Announcement

Dabbled’s in MAKE Magazine this month!

Dabbled's in MAKE Magazine this month!
I love MAKE mag, in fact I purchased a subscription for my sweetie a few years ago–it’s chock full of fabulous projects, not page after page of ads like most mags around. So I’m really excited that one of our projects is in this month’s Toy issue! It’s the Rubber Band Car-Launcher. And it’s been updated since the version we posted here, to include attaching it to your Hot Wheels tracks…
At newsstands any day now, or pick it up HERE! More friday stuff:
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Dragon-con 09 Meetup!

We’re meeting up at DragonCon! Renee from The Domestic Scientist & and I are planning a meet-up… And if you’re going to be there, we’d love to see you too! We are going to meet at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Pulse Bar in the Marriott Marquis–it’s on the upper floor of the Atrium I think. I said we should make a sign “Geek Crafters Unite!”, but if we don’t get around to it, just look for us! For reference, this is a vague facsimile of what I look like –>
No stalking me now, please!
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Dragon*con! And some Geeky Links so you don’t get any work done today…

Who is going to Dragon-con in Atlanta this year? Labor Day Weekend? Lots of geeky fun, and worth going just to see the cool costumes… If so, let me know, maybe we can do a meet up! I’ll take lots of pictures of course, for those of you who have to miss it. Update: The Domestic Scientist & Dabbled are thinking about doing a geek craft chick meetup at D-con. Details to come! Let us know if you’re interested! While I’m on the subject of reveling in my geekiness, here are some cool geeky links:
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New website update

Hi all, I hope everyone is enjoying the new look of Dabbled. Like I’ve said before, it’s still under construction, but it’s coming together. I’ll be adding a ‘Freebies’ section in the next week, so stay tuned for that. The move to WordPress went relatively smoothly, except for one big hiccup, where the part of the feed to Google reader stopped working. However, thanks to some troubleshooting by some of my Twitter buds, and some research on redirects by me, it LOOKS like everyone who lost the feed should have it back now. So if you’ve… Read on...

Announcing… Special guests in your future!

Hi everyone! Please give a cheer because we have a special treat for you. Starting next week, for the next two weeks, Dabbled will be hosting some ‘special guest stars’! Some will be bloggers you probably already know, others will be new faces, but they all will be bringing some interesting and fun treats… Here’s some of the way cool people you’ll be seeing:
  • Diane from Craftypod… I swear this woman has done it all! (Though she does have some weird affinity for plastic canvas, hehe)
  • Paul from Dudecraft… The talented crafty guy
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I need your help! (so I’m offering a prize..) (and last week’s illo friday)

I need your help! (so I'm offering a prize..) (and last week's illo friday)
Apparently i’ve lost a ton of feed followers with the move to WordPress (I looked at the stats and I lost half my readers!), and I need your help–I don’t want to leave anyone behind!   I know that a lot of you who read Dabbled also have blogs, and we have readers in common.  So I ask a big favor, and to encourage you, I’m also offering a prize! So, here’s the skinny. Hopefully there are enough of you left to make this work!! If you would be so kind as to include an announcement on your next… Read on...

More updates to Dabbled.org

Still a tad discombobulated here at Dabbled, but I’m making progress on getting the basic stuff set up. You can now go peruse the Craft tab, the Art tab, and the Food tab. I created a new Archive page… too, and made my 404 page more lovely, since I have a feeling people will run across it! I still have some work to do cleaning up the sidebars, and I’m going to be adding more stuff too. Like a Shop, and Free Downloads, and other Goodies!! Let me know if there is anything you’d like… Read on...

Testing out the new Dabbled..

Just trying to figure out what might be still broken! Do let me know if you see any broken links. I know old links that went to search functionality are still broken. And do let me know if this is showing up in your feed. I’m particularly concerned about Blogger “Followers”, as the move might have broken their feeds. Thanks, and sorry for the construction mess!

If you can read this… You’re at the NEW Dabbled Site!

If you can read this...  You're at the NEW Dabbled Site!
It really is a leap of faith to move your website! It’s not finished yet, but I set up this page (which looks pretty much like the old Dabbled site) to tide you over until I get all the spiffy new stuff up. Let me know if you see any issues or broken links, and you can feel free to poke around the rest of the site, but it’s not anywhere near done yet. Enjoy! (oh, and leave a comment, so I know that’s working too!)

Dragon Wings…

Dragon Wings...
More to come on this, including the tutorial, once I finish making a bunch of these for The Boy’s Dragon themed birthday party!