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My hair is almost long enough and the weather is always warm enough to try this killer Summer Braid. Refinery 29 gives a great tutorial showing you how to create this crafty coif with your favorite strip of fabric woven in. This will be so dreamy with a sweet summer dress.

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Thanks to BlankLabel.com, you have the chance to win a $50 voucher towards a custom designed shir...

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Come and join the fun at the whipup.net flickr group – here are some recent quilt and patchwork images – I also spy a mini quilt pattern from my book – yay! 1. Table setting placemat 1, 2. strip cross quilt , 3. herringbone block tutorial., 4. Willow’s Spring Flower Quilt, 5. Mini Quadrilateral Quilt, [...]

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When I first saw this fun pair of dress up bird wings from Eri of Llevo el Invierno on Prudent Baby, I thought to myself, "Heck, for the kids, sure ... but I want a pair, too!" Turns out, they were actually inspired by a pair for adults that was shared on Burda Style last fall. Eri's tutorial is for a kid-sized set of wings, but I'm guessing the idea could be easily upsized for adults and would make a really fun family group Halloween costume. You can get the full tutorial over on Prudent Baby.

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Jen from Tie Dye Diva has a free Tie-Top Beanie Pattern for you to download today!...

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Yesterday I picked up a cherry red Cuisinart ice cream maker so that I could indulge my creative sweet tooth. I've been scouring the web and I can hardly believe this recipe I found on Scoopalicious. Bethany, in a stroke of brilliance, PUT RED VELVET CUPCAKES IN THE ICE CREAM!!! And for this, I will be forever grateful!

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We went to see Red State [1] at McCaw Hall on it's stop here in Seattle. It was interesting to see an indie film on a gigantic screen in a huge fancy theater packed with casually dressed fans.

[1] http://coopersdell.com/

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Sockupied Spring 2011, Interweave Press, 2011. At the moment my knitting is all about socks, so I was pretty excited to get to have a look at Interweave Press? latest e-zine Sockupied Spring 2011.� I hadn?t played with an e-zine before, and it really feels like fun playing with this one. Like ordinary paper magazines, [...]

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Oh Joy [1] on Pinterest.@Nisedd [2] on Twitter.Craftzine [3].Grapefruit Margaritas, at Confessions of a Foodie Bride.I adore Smitten Kitchen. What other food blogs should I follow? | Ask MetaFilter.Grandma's Corned Beef at Ugly Green Chair. This recipe comes with a sauce, must try this next year.One-Stop Bake Sale Resource: Recipes, Tips & More! | Apartment Therapy The Kitchn. Including a whole list of gluten-free recipes.D.I.Y. Cooking Handbook - NYTimes.com.

[1] http://pinterest.com/ohjoy/
[2] http://twitter.com/#!/Nisedd/status/48473633810685953
[3] http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/03/how-to_garlic_knots.html

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Sarah over at the Makin' Projiks blog bought a cute toddler shirt for a $1, and then realized it would never work for her young daughter. Rather than throw it out or give it away, she used the fabric and ribbons to create 6 projects of her very own. It's an amazing and inspiring example of upcycling! Crafty ingenuity at its finest.

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WOW! great ideae :) i'm sure the makeup brush could be substituted for something similar right? thanks

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Artist Juliana Santacruz Herrera takes yarn bombing to the streets -- literally -- with the creative and colorful Projet Nid de Poule (Project Pothole, Paris 2009). [via Laughing Squid]

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Gareth of Make writes:

I love these sites where people challenge themselves to do a project every day for a month, or a year, or whatever. I think that, being under this kind of pressure, with lots to produce, frees you up, in a weird way, to get really creative, to think outside the box.

Make sure to head over to Make to see more photos from the project.

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BurdaStyle has a great roundup of sewing projects made from all of those fabric scraps you've been collecting. The things people do with their leftovers never cease to amaze me!

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This may look like a perfectly innocent cake meant to lure a leprechaun to the top but it has a few secrets.

Secret #1: Beneath the pile of gold coins are fragile bars, when the leprechaun approaches to grab the coins he'll fall into the pit and be trapped.

Secret #2: There is a rainbow hiding inside the cake. The leprechaun will discover this as he eats his way to freedom.

