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[15 Apr 2010 | 4 Comments | 1,075 views]
Green crafting for Earth Day

Earth Day is coming up…  What’s your favorite ‘Green’ craft project or idea?  (Drop me an email with your faves, or leave a comment… I’ll be highlighting some on Dabbled this next week.)

Here are some to get your inspiration going!*

Green Crafting Flickr Roundup (links are below the big pic)

1. piglinks, 2. Ad Bracelet, 3. Recycled Tunic, 4. RCA Record Comb, 5. a batch of studs – copyright amalia versaci 2009, 6. Madonna Wine tote, 7. Olive and Teal Sundress, 8. recycled plastic earrings, 9. around the world in 80 stamps upcycled vintage bag

*I’m recycling these pics from 2009!  See how…

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[9 Mar 2010 | 2 Comments | 531 views]
Good Links

A few quick links for you, to get your day going!

Love this nautilus by The Book Collector’s Wife!  It’s on my list of cool cephalopods!

Cool chess sets at Dudecraft

5 weird things I learned at culinary school at Talk of Tomatoes

Blade Runner death scene done in Legos (Blade Runner remains one of my fave all time movies.  Right up there with The Princess Bride) (via Great White Snark)

Cute redone side table into play stove... love the creative re-use!  (Previous play stove posts here and here)

Twittered this week:

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[20 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 589 views]
Cakes Galore!

On the Foodwhirl.com blog today I have a post up highlighting some interesting and fun cakes I found on flickr..  Go check it out!

And while you’re in the mood, here are some other great cake/sweets roundups from Dabbled’s past!

A plethora of Geeky Cakes!

My own robot cake from a few years back, and a roundup of other robot cake ideas!

Last year’s Dragon Cake!

Hungry yet?

Twitter It!

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[19 Feb 2010 | 4 Comments | 783 views]
Stuff I like today.

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/02/how-to_layered_jello_mold.html http://manhattancraftroom.blogspot.com/2010/02/perfect-manhattan-evening-plus-jello.html http://www.pickycook.com/breakfastandbrunch/berrymascarponepancakes.aspx http://mimikirchner.com/blog/archives/2010/02/the-winner-and-the-pattern/ http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/how-to-make-chocolate-dipped-twinkie-bonbons-home-hacks-108505 http://averychocolatewedding.blogspot.com/2010/02/crepe-paper-poppy-diy.html http://creativepartyplace.com/2010/01/21/ladybug-first-birthday-party http://www.oneprettything.com/?p=8911 http://superpunch.blogspot.com/2010/02/victim-of-hannibal-lecter-cake.html http://www.dudecraft.com/2010/02/lepidopterecycled-work-of-michelle.html http://www.omnomicon.com/pancake-results

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[8 Feb 2010 | One Comment | 1,159 views]
Robot Cake, and more Linky Goodness

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend? Ours was nice, if quite busy!

Stay tuned tomorrow for a sweet treat tutorial, but today I have a few late night links and inspirations for you!

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[30 Jan 2010 | 4 Comments | 766 views]
Yummy food links..and the new food blog

Happy Saturday! I snuck in a little hint yesterday, but I guess I should officially announce that we’re launching the new team food blog, Foodwhirl.com, in 2 weeks! We’ve got a great team collected to bring you a bunch of neat perspectives on food, and the answers to that ultimate question of “What’s for Dinner?”! We have a temporary welcome page there now, where you can sign up for our RSS feed, and find links to our Facebook, Twitter and Flickr Group, too.

Foodwhirl’s already active on Twitter and Facebook, collecting some yummy food related links for you

@Foodwhirl on Twitter:

  • How to make…

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[28 Jan 2010 | 3 Comments | 598 views]
Buy handmade for valentines day…

Here are a few more gift ideas for Valentine’s Day, from indie sellers around the web!  Hope these give you some ideas and inspirations.  Feel free to add links to other good sites or items, in the comments!

Links to seller sites are below the image:

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[27 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 1,384 views]
New Stuff From the Dabbled Flickr Group

Some of the cool items that have been added to the Dabbled Flickr Group lately… If you’re on flickr, join us! We’d love to see your creative stuff there too!

1. Chica & Jo’s Super Bowl cupcakes – Referee shirt and football,get the templates to make your own at http://cupcakecollars.com

2. Valentines printables from Living Locurto – Get ‘em: http://www.livinglocurto.com/2010/01/candy-kiss-free-valentine-printables/

3. Underwater bangle 1,Lovely new work from Penny Dog Accessories (Remember her working with resin tutorial here on Dabbled?)

4. a small part of the Mixed Grill Place Mats designer Regina Rioux Gonzalez – What a cool placemat  by the cramped hand

Plus: Some other cool links!

  • Check…

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[22 Jan 2010 | 3 Comments | 1,100 views]
Friday Link Day

All throughout the week I find cool and interesting stuff I want to share with you guys… Much of it never makes it here, but I do tweet about them…

Some of the links I’ve posted on Twitter this week:

And MORE! Click through to see the rest…

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[7 Jan 2010 | 7 Comments | 995 views]
Thursday Inspirations

Apologies for the light (read: non-existent) posting this week. The 4 year old was home with me until Pre-K started back on Wednesday, so I’m just now getting caught up!

But, I did manage to collect a few cool links for your chilly January pleasure!

I love these washer necklaces at Little Birdie Secrets…Go check out the tutorial!

Crochet a Mustache Hat!

The Boy is seriously into Star Wars… So we made papercraft Star Wars characters the other day! Check out all the designs for free download on Toy-a-Day.

Oh, and a big shout out to Instructables… I won second place in their Halloween Contest (Food…