Sarah from Fuss Budget Promo was kind enough to ask me to speak at the most recent Wilmington NC tweetup about my experience using twitter to promote my blogs and podcast. We ended up getting a room that was more noisy than expected, so instead of speaking last Thursday, I am writing today the blog [...]
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Santa is one lucky guy…
December 25th, 2009 1 Comment
Santa came to our house last night and enjoyed the most scrumptious chocolate chip cookies ever.
Sugarcrafter’s Candy Cane Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
¾ tsp baking soda
2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chunks
1 cup dark chocolate chips
2 [...]
tutesday :: Window Farms
December 22nd, 2009 No Comments
The only other boss I listen to besides Bruce Springsteen gave me a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble for Christmas, so I went and picked up Respect the Spindle and the latest issue of Bust. The latter introduced me to Window Farms, and thus, inspired today’s tutesday.
If you live in an apartment or a space [...]
Ugly Handmade Christmas Sweaters
December 19th, 2009 4 Comments
The hubby and I were invited to an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party this weekend, and since we found out last-minute that we would actually be able to make it, I had one evening to come up with a party-worthy creation.
I grabbed a sweater from the back of the closet, some black acrylic paint, leftover felt, sequins, [...]
Where’s tutesday?
December 15th, 2009 No Comments
This Tuesday, I’m taking a break from posting tutorials and making these lovely 8 Point Origami Stars instead. The tutorial comes from Brooke and was posted at Craft & Creative last week.
Finally, a use for the filler pages from my vintage knitting magazines.
