January 2011 – Dabbled https://dabbled.org Experiments in Art, Craft, and Food - an archive Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:06:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 145231836 A Stacked Felt Pin for your favorite girl… https://dabbled.org/valentine-ideas-for-little-girls/ https://dabbled.org/valentine-ideas-for-little-girls/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:51:40 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=3108 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 to make a shirt or dress with a heart applique, instead I decided to make this pin (and a few others) so they could be used for a longer time.… [ KEEP READING ]

]]> 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 to make a shirt or dress with a heart applique, instead I decided to make this pin (and a few others) so they could be used for a longer time. This looks adorable pinned on a dress or jacket, and would even work pinned to a hair elastic for a cute hair accessory.

You just need:

  • felt – old felted sweaters work well for this, or even store bought felt. (Thicker felt will be less ‘floppy’, so use that for the bottom piece, if you can.
  • A pretty button
  • embroidery thread/needle
  • safety pin

Older kids can make these themselves, too!

Here are the instructions and a step by step photo tutorial!

These are fun and easy, and offer a ton of possibilities.. Check out these that Joanne at Ready, Set, Craft made last year

And here’s another version I made, a flower:

]]> https://dabbled.org/valentine-ideas-for-little-girls/feed/ 2 3108 Squid Love – The Tentacle hugs valentine day card printable https://dabbled.org/squid-love-the-tentacle-hugs-valentine-day-card-printable/ Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:47:10 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=4541 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!… [ KEEP READING ] ]]> Tentacles are For Hugging GraphicAlready 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!
]]> 4541 The Boy’s latest Robot drawing https://dabbled.org/the-boys-latest-robot-drawing/ https://dabbled.org/the-boys-latest-robot-drawing/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:21:20 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=4536 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!
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]]> 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!
d's robot (age 5.5)

]]> https://dabbled.org/the-boys-latest-robot-drawing/feed/ 2 4536 Lego jewelry, how cool! https://dabbled.org/lego-jewelry-how-cool/ Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:22:53 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=4528 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!

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]]> 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!

]]> 4528 Snow days and punctuation question https://dabbled.org/snow-days-and-punctuation-question/ https://dabbled.org/snow-days-and-punctuation-question/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:47:16 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=4520 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 home all week. Which means my usual calm work from home days were totally turned upside down. But we did have fun sledding and being lazy.… [ KEEP READING ]

]]> Snow Day at FernbankWe’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 home all week. Which means my usual calm work from home days were totally turned upside down. But we did have fun sledding and being lazy. Today we walked to Fernbank for some museum of natural history fun!

Now for punctuation: What the heck is this? You’re NOT supposed to use 2 spaces after the period at the end of the sentence? Who came up with that? I’ve always done it that way (I’m doing it that way right now, but of course, html will strip out the extra spaces, so you’ll never know.)
Seriously, do they not teach double spacing at the end of a sentence anymore?

]]> https://dabbled.org/snow-days-and-punctuation-question/feed/ 10 4520 New Years Resolutions… https://dabbled.org/new-years-resolutions/ Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:22:18 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=4516 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:

Well, I think I want to start the Illustration Friday thing again.  It really did force me to draw, and I’ve been such a slacker with the artwork lately. … [ KEEP READING ]

]]> 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:

Well, I think I want to start the Illustration Friday thing again.  It really did force me to draw, and I’ve been such a slacker with the artwork lately.  I’ve been focusing on web design, which I love (and is more easily lucrative!) but I’m afraid both my art and my blogging (here and at Foodwhirl) has suffered for that.  So, I don’t think I’ll be able to make EVERY week, but I should at least make an attempt, right?

Illustration Friday from Sept 09
IF from Aug 09
IF from Nov 09
WEB/BLOGGING:

Did you know that I developed a new site look for Dabbled, and I’ve never implemented it?  I think that should go on the list of things that need to happen this year–redesign of Dabbled.  As well as porting my poor neglected art site (nancydorsner.com) over to WordPress, and integrating all these sites together under my own little media empire (insert maniacal cackling here).

So, that’s just two little things.  And you can hold me to it!
I’m sure I should come up with a few more…
What about you? What are your goals? :)

]]> 4516 Make your own Monogrammed Mugs (and more links) https://dabbled.org/make-your-own-monogrammed-mugs-and-more-links/ Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:16:00 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=4503 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 month… here are a few more I’ve linked to on facebook and twitter that you might have missed, mostly Christmas related, but a few not:

… [ KEEP READING ] ]]> Make your own monogrammed mugsCheck 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 month… here are a few more I’ve linked to on facebook and twitter that you might have missed, mostly Christmas related, but a few not:

]]> 4503 Simple Thank You Note template printable (for Kindergarteners) https://dabbled.org/simple-thank-you-note-template-printable-for-kindergarteners/ https://dabbled.org/simple-thank-you-note-template-printable-for-kindergarteners/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:18:28 +0000 http://dabbled.org/?p=4496 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 coloring all the pictures was taking a while! So I modified last year’s, with a smaller snowman picture (which can be colored or not), and less writing opportunities.… [ KEEP READING ]

]]> 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 coloring all the pictures was taking a while! So I modified last year’s, with a smaller snowman picture (which can be colored or not), and less writing opportunities.
This one has a spot for the name of the giver, the name of the present, and a place for the child to sign his name.

Want it? Download the Simple (Kindergarten) thank you note template

For the other templates, and also the snowman graphic if you’d rather design your own text, go here.

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