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“Tie Dye” Nails done by a total amateur
I must admit that I’m not a nail person, generally. I keep my fingernails natural and short, because I tend to be rough on them, between projects, typing, and just general life. But, as I have...
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Science Fun with Kids: Oil & Water Fireworks
So my 7 yr old came home the other day from camp and was like “Mom, we’ve got to go do this experiment, it’s so cool!” And it WAS pretty darn cool, so I thought I’d share it with you guys! These are...
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Geeky Halloween: Incredible Homemade Weeping Angels
Don’t Blink!! It’s never too early to start planning for Halloween, especially if your ambitions are this big. Check out this incredible build by HalloweenForum poster MacabreRob. He built not one,...
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The Homemade Shrinky Test Lab (redux)
So way back in 2008, one of the first big “experiments in craft” I did for Dabbled was what I called the Shrinky Dink Test Lab. I had run across the idea for using #6 plastic to make homemade shrink...
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Braaains! Salmon Brain Dip every Zombie would just die for.
Really, Halloween is NOT that far away, and if you’re really into Halloween, like we are around here, it just makes sense to start thinking about things early! So, as part of my new “clean up old...
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Halloween Food: Dot’s Mozzarella Eyeballs
These Mozzarella Eyeballs have been a staple of my Halloween party food for several years now. They are delicious, and suitably creepy! The curse of Halloween food blogging is that many of my...
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Halloween: Mary Poppins Kids Costume !
Have you started thinking about Halloween yet? It’s only a month and a half away you know, and time to start planning costumes! This fun costume comes to us from the wonderful illustrator, and all...
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Halloween Cocktail Inspiration
Six years. Long enough to have a baby and raise him/her until they are school ready. Long enough to date, get married and launch a career. Six years is long enough to remodel a house, launch a...
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Halloween Decor: How to make Super Creepy Photos (Photoshop Tutorial &...
Update: Related technique and more downloads: Ghost Portraits! Did you know Great Aunt Gertrude was a zombie? Or Ancient Uncle Elrod was a tad undead? Unfortunately for my Halloween décor, I don’t...
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Another Halloween Creepy Decor Tutorial & Printables: Ghost Portraits
For my guest post on Fed Ex’s Out of Office blog this month, I originally was going to do yesterday’s Creepy Portrait tutorial. But, apparently that was a little tooooo creepy for them, so I did...
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Update on Dot, in which I make excuses, give you a new recipe, and make some...
This last month with the holidays and lots of web design work has been a total mess for me. Work & family has kept me really busy, so I admit I’ve been neglecting this poor little blog! I do have...
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Awesome Crafty Giveaway from Elmer’s Craft-It (@elmers) …$150 value!
So my big plan was to come up with a really cool Christmas project to show off the stuff in this box… and a lot of great stuff it is… cutting mats and X-actos, and glues –courtesy of Elmer’s… all...
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Make your own Retro Inspired Canvas Print (Tutorial)
How to transfer a photo to canvas for a neat, retro look! This is a fun project if you’d like an inexpensive way to make your own “canvas print”, and you like a retro, old fashioned feel. It makes a...
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How to make an adorable Needle Felted Alien
We’re always looking for cute (and maybe a little silly or geeky) crafts here on Dabbled, so when Lark Crafts offered a tutorial to share with you guys from their new book Wee Felt Worlds, I said,...
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St Patrick’s Day Printable: Origami ‘Cootie Catcher’
My FedEx Out of Office blog post is up for March, and I almost forgot to share it with you guys before St. Patrick’s Day! This is a fun printable (with Dot artwork, naturally!) that your kids can...
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So Long spammers, and Goodbye to (some) comments
Hello all… Dot here. Yes, I still love you guys, but the eternal war with spammers has brought me to a crossroads. Dear spammers: No, none of my readers want to buy your essay, really–And the comments...
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Pretty boiled eggs (so you can tell them apart from the raw ones in the fridge!)
I hesitate to publish this right before Easter, as it’s really a year round egg hack, not an easter egg hack, but I suppose it is extra useful at Easter, where you might want some pretty brown eggs....
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Easter Idea Roundup
Silk Tie Dyed Eggs Cake Eggs! Roundup: Easter Sweets Easter Egg Coloring Ideas Make your Own Peeps! The Chicken Egg Family Fabric Easter Basket Tutorial Chocolate Filled Eggshells from not martha...
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The Skylanders Party Highlights: The Invitation! (free printable)
Continuing the highlights from yesterday’s Skylander’s Cake, I just realized I never posted the invitation to the Skylanders Party. I wanted to do something a little different, and most of the...
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Halloween Food: The Mummy’s Hand..
Happy weekend… this is from several years ago, but it was so good, I thought it deserved a repeat! My dear creative friend, Chad, made this for the Halloween party … and was kind enough to give us a...
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