Monthly Archives: January 2011

Valentine Ideas for little girls

January 28, 2011 | Topic: craft, Featured Craft, Seasonal/Holiday, Tutorials/Tips

Here is a fun little idea I came up with last year, a cute valentines (or anytime) gift for a little girl. A stacked felt heart or flower pin. This was inspired by the fact that kids grow out of clothes so fast, and while I was going… Read on...

Squid Love – The Tentacle hugs valentine day card printable

January 24, 2011 | Topic: art, my art, Seasonal/Holiday

Already thinking about Valentine’s Day? Here’s last year’s popular vday card printable, Tentacles are for Hugging!
Snag the downloadable files here: http://dabbled.org/2010/01/tentacle-hugs-valentine-day-card-printable.html And there’s also a quick tutorial there on how to make cute matching envelopes using scrapbook papers. Enjoy!

The Boy’s latest Robot drawing

January 19, 2011 | Topic: art

The best ideas are scribbled on a napkin, right? This little robot was drawn by The Boy at lunch this weekend. Cute, no? I think it’s pretty good for 5 1/2!

Lego jewelry, how cool!

January 18, 2011 | Topic: craft, inspirations

Loving these ideas for jewelry made from Legos from Colleen over at Some Art Talk. Go see the whole tutorial. So much fun… and having a little boy, I had no idea legos came in such cute girly colors!

Snow days and punctuation question

January 14, 2011 | Topic: inspirations, Personal

We’ve had school closed all week for snow. ALL WEEK! Even here in Atlanta that never happens (we close the schools for pretty much any level of snow, but it’s usually gone by the next day). So I’ve had husband (work was closed too) AND 5 year old… Read on...

New Years Resolutions…

January 10, 2011 | Topic: Personal

I guess I should document some here for posterity, huh? 2 years ago my resolution was to do Illustration Friday every week, and I succeeded! And my art got better in the process.
Last year I worked on several big projects, like Foodwhirl. This year? ART:… Read on...

Make your own Monogrammed Mugs (and more links)

January 4, 2011 | Topic: craft, inspirations

Check out these DIY Monogram Mugs from Design Mom... what a great idea for a clever gift, or make a set for your family! I love the reuse of mismatched thriftstore mugs for this project. This is one of the things I’ve linked to over the past… Read on...

Simple Thank You Note template printable (for Kindergarteners)

January 1, 2011 | Topic: inspirations

I was helping my 5 year old with doing his thank you notes, and realized that even my simpler templates from last year don’t work as well with a new writer and speller. I needed something even simpler if he was going to write his own, plus… Read on...