Monthly Archives: April 2009

How to Make Silly Sweater Monster Puppets

April 28, 2009 | Topic: craft, Featured Craft, recycled sweaters

My friend Holly and I had craft night the other night, and this time the assignment was puppets! I brought a stash of sweaters and other goodies I had over, and we set to creating. No pattern, no plans, these are a… Read on...

We had a great time at Inman Park Festival this weekend…!

April 27, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

Lovely, busy weekend. Saw some great art & crafts at the festival, which I’ll have up later this week. To tide you over, here’s a few pictures of the festival, from my friend and favorite photographer, Grieg Wehr:

Bunches of Festival Pics here.

Cthulhu Roundup!

April 26, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

Why do we like to take scary monsters and make them cute, sexy, or just plain odd? I don’t know, but here’s a bunch of takes on L. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu.
1. My Little Cthulhu, 2.… Read on...

How to Make a Lovely Friendship Bracelet, for cheap! (A Dabbled Re-run)

April 25, 2009 | Topic: craft, Featured Craft

Dot is off enjoying herself at Inman Park Festival today (see all the fun we had last year?), so you are treated to a past project that you might have missed!
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Connecting and other housekeeping.

April 24, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

Here’s some general housekeeping I figured we needed to get around to covering! Before we start, a reminder to check out all the MSCE April participants — we’ve had some new joiners in the last week. See the list here. Connecting with Dabbled – All… Read on...

A more realistic Twitter icon for your site…

April 22, 2009 | Topic: art, my art

You do know that twitter is a time suck of evilness, right? But yeah, we’re addicted. If you have a love/hate relationship with twitter, this is the twitter icon for you. Here is another version –> , more suitable for a webpage, maybe. (I created this

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Thirsty? Tasty, unusual Spring cocktail recipes!

April 22, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

Spring-y Cocktails with Recipes from Around Flickr.. Click through for ingredients and/or link to the recipe. I’m inspired, aren’t you!? 1. The Thai Boxer, 2. lemongrass cooler, 3. Watermelon and Rose Sangria, 4. Chocolate orange martini’s, 5. Bourbon Mint Tea, 6. Kermit Cocktails Read on...

Last week's Illustration Friday – Impossibility (+ bonus Robot!)

April 21, 2009 | Topic: art, Illustration Friday, my art

So I forced myself to get out the watercolors today… I missed IF last week, and so you get *TWO*! pictures for today. This first one is what popped into my head based on this week’s theme of “Impossibility”. Well, not much of a stretch, as much of my Read on...

Rubber Band fun things…

April 20, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

There are some neat entries in the Rubber Band Powered contest over at instructables. I really like the Altoids Tin Air Car, and the Table Top Pinball Game. And of course, while you’re looking at the neat stuff, but sure to vote for mine (the Car Launcher…… Read on...

Pay it forward.. Get Excited and Make things!

April 20, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

Artist (and Blog friend to Dabbled) Diana Evans posted this fascinating idea on her blog, and I jumped right in… it’s time to get excited and make things! The first five (5) people to respond to this post will get something made by me. This offer does… Read on...