Monthly Archives: February 2009

New Watercolor: The Creator

February 27, 2009 | Topic: art, Illustration Friday, my art

A tad geeky and esoteric, yes? With almost a vintage 70′s movie poster feel to me. The Creator is a programmer of sorts, creating life from the simplest binary form. He’d better hope it’s not breezy, or his work could be lost to the sands of time! Yeah,… Read on...

How to Make a Lovely Eco-Friendly Disc Bracelet

February 26, 2009 | Topic: craft

This is a fun and easy project, costs less than $1 to make, has tons of possibilities for customization, requires no jewelry making skill or real tools, and is a way to recycle stuff that would be thrown away! What could be… Read on...

The People have spoken! People's Choice Winner of the Anti-Valentines Vote..

February 25, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

I know, I know… valentines is long over. But we have one more award to give, and here it is! Congratulations to Jeanne at The Candy Corn Chronicles for winning the People’s Choice Award for her delightfully creepy Anti-Valentines entry: Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder. Thanks,… Read on...

How to: Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Hearts

February 24, 2009 | Topic: Featured Recipes, food, my food

I wasn’t going to post this yet, as it’s part of a swap package I’m doing for this round of Sweet Goodness Swaps, but since I accidentally leaked it to my swap partner already, I figured I’d share it with all you guys as well. I wrote this up as… Read on...

Random Monday

February 23, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

You have until tomorrow to vote for your favorites for the Anti-Valentines People’s Choice Award — spread the word and go vote for up to 3 favorites. It’s pretty close between several top choices! I’m taking the day off today mostly recovering from a fun weekend (totally… Read on...

Illustration Friday – "Instinct"

February 20, 2009 | Topic: art, Featured Art, Illustration Friday, my art

My plan was to have another in the watercolor robots series for you here today, but I didn’t have time to draw today. So I present to you the commissioned graphic for a t-shirt I just finished, instead. Don’t blame the giant space squid when he has you… Read on...

Anti V-Day Art winners

February 20, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

Our special guest judge has examined the finalists, and we have results! The top picks, and his comments:
1) Missed it by This Much – I loved the craftsmanship that went into this piece! Well thought out and executed. The tiny arrows sealed the deal for me.
2)… Read on...

Anti-Valentines Art sub-category finalists…

February 19, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

It’s kinda hard to draw the line between art and craft… craft techniques can be used to create art, and art can be 3 dimensional, not just a drawing on a sheet of paper. As we were judging this contest, I decided I wanted to pull the art/illustration category… Read on...

Anti-Valentines – Judges pick the Winners!

February 18, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

It’s time to reveal the winners of the 2nd Annual Anti-Valentines Day contest–at least the crafty ones. Art/Illustration will be tomorrow (just trying to keep the suspense up!!) It was a hard fought battle, and we had so many awesome entries, I don’t know how

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Anti-Valentines Contest- your chance to VOTE

February 18, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

The final votes have been tabulated, and our Judges have picked their winners. I’ll have them posted tomorrow… Just doing a final write up and fixing up some nifty “I Won!” buttons. BUT we had so many good entries, I decided that we would also have

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