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Post by TribalSpirit on Aug 18, 2004 18:02:38 GMT -5
uh this may sound a little simple but. where do you go to get your altar cloths?? I know craft stores probably have 'em but are they cheap compared to other places? Okay basically I mean where do you get the best buys??? Too bad the dollar store doesn't have 'em.....
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Post by SlayerDrow on Aug 18, 2004 18:28:57 GMT -5
Do you have a Wal-mart near you? I don't know if those are like all over the country lol...maybe just near me. But they have really nice things in the craft section for one dollar for one yard of fabric, and I'm pretty sure they fold it, so its like getting two yards!
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Post by TribalSpirit on Aug 18, 2004 20:40:43 GMT -5
umm we do but i've never seen one!!! lol WEIRD i know!! but thanks!!
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Post by Wicca Chick on Aug 18, 2004 22:06:17 GMT -5
Well I *think* Walmart sells cloth but I dont think that woudl be the best place to get it. Dont get me wrong - i think Walmart is a GOOD store to get stuff and real cheap, but theyre stuff isnt just as fancy and great quality wise with the funky patterns. I jsut cant see them having beautiful beautiufl cloths...or with a huge variety. But Ive never really tried, just taken quick glances when walking by, so it might just be worth a try, dont know. So where I get mine... oh and keep in mind that these are canadian stores so its probable that youve never heard of them or seen them ever before. OK - when i first started buying altar cloths, i went to this nice nice fabric store. Its called 'Bouclair'... its got NICE cloths...with a HUGE variety. Its like thsi HUGE store filled with cloth. (not a warehouse and not run down either! like high-class) HAHA BUT THE PRICE TAGS!!! My gosh!!! I would get a plain (sort of ugly) piece of altar cloth (small one, as my altar is small) for like $6 and it wasnt that nice.... They had really nice ones, but i coudlnt afford it! For a size for my altar, id have to pay like $20 for a nice one! nuh-uh no way was i paying 20!!!! hey i have a budget! But than across this buffet i always go to, i passed by another fabric store. This one was called 'Fabricland'. Its not as pretty or high class as the other one, but not bad either. They have INCREDIBLY good priced altar cloths and not to mention pretty!!! (youll see what i mean when i show you the pics) Like they sold the same stuff as the store i mentioned above (bouclair) and for the same regular price BUT everythig in their store was 50% - 75% off usually...so its like WOW! What a great deal...everytime i pass by, i cant resist getting something! And every now and than in a miscellaneous shop in a mall or something, or jsut a shop i pass buy if i catch sight of a nice altar cloth, ill buy it, for a good $ of course. But Fabricland is the best for me lol.... lol sry long post....haha i guess i am quite obsessed about altar cloths
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Post by TribalSpirit on Aug 19, 2004 11:36:38 GMT -5
obsessed? MOST CERTAINLY!! but yea I never heard of those stores sorry. But i guess ebay would have some things and craft stores.... I'll find somewhere!!! can't wait to see those PICS!
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Post by Twhylight Shadow on Aug 19, 2004 16:45:12 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300] yea, im not sure where those stores are here in US, im sure they're somewhere. but yea, i think walmart is all over, its a big store, like target. There is a store in the US called JoANN or something Fabrics, i haven't been there in a long time tho, i dunno what kinda stuff they got now or how expensive it is... [/glow]
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Post by TribalSpirit on Aug 19, 2004 16:58:52 GMT -5
O yea duh t.s.!!! I got one of those about a five minute drive from my house that i pass ALL the time... nevernoticed it i guess!!! I'll have to check that out!!! I looked on ebay and online and mostly they have this purple pentacle thing that no offense i find very unattractive....
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Post by XFuLLm00nx on Aug 19, 2004 18:51:19 GMT -5
Well I'm starting to save up my money! I've got like 20 dollars I tihnk...so I should be able to get an altar cloth soon and when I do I'll check out Walmart and Jo-ann fabrics..Chrissy they are moving the jo-ann fabrics to the shopping center across the street from where it is now..hmm they are prolly having some sorta sale to get everything out. They are doing that at Good's Furniture too but thats just simply going out of business.
