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Shrinky Ornament How To and Template (and IF)
For my IF this week, Santa (who was flying a few weeks ago) is now hanging out on an suncatcher ornament. What a rambunctious little scamp :) (ok, stretching the theme again, I admit it!) This is done as a faux ‘shrinky-dink’, using the plastic lid from a to-go box (#6 plastic) and sharpie markers. See below for the ‘how-to’. This would be great to do with kids, for personalize ornaments for the grandparents!
And the drawing, colored in Photoshop, just for fun:
If you want to make your own, here are some quickie directions. [I… Read on…
Tutorial: Make a Lemon Pie, or 2!
Another installment in the Dabbled Picture Recipe Series! Other recent food how-to’s:
Blueberry Pie
Oatmeal Cookies
Christmas Tree Cookies
Eggnog
This is a favorite lemon pie of mine… It’s dense, rich and very lemon-y. Lemon Chess, closer to lemon bars than lemon meringue. These make a lovely hostess gift (bake the pie in a pretty pie plate for your recipient to keep)… or make your own ‘gift set’ with lemons, the recipe, and some gear to make it (recommendations below).
(UPDATE: Get the recipe as a PDF here)
1. How to Make a Lemon Pie: Ingredients (2 pies), 2. Zesting… Read on…
Final Entries in the Holiday Recycling Contest!
The Holiday Contest entries are closed, and we have 10 lovely entries, consolidated here. Check ‘em out! I’ll pick a winner, and we’ll also have a people’s choice award, so vote for your favorites below.. (Grab a nifty robot santa contest button below, too!)
You can see more views of the entries in the Dabbled Flickr Pool, and be sure to click through the links below for more information about the item creation, and for tutorials on some.
1. Mini Snow Globes (more, and tutorial, here),
2. Christmas Trees for a… Read on…
How to Make Eggnog!
The other day I decided to make homemade eggnog for my White Elephant party tomorrow night. Because Alton Brown is my kitchen hero, I immediately headed over to foodtv.com and found his recipe. I decided to test several versions, and photograph & document the process for you guys. I started by trying the uncooked version. Obviously, if you’re concerned about salmonella, use pasteurized eggs. Verdict: Easy and Yummy.
Version 2 was the cooked version, also from Alton. Verdict: More difficult, but I haven’t tasted it yet! (It’s still chilling). See below the pic for the how-to’s.
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Holidays inspiration links and reminders
Soooo much going on… The Boy and I have been decorating our Christmas tree, and I baked lemon pies today (I documented the whole process, like I did with the Blueberry Pie, so tutorial to come probably Monday!). I’m getting ready for our White Elephant Gift Exchange Party on Saturday, and I’ve decided to attempt Homemade Eggnog (I’ll be trying both the cooked and uncooked version of Alton Brown’s recipe–I LOVE ALTON!). My goal is to have an eggnog post for you guys tomorrow. Speaking of Alton, I made my version of his Granola Bars today,… Read on…
Vote! Holiday Card Art Challenge…!
VOTING BEGINS: 12:00 noon Wednesday 12/10/2008 (NOW!)
VOTING ENDS: 12/14/2008
Get out the vote for yours or your favorites! Link back to here or use the button below.
1 Building a snowman from Brian H
2 Animated e-card from art by andy
3 3D Sleigh from cheeky magpie
4 Santa on a scooter from christine grove
5 Hip for the Holidays from Peter Breese
6 Keep Me Warm in the Snow from Carolineickle
7 Santa and the Yeti from Bella Sinclair
8 Snowman Family from Diana Evans
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Holiday Card Art Challenge
Here are the entries thus far in the Holiday Card Art Challenge… You have until 9:00 AM (Eastern US Time) tomorrow to get your entry in HERE.
EDIT: Entries closed — VOTE HERE!
VOTING BEGINS: 12:00 noon Wednesday 12/10/2008 (Tomorrow)
VOTING ENDS: 12/14/2008
Get out the vote for yours or your favorites! Link back to here or use the button below.
Hurry! Get Your Entry In
1 Building a snowman from Brian H
2 Animated e-card from art by andy
3 3D Sleigh from cheeky magpie
4 Santa… Read on…
Make and Freeze Homemade Chicken Stock
Chicken broth or stock* is a required ingredient in many of our holiday staples. Have you ever made your own? The other day I roasted a chicken, and once I had cut all the meat off the bones, I decided to make stock from the remainder. It saves money by getting value out of something you’d just through away, and has a richer taste and texture than the canned broth from the grocery store–plus it’s healthy! If you don’t usually roast chicken, this is a great thing to do with the leftover bones from your typical grocery store rotisserie chicken.… Read on…
Bunches of Christmas Ornaments, many with Tutorials
Make something cool for the xmas tree! Below are several cute ornament tutorials I found on flickr, then under that are more ornament links… And please feel free to add your own links in the comments!
Edit: Check out this new Shrinky Santa Ornament Tutorial!
Click through to the picture for a link to the tutorial: 1. Scrap Fabric Ornament, 2. felt ornament dove, 3. Heart and Star Ornaments – free tutorial!, 4. stocking ornament tutorial 021.JPG, 5. more snow folk ornaments, 6. snowman ornament guts with instructions!, 7. hang him… Read on…
Homemade Christmas for Kids: Sweater Snake
Super Sweater Snake! – More DIY How To Projects
I made this — one of my first recycled sweater projects — for The Boy last year. I can attest that he totally loves it still. All the details are at the Instructable embedded above, or click here.
