Monthly Archives: November 2009

Illustration Friday: Music

November 20, 2009 | Topic: art, Illustration Friday, my art

I’m making up for lost time apparently this week. This is the fourth (or third, depending on how you look at it!) in the black and white series…

The Crafty Octopus

November 20, 2009 | Topic: art, Featured Art, my art

Another in the series from yesterday… A re-run for those of you on Twitter who saw it yesterday, but maybe I’ll get another one out for you today, I’m really liking this look! (see the flickr set)

An Unbalanced Robot

November 19, 2009 | Topic: art, Illustration Friday, my art, Robots

I was playing around last night, and came up with this guy. I think he’d make a cute t-shirt!
(I like this style, it reminds me of the Tracer Bullet strips from Calvin and Hobbes!)

Dabbled buttons for your linky goodness!

November 18, 2009 | Topic: Announcement

Reader Lindsay, of the lovely blog Shrimp Salad Circus, emailed me the other day asking where my link buttons were. Well, I’m embarrassed to say that they have been MIA since the move to WordPress months ago. So, I figured I’d through a few up here for your… Read on...

Dabbled’s in MAKE Magazine this month!

November 13, 2009 | Topic: Announcement

I love MAKE mag, in fact I purchased a subscription for my sweetie a few years ago–it’s chock full of fabulous projects, not page after page of ads like most mags around. So I’m really excited that one of our projects is in this month’s Toy issue!… Read on...

Make a yummy Flying Spaghetti Monster!

November 12, 2009 | Topic: food, my food

So… I decided to make a FSM (Flying Spaghetti Monster) out of a radical combination: Spaghetti and meatballs. No, these aren’t just stacks of spaghetti, with meatballs on top, these are true meatball creatures… suitable for your own Flying Spaghetti Monster, or whatever you’d like to create! I used a… Read on...

The Hotdog Creature experiments

November 11, 2009 | Topic: food, Halloween, recent, Tutorials/Tips

For Halloween this year, I tried a new idea, that I had gotten from the most excellent blog, Filth Wizardry. She did this as a fun project with the kids, and I thought it looked like a lovely and disgusting item for the Halloween buffet, especially for… Read on...

The Final Flesh Face, from Halloween

November 10, 2009 | Topic: food, Halloween

Sorry for the light posting, I’ve been resting up from Halloween month! I did promise a picture of the Flayed Skin cheeseball from the Halloween Party, so here it is. I added the mozzarella ball slices behind the olives for a more eye-popping look! By the way, I wrote the… Read on...

Planning for the Holidays

November 7, 2009 | Topic: craft, inspirations

November means we’re getting close to the Holidays… So here’s a reminder on some simple steps to help you plan ahead to have a handmade holiday, from Rachel at the fabulous blog, One Pretty Thing. (And check out the interview with Rachel the other day @ Craftypod!

… Read on...