What are your crafting must haves?

[angelstarfish]

What are your crafting must haves?

Paging all crafting merfolk…

Okay, so in this thread, I really want to know- what are your crafting must haves?

Mine are:

Jewelry bits
Sea cookies
Glass pearl beads
Seaweed
Recycled fishing line and nets
Starfishes
Peacock feathers
Seashell beads
Ribbons
Hair combs
Sugar starfishies
Duco Cement
Go2 Glue
Recycled wine bottles
Sand
Colored sea glass
Parchment paper
100% natural sea hemp
Seagull feathers
Glass vials
Seashell lockets
Paintbrushes
Sequins




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[PearlieMae]

Are you asking specifically for 'mer-crafting'? Because my house looks like an art supply store exploded in it!

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[Mermaid Tula]

Lets see.

Polymer clay
Polymer clay tools
pliers of all sorts
paint
paint brushes
fabric medium
Shells
Sequins
Fake Plants
Spare Bras
Hair clips
Jewelry supplies (eye pins, chains, bails, etc.)
Hot glue
E6000
Sequins
Sewing kit (thread, needles, seam ripper, scissors, etc)
Sewing machine
Elastic
Elastic thread
Fabric
Particle mask
Gloves
Beads
More Shells
Metal wire
Jewelry saw
Copper
Silver
Silver Solder
Sandpaper
Hand Torch
More shells
Drills
Dremel tool
Acid Baths for metals
Spray paint
Canvas
Glitter
Plastic starfish
Wax
Semi-Precious Stones
Hemp
Super glue

I think that's mostly it. ^__^

[PearlieMae]

Full disclosure, I work for a hobby tools distributor...I've got ALL sorts of things!

[MerMarla]

Lets see.


Shells....
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More Shells....
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More shells....
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I think that's mostly it. ^__^

Oh I love your list!! And the more shells! LOL!

I love using Sugru for unusual adhesion problems, and another product... ShoeGoo! (Don't say those to names to fast, gets me tongue tied). Both products will stick to rubber and can be removed if necessary (off non-porus surfaces). Sugru doesn't come clear, but 8 colors that you can mix for custom colors (they have a chart to mix what with what to get ______.) ShoeGoo comes clear and dries clear, also more or less flexible when dry.

I like combining lists so reinventing the wheel is limited!

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[Mermaid Tula]

Seriously. I have 2 large caboodles full to the brim with shells, 3 6x6 inch boxes full of shells, 2 shoebox sized tubs full of shells, and a large bowl filled to the brim with shells.

[Mermaid Saphira]

Are you asking specifically for 'mer-crafting'? Because my house looks like an art supply store exploded in it!

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Mine does to xD

[Miyu]

I move a lot, and I always take a good amount of art supplies wherever I go. However, this time I moved into my BF's family's house. His Grandma (R.I.P.) loved to do all sorts of crafts, so I've kind of inherited a TON of craft supplies, including so many shells! XD As well as some fabric I'm experimenting with for a tail.

My Must-haves:

yarn
knitting needles (several sets of interchangeable needles, plus some straight needles and sock DPNs)
Crochet hooks in all sizes, down to lacework size
polyclay
recycled glass bottles with screw-caps
shells
stones - lots of real stones of all kinds
sandpaper
E-6000
paint
more yarn
fabric/yarn dye
fabric - mostly recycled from thrifted sheets and curtains - I have a lovely huge pink silk curtain for fabric!
hand sewing needles of all kinds - regular, quilting, tapestry, leather (3 kinds of leather needles)
LEATHER. LOTS OF IT. both raw veg-tan leather in various thicknesses and thrifted leather from couches, clothing, etc. All colours, even pink.
Leather dye (must have pink. And silver. And purple.)
All the leather-working tools and supplies
Lots of yarn hand-dyed by my awesome dyer friend
duct tape
plastic bags
pop tabs
wood - sticks from around the yard (Hazelnut, spalted Birch) and slabs of local hardwood
knives
craft knives
Yarn dyed by my mom
beads. All of the beads. Recycled from old jewelry/clothing, or bought en masse at my favorite trading post in CO
ribbons. Satin, grosgrain, patterned, all widths
lighters for sealing ends of ribbons/synthetic fabrics/thread
LOTS OF THREAD
different kinds of scissors
Yarn rescued from an old sweater and re-dyed by me
Soap, washboard, bucket/large pot - for felting wool items (I make lots of felted hats)
vintage buttons
glitter
tiny bottles
sand
different kinds of wire for wire wrapping
pearl beads
recycled sari silk yarn (Always have some with me)
Handmade Kumihimo disk and weights
CDs and coffee can lids to make more Kumihimo disks
Lockets of various kinds
All the random chains that come with my necklaces (that I can't wear)
bells (bellydancing kind, not the Christmas kind)
pins. Lots of pins.
Random whatever I can find in my house that I'm allowed to cut up/take apart
bobby pins

[Thalassa]

Shells, E-6000, and crafting wire. Those are my must-haves. The rest fluctuates depending on what I'm making. Usually I also have barrettes and some sort of twine/leather/string straps.