Thanks to everyone who has linked and tweeted about my Trooper Pops!
And if you like them, I’d be much obliged if you’d go vote for my pops to win the Stuff on a Stick contest on instructables!
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 an instructable, with tons of photos and instructions for both the clone troopers and the storm trooper versions… Click the image below,…
One my sweetie’s favorite libations (other than a fancy craft beer!) on a summer evening is Citron & Tonic. So last time we were at the store, eyeing the big $30 bottle of Absolut Citron, we decided to see if we could make something similar (or even better) ourselves, for less money! I’d read previously that you could filter cheap vodka and get it closer to premium vodka using a water filter pitcher–and we already knew how to infuse spirits with citrus (remember Making Limoncello?) –, so we figured why not try?
We bought a less expensive vodka* and went home…
Here’s a fun little way to keep your kid occupied for a bit, and also use up some of the scraps you have in your stash from various projects. The Boy has been obsessed with the game Spore, particularly the fun of character creation. (Yes, we’re raising a geek child, why do you ask!?) And while he has a lot of fun playing it on the computer, he does need a break from ’screen time’ sometimes (not if you asked HIM, of course!). He’s never really been into arts and crafts – short attention span from too many video games,…
Boy starts kindergarten next week and we’re enjoying the end of summer vacation!
I have bunches of stuff coming up, including making your own citron vodka… so stay tuned! In the mean time, go check out my latest recipe on Foodwhirl! (Vidalia Onion Shrimp Cakes!)
Just had a odd experience where someone left a comment on one of my Instructables accusing me of stealing the idea for my Hot Wheels Car Launcher. At first I was like ‘dude, I’m sure other people have thought of similar things in the vast internets’, then I googled and found what he was talking about. The car launcher in the video was exactly like mine. But the video was by Make Magazine, who had published my How To on the Car Launcher last December (the Kids Issue). So the guy was basically accusing me of ripping…
