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May 9, 2008

Mother's Day Tattoo Cookies

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Mother's Day is this Sunday and if you need a super quick project, whip up Zakka Life's Mother's Day Tattoo Cookies. What a cute idea!

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | May 9, 2008 10:00 AM
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May 7, 2008

Distill Plant Essences Using a DIY Condenser

Sean Ragan has a tutorial for extracting plant essences at home using a combination of kitchen items you probably already have, and a special shaped "schoolhouse" style glass lampshade. This thorough walkthrough will help you make scents for soaps, laundry, etc. from rose petals, rosemary, and other plants.

Posted by Becky Stern | May 7, 2008 02:00 PM
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ROUNDUP: Quick & Easy Mother's Day Crafts

If you're in a pinch and need to come up with a last-minute Mother's Day gift, look no further! We've assembled a list of craft tutorials that have caught our eye--and all of them can easily be whipped up by this Sunday, no problemo.

Burda Style has a tutorial for making a luxurious eye mask, perfect for moms who want to relax in style. I love the peacock-feather Liberty fabric used in the tutorial, and the lavender-scented filling equals instant naptime.

These magnetized photo frame clips from Craftster user AidanNia are a cute way to remind mom you care--and what a great way to hang up kiddie art on the fridge! You can paint the wood however you like, or even decoupage the frame with pretty paper.

Amy from Angry Chicken has been experimenting with all-natural bath and beauty products, and her Coconut-Vanilla Sugar Scrub would be a great choice for moms who need some pampering.

Jenny from LJCFYI designed these fun seed packet envelope templates to use as wedding or baby announcements, but with a little graphic know-how you could easily tweak the design for Mother's Day. You could make a sweet gift basket with them using a pretty pot and new gardening gloves.

Finally, something sweet for mom--these Bourbon Balls posted on Shelterrific. They are made with a blend of crush pecans, vanilla wafer cookies, cocoa and a touch or bourbon. A yummy no-bake treat, and it's unexpected (unlike a box of drugstore chocolates).

Posted by Jenny Ryan | May 7, 2008 01:00 PM
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April 10, 2008

Plantable Cards

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Etsy seller Recycled Ideas makes these plantable cards, handmade paper cards with flower seeds embedded in them. Just plant the card and flowers will later bloom in it's place. A perfect green gift for Mother's Day! [ via CasaSugar ]

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Apr 10, 2008 01:00 AM
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March 23, 2008

Drilled Eggs Look Like Lace

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Phil @ MAKE writes:

Slovenian artist Franc Grom makes these elaborate drilled eggs, some with over 17,000 holes.

Posted by Becky Stern | Mar 23, 2008 02:00 PM
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March 21, 2008

HOW TO - Hamentashen Purim Cookies

Phil @ MAKE posted this recipe for how to make hamentashen Purim cookies. From the site:

Hamentaschen, or Hamen's hats, are triangular cookies to celebrate Hamen's defeat at Purim (see the Book of Esther). In Hebrew, they are called Oznei Haman - Hamen's ears. They are eaten at Purim and included in mishloach manot, the Purim mitzvah of giving food to the poor and friends. Traditionally, Ashkenazi hamentashen are triangular (hat shaped) butter cookies stuffed with prune, apricot or poppy fillings, although variants are widespread. In Sephardi traditions, they are sometimes fried circles (ear shaped). Our recipe is a dairy Ashkenazi version; we've also included links to alternatives.

Posted by Becky Stern | Mar 21, 2008 04:00 PM
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Downloadable Stylish Easter Card

Eastercards Maquette
I'm loving this stylish Easter card by Maquette that you can download and print as a 5 X 7 postcard. You can find more cards in her Free Art Cards set in Flickr.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Mar 21, 2008 10:00 AM
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March 20, 2008

Chocolate Birds Nests

Angry Chicken shares a recipe for these adorable edible birds nests, made from shredded wheat and milk chocolate. Chocolate Bird Nests

Posted by Jenny Ryan | Mar 20, 2008 07:00 PM
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PEEPS® Meringue Tartlets

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Oh we aren't done with PEEPS yet! For those of you who are sad you didn't win the free book giveaway for PEEPS®! Recipes and Crafts to Make with Your Favorite Marshmallow Treat by Charity Ferreira, Peter at the Chronicle Books Blog has posted up a recipe from the book to make this yummy PEEPS Meringue Tartlets!

