Warning: eBay will be using photos without creators' permission.

Do you use eBay to sell your handmade crafts and or other items? I don't know about you, but I know I want to see images of the actual item I am to bid on for eventual purchase should I win it, and or just whatever on a Buy It Now (BIN). With the new things set by eBay it seems they have implemented yet another stupid thing that can not benefit anyone who is worth buying from let alone anyone who may be doing the buying. Starting August 31st, 2009 if you don't opt out you may be allowing other eBay members to sell items and use your images in their listings.

Now some eBay users may not be effected by this opt in opt out nonsense, like eBay.ca (Canada) I have heard does not seem to have the option available in their member settings to opt in or out, at least not at this time. It is also believed that eBay is not making an announcement of this change and any user who does not go into their My eBay account and manually opt out will be automatically opting in by default.

Read all about it here:

eBay will be using photos without creators' permission.

Please comment and tell me and others reading and following this blog what you think about this.

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Andrea "Cre8"

Smallest Toolbox Ever!

Surprise Dad with the smallest toolbox ever!

These tiny tool boxes are the cool. Great way to use Altoid Tins.

Surprise Dad with the Smallest Toolbox Ever! - Once Upon a Holiday - Alpha Mom™

Homemade Cutters - How To Tutorial

Good friend and cold porcelain flower designer artisan Rubina Karachi show you how she makes her own homemade cookie cutters, she uses and creates to use as clay cutters to cut petals and leaves out of clay to create her beautiful arrangements.

Gemini Art and Crafts: homemade cutters

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Andrea "Cre8"

Clay Ladybug Pot Pal on HGTV

Becky Meverden shows how to create this adorable polymer clay lady bug planter pot pal on HGTV.
Clay Ladybug Pot Pal : Crafting : Home & Garden Television

Enjoy!

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Andrea "Cre8"

Clay Ladybug Pot Pal on HGTV

Becky Meverden shares her method how to create this adorable polymer clay lady bug planter pot pal on HGTV.

Enjoy!
Clay Ladybug Pot Pal : Crafting Home and Garden Television

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Andrea "Cre8"

Popsicle Stick Purse - Video Tutorial

I always wanted to know how to make one of these. Now that I know I wonder if I can make one in miniature with flat toothpicks. If any of you try it let me know. Love the whole technique, looks easy the way this artist does it.

Enjoy!!!




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Andrea "Cre8"

String Art Pendants - Video Tutorial

Interesting way to make string art wearable art. Seems easy enough, not only that but learn how to make your own home made wire curler. Not sure of the technical name for it, but the thing that lets you wind wire into long coils. She uses a cheap simple bracket you can buy in most any hardware stores and some thick gauge copper wire. She then uses a thinner gauge wire to create the frame of the pendent and then embroidery floss to wrap the wire frames to create the string art. Use different colors of embroidery floss and or different wire frame shapes as well as different wire colors to get different looks and effects of string art jewelry.

Enjoy!



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Andrea "Cre8"

How to Make Miniature Potatoes For Your Dollhouse

Very good video tutorial on making miniature baking potatoes. Enjoy!



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Andrea "Cre8"

PHOTO BEAD BRACELET TUTORIAL

This is a neat tutorial on how to make photo beads. Here shown in the tutorial is a bracelet however there are many other items you can make from these same type of beads. All you need is some images you can resize, some clear - see through (Non iridescent) marble 1/2's from the floral department of Wall-Mart or other home department or craft store. These are like mini magnifiers.

You need a printer for your computer to print out your resized images and glue one of each of the images to each one of each of the 1/2 marbles. Make beads with Fimo, Sculpey or other polymer clay and fasten a marble 1/2 with photo hot glued to the flat bottom on top of the clay bead. Fasten with clay.

Air dry clay I am sure can be used since there is no need to bake it, however I think that using a glue gun glue to glue the images to the marble 1/2 which is recommended as this type of glue because it will not yellow when being heated (Good tip to know). The curing process does something as it reheats and re-melts the glue so I believe there are no bubbles in the finished and cured bead.

Tips from Cre8:
Use different colors for you beads.
Try using cane slices.
Try making lentil swirl beads and then applying the 1/2 marbles with the images to make the beads.

They suggest making pins, magnets, key chains and other neat items. How about making a pen with a fat end tapering to a thin end of the pen and on the back (fat end) add a 1/2 marble with the image under it to the tip.

Enjoy!

PHOTO BEAD BRACELET

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Andrea "Cre8"

Robinsons 'Bird house'

If you love miniatures like I love miniatures you should love this juice commercial. I had to watch it a few times over again to try and check out everything and how they may have created much of it.

Check it out and comment back and let me know what you think of it.



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Andrea "Cre8"