When you were kids, your moms and science teachers all told you not to play with chemicals and other fun stuff, right? Today we’re going to play with chemicals and other fun stuff. Our lovely Seattle friends Thomas and Dikla visited last weekend, and Thomas wanted to try out the t-shirt bleaching technique he’d been […]
bleaching designs onto t-shirts
Posted by Tally on September 18, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/09/bleaching-designs-onto-t-shirts/
beady-eyed fish
Sometimes crafting ideas descend from the highest planes of inspiration and creativity, floating down through the heavens to alight on one’s mind with delicacy and grace. Sometimes they come from other places entirely. A coworker of mine shared this joke with us back in June, writing it on my boss’ white board. At first I […]
Posted by Tally on September 9, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/09/beady-eyed-fish/
hand-sewn dice bags
This past Friday I posted a tutorial for simple, fully lined dice bags. An easy, classy, tidy way to store and transport your polyhedral treasures, or your MtG tokens, or any other small objects. For those who don’t have a sewing machine, I promised a tutorial for how to make a hand-sewn bag, and here it […]
Posted by Tally on August 22, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/08/hand-sewn-dice-bags/
lined dice bags – for all your polyhedral needs
PAX is coming, PAX is coming! The Penny Arcade Expo, that massive convention of video game goodness and fellowship, begins next Friday, and it’s time to prepare. There’s tons of advice out there about how to survive a convention, the most common salient points being things like: shower daily, wear comfortable shoes, carry hand sanitizer […]
Posted by Tally on August 19, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/08/lined-dice-bags-for-all-your-polyhedral-needs/
braided paper bracelets and bookmarks
Braiding, according to some random and unverifiable website I saw once, is a task with “Ancient World Origins,” practiced around the world and probably dating back ages and ages and signifying different things in different cultures and maybe even linked to way old-school deities. I’d look this stuff up properly, but I had a super […]
Posted by Tally on August 13, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/08/braided-paper-bracelets-and-bookmarks/
leafy felt plants with needle felted accents
The other day I looked over into the corner of my office where I pile the things that will need dealing with soon but not right now, and realized that my one poor little office plant was back there, looking decidedly unhappy. I wrote a while ago about how I’m not the best grower of […]
Posted by Tally on August 5, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/08/leafy-felt-plants-with-needle-felted-accents/