Have you heard of Leprechaun traps? I hadn't encountered these until this year, and I am completely charmed by them. Leprechaun traps are created by kids in order to lure and trap a leprechaun. They are often a craft or sort of science experiment, there are some amazing ones collected here at Geek Dad [1]. You can see plans for some at Family Fun [2] (including the one that inspired my cake), and a round up at How Does She [3].

I decided that my angel food cake pan, with the hole in the middles, would make an excellent shape for a leprechaun trap. As bored kids growing up in suburbs we used to make traps similar to this for each other by digging a hole in the ground then covering it with a few fragile branches, a layer of leaves and finally topped with some loose grass to hide it. I'm shocked nobody ever broke an ankle.

To read the complete how-to for this cake please click on MORE.

To form the rainbow in this cake I used the method shown here at Omnomicon [4] which is very simple -- separate your cake batter, color each section, then pour it into your cake pan one color on top of the next. The first time I saw this method was when my friend Maggi (hi Maggi!) made one a few years back. (update: Maggi's cake is over here [5]. Pretty.)

The trouble: Usually when one makes a cake like this you divide the batter into equal parts but that results in the color that went in first spreading out more as it cups around the colors that come on top. The result is that when you cut a slice of the final cake you get less of some colors and more of others.

You can see this effect in the image above from Omnomicon, the color poured in last is much more prominent than the color that went first, which is squeezed and spread around the bottom.

I really hoped to create a more traditional rainbow arch and distribute the colors so they would result in more even appearance so I decided to change the ratio of the colors of batter. The color poured first (in this case red) was given more batter than the color poured second (orange) and so on, the last color (purple) got the least amount of batter. I think it turned out fairly well. (But I see some room for improvement in the future.)

So this is what I did. I used one box of white cake mix and separated the batter into eight bowls:

6 ounces - red
5 ounces - orange
4 ounces - yellow
3 ounces - green
2 ounces - blue
1 ounce - purple
1 ounce - to be kept white
the rest of the batter, also kept white

I used an angel food cake pan, but if you have a more rounded bundt pan I think it would work out even better as it would look more like a hill. update: I'm doing some tests in different pan shapes and finding that rounded pans and taller pans (or more cake batter put in an angle food cake pan) doesn't create the same arch shape. I'm doing all sorts of test (yay for reasons to buy more cake pans) and I'll report back when I find out more.

To make pouring the batter easier I filled plastic bags with each color then snipped the corner just before I needed it. I think this gave me a bit more control than scraping it from a bowl, but be aware that it's difficult to stop the batter once it's started so get a good hold on the bag before you start -- one hand should be on top to squeeze the batter.

This makes for pretty dishes.

First pour the larger amount of white batter into the pan. Then pour the red batter in, making it a wide ring of batter. Then pour the orange over that, keeping it inside the red. I found it was easier to control the ribbon of batter holding the bag a bit higher over the pan and trying to be zen about it.

Pour in each color, creating narrower and narrower rings. As you go along snip smaller corners off the bags, it will help you control the narrower shape you are trying to make.

Last pour the remaining ounce of white batter on top. I had hoped this would make the rainbow dome have a more hollow center but mine didn't quite turn out, so you might not even bother with this last one unless you're feeling ambitious.

Put the cake in the oven, you might consider baking it at 325 instead of the usual 350 as it will dome a bit less when baked at a lower temperature. I forgot to do this.

While the cake is baking you can create your pretzel ladder. I used milk chocolate candy melts as glue, dabbing it in place using a toothpick then setting the smaller pretzels on top. I held the pretzel rods in place by supporting them with quarters. You might want to remember to wash your quarters first if you anticipate anybody eating the ladder. Ooops.

Here is the ladder in better light. (I bake at night, it doesn't make for great photos. My deep apologizes for the assault on your eyeballs.)

Level off what will be the bottom of your cake, this will also help shape the base of the rainbow arch as the batter will curve under itself creating more of a rainbow horseshoe.

Flip it right side up onto your cake plate, then slide a few rectangles of parchment paper under the edges so you can be messy while frosting the cake. When you are ready to present it you simply pull the parchment paper away and, ta da, an effortlessly clean cake plate. I learned this on the old Martha Stewart show. I miss that show.

To frost the cake I made a half batch of the Magnolia Bakery buttercream [6] frosting recipe found at MarthaStewart.com. First I did a crumb layer, followed by a few minutes in the freezer. (It's amazing I can make room in my freezer for something like this.)

