In my house, we (and by “we,” I mean me and my uninterested husband and kids that I am forcing this on) are doing our best to be better stewards of our environment.  So when Dot asked me to be a guest poster on Dabbled while she sunbathes on an exotic beach being served fruity cocktails by 22-year-old buff cabana boys (I am now thinking I got the raw end of this deal), I immediately racked my brain to come up with a crafty “green” project.

And thus, the reusable sandwich bag project was born. Here in the South, school starts…

Ooohh.. Way nifty cupcakes! These are just gorgeously done. By lorijohernandez on Flickr (via)

Really nifty writeup on Craftypod, a review of The Pocket Paper Engineer– a book on how to create pop up books! These are so fun and look like some really great projects. (*adds to ever growing list…)

Betz White made this fabulous Etch-A-Sketch Laptop cover! I’m in love… When I get a new laptop, i may have to try this… (via)

Several really cool things from Hostess with the Mostess
– a Wii themed party
– Child’s Candyland themed party
– Denture-like Ice Cubes – too cool and creepy, these might be good for…

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As you probably know, i outsource my ideas that involve woodworking to my fabulous husband, the maker behind the Play Stove, and other cool stuff.

Previously we created a Finger Puppet Bus to store The Boy’s Ikea finger puppets. After Ikeahacker linked to it, I got numerous requests for more detailed instructions. So here they are! [Note: I think it would be great to do this with homemade finger puppets as well. Here’s some great finger puppet crochet patterns from Crochet Me ]. If anyone has any cute instructions for felt…

Some links to check out!

In forcing herself to get out of her creative funk, The Caffinated Crafter produced this cute little critter. I love him! (and on etsy!)

Little Arty Crafty Crow creates adorable yet slightly creepy little dressed up animals. (on etsy too!)

Bitter Betty has a tutorial/recipe for making an organic Strawberry Lime jam. Yummy!

Really simple graphic tutorial on making felt balls, by Verrito (via whipup.net)

Fabulous give-away at The Secret is in The Sauce. A real bounce castle! I could so get the boy tired out if i had one of those… (via Tip Junkie)

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Craft Addictions has a fabulous set of felt food. Love! Click through to see the entire breakfast!
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Angry Chicken has yummy looking homemade marshmallows with chocolate and hazelnuts. Since we had snow last evening (it actually stuck!) I made hot chocolate with “homemade” marshmallows, which were a christmas gift (from Williams Sonoma). Quite tasty, but it would be even better to do homemade.
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CraftyPod has an adorable felted sweater teddy bear. So sweet! And I’m always looking for more inspiration for the recycled sweater projects…
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Finally, via a link over from Average Jane Crafter

Making It Lovely has a great tutorial on how to make a…

I’m going to wait til this weekend to start this (hopefully I’ll have a functional camera by then), but I’m sketching out ideas for a sweater octopus and/or a sweater squid to do with my faboo haul of stripey wool sweaters– my husband thinks I should do a cuttlefish too (which could be cool, but i’m picturing long legs, and they don’t really have that). I’ve got about 3 different concepts running around in my head right now…

Although it wasn’t really the inspiration for this concept, the coolest sea creatures can be found on futuregirl!

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The Evil Mad Scientists have done it again!This is probably one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while. Definitely will have to try this.

I’m wondering if you could do the Flying Spaghetti Monster with a white chocolate coating, rather than marshmallow. hmmm, something to contemplate. Must try!

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I love these earrings at BleuArts…

I need to try my hand at jewelry making next, since I have all these beads my mom brought me from India.

It’s late for christmas, but these ornaments at Betz White are too cute!

As are these via ri-creazione

…and a little Martha — making felt balls:

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More inspiration for projects…. I’ve been considering doing mittens as one of my recycled sweater projects, and these from Ravenhill are adorable!

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Destructo-bot scarf:The Boy wants a scarf, and have some brown fleece left over from Halloween. I also have some embroidery floss and some white fleece felt. I’m thinking of applique-ing my cute little destructo-bot on a basic scarf. When I finish (assuming it looks cute, of course!), I’ll post the pattern for the little guy.
Of course, I’ve never done much like this before, so I think i’ll use the awesome tutorials on sewing on felt from futuregirl to brush up on my skills…they are really good (the tutorials, not my skills).

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