A daily dose of vicarious crafting
Well, this week went way too fast and I feel like I barely scratched the surface (yes, terrible pun intended) with music crafts. I will definitely need to revisit this topic again. All the posts really just ended up being retro-y cassette tape and record album crafts. In particular, I came across so many great “mix tape” crafts that I had to wrangle them up into a single post. Ah, the mix tape…
One of my favorites was this rad mix tape belt buckle by Customink. It’s such a simple idea, yet so fantastic. If I ever get around to making a non leather belt that accepts those interchangeable buckles, I’ll have to whip one of these up.
Lindsey of BraveMoonman made this little mix tape coin purse. I love the cute little details in the stitching and the gradation of the felt. It totally reminds me this old tape my aunt Julie taped Michael Jackson songs on for me when I was 5 or so.
I’m also pretty fond of this mix tape pouch by Brenda of goodkarma, particularly the contrast of the different fabrics and the mix of machine and hand stitching.
Finally, I’d like to point out this fabulous Ohio Mix Tape t-shirt by Alison Rose. It’s shown above, modeled by my best friend Rhea, who of course rocks the eff out of it. I am seriously in love with this shirt. I have an incredible soft spot for all things Ohio, especially the rad Ohio sunglasses I got at the state fair when I was about 6, but that’s a topic for another post. :) In short, Ohio + Mix Tape = Totally Awesome. You can get your own here.
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About Crafterbation
I started this blog after I realized that I spend way more time looking at crafty things than making crafty things, a practice I’ve dubbed crafterbation. I wanted create an outlet to share all the great crafty things I find that I would love to make, if only I had the time and the motivation to actually complete them. When the mood strikes and I do actually make something, you can read about that here as well.
Adrianne
May 16th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Hello Ohio! I’ll take one of each. Those glasses are awesome. as is the tee. I used to have this tee with a picture of Ohio and there was a heart in the middle I think? Or the heart was in this sentence: “Ohio, the heart of it all” Loved it. Don’t know where it went. So I still have my vintage akron shirts with the rainbow over downtown and the blimp and all. Of course I don’t know what idiot thing I did with the color version of the shirt that I once had. Glad you’re still rockin’ the Ohio luv.
rhea
May 19th, 2008 at 9:25 am
yay! i’m a crafterbation star! i also have to point out that i am wearing an awesoem (out of “print”) queen bee belt that would be a perfect pair to the mix tape belt. i purchased it at the tender age of 19 and it’s still kicking after all these years. it fools many but no leather for me! great post. ;)