From the monthly archives:

November 2007

CraftyPod #65: Gingerbread Houses, with My Mom!

November 29, 2007

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

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In this show:

- All about making gingerbread houses, with Pam Harris (My mom!)

- Notes on how to bake it, how to build it, and how to decorate it.

- Cautionary tales from our family’s [...]

 
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Ornaments on the brain, apparently.

November 28, 2007

I’ve got things to share with you all this week, but having dropped and mortally wounded my camera, I’m pictureless for a couple days. So instead, here are a few things from around the crafty universe that have caught my eye lately:

Sugar Ornaments have me all compelled. You mix sugar with egg whites and color, [...]

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It’s up at Etsy…

November 27, 2007

UPDATE: Good lord, you guys ROCK! My initial listing sold out, so I’ve re-listed a few more copies. But when these are gone, that’s all for this year. Thank you so much!

UPDATE AGAIN: That’s all, folks! See you for Christmas Zine 2008!

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Okay, I’ve just listed some extra copies of the Christmas Zine over at my [...]

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How to make a Pinecone Bird Feeder

November 26, 2007

New tutorial up at DIY Alert this week: Pinecone Bird Feeders. A time-honored project, great for both kids and your local birds. Enjoy!

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A bit of the nep….

November 25, 2007

A wee post for the locals.

If you have little ones, and you need Holiday portraits of them, my parents are doing three days of drop-in photography at their studio. They’ve decorated a really cute little set, and for just $25.00, you can walk away with a CD of images to use in your scrapbooking [...]

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Indie Arts: the DVD Magazine

November 25, 2007

Still enjoying my long weekend off, and especially last night. I got to curl up on the sofa with hook and yarn, and watch my copy of Indie Arts.

Indie Arts is another cool project based here in Portland, and the brainchild of artist Karen Landey. About a year ago, she had one of those big [...]

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Fold, Staple, Glue . . . and repeat

November 24, 2007

Freshly-baked apple muffins and hot tea. Very cold and grey outside. This Christmas movie, and that one, wrestled out of storage. Time for a Christmas Zine assembly party.

She’s a hefty one this year. In future, we’re probably going to have to impose a page limit on ourselves. We had to fold the pages in sections [...]

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Simple Celebration

November 23, 2007

Who can resist a little Thanksgiving recap?

Our table was simple, blending autumn leaves (courtesy of K’s mom) with our ever-present Tiki stash. We’re not big on centerpieces – they just have to be removed to make way for the food!

Pioneer Woman’s Spanish Green Beans were every bit as good as she said. This is the [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 21, 2007

The Big Meal is officially underway! This morning, I ventured out to pick up the bird and potatoes, and K. went off to pick up the Christmas Zine from Martin, our printer (and the nicest man ever).

We got rid of our car this year, so we’re still learning how to do holiday logistics on [...]

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Fusing Fabric: a Tutorial

November 21, 2007

Pssst . . . new tutorial just went up at DIY Alert — Fused Fabric Greeting Cards. This was a topic we covered way back in CraftyPod #38, but if you like your how-to’s visual, there you go!

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