Crafts of Liz

It's up!

2007-03-04T23:22:00.000-05:00

There are many things I need to add to it still, including products, but the information is more or less there.

One week to pretty things up.

VISIT CRAFTS OF LIZ
(http://liz.incurvate.com)

New Website, defunct cameras, et cetera

2007-02-28T09:53:00.000-05:00

For Christmas, I received my first sewing machine. And what, of course, does that mean? Hours of stooping over it and sewing line after line, making lovely crafts for the masses. I've recently been quite involved in making purses from cereal boxes and will drop off four today. Their details are as follows:

Frosted Flakes purse: With vinyl coating to protect from weathering, it has matching blue handles made from neckties and tiger-printed felt as its inner lining to match its mascot, Tony the Tiger, who is featured on the front.
Berry Lucky Charms purse: With vinyl coating to protect from weathering, it has dark blue handles made from neckties and heart-printed felt as its inner lining, which matches the color scheme: purple, pink, and blue.
Trix purse: With vinyl coating to protect from weathering, it has striped red handles made from neckties and red polka-dotted fabric as its inner lining. There's even a game of Trix Pinball on the back!
Lucky Charms woven purse: This was the first purse I made, so it's quite different from the aforementioned purses. It has, of course, vinyl coating to protect from weathering, but is woven together through stylish eyelets with black lanyard. The handle is made from black satin ribbon and red felt is comfortably sewn inside.

$30 each.

I know a picture is worth a thousand words, but I've been having camera issues lately. One has an internal card-reading error, while the "replacement" that I bought takes shots like a webcam. Needless to say, I can't really represent these products very well outside of text.

The camera issue has, in turn, stunted the launch of my new Crafts Of Liz website, which has actually been done for the past couple of weeks. It's a design I'm quite proud of with a PHP-based shopping cart (Why PHP? It's part of my job, it's versatile, and I'm quite comfortable with it). I will have a portion of items available for purchase online, but you can also check out the latest additions to the shelves of Satchel's. With pictures-- that's the part I'm waiting on.

I can, however, tell you about some upcoming projects I will be offering, such as zippered duct tape bags with much more style and function to offer than before, Mentos wallets, soda can accessories in general, bottle cap earrings, purses made of nearly ancient thrift store maps, and tetris necklaces.

Some previews:
(I have a MacBook, after all)

In any case, please check back here next week-- let's say Wednesday?
I will release the URL at this time.

AUSTRALIA

2006-08-08T21:58:00.000-05:00

Ahoy everyone,

This is just a note to let you know that no new craft projects shall be brought into Lightnin' Salvage until October 2006, as I will be in Melbourne, Australia until then. I'm actually writing from there right now.

Until then, I am open for any craft requests (lizmhs@gmail.com) and am constantly brainstorming new crafty ideas for all you Gainesvillains.

Best regards,

Liz

A photo I took recently in Melbourne.

TWO DUCT TAPE PURSES

2006-07-20T20:02:00.000-05:00

These purses were made entirely out of duct tape, purple/pink for one and neon green/pink for the other. They feature several rows of duct tape “spikes,” as well. Each has its own matching bottle cap (see pictures) for decoration on the front!

PURPLE/PINK PURSE DIMENSIONS (approximate):

Strap width: 1.5”
Strap length: 57”
The actual container part of the purse has been modeled after a 7” X 4.5” rectangle. This part is about 6.5” deep.

NEON GREEN/PINK PURSE DIMENSIONS (approximate):

Strap width: 3.25”
Strap length: 30.5”
The actual container part of the purse has been modeled after a 11.75” X 4” rectangle. This part is about 8.25” deep.

$30 each
Item Status: Placed on shelf July 20th

Interested in buying?
All items are available at the shop near the back of Satchel's Restaurant, located at 1800 NE 23rd Ave in Gainesville, FL. Please check under the price of each item's listing to see if it is still available for sale.

EARRINGS

2006-07-20T19:28:00.000-05:00

This week's batch includes five pairs of plastic jack earrings (available in pink, yellow, blue, green, and orange), two pairs of dice bead earrings (available in black/green and black/red), a pair of guitar pick earrings, a pair of plastic cookie earrings, and a pair of plastic potato chip earrings.

$5 per pair.
Item Status:Placed on shelf July 20th

DUCT TAPE PURSE

2006-06-04T16:18:00.000-05:00

This purse was made entirely out of black & neon yellow duct tape. It features several rows of duct tape “spikes,” as well. There is even a matching bottle cap (Tusker, see picture) for decoration on the front!

DIMENSIONS (approximate):

Strap width: 3”
Strap length: 46”
The actual container part of the purse has been modeled after a 10” X 3.5” rectangle. This part is about 6.5” deep.

$35 or best offer.
Item Status: SOLD-- Request similar?