Monthly Archives: April 2009

Make a Hot Wheels Car Launcher — Fun!

April 18, 2009 | Topic: craft, Featured Craft
Make a Hot Wheels Car Launcher -- Fun!
You know you want to… Go check out the instructable here. (Uh, and sweetie, darling, dear child… please keep it on the ground, and away from the glass window panes, okay?) Thanks Handy Hubby for helping… Read on...

Flickr tools and toys

April 17, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized
Flickr tools and toys
If you follow Dabbled at all, you’ll know I’m a fan of the photo site, flickr.com. I love it, and I use it for Dabbled and for my personal stuff. But one of the neatest things about it is the open… Read on...

Earth Day is coming up… Think about crafting GREEN!

April 16, 2009 | Topic: craft
Earth Day is coming up... Think about crafting GREEN!
Earth Day is April 20, and besides celebrating by going to the Sweetwater 420 Festival which I’ll be doing this weekend in Atlanta, I figured we should also get some green crafting in. So here’s a few links for you to get you started…
  • Somehow I had missed
… Read on...

Make Something Cool Every Day in April – (#MSCEApril) Update!

April 15, 2009 | Topic: craft
Make Something Cool Every Day in April - (#MSCEApril) Update!
We’re at the halfway mark, so hopefully you are chugging along with your projects! Remember, it’s not about the output, so much as spurring your creative juices. And hey, if this challenge seemed too hard at the beginning of the month, jump in now with just 2 weeks… Read on...

Easter wrapup, and Share your easter eggs!

April 14, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized
Easter wrapup, and Share your easter eggs!
Hope everyone had a fun easter… Did anyone try any of the easter egg dyeing techniques from last week, or do anything else cool with your eggs? If so, leave a comment with a link, or add your egg pics to… Read on...

How to Make Oatmeal Cookies (a Dabbled re-run)

April 13, 2009 | Topic: food, my food
oatmeal cookie recipe
We’ve had no power all day, due to storms that came through, so today you’re treated to a re-run of a cool post you might have missed! My mom brought us homemade Oatmeal Cookies for Easter, so I though I’d share the recipe with you. They are soooo… Read on...

More Easter Crafty Links..

April 10, 2009 | Topic: craft
More Easter Crafty Links..
Easter is right around the corner, so here’s some extra inspirations! 10 Keepsake Crafts for Easter from Better Homes and Gardens, includes these sweet little chick egg cozys, with instructions on how to make them. They also have some simple decorating ideas, like this egg and tulip… Read on...

Thursday Link Day … MSCE, and other fun stuff

April 9, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized
Thursday Link Day ... MSCE, and other fun stuff
Ack, so behind today, after spending much of the day troubleshooting my husband’s iTouch. But it’s working, yay! Tonight I’m making puppets with a friend (yay MSCEApril!), so I’ll post about that coming up. Anyway, here are a few little things for you today: A few tidbits from… Read on...

Easter Eggs: 12 Interesting ways to color/paint/dye them!

April 8, 2009 | Topic: craft, Featured Craft
Easter Eggs: 12 Interesting ways to color/paint/dye them!
Another Flickr Roundup for you, this time it’s Ways to Dye Your Easter Eggs… come on, you weren’t going to just go use a kit, were you? From cabbage to duct tape, we have lots of cool ideas for making your eggs memorable. Some complicated, some easy and kid-friendly!… Read on...

Illustration Friday – Talisman

April 7, 2009 | Topic: art, my art
Illustration Friday - Talisman
Good morning! For Illustration Friday (yeah, I know it’s Tuesday, I’m late) (and yesterday’s MSCEApril) I’m presenting this lovely little robot, with his flower talisman. To a robot, a flower which grows from the earth must have magical properties!
Digital- commissioned… Read on...