Yearly Archives: 2009

Illustration Friday – “Hatch”

December 11, 2009 | Topic: art, Illustration Friday, my art

A couple of fun little doodles for you (and IF)… First is a little monster/alien I’ve been doodling lately, hatching from his egg! Second is the little monster, in holiday mode! Which do you like better? Free Download of the Santa Monster, if you’d like to use it for… Read on...

Free Shipping on Prints

December 10, 2009 | Topic: art

If you were wanting a print of one of my pieces, there is free shipping right now at Imagekind: http://dorsner.imagekind.com
I have a good number of pieces there (including several that are currently on display at the Museum of Science in Boston), and if you don’t see one you’ve… Read on...

Christmas Tutorials!

December 7, 2009 | Topic: craft, recent, Tutorials/Tips

Today I’m over at Dollar Store Crafts — Go check out my tutorial for making a cute, easy and cheap Stocking Ornament / Gift Card Holder! And, in case you missed it, while I was off in London last week, we had 3 lovely tutorials last week… Read on...

Throw a White Elephant Gift Exchange – with downloadable invite & rules!

December 4, 2009 | Topic: party, Tutorials/Tips

One of my favorite parties to throw during (or after!) the holiday season is a White Elephant gift exchange party. We do one every year, and it’s always a lot of fun. It’s also a great icebreaker party or office party, too! Last year, I made up some invitations,… Read on...

Tutorial – Make Resin Star Christmas Tree Ornaments

December 3, 2009 | Topic: craft, Featured Craft, Guest

I’ve been admiring Kerry’s resin work in the Dabbled flickr group, and resin is something I’ve never worked with, but always wanted to try! I’ve asked Kerry to share a simple tutorial to take some of the mystery out of working with resin. And so she did! These

… Read on...

Moss Terrarium Tutorial – The Gift that Keeps Giving All Year ‘Round!

December 2, 2009 | Topic: Guest, Tutorials/Tips

Moss Terrarium Gift Tutorial from Shrimp Salad Circus Hola, and happy Week After Thanksgiving! I’m Lindsay from Shrimp Salad Circus, and I would like to help you out with your Christmas gifting! I have a few people on my list that are… Read on...

Make Quick Mittens

November 30, 2009 | Topic: craft, Guest, recycled sweaters, Tutorials/Tips

Hi! I’m Heather from Dollar Store Crafts, a daily blog devoted to making cool crafts with dollar store stuff. I’m so excited to be swapping holiday posts with Dot! Do you love felted sweaters as much as I do? Felted (or technically, “fulled”) sweaters are made… Read on...

Happy Almost December!

November 29, 2009 | Topic: Announcement, inspirations

You can’t deny it now, the holiday are really upon us now… Stay tuned this week for 3 Holiday Tutorials! Some Fun holiday stuff from Last Year, while you’re waiting…:

Make a Shrink Ornament Santa HERE (includes template)
Lemon Pie – Decorate with a winter

… Read on...

Thanksgiving’s over… Leftovers?

November 28, 2009 | Topic: food, inspirations

A few quick ideas… Do you have your own tricks for using up your leftovers? Vegan Thanksgiving Leftover Pizza Turkey Panini Curried Turkey Croquettes Leftover Pies Day After Thanksgiving Food ideas 10 Tasty ideas for leftover turkey 10 More… Read on...

Link day: Tutorials and other fun things

November 27, 2009 | Topic: Uncategorized

Paul (from the fabulous blog Dudecraft) has a great tutorial on making papercut portraits! Go check it out! One of my favorite web destinations, Dollar Store Crafts, has a cute tutorial on making a placemat advent calendar. Here’s a tutorial at Craftster… Read on...