Monthly Archives: January 2009

Cheap Eats: Pot Roast

January 19, 2009 | Topic: food, my food

With the economy the way it is, you may be looking for how to stretch your money a bit. Here’s a quick to prepare, easy recipe for pot roast — this will feed more than 4 people, and can cost probably less than $10, depending on your veggie choices. Leftovers… Read on...

Project Updates

January 17, 2009 | Topic: food

I’m making more lemon projects. Currently working on Limoncello, and when it’s done I’ll do a writeup on it. Also working on candied lemon slices (this recipe)– I started a few days ago, and it takes 2 weeks, so I’ll have… Read on...

Lovely things you may have missed

January 15, 2009 | Topic: craft, food

Over the holidays, I asked several of my favorite crafty people to do some guest posts for me while I was out of town. Since a lot of you might have also been on vacation or a tad busy (though, I’m sure you came here immediately and checked everything… Read on...

Black Heart Anti-Valentines Day Contest – v 2.0!

January 14, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

***2/17 – Judges’ Results will be posted tomorrow. Vote Now for the People’s Choice award winner HERE!*** It’s time! The second annual Dabbled Black Heart Anti-Valentines Day Contest is here!
If you remember last years, it was a ton of fun. (Check… Read on...

Tuesday Linkday (and new version of IF)

January 13, 2009 | Topic: craft, food

Flickr Finds: Upcycled cool craft ideas

Row 1
1. Security Envelopes into gorgeous jewelry,
2. Monster Vitttorio,
3. Critter pillows,
Row 2
4. Hats made from

… Read on...

IF: Contained (Not your average Dot robot)

January 12, 2009 | Topic: art, Illustration Friday, my art

So sorry for being MIA this weekend. I apparently caught a little bug, but I’m better now. So for Illustration Friday this week, I give you not your average Dot robot (yes, a tad sexier and slinkier), contained, as comic art typically is, in a box. Read on...

How to Make Candied Lemon Peel

January 8, 2009 | Topic: food

I’ve never tried to make candied citrus peel, but my parents gave me a ton of lemons, so I went researching. I found tons of info on eGullet (love that site) and a neat recipe for doing a small batch in the microwave. Obviously, you can do this with… Read on...

Cool Links, twitter, and other stuff

January 7, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

Cool Link Dump:
*Fabulous Snow Globe Cupcake How-to at Bakerella
*Roundup of cool city scapes made from objects at Neatorama
*The Tin Man! I want a playground like this!
*Here’s a time sucking flash game I also found on Neatorama: Factory Balls
*Save Handmade! This is serious – go see… Read on...

Illustration Friday Sketchbook – "Resolve"

January 6, 2009 | Topic: art, Illustration Friday, my art

Last year, my new years resolution (one I actually remembered and tried to keep) was to do a new Illustration Friday every week. I came so close. I missed Voices, the week of Christmas… Just too much else going on. But I’m still proud of myself :) Read on...

Bunny Love – (reminiscing)

January 5, 2009 | Topic: craft

Coming this week I have a How To on making Candied Citrus Peel, and some cute Robots out of champagne corks… But today, I’ve spent several hours in the car picking up The Boy from The Grandparents, so I’m going to show you one of the (embarrassing) first attempts at… Read on...