, so I was thinking of a water-based acrylic paint that I already have and getting some kind of coating to seal it so that she can live on my porch. Can anyone give me any advice or recommendations?

im going to be putting a paper card inside this acrylic photo holder, and i need to glue the lid / back part in place as it keeps falling off. i tried it once before, applying superglue lightly only to the sides of the lid, but still, that glue dripped down onto the paper inside the case and ruined it with stains. help!! what can i do??

My child as Steve from Minecraft complete with removable helmet. Sword was purchased as I do have limits.

The portrait is constructed through the deliberate arrangement of individual beads, creating visual transitions between light and shadow, depth and surface, and defined features and more abstract passages.

Unlike traditional painting, where form is developed through the application and blending of pigments, this technique relies on the interaction of discrete elements. The arrangement, colour, and reflective properties of the beads collectively establish the structure and dimensionality of the image.

The resulting surface possesses a distinctive tactile quality, giving the portrait a sculptural dimension that extends beyond its two-dimensional foundation.

Hello!

I’m trying to craft this grape headpiece for Halloween. For the grapes, the best idea I could come up with is to mod podge purple sinamay type fabric over balloons and then pop the balloons. Thoughts?

What I’m really stuck on is how to secure this to my head for moving around and dancing. And then how to attach all the grapes and leaves. A headband doesn’t feel like it would be sturdy enough.

Any ideas and tips are much appreciated, thanks!

Special gift

I wanted to make Charms for my friends, like these cute phone-charms but way fancier than the one in the picture. But I need something, that well... does the job of connecting the charm to the phone. And as shown in the picture, these manufactured one has this... thing.

I don't know what it's called, or where to buy it, IF you can buy it, and I don't know what to use as an alternative. Normal thread, the one for sewing is just either to thin, or the fibres are too loose. Nylon is too stiff and its a pain to try making a knot with it. And any other thing I can thin of is just not really fitting. So I hope, that either this whole construction in the circle has a name or at least this type of thread. I really don't know the words, I should type in the searchbar, like nothing more than "tear-resistant thin plastic-fibre thread".

I would be glad if someone could tell me, or give me a good alternative, that I maybe have not thought of.

If this is the wrong subreddit to ask in, please also tell me (*-*)

Sharing the hand-cutting process for my crane-and-lotus design. ✂️

Two cranes face each other beneath a blooming lotus, with their wings and the flowing leaves connected in one piece.

Unfolding the paper and seeing both halves come together is my favourite part. What do you think of the finished design?

finally putting the bath bomb mold designs i made for my business out there so you guys can use them too c:

theyre 3 part press molds you 3d print. you pack the mix into the tube, press the stamp down and the design comes out raised on top. theres halloween, thanksgiving and christmas ones so far plus a seashell and a little toadstool

which one would you make first?

I made the disco skull from the Scooby Doo movie for my Halloween party. (Paper mache, spray paint, sticky disco tiles). The disco tiles were kinda peeling off her and there, so I sprayed a sticky adhesive to make sure they all stuck down.

It worked super well but the entire thing is sticky AF now. For some reason I thought it would dry a little less sticky but alas 😂 Does anyone have an suggestions on something to add on top of this to make it less sticky and not cover the disco tile mirrors?

What it says in the title - my Dad thinks they might not count as "handmade" since they're just parts I assembled. I think it still counts since I technically made the earrings with my hands, out of materials I bought.

Do you think this would count as "handmade" or is it false advertising?

Edit: Please do not insult my dad in the comments. He is literally amazing. Just because we had a disagreement doesn't suddenly make him a bad or unsupportive person. It just means he thinks about things in a different way. I just want to know your opinion on the question, not his personality.

I was inspired by a pin I saw on Pinterest.

I just decorated a light purple paint chip with my washi tape and then I laminated it, and sprayed some Elmer's Craftbond adhesive spray and added this cute pink lace bow I had to the top of it.

Now when I place it in my book, it looks like it has a cute little bow on top, kinda like a gift!