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Mar 20, 2008 10:00 AM
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Easter Window Silhouettes

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Cindy of Skip to My Lou shows us how to make easy Easter window silhouettes -- a great project for kids to help decorate for Easter.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Mar 20, 2008 09:00 AM
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March 19, 2008

HOW TO - Knit Easter Egg Ornaments

The Purl Bee shares a pattern and tutorial for making the sweetest Easter Egg ornaments ever! I especially like the Fair Isle-style detailing done in duplicate stitch. Knitted Easter Eggs

Related:
• HOW TO - Knit an Easter Egg
• Easter Egg Yo-Yo Tutorial
• Chalkboard Easter Egg Tutorial

Posted by Jenny Ryan | Mar 19, 2008 05:00 PM
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Secret Pocket Easter Eggs

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Sew, Mama, Sew shows you how to make these adorable fabric secret pocket Easter Eggs, a crafty alternative for those plastic eggs.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Mar 19, 2008 10:00 AM
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March 18, 2008

PEEPS® Printed Canvas Tote

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In celebration of today's giveaway we are happy to give you a craft project from the book, PEEPS®! Recipes and Crafts to Make with Your Favorite Marshmallow Treat by Charity Ferreira.

PEEPS® Printed Canvas Tote

Use PEEPS and fabric paints to turn blank canvas totes into Easter basket-bags printed with pink, yellow, and blue Bunnies. Or make trick-or-treat bags printed with glow-in-the-dark Ghosts. Cheaptotes.com is a great resource for natural or colored cotton totes. If you want to expand your choices of paint colors, you can make acrylic paint suitable for printing on fabrics by mixing it with fabric paint medium, about 1 part fabric medium to 2 parts paint.

You will need:

Pencil and paper

PEEPS®, any color or shape

Cotton tote bag, prewashed and ironed

1 piece cardboard, small enough to fit inside tote but large enough to cover your entire design

Fabric paint, any and as many colors as you like

Shallow dish(es) or bowl(s)

Small paintbrush (optional)

Using the paper and pencil, make a sketch ahead of time to plan your print design.

Separate the PEEPS carefully to preserve their shape and choose the ones you’ll use for making prints.

Place the tote bag on a flat surface and insert the cardboard inside to keep the paint from soaking through.

Pour the fabric paint into a shallow dish, or dishes if using multiple colors.

Dip the front side of one of your PEEPS in paint to coat. Place it, paint side down, onto the tote and press gently. Lift off carefully. Touch up the print with the paintbrush, if necessary.

Repeat the process as desired. The PEEPS should each make several prints.

Let the tote dry for 24 hours before using.

Makes 1 tote.

Related:
PEEPS® On Film Contest

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Mar 18, 2008 11:00 AM
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First Annual Softie Easter Parade

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This week is the First Annual Softie Easter Parade held by Lisa of Q.D. Patooties! Read more on the details and categories of the parade and upload your photo of your softie to the Flickr group.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Mar 18, 2008 08:30 AM
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March 17, 2008

HOW TO - Fold a Shamrock from a Dollar Bill

If you forgot to wear green for St. Patrick's Day, a dollar bill and some origami should help you out. Chrisjob on Curbly has detailed instructions on how to fold a dollar bill into a shamrock. Shamrock Dollar Origami.

Posted by Michelle Kempner | Mar 17, 2008 07:00 AM
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March 16, 2008

Softies Central Easter Bunnies Roundup

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Sweet tidings of Easter will be soon upon us and I love the beautiful roundup (and soft hues) in this Easter Bunnies roundup at Softies Central. Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Mar 16, 2008 01:00 PM
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March 14, 2008

HOW TO - Make Golden Chocolate Easter Eggs

Apartment Therapy: The Kitchen shares Francisco Migoya's method for making these swanky-looking chocolate Easter Eggs coated in edible gold powder. Link.

Posted by Jenny Ryan | Mar 14, 2008 07:00 PM
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Knit Easter Bonnet Pattern

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Zakka Life was inspired by the Lion Brand Lyra's Knit Hood pattern and modified it to turn it into this sweet spring Easter Bonnet. Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Mar 14, 2008 10:00 AM
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March 11, 2008

St. Patrick's Day Election Dress

Here's an amazingly constructed knitted dress (with a knitting machine, I assume) encouraging you to vote on election day in November. - Link.

Posted by Becky Stern | Mar 11, 2008 02:00 PM
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Decorating Eggs Review

Easter's coming early this year, so I'm trying to plan ahead. Decorating Eggs, by Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell (try saying that in one breath!), is my new best friend. For the past few years, I've dyed my eggs in onion skins with leaves for decoration (check out this Instructable for a how-to), but this year I'm thinking to try something different. This book has a ton of great suggestions. Some are simple, kid-friendly egg decorating projects, like painting faces on them with acrylic and filling them with dirt to grow cress hair or making an egg "bird" mobile with origami paper. Others are a little more sophisticated, like scrafitto, or felted wool egg cozies (see above), latex resist, or even using engravings from books to make very fancy eggs indeed.

The how-to illustrations are charming and clear, and there's a good run-down on which type of egg is best for each project.

Posted by Arwen O'Reilly | Mar 11, 2008 01:01 PM
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