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Tutorial: Make Angry Birds Cupcakes

June 20, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Featured Recipes, food, my food, Tutorials/Tips

My son, he who inspired the Clone Trooper Cupcakes, Dragon Cake, and Perry the Platypus Cake, is obsessed with Angry Birds. Well, he’s really obsessed with about a dozen games on the iPhone or Android when we’ll let him play them — and he got to play a lot while we were on vacation in Mexico. And we had a 4 hour delay so I played my share of Angry Birds, too. Anyway. So here they are in cupcake form (here are a bunch of other Angry Birds creations,… Read on...

Octopus Baby Shower Cookies

February 2, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Featured Craft, Featured Recipes, food, my food, party, 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...

Part 2: Perry the Platypus Costume tutorial- UPDATED!

October 25, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: craft, Featured Craft, Halloween

The Boy is going as Mr. Freeze for halloween this year, but he’s wearing last year’s Perry the Platypus (Agent P!) costume to school on Friday. I started thinking about it, and decided it needed a bit of an update, so here is Perry, V 2.0! I decided it needed big Perry eyes, so I added 2 ping pong balls, colored with Sharpie marker. I also added a drawstring around the hoodie that I never got around to doing last year, so that it sits closer to his face. Just those minor adjustments really add… Read on...

How to Make Clone Trooper (and Stormtrooper) Candy Pops

August 17, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: Featured Recipes, food

Need a little more Star Wars in your life? Inspired by this summer’s Clone Cupcakes and the Stuff on a Stick contest on Instructables, I was inspired the other day to create this tasty little Clone Army… The pops are basically Rolo candies, covered in marshmallow fondant, with fondant details. No baking required! Though I do admit that they are a bit time consuming… But were definitely appreciated by the young Star Wars fans… Wanna Make them yourself? I’ve written up the whole thing as anRead on...

New necklaces (with Dot’s art!)

April 28, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: art, craft, Featured Craft, my art, Robots

I’ve been working on a way to sell some of my artwork, in a way that is both affordable, and more ‘useful’ than just a picture you hang on your wall. So this is a couple of prototypes of my latest idea! (Excuse the pics, these aren’t the highest quality!) I’ve been playing around with glass tile necklaces, with either prints from my artwork, or original drawings, as fun and wearable art.
Here are the 2 prototypes–based on the watercolor series (“Robot World“) which is currently in the Museum of Science in Boston. One is… Read on...

Adding Some UMPF with an Airbrush!

March 23, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: Featured Craft, Guest

Hi Everybody!! My name is Chrissy P. from Felted Chicken! I’m your average-everyday Felter living & working on Hollywood, CA. I’ve been needle-felting for about a year and a half now, and am always looking for new, interesting, and easy ways to add some extra UMPF to my sculptures. Nancy was kind enough to ask me to share a tutorial on one of these processes. In addition to the traditional felting techniques that everybody uses (needle & wet-felting, dying my own wool, accenting with tufts of colored wool) I also use an Airbrush to add shadows &… Read on...

Make Roses… for everything!

March 17, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: craft, food

Flowers are a great decoration for crafts and food alike! And roses particularly have romantic connotations, or are just plain lovely. (Well, except the Bacon Roses, those are just plain weird.) I’ve been seeing them everywhere lately, so here are a few ways to make them: Some fun Rose Making Links: <<Here’s a rose “chip” made from Beets! Such a clever idea for a ‘savory’ rose! See the how-to at Eye Candy. Also some done with purple potatoes (see pic above) >>
Little Birdie Secrets has a tutorial on… Read on...

IF: Propagate – Robot Matryoshka Dolls

February 25, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: art, Illustration Friday, my art, Robots

Illustration Friday prompt this week was Propagate… I’m not really sure HOW these dolls propagate, but I’m sure it’s interesting :) This seemed to be begging for a caption, this was the one I came up with… any better ideas? If you missed it..Earlier today: Clothes Tutorials – recycle your wardrobe! And the latest from Foodwhirl.com!

Tentacle Hugs Valentine Day Card Printable

January 26, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: art

Another Valentine’s Day free download for you… This cute little squid made his debut in 2009, and is back as a printable for your valentines day needs! Plus, instructions on making your own quick envelope for this or any other homemade card! Downloads: Single Card – Tentacles are for Hugging Set of 9 mini-cards – Tentacles are for Hugging 2 cards – Tentacles version, Happy Valentine’s Day version Download either the larger single card, or a set of 9 mini cards for school giving. Quick Homemade Envelopes If you want envelopes for your cards, the… Read on...

The Little Game Box

December 17, 2009 | Also posted in Topic: art, craft, Featured Craft, my art, Tutorials/Tips

Here’s a great little stocking stuffer you can make yourself. My 4 year old played a game similar to this* at grandma’s over Thanksgiving, and loved it, so I thought a pocket version would be a great little ‘handmade’ Christmas gift. I’ve included (almost) everything you need to make one for yourself as free downloads! Just grab the file, print, and add your own Altoids tin for a cute little gift that fits perfectly in a stocking! This freebie is a present for you, my readers, because if I didn’t have you, there wouldn’t be much point to… Read on...