Mrs. Olafsen and her dog, Hercules (he made it from from  the McDonald’s Happy Meal milk bottle and a light bulb-pictured at the link.)

Recipe Links:

Well, I think we’re about ready with the first part of the process…  So go try out the “Submit your Recipe Link” – which will let you submit a link to a food related post you’ve already published on your own blog.  So, if you blog, and you think you’ve posted an awesome recipe, technique, cake, or something else food related, now’s your chance to get it featured on Foodwhirl.

Just go here: https://foodwhirl.com/how-to-get-started

If you like, you can register for a logon on Foodwhirl, and see the status of what you’ve submitted, but it’s not necessary.  [It’s nice to be able to see the status because it emails when a post is published, but not necessarily when it’s approved and scheduled at this point, and it may be a little while before we post it on the site if there is a backlog…]

Do let me know if you have any feedback on how the process works… we’ve tested it a bit this week, but there could still be some things that need clarifying or don’t work quite right.

Publish a Recipe on Foodwhirl:

Speaking of testing, we’re also almost ready to go with the new Submit a Recipe functionality, too!  So if you don’t have a blog, or don’t blog about food stuff, or just want to participate, you can submit your recipe to be posted on Foodwhirl.  It’s only for simpler recipes right now, with 1 photo (not the multi-step photo recipes we sometimes have), and it’s still in testing… so we need some guinea pigs!

So, if you’d like to submit a recipe to Foodwhirl, email admin@foodwhirl.com and we’ll give you the details–I don’t want to put the link out publicly yet, since it’s still being worked on…

Cool?

Cool!

cheers,

dot

Your blog has landed a spot on Babble’s first ever listing of Top 50 Mom Craft Blogs!  Selected for its creativity, helpfulness, and ability to inspire, your blog has set itself apart as a DIY leader, and we’re thrilled to have selected it from hundreds of competitors.

So, if you’re stopping by today and new around here, stick around and check the place out!

I’m Dot, jack of all trades, master of none, but I love trying new things… I’m also an artist, so you’ll find art and sketches here, plus I do web design, so I veer into geekiness on occasion.

I post projects — my own, as well as guest posters– of all kinds of types, from cool cakes, to crafty jewelry, to kids stuff… whatever I’d like to try out.  Check out the Projects page to see some of them — and some recent stuff you can see here in the green sidebar…

You can also check out Dabbled’s sister site Foodwhirl.com (we’re looking for new contributors!).

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Oh, and I missed posting for Pi Day yesterday, but my brother did a how-to on making a blueberry-raspberry pie, over at Foodwhirl.  Go check it out, too!

One of the most creative people I know, Colleen (of the great indie online fabric store Some Art Fabric & and the brand new Sloth Craft) has gifted us with this fabulous blue jean remake tutorial.  Born of a wrong sized thrift store purchase for jeans for her daughter,  this is a great example of how to take something ordinary and turn it into something way cool!   As always, we LOVE our guest posters!  Hope you enjoy this great tutorial as much as I did!  — Dot

Blue Jean Remake – by Colleen

I sew. Sewing defines me as a person and as a crafter. I don’t remember learning to sew, I know I did not spring from my mother’s loins with the skill. My dad taught me some time between yesterday and forever ago. I had my first job sewing before I was double digits, child labor was not an issue, since I worked for my dad.

Sewing lead me down the wicked path of fabric and fabric brought me to where I am now, someone who owns an online fabric shop, Some Art Fabric.

I also love thrift stores, I purchase most of my kids clothes there, as well as supplies for much of my craftiness. Recently I went shopping sans children. I found some jeans that I thought would fit #1 child. I was wrong. So I decided to deconstruct the jeans and add in some space so that they would fit. This tutorial is an idea, and assumes that you have made a pair of pants before or at least worn a pair enough time to be able to figure out how they go together.

If it don’t fit! Alter it!

Colleen has lovingly prepared the tutorial as a pdf.
Download the 5 page tutorial: Jean Remake

Hope you enjoy!
As always, we’d love to see it if you try it!
And if you want more inspiration from Colleen, be sure to follow her blog, Some Art Talk!

Oh, and if you’re missing the OLD look of dabbled, just click the Classic button on the menu to get the old bloggy look.

Several years ago I created a portfolio site for my art on Tumblr.  I wrote up the how-to here, and it’s been a very popular post–and still quite valid for using Tumblr for this purpose.   However, I’ve decided to move on now.  I design most everything in WordPress these days, and it’s so much more flexible and powerful.  And although Tumblr is free, hosting is dirt cheap these days, and you can host multiple sites on the same account, so having another WordPress site on my account doesn’t cost anything.

Not that tumblr doesn’t work, and you can still see my old site here if you’re interested.

But nancydorsner.com is about to be up on WordPress (I’m working on moving it now) and shiny brand new.  I’m still working on it… but I wanted to go ahead and get it moved over.