I used at Ateco 234 tip, it's one of the larger ones. Probably not the best for creating something like grass but I already owned it so I went with it.

I sunk some pretzel sticks over the middle hole in the cake to create a sneaky platform for our gold.

Then I simply piled foil wrapped gold coins over the pretzel bars.

I created a sign using the international image for "Hey, the end of the rainbow and the pot of gold are over here!".

And stuck the sign into the cake using a popsicle stick.

Discoveries made:

You will stain your lips green while eating this.
My cake plate tilts to one side.
And I completely forgot to add the vanilla to the frosting.

Notes:

Bake at a slightly lower temperature, say 325, to avoid doming.
If you use cake batter from scratch here is how I decided how much batter to separate out for colors -- I took 2/3rds of the batter for color and divided that in amounts of 6/5/4/3/2/1 parts. In my cake the total batter was 34 ounces. Two-thirds of that is 22 ounces. Happily 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 21 ounces, which was close enough. YMMV (your math may vary).

Notes on different cake pan shapes:

I baked rainbow cakes in a bunch of different shapes of cake pans [7] and took photos of the results. Turns out? The rainbow arch effect works best in the angel food cake pan. Otherwise the colors swirl a bit more, still very pretty but more tie dye than rainbow.

[1] http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/03/leprechaun-trap/
[2] http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/to-catch-a-leprechaun-710897/
[3] http://www.howdoesshe.com/leprechaun-traps
[4] http://www.omnomicon.com/rainbowcake
[5] http://www.flickr.com/photos/lolagetz/3495490469/
[6] http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/magnolia-bakery-vanilla-buttercream
[7] http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/04/11/experiments-in-rainbow-cakes/

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If you ended up with leftover egg dye from Easter, or happen to pick some up on sale this week, check out this fun wreath tutorial from Brenna at Dollar Store Mom. She used egg dye to color rattan balls she found at her local dollar store. I love that they look like balls of brightly colored yarn.

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Taken during a brief window of sunshine today. This is our third string of pearls plant. I cannot keep plants alive and killed our first two. This one Scott takes care of and I try to not even look at it too closely for fear it will deflate and shrivel under my very gaze. I love how the pods are a little translucent along the seam.

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Edible Crafts [1].Edible Crafts [2].Nutter Butter stuffed chocolate cookies [3]. Yum.Busywork [4].

[1] http://ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com/how-to-frost-a-cake/2011/02/15/
[2] http://ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com/chocolate-butterflies/2011/02/17/
[3] http://www.seriouseats.com/2011/02/oreo-nutter-butter-chocolate-chip-stuffed-cookies-recipes.html?source=thekitchn
[4] http://busywork.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/northern-lights-photography-and-rice/

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For the Bakesale for Japan [1] last weekend I made something I decided to call Jars of Stars. These are simply very small star shaped cookies presented in jars. I think stuff in jars for a bakesale are fantastic, jars are visually interesting and useful for future uses. And you can charge a bit more than you might think, a good thing when the money is being raised for a great cause. I've previously made cobbler in jars [2], pudding in jars [3] and pies in jars [4]. Cake and cupcakes in jars [5] are also perfect, especially if sold with a bamboo fork or spork attached.

Image above taken by the wonderful Kairu Yao [6] and used with permission, thanks! You can see all of her bakesale photos here [7].

This time I was inspired by these tiny heart cookies [8] which I spied first on Oh Happy Day [9]. I used this Pepperkaker [10] recipe at Dabbler because I knew it would come out crunchy and strong enough to be piled together. I did find myself wishing it was a bit spicier, I might add more black pepper next time. One note: that recipe makes a huge amount, I had to halve all the ingredients to a batch into my Kitchenaid mixer. I switched to the dough hook after the first addition of flour because the dough does get very stiff.

I ran out of time so my very awesome husband Scott [11] made the labels (thanks, you're the best!). We printed them out onto cardstock and cut circles to fit between the pieces of the lid. The back side of the cardstock holds the ingredients list.

I made four small sizes of stars. I had to draw cookie cutters from a few sources to get the small sizes. The smallest on is from a set of aspic cutters [12] (the smallest sized set), the next size up is actually from a Linzer cookie set [13], and the two largerst were from a many stars [14] set. All the cutters I used were from Fox Run as I found I liked the nice sharp angles on those the best. I bought all mine from Home Cake Decorating Supply [15] here in Seattle who always has just what I'm looking for.

