Announcement

Crafty Cthulhu Says: “Stop SOPA”!

January 19, 2012 | Also posted in Topic: art

Sorry for the inconvenience of no Dabbled yesterday, but I feel very strongly that we need to get the word out to stop the SOPA and PIPA proposals, so we joined with many other sites to go dark to highlight the problem. More info:

Internet blackout day is over, but we still need to stop SOPA. Yesterday I posted this to Twitter, but since we’re back up today, I’m sharing it here too! Feel free to pirate this image for use in getting the word out!

Dabbled is Dark Today

January 18, 2012 |

Dabbled, like Wikipedia, Boing Boing, and many other sites today, has gone dark from January 18, 2012 at 8:00 am until January 18, 2012 at 8:00 pm to protest SOPA/PIPA and Internet Censorship. This is important, and you need to be aware and get involved if you care about the internet and the freedoms we currently enjoy. All it takes is people who don’t understand what they are doing (ie our representatives) doing something dumb in the name of trying to stop piracy, and ruining it for everyone. Proposed US Senate legislation — the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA)– would put… Read on...

New Halloween Projects Page at Dabbled

September 20, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Halloween, Seasonal/Holiday

Halloween is coming up guys, and you know that’s the best time of year around here at Dabbled. So I created a new Halloween Projects page to collect a bunch of past halloween posts in one spot. You’ll find costume ideas, food, halloween crafts and decor, and all kinds of tutorials, both from Dabbled and from elsewhere around the web. So go check it out — You’ll find it in the main menu bar above under “Go Halloween!” And if you have a cool halloween tutorial or created a cool costume, be sure to either… Read on...

Dragon*con this Weekend!

September 2, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: inspirations

I’ll be getting my geek on at Dragon*Con this weekend in Atlanta, and I’ll be posting photos throughout the weekend to my Google+ (nancydorsner.com/plus) and probably to the Dabbled Facebook page (facebook.com/dabbledblog) as well–but that’s harder to do from my phone. Besides being an all around good time, Dragoncon is also a great place to get inspiration for Halloween costumes, like the REAL Iron Man !>> I’ll also be on the lookout for cool artists…. so stay tuned. Some past DragonCon posts:

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Excuse the Progress! Making changes around here…

August 8, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: website design

Since I’m a web designer, it’s pretty sad that I haven’t kept up my own blog up as nice as some of the ones I work on! I’ve been meaning to clean up the look of Dabbled for a while now, and I’m finally getting around to making some changes to the look and feel. I haven’t quite figured out the final direction, but for right now, I’ve mostly been just cleaning up the site look, going for a more streamlined feel with more white space. I also stuck up a modified logo.
so stay tuned,… Read on...

Winners of the Fabulous Flowers book!

July 26, 2011 |

Hi all! Thanks to those who entered the Fabulous Flowers contest… And the randomly generated winners are:

Kathleen, who told us : “I hand sewed a wedding dess and vail for a real chicken. It was to take a picture of her all dressed up!”

and

Julianne, who told us: “I am recently engaged and am trying to plan a DIY-friendly, non-princess style Disney World wedding for Spring 2013!”

Thanks to all who entered, and if you missed out on your opportunity to share an interesting fact about yourself, feel free to leave it in the

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Thanks to Babble for naming Dabbled a top 50 craft blog

March 17, 2011 |

Thanks to Babble (nice name, pretty close to Dabbled!) for naming Dabbled one of the Top 50 Mom Craft Blogs. Go check out the whole list… there’s some great peeps on there that I already visit regularly, plus some I’m looking forward to checking out.

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.

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Dragoncon this weekend!

September 3, 2010 |

I’ll be letting my inner geek out at Dragoncon this weekend. I’ll be sure to have lots of pictures for you guys when I get back! (Twitter or email me if you’re going to be down there..) To tide you over, here are some fun dragon-con stuff and geeky links I compiled this time last year!

We have a Winner!

June 24, 2010 |

Using an extensive process of noting all the entries on both here and Facebook, selecting for those who had followed the instructions, and using a random number generator, we have a Winner! Congrats to Alexia who wins the 500 Free Business Cards. And thanks to the rest of you for entering (especially JPIC who said he reads Dabbled because I’m cute!) and for reading… you’re the reason I do this stuff anyway, ya know! Now back to your regularly scheduled Dabbled. Go check out the latest: Iced Tea Gelato, and more Summer Recipes!

Giveaway Announcement!

June 17, 2010 |

I get offers from sponsors from time to time for giveaways for my readers (most of which I ignore), but this one looked like one that you guys might like! 500 Business Cards, Full color on both sides! I can think of tons of things to do with these… Use them for your art or crafty biz would be an obvious choice, or if you have no business, how about your kids pic on there for play date cards. Or customized gift tags. Anyways, I figured Dabbled readers could find a good use for them, and I get… Read on...