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Take a break from holiday stress: Girls Night Out! (& Giveaway!)

December 19, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: inspirations, Reviews / Giveaways

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We all know how it is this time of year… we get so busy with shopping & family & busy schedules. So what I REALLY need this time of year is just a fun night out with the girls (no offense, guys!). So that’s what we did the other night — left… Read on...

How to throw a White Elephant Party

December 5, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Seasonal/Holiday

Update: We had a homemade eggnog tasting at the party, and it was fun and yummy! I documented How to Make Eggnog here. Also, a few pics from the party are here! After my big Halloween Parties, my next favorite party to throw is a White Elephant gift exchange party. I do one every year in mid december for our close friends, and if you’ve never done one, they are a lot of fun. A great icebreaker type party if people don’t know each other… Read on...

How to Make a kids Harry Potter robe out of Tshirts

October 20, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: craft, Featured Craft, Halloween, Seasonal/Holiday, Tutorials/Tips

For The Boy’s Draco Malfoy costume, I had a brainstorm one night when he was using a XL men’s tshirt as a sleep shirt. It was the perfect size for a wizard robe for a 6 year old. This version is meant to be a Death Eater robe (I took the liberty of having it double as Draco’s school robe as well). This could of course work for a wide variety of hooded robes, including Jedi robes! So I grabbed it, and a couple more old t-shirts and with… Read on...

Harry Potter Themed Halloween Ideas

October 18, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: craft, food, Halloween

I got too busy today to upload a tutorial on the Draco Malfoy Death Eater costume, so that will have to wait until tomorrow. To tide you over, here are some clever Harry Potter halloween ideas, for those who like to mix their All Hallows with the Deathly Hallows! A few photos below, then links to those ideas and more under the photos. Harry Potter Halloween Idea Links:

Zombie Harry Potter and Crew

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Sushi-themed Baby Shower Gift

August 22, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: craft

Loving this from @dollarcraft a Sushi-themed Baby Shower Gift!

Faux food gifts are a fun idea that’s been floating around out there for a while. You’ve probably seen diaper cakes or sock cupcakes, but here’s a new twist! Jolene from Creative Dollar used an assortment of baby essentials to create “sushi”, which she presented all wrapped up on a plate. Hers was a baby girl gift and included hair bows; for boys, you could use more socks or other small soft goods instead. Sushi-loving moms-to-be will love this creative presentation!

Get the instructions here: http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2011/08/make-a-sushi-baby-shower-gift/

Mother’s Day Blog Party for Tiny Prints – Recap

April 29, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Reviews / Giveaways

A big thank you to Tiny Prints for sponsoring a fun blog party to celebrate Mother’s Day! Dabbled hosted a party to promote Tiny Prints Mother’s Day card collection the other night, and it was a ton of fun. The idea was to get a bunch of bloggers and friends of Dabbled together, to celebrate Mother’s Day with a little mom pampering, and to show off the Mother’s Day card collection–which is way cute. Since I couldn’t invite all my lovely readers, I do have a little gift for you from Tiny Prints - Go… Read on...

Awesome Party last night!

April 28, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Personal

We had a blast at a blogger party last night, sponsored by Tiny Prints… I’ll have a full writeup on it and coupon codes for you guys, ~~later this afternoon!~~ Here it is – go check out the pics! It was great to hang out with everyone and get pampered for mother’s day..

Octopus Baby Shower Cookies

February 2, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Featured Craft, Featured Recipes, food, my food, recent, Tutorials/Tips

For a friend’s baby shower, we did an octopus theme (the mom was having twins, so the theme was “she’s going to need 8 arms!” These cookies match the invitation. Here are the cookies I made as shower favors. They weren’t overly difficult, but a tad time consuming. I’ll post the recipe in a later post if anyone is interested, but basically it’s a non-leavened sugar cookie, covered with royal icing. With small skewers for sticks, inserted before the cookie is baked. The octopus is drawn on freehand, and it doesn’t take artistic talent… Everyone is cute, unique,… Read on...

Tips for throwing a White Elephant holiday party

December 9, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: Seasonal/Holiday

I’ve been a slacker about the holidays this year, and never got around to planning a christmas party. We usually do a White Elephant Gift Exchange with our friends, and it’s a lot of fun. This year, I think I’m just going to do the party in January, when everyone’s back from the holidays and might actually have a few white elephants they’d like to get rid of! And, conveniently enough, the invitation theme is Winter/Snowflakes, not any holiday per se. Download a printable/emailable version of the invitation graphic from flickr. If you’ve never done a… Read on...

Review: Ice Shooter Molds (and Herb Scissors) from Useful Things

September 8, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: food, Reviews / Giveaways

The lovely folks over at Useful Things contacted me about doing a few product reviews, and they had such neat stuff that I though Dabbled readers might like, so I said yes. They sent me two of their neat products – Ice Shooter Molds and Herb Scissors. So here’s what I have to say about them. Ice Shot Glass Molds I had to try the Ice Shooter Molds, because I kept thinking of so many interesting uses for them… They are made by Fred, which always seems to make cool products, and these were no… Read on...