This is the size one larger than the tiniest, for scale.

I cut them out and then popped them out from the cutter using the blunt end of a chopstick. No matter what I tried, flouring, oiling, chilling the dough or the cutters, they all needed to be popped back out. It took a while but with some WTF [16] podcasts it went quickly. The cookies don't spread, but they do puff enough when baked to get rid of any marks left by poking them back out of the cookie cutters.

I added non perils to a few batches of the smaller stars. I love non perils. They made the jar look a bit more interesting and didn't add a lot of work for me.

We filled the jars carefully so each one would get a good mix and that was it. If you keep the cardboard box that canning jars come in they make perfect carriers to deliver to the bake sale. I wish I had used jars with smooth sides, it would have been easier to view the star shapes inside.

I think it was a success, I sold three jars before I managed to get them set up on the tables! At the time I'm writing this the Bakesale for Japan [1] is still adding up the total but it's looking like the nationwide effort may have made more than $125K, wow. Thanks to Ciao Samin [18] for getting the whole thing together and thanks to everybody who organized and came to the Seattle bakesale!

[1] http://bakesaleforjapan.com/
[2] http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/cobblerbakedinjars/
[3] http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2010/06/29/firecracker-chocolate-pudding/
[4] http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/piesbakedintinyjars/
[5] http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/sweets/cupcakes-in-a-jar-the-latest-cupcake-craze-142206
[6] http://www.flickr.com/photos/kairuy/5584214864/
[7] http://www.flickr.com/photos/kairuy/sets/72157626287993557/detail/
[8] http://pinterest.com/pin/9431136/
[9] http://jordanferney.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-weekend.html
[10] http://www.dabbler.ca/food-wine/pepperkaker-the-best-christmas-cookies-ever-20081209/
[11] http://www.scottandrew.com
[12] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000VLP6W/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=notmartha-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000VLP6W
[13] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000VLOWM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=notmartha-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000VLOWM
[14] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ET5YRU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=notmartha-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001ET5YRU
[15] http://www.yelp.com/biz/home-cake-decorating-supply-co-seattle
[16] http://wtfpod.com/
[17] http://bakesaleforjapan.com/
[18] http://ciaosamin.blogspot.com/

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Jordan Ferney | Oh Happy Day!: La Droguerie. Jordan found this amazing shop in Paris after getting a little lost.Help me find a weekend retreat somewhere in the Pacific Northwest | Ask MetaFilter.dukebecky: loving locally. Favorite things around Boston, I love lists from locals.Jordan Ferney | Oh Happy Day!: How to Get to the Paris Flea Market.Cross-Border Shopping Guide: Canada | Serious Eats. Excellent list of Canadian foods you can bring back home with you.Paris on a Rainy Day over at Julia Sweeney's blog. I love this modern staging of the famous painting, though the cars make me sad.36 hours in my Silicon Valley � Fishy thoughts. Troutgirl takes on the NYTimes 36 hours and gives better suggestions. I'm keeping these for when we return to visit.

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If you ended up with leftover egg dye from Easter, or happen to pick some up on sale this week, check out this fun wreath tutorial from Brenna at Dollar Store Mom. She used egg dye to color rattan balls she found at her local dollar store. I love that they look like balls of brightly colored yarn.

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Thank you so much for sharing a wonderful idea with simple techniques! I most certainly will attempt to do this project and I shall think of your generosity for teaching me how.

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Learn how to sew some pants pocket reflectors to gain visibility for night cycling in this week's CRAFT Video. They tuck into the pocket for storage and then flip out easily and quickly for riding.

Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube.

For this project you need:

pants with back pockets
fabric scraps in a coordinating color
3M Scotchlite Plus Retroreflective Vinyl
paper or cardboard
pen/pencil
scissors
ruler
sewing machine
rotary cutter/cutting mat (optional)

Check out the complete how-to on Make: Projects

Reflective vinyl is available in many colors and shines bright white under headlights. Here's a flash picture of my bike, partially wrapped with the incredible stuff:

More:

Sew a Drawstring Bike Seat Cover - CRAFT Video
Bikes on Make: Live
Bike Tube Headband - CRAFT Video
Bike Shop Skillbuilder series on MAKE

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Make: Live airs tonight! Don't miss our Karts & Wheels episode where guests Mark Frauenfelder, Jared Ficklin, Nick Raymond and Eric Chu join us with projects from the latest MAKE. We'll also be giving away some tools from Digi-Key to one lucky member of the chat.

