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Crafty Goodness

Here you'll find some of the craft goodness we've created on Dabbled.

Like what? Well... lots of stuff! You'll find tutorials -- you'll see some featured ones in the sidebar here, or see all of the tips/tutorials posts. Some of our best tutorials are from our great guest bloggers. Do you have a great tutorial you'd like to guest blog here? Just email it to submit.

You'll also find

Shrinky Dinks from Recycled Plastic (Lots of experiments and projects)
Freezer Paper Stencils
Recycled Sweater Projects, like the Elephant Purse, the Sweater Snake, the Octo-puppet, Monster Puppets, a Wine Cozy, and more!

Leprechaun Traps for St. Pats

March 1, 2012 | Also posted in Topic: food, inspirations, Seasonal/Holiday

You do try to trap a leprechaun on St. Patrick’s day, right? To get his pot of gold? Every year someone asks me about leprechan traps, and every year I have to go through my old stuff and see what I can remember… So here are some resources!

I first heard about Leprechaun traps a few years ago when we used to get Family Fun mag. Here are their ideas..very kid friendly to make.
Not Martha’s awesome Leprechaun trap CAKE! (pictured) There’s a rainbow inside!
Geeky and fun to build Leprechan traps at

… Read on...

Valentine Monster homemade kids cards

February 14, 2012 | Also posted in Topic: featured, Seasonal/Holiday, Tutorials/Tips

Happy Valentine’s Day! Normally I share Valentines Cards prior to the actual day, to help give other people ideas, but let’s say we ran a bit behind this year. No matter, sharing now, since the internet is eternal, and this may help someone out next year! So Sunday evening, after a marathon session of watching Series 2 of Doctor Who with the Boy (who between that and Harry Potter is becoming quite the Anglophile), we had the sudden realization that Tuesday was Valentines Day… oops! I guess we need a bunch of cards for the classmates!… Read on...

How to Make Roses Roundup (from all kinds of things, including Bacon!)

February 11, 2012 | Also posted in Topic: food, Seasonal/Holiday, Tutorials/Tips

Want to be clever and romantic for Vday? How to make all kinds of roses–out of all kinds of things– just in time for Valentine’s Day! Following are tutorials for crafty rose making, as well as some edible versions (Like these roses, from BACON?) Crafty Goodness:

For those who like to play… Read on...

Get Creative with The Lorax: The Truffula Tree-Shirt!

February 10, 2012 | Also posted in Topic: featured, Featured Craft, inspirations, Tutorials/Tips

I’ve always adored The Lorax, it was probably my favorite Dr. Suess book when I was little. And what really captured my imagination as a kid were those fabulous Truffula Trees, looking like cotton candy on a stick! So when I was invited to participate in the blog tour in promotion of the new movie coming out (in theaters March 2nd. Visit the official site for the movie preview, pictures, downloads and more!) I couldn’t resist doing a project featuring those wonderful trees. The Truffula Tree-Shirt! This is a simple “Freezer Paper Stencil” project. Just print out the stencil I’m… Read on...

How to make a Paper Rose Wreath

January 20, 2012 | Also posted in Topic: Seasonal/Holiday

Artist, and Dabbled favorite, Diana Evans has a great tutorial on making cute paper roses and a paper rose wreath.
Perfect for Valentines Day, no? I think individual flowers would be nice on 3-D Valentine’s Day cards, too. Go check it out! Her hand drawn tutorial is adorable too…

“Don’t Blink” Treetopper (and more awesomely geeky/crafty Dr. Who links)

January 13, 2012 |

Dude! Totally love this nerdy DIY Don’t Blink Angel treetopper by The Domestic Scientist! For the non-Dr. Who fans, this is the reference to the weeping angels. Although I’m not really sure Dr. Who is nerdy anymore now with the modern Doctors. Old school Dr. Who is still nerdy, but I never got into that – I must admit I just love the new stuff (I started watching with Eccleston, and adored Tennant, and now Smith is just too much fun!)

Renee says: From I made her out of Paper Clay. Best stuff

… Read on...

Buy Now – Clearance Candy canes for Valentines treats

January 4, 2012 | Also posted in Topic: food, Seasonal/Holiday

I was at Target the other day and all the xmas stuff is at 75% off. I picked up a box of multiflavor mini candy canes, because I always see cool things people make with candy canes for valentine’s day, but you can’t find the candy then! So this is your reminder… pick some up now…! Here are a few things you’ll be able to do with them.. Candy Canes and White Chocolate Heart Pops Candy Cane hearts on a stick Spell LOVE out of candy canes I’m sure we’ll think of… Read on...

How to: B&W wood photo ornaments and keepsake gift tags!

December 13, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: featured, Featured Craft, Seasonal/Holiday, Tutorials/Tips

I recently did a guest post on the FedEx Out of Office blog, with a tutorial on making personalized wooden ornaments and gift tags from photocopies of your photos and drawings. It’s pretty cool, go check it out: Personalized Black & White Wood Ornaments for all the step by steps. It’s a really neat technique that just uses acrylic gel medium from the art store– no toxic chemicals or anything like that. The toner from the photocopy remains on the wood, so the white areas of your photo become wood colored,… Read on...

Hassle-Free Handmade Holidays

November 18, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Guest

Please welcome Dabbled’s special guest today, Rachel from the fabulous inspiration website One Pretty Thing!! Hassle-Free Handmade Holidays By Rachel Klein of One Pretty Thing

Photo by tilaneseven

If you’re anything like me you think the same thing every year. “This year I’m going to make all my own gifts/bake the desserts from scratch/grow all the decorations myself! It’s going to be awesome!” It sounds so festive, so heartfelt. But how many of us actually have time to do it? It’s taken me a few years but I’ve… Read on...

Nifty pendants from Toilet Paper Rolls? Cool!

November 8, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: inspirations

Meg over at MegaCrafty has these fun pendants, and you’d never guess they are made from toilet paper and paper towel rolls! Go check it out: http://www.megacrafty.com/2011/10/pt-and-tp-roll-pendants.html