Monthly Archives: January 2010

Art Class – The process for IF “Focused”

January 31, 2010 | Topic: art, Illustration Friday, my art

I’ve been such a slacker on drawing lately, sorry… I’ve been working on Foodwhirl (Go check it out..)! For Illustration Friday today (yeah, I know it’s actually Sunday), I decided to work on a logo design for a friend’s organic food business. She’s a very focused person, and… Read on...

Yummy food links..and the new food blog

January 30, 2010 | Topic: food, inspirations

Happy Saturday! I snuck in a little hint yesterday, but I guess I should officially announce that we’re launching the new team food blog, Foodwhirl.com, in 2 weeks! We’ve got a great team collected to bring you a bunch of neat perspectives on food, and the answers to that… Read on...

Valentines: Free Shipping on Prints!

January 29, 2010 | Topic: Announcement, art, my art

Wanna buy a print for your Valentine? Been wanting some Dot artwork? Conveniently enough, Imagekind is offering free shipping on prints right now through Feb 8! Code VDAY10 (details below*) I have a few images up there, and if you have another you’ve seen that you’d like… Read on...

Buy handmade for valentines day…

January 28, 2010 | Topic: craft, inspirations

Here are a few more gift ideas for Valentine’s Day, from indie sellers around the web! Hope these give you some ideas and inspirations. Feel free to add links to other good sites or items, in the comments! Links to seller sites are below the image:
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New Stuff From the Dabbled Flickr Group

January 27, 2010 | Topic: inspirations

Some of the cool items that have been added to the Dabbled Flickr Group lately… If you’re on flickr, join us! We’d love to see your creative stuff there too! 1. Chica & Jo’s Super Bowl cupcakes – Referee shirt and football,get the templates to… Read on...

Tentacle Hugs Valentine Day Card Printable

January 26, 2010 | Topic: art, recent

Another Valentine’s Day free download for you… This cute little squid made his debut in 2009, and is back as a printable for your valentines day needs! Plus, instructions on making your own quick envelope for this or any other homemade card! Downloads: Single Card – Tentacles… Read on...

Code Monkey Valentines Day Card Printable

January 23, 2010 | Topic: art, my art

This little Code Monkey made his debut a few years ago, but he’s back as a downloadable/printable PDF for a geeky Valentines Day card for 2010. Perfect if you or your significant other is a Code Monkey, a Jonathan Coulton fan*, or at least always on the… Read on...

Friday Link Day

January 22, 2010 | Topic: inspirations

All throughout the week I find cool and interesting stuff I want to share with you guys... Much of it never makes it here, but I do tweet about them... Some of the links I've posted on Twitter this week:

This is an awesome idea! A glow in the dark Sketch Wall at Fangletronics
Love these instant recycled paper flowers from maya*made. Check out the cool scissors she used too!
Check out these awesomely cool Zombie Peanuts spotlighted at Superpunch
I so want this cool staircase slide.
Just some really cool high speed photography shots. Neato!

And MORE! Click through to see the rest...

Macadamia-Cranberry topped Sweet Potato Tartlets

January 20, 2010 | Topic: Featured Recipes, food, my food

My latest party recipe: Sweet Potato Mini-Tarts. I got rave reviews on my sweet potato casserole with cranberry-macadamia topping at Christmas, so I decided to adapt the recipe for use as a mini party dessert / appetizer. Last week I gave you the run down on making the… Read on...

Party Preparations

January 15, 2010 | Topic: food, my food, party

My after-christmas White Elephant Party is this weekend, and I thought I’d share a little of the party preparations with you today. First off, if you’ve never done a White Elephant Party, they are a lot of fun… I try to do one every year, and this year –since my… Read on...