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Post by Twhylight Shadow on Aug 19, 2004 18:53:22 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300] theres a joaan by the dollar store by my house to, just never gotten there yet lol. i cant go buy stuff now, i gotta save money for the concert! im gonna go sometime soon tho just to look. what sizes is ur altar? and you too amy, like ?'?" by ?'?' so if i find some nice cloths i can send them to u for yule! obviously i wont send to same ones lol but yea. yea i saw that one too, like a light purple it was? [/glow]
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Post by XFuLLm00nx on Aug 19, 2004 19:01:20 GMT -5
I actually dont know..its a circular one and I hate it!! Lolz..I want a bigger one and it to be rectangular!!
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Post by TribalSpirit on Aug 19, 2004 21:51:55 GMT -5
ooo altar cloth for Yule! Exciting!! umm hold on lemme find a ruler or somethiong well it's a foot n two inches long and wide it's an inch over two feet. what about yours? just curious?
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Post by Wicca Chick on Aug 19, 2004 22:46:03 GMT -5
lol you probably werent asking me, but i just feel like sharing my altar measurements lol.
when i buy my altar cloths, i get them WAY bigger than the table, so they sorta hang over the edges (as you see in my altar photos) I usually get the width given (you dont get a choice with this, but usually i like at least 4 ft) and 2.5 feet. so 4.5feet by 2.5 feet works for me.
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Post by Twhylight Shadow on Aug 20, 2004 5:07:51 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300] full moon- lol, well then just give me the diameter, likemeasure right across the middle or right down the middle (cuz then u can figure out how big the circle is) but only problem, right now i forgot how u do that, someone help here lol, my brain isn't all here (check out the AP thread as to why)
lunar- okie dokies, thank you! ill tell you mine tomorrow, well it is tomorrow, later today lol (again, go to the AP thread)
WC- of course you , ill still get you something! if i dont have a lot left over (money) altar cloths are cheap and i know you love them, and they're light so not much shipping either! yea i know, im gonna get them bigger than the size that given to me (except you cuz u told me) im gonna add a foot to the measurements they give me so itll hang over. [/glow]
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Post by Wicca Chick on Aug 22, 2004 13:26:53 GMT -5
yea hand washing is always good!!! but o gosh some interesting tips... i'll keep 'em in mind!!!! haha yes i would LOVE to see your altar cloth collection!! haha. OK...so I didnt get my whole altar cloth collection itd be too much work takign each one outta their bag (yes, each one is in a bag...lol) and unfolding and spreading out and FOLDING it back...urgh
So i just took out the recent ones i bought, the ones ive mentioned on the board before (they were at the top ayways....considering they were new!)
Ok...so i suck at taking photos, so dont mind them if they look ugly - they really dont look bad at all in real life! (lol if they did i wouldnt buy them!)
THEY ARE ALL IN THUMBNAILS (saves you loading time and space) SO CLICK ON THEM!
Ok..the egyptian silk (duh, obviously..you can read the writing lol) flowery pale green altar cloth...
OK...and these are the altar cloths i was writing about at the beginning of the thread (the most recent ones i bought...theysuck in these pics..lok WAY beter in real life_)
OH and CHECK THIS OUT!!! ITS WAY COOL!!! Like how did this ever happen...all the blinds are closed....take a guess! Georgeous eh...it looks magical! Its awesome isnt it.... A MUST SEE! ;D
I took the pic today...take a guess of why it loks like that! I didnt MAKE it like htis on purpose...it was just like that, but i foudn outhow...awesome eh
[/size][/color] Edited to say: ITS NOT A CAMERA OR COMPUTER TRICK! IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IN REAL LIFE!!!
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Post by Twhylight Shadow on Aug 22, 2004 17:00:15 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300] ooohhh i LOVE you egyptian silk one! and the reddish orangish see througb one, and what you did with to two altar cloths together, so pretty! i like that other one too!. the ones i made are solid colors, except for one, ill take a pic of it and put the link to it here when i get on later. pretty!
about that last one u posted...hmmm...is it from the camera when u took it? or was it lie that before you took it? like is it from the flash? if not, is light refelcting off of something in your room onto the candle? that is really cool tho [/glow]
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