Make: Live 07 - Karts & Wheels
Wednesday April 27th, 9pm ET/6pm PT
Watch at makezine.com/live or on UStream
Please join us in the UStream chat or mark tweets with #makelive to interact live with the show.

Featuring the lovely and talented:

Drill Kart - MAKE interns
In a visit to MAKE HQ in Sebastopol, CA, Becky gets a tour of the cordless drill-powered go-kart designed by Gever Tulley. Watch MAKE interns Nick Raymond and Eric Chu pull some sweet spin moves. It's really fun to drive!

Flame Tube - Jared Ficklin
See sound in fire! The flame tube project (aka Rubens' tube) uses a speaker at one end to influence the row of small propane jets along the tube, showing the waveforms of the audio. We'll have the project set up on the roof. Rubens' tube aficionado Jared Ficklin joins us via Skype from Austin, Texas to take your questions and show off some in-progress tubes.

Due to some unforeseen circumstances, Bill Gurstelle could not be with us during the broadcast as previously announced. Look out for him on an upcoming episode!

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These owl goodie bags and bookmarks from Shivani of My Owl Barn and Lynn of Jinjerup are so adorable. I love how the bookmarks have their own special little pocket on the side of the bag so they can be tucked away for gifting.

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These mini DIY Wall Terrariums from Ruffle are just about the cutest little things I have ever seen! I am hosting a bachelorette cocktail party in June, and these just might have to be the favors that I hand out to the ladies. They look so easy to make, but create quite the aesthetic.

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I'm deciding which vacuum to buy (ours is, well, sad) and I ended up making myself a chart to help me sort out which one I wanted. Shown here are three of my favorite tools for chart making: an Apex mechanical pencil which is nice and sturdy, has clicky action that lets the lead out bit by bit and a nice eraser that you can twist up and down; a pencil shaped eraser from Muji, I adore these; and MAC Lipglass, a new favorite discovery. The vacuum choice is coming down to which color I like best, even I am rolling my eyes at myself over this one.

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When I don't have a piece of ribbon long enough to fit the package I'm wrapping, I turn to saved scraps. I wrap two pieces that just meet each of its ends in the back and tape them down. I then take two more scraps and do the same thing, but this time weave them through the already-taped scraps.

If you have creative, upcrafted gift wrap ideas, I'd love to see a picture!

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Jonathan Guberman writes:

We've named her Trudi. Judging by her head-to-body ratio, Trudi's a baby turret.

Features:

Authentic game dialogue

Motion detector, so it knows when you're there and when you've left

Pressure sensor, so it knows when you've picked it up

Tilt sensor, so it knows when you've knocked it over

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I can barely hem a pair of pants, so I'm certainly not skilled enough to design and make a plush toy. Fortunately, I was introduced to Leigh Nunan; amongst other things, Leigh has created an incredible giant squid plushie that's about twice as large as I am. Leigh both designed the turret pattern and sewed it together (which, to me, is essentially magic).

[via Adafruit]

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This is my favorite inexpensive tea. It's hard to find in your (or at least my) average grocery store and I live in fear that it will be discontinued. The last time I found it in a grocery store on sale I bought a dozen boxes and the person ringing me up must have thought I was nuts. Then again, it is high time I embrace my role as The Crazy Lady. Does that mean I can start wearing sequins at unexpected times of day? Right on.

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Any kind of pet project makes my heart melt! These photos from Jennifer Kerr of Kerrfect! for her 20 minute dog sweater tutorial are just too cute for words. Jennifer cut up an old cardigan and sized it down for her little pooch. This dog sweater project was one of the 10 finalists in the Etsy and NBC Universal's Art of Reuse Contest!

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I got a mini brewing lesson from Kyle Stevens [1] today. This stuff is a lot of work, but very well worth it. His nanobrewery is forthcoming, watch out.

