Monthly Archives: December 2009

Black Eyed Peas for New Years Day

December 31, 2009 | Topic: food, my food

Happy New Years Eve everyone! Hope everyone had a lovely 2009 and I can’t wait to see what 2010 will bring… And don’t forget to soak your black eyed peas tonight, so you can make them for luck in the new year!* I love Black Eyed Peas… they… Read on...

Download: Printable Holiday Thank You Note Template for Kids

December 28, 2009 | Topic: art

(New for 2011: Super simple Kindergartner (early writer) version!) The week between Christmas and New Years is a good time to get kids to write thank you notes for the gifts they received, but for young kids, it can be a real pain to get them… Read on...

Holiday Baking – Making Sour Cream Poundcake

December 24, 2009 | Topic: food, my food, Tutorials/Tips

Happy Christmas Eve!
I’ve been in baking mode for the last few days, so I thought I’d share one of the things I made…
My first attempt ever at making my grandmother’s recipe for Sour Cream Poundcake. I have always loved this stuff, and it’s my… Read on...

Download: Set of Christmas Gift Tags!

December 22, 2009 | Topic: art, my art

Here is a simple set of Christmas themed gift tags for you (made with some of the images from the Little Game Box from friday). It’s also my Illustration Friday for “Undone”, since these will just be thrown away when the wrappings are undone, but they are cute… Read on...

Tutorials, Downloadables and more!

December 21, 2009 | Topic: craft, Tutorials/Tips

First off, we had a fun, if hectic trip to Disney last week, and some lovely guest posters while I was away, so if you missed them, be sure to check these out! Tutorial: Make a Bracelet from an old Record Kelly from Tresijas… Read on...

The Little Game Box

December 17, 2009 | Topic: art, craft, Featured Craft, my art, recent, Tutorials/Tips

Here’s a great little stocking stuffer you can make yourself. My 4 year old played a game similar to this* at grandma’s over Thanksgiving, and loved it, so I thought a pocket version would be a great little ‘handmade’ Christmas gift. I’ve included (almost) everything you need to… Read on...

Tutorial: Make a Bracelet from an old Record

December 16, 2009 | Topic: craft, featured, Featured Craft, Guest, Tutorials/Tips

Today we have another lovely guest poster here on Dabbled, Kelly from Tresijas! I discovered Kelly through some of the really cool creations she had posted in the Dabbled Flickr group–especially her vinyl record creations–, and I asked her if she’d honor us with a tutorial.

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Free Christmas gift tag

December 15, 2009 | Topic: art, Guest

Hi there, fellow crafty bloggers!
No, this isn’t Dot writing, it’s Fanie from Art vs Craft.net! While she’s away, I managed to sneak into her blog and give you a freebie! ;-)
Since we’re all busy shopping around, I guessed some of us could use some extra… Read on...

Preview of coming attractions!

December 14, 2009 | Topic: Announcement, art

I spent most of the morning drawing about 60 little pictures that are part of a great little stocking stuffer game I’ll be posting a ‘how-to’ for in the next few days. Here’s a little preview of some of the drawings… I was pretty impressed with my marathon… Read on...