http://www.planetjune.com/blog See what I've been making lately... Crochet, amigurumi animal designs, polymer clay, cross stitch, beading, sewing, sketching, painting and more! Formerly known as Craftybits @ PlanetJune.com Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:37:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since I posted pics of my crocheted miniature schnauzer puppy, I've received several requests for a pattern. There is no pattern as such, as it was a hybrid between my AmiDogs designs and Roman Sock's brushed crochet idea. But you can recreate my hybrid to make a dog of your ... http://www.planetjune.com/blog/how-to-crochet-a-miniature-schnauzer-pup/ This week on Folding Trees, I am running a daily series on different types of paper flowers. To get things started, I followed a few online tutorials to make tissue paper flowers, but the end results looked really childish - not the elegant decorative look I like. So I had ... http://www.planetjune.com/blog/tissue-paper-carnations/ The first set of AfricAmi crochet patterns are now available to purchase from the brand new PlanetJune store! Buy yourself an elephant, hippopotamus or rhinoceros pattern, or treat yourself to all three and save :) All three animals are about 6" long when worked in bulky weight yarn with a G/4.5mm ... http://www.planetjune.com/blog/africami-elephant-hippo-rhino/ Exciting changes are afoot at PlanetJune... New Shop As of next week, there will be an all-new PlanetJune crochet pattern store. It will be fully automated, so as soon as your PayPal payment has been completed, you'll be able to log into your PlanetJune account and download all your patterns. That means ... http://www.planetjune.com/blog/10-discount-and-new-mailing-list/ One of the biggest frustrations with craft blogging can be to take decent photographs, as photography is so light-dependent. Using the camera flash is too harsh, and using your interior room lighting will give you dimly-lit, orange-tinted photos. The best solution is good natural light (out of direct sunlight, otherwise ... http://www.planetjune.com/blog/light-tent-for-better-product-photography/ This weekend, I made these paper models. They are made from PDF files that you print, cut, fold and glue together. The models are very well designed; cutting out all the parts is time-consuming, but it's amazing that you can make something so realistic from a couple of sheets of ... http://www.planetjune.com/blog/paper-models/ Baby Elephant was bored. He wanted to play with his family, but he didn't know where they were. He walked through the jungle until he spotted someone. "Aha! Here's one of my family!" he thought... But it wasn't an elephant at all! "I'll help you find your family," said Hippo, and they ... http://www.planetjune.com/blog/an-elephant-tale/ Do you ever have the problem of figuring out what to do with things after you make them? Unless a handmade item is a gift or something wearable, I usually don't know what to do with it, and it ends up buried in a pile of 'stuff' or hidden in ... http://www.planetjune.com/blog/displaying-finished-work/ Just a quick post to notify you that the AquaAmi Polar Bear crochet pattern is now available for purchase in the PlanetJune shop. Go on, treat yourself and make your own amigurumi polar bear! http://www.planetjune.com/blog/aquaami-polar-bear-is-here/ I've been very busy crafting this week, but most of it isn't quite ready to show off yet. But I'm feeling proud of myself, because I made a new skirt from scratch in an evening, and without a pattern: It was really easy - I just traced around an existing skirt, ... http://www.planetjune.com/blog/simple-a-line-skirt/