[1] http://kylestevensmusic.tumblr.com/

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Heather Ross unveiled her latest installment in her line of fairy tale-inspired prints for Kokka of Japan this morning. I love the dreamy and whimsical quality of the images. She also revealed that she's working on a line of wallpaper that will be available for pre-order soon through her personal shop.

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Heather Ross unveiled her latest installment in her line of fairy tale-inspired prints for Kokka of Japan this morning. I love the dreamy and whimsical quality of the images. She also revealed that she's working on a line of wallpaper that will be available for pre-order soon through her personal shop.

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There are many clever ways to pack up toys and treats besides the traditional wicker basket. Make a bunny bag, use a straw hat, recycle a shoe box,etc.

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is silk roses as in silk the fabric or silk is a kind of rose? thanks!

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May luck surround you today. And may you find a heap of gold.

Also a quick note, the how-to for the Leprechaun Trap Cake [2] has been posted, you can see how the rainbow got inside (hint: magic).

[3]

[1] http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/03/16/leprechaun-trap-cake/
[2] http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/03/16/leprechaun-trap-cake/
[3] http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/03/16/leprechaun-trap-cake/

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Today I got to meet up with a great bunch of women, it was great to see Cakespy [1], Stephmodo [2], Jenny Cookies [3], Cathys Wraps [4], Mia Cupcakes [5], Love Big Bake Often [6], and Not Just A Mommmy [7], who did an excellent job organizing the event. And extra thanks go to Jessie for letting us gather in the Cakespy shop [8].

[1] http://www.cakespy.com/
[2] http://www.stephmodo.com/
[3] http://www.jennycookies.com/
[4] http://www.cathyswraps.com/
[5] http://miacupcake.wordpress.com/
[6] http://lovebigbakeoften.blogspot.com/
[7] http://dawnypoo.blogspot.com/
[8] http://www.cakespy.bigcartel.com/

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Bonkers About Buttons posted these amazing portraits of the Queen of England that are made entirely out of buttons.

British artist, Ann Carrington has an impressive body of work spanning the last 20 years and in celebration of the Queen's 80th birthday, she was commissioned to produce some amazing pieces using pearl, troca and agoya shell buttons for the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor.

Stunning! [via @SisterDiane]

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I have one of these snowflakes. I bought it a a craft fair, partly to figure out how it was made –do you do that, too? It is a Snowflake made from plastic six-pack holders. Nowadays you may have trouble gathering 20 of these clear plastic ring things, but trust me, it comes out surprisingly [...]

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That's cute! I love it! Great of airplanes! :p

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Rebecca from Chasing Cottons is back to share a bit about how she designs and writes quilt patterns in hopes that it will inspire you to create your own designs...

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Once you reach the end of the yoke for your size, it's a good idea to first work the row where you place your markers for the sleeves, then transfer all your stitches to either waste yarn or a reeeeeeaaaallllly long circular needle and try it on. If you're using waste yarn, just thread a couple yards of scrap yarn onto a blunt yarn needle and slip all of the stitches right onto the waste yarn. If you're using a long circular that's the same sizes as your pattern needles, you can knit that marker placement row right onto the long needle (here's where a set of interchangable needles and a spare extra long cable is very handy).

The yoke should come to your armpits.

Since the fabric can roll up a bit, especially if you have it on a long circular needle as I did (it tends to behave more naturally on waste yarn, when it's not fighting the curl of a cable), and because this particular sweater is fitted, you might want to hold down the edge of the yoke at your pits when you check the fit. I pulled mine down just barely, since I know the fabric will relax just a hair after its bath. Working the whole thing chicken-arms fashion as I'm doing here also lets me try the fit of the shoulders with some action.

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Exploded Tattoo is a collaboration between painter Anna Stump, photographer Ted Meyer, and various models with single-image tattoos. For each model, a 9'x8' painting was made to correspond to their body art, then the model and painting were staged for the photos. The end result is an original and stunning interpretation.

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lovely idea, I am going to make a mixture of this and the friendship survival kits for my best friends for when we all leave to go to uni great present idea!!

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Instructables user Mrballeng made a how-to for this steel butterfly pendant and writes:

This pendant is made by hand with out the use of measurements. Meaning, you start out by drawing what you want and take that directly to the metal. While researching this I realized butterfly wings have so many different shapes. After looking at a bunch, these wings are my interpretation of what they look like.

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