daily photo: Mar. 14th

Today my Here At Hogwarts [1] comic arrived, it was drawn by Lucy Knisley [2] and the cover was hand printed by Nora Renick-Rinehart [3]. It was a small Christmas present to myself that I ordered early through their Horribly Heartbroken at Hogwarts [4] project on Kickstarter, but now you can get one for yourself any time you'd like right here [5]. p.s. Whether or not you fell down the hole of reading the Twilight books the series of comics by Lucy Knisley titled My Lost Weekend In the Meyer [6] is hilarious. Go read. [1] http://theburrowstudio.bigcartel.com/product/here-at-hogwarts [2] http://www.lucyknisley.com/ [3] http://www.fiberistanora.com/ [4] http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1036343520/nora-and-lucy-horribly-heartbr... [5] http://theburrowstudio.bigcartel.com/product/here-at-hogwarts [6] http://lucylou.livejournal.com/566295.html

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Help Japan

Help Japan [1] by Rob Dobi, found at Design Crush [2]. Here are a bunch of ways you can help Japan right now. I'm encouraged to see how many people are making, organizing and creating ways to raise funds. Ciao Samin is organizing a US-wide Bakesale for Japan [3] on Apr. 2nd, and here in Seattle it looks like it will be happening at the Cakespy shop. If you can help or are able to give a corporate sponsorship get in touch at bakesaleforjapan@gmail.com, see all the details here [4]. (Last year they raised $23K for Haiti, behold the power of a bakesale.) At Design Crush there are two round ups: Help Japan [5] and More Ways to Help Japan [6]. A Practical Wedding [7] is giving all of today's proceeds to the UJA Japan Earthquake Relief Fund [8]. Tea and Cookies, who lived in Japan for a number of years, lists all the organizations you can donate to [9], and she shares photographs of her time there. Old Sweet Song [10] talks about the day of silence on a bunch of blogs today and talks about the For Japan With Love [11] disaster relief organization that they are raising awareness for. Design Mom shows some simple and striking Help Japan [12] prints. Rakka Deer [13] is donating all proceeds from selected items in her Etsy shop [14] to aid for Japan. I dig the Atari controller card set. Here in Seattle Frantic Foodie is holding a Pancake Breakfast [15] tomorrow, Saturday March 19 between 8:30am and 2:30pm at Prune Kitchen [16]. They will be raising funds for the American Red Cross and Peace Winds America. two additions: Wise Craft [17] and Posie Gets Cozy [18] both have round ups of people and artists raising funds and ways you can contribute. more: Shelterrific has a good list [19] of fundraising done by familiar names. [1] http://fullbleed.imagekind.com/store/imagedetail.aspx/a8eff957-6b4b-45a2-a965... [2] http://www.designcrushblog.com/2011/03/13/help-japan/ [3] http://ciaosamin.blogspot.com/2011/03/bakesale-for-japan-april-2-2011.html [4] http://ciaosamin.blogspot.com/2011/03/bakesale-for-japan-april-2-2011.html [5] http://www.designcrushblog.com/2011/03/13/help-japan/ [6] http://www.designcrushblog.com/2011/03/18/more-ways-to-help-japan/ [7] http://apracticalwedding.com/2011/03/japan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=... [8] http://www.ujafedny.org/japan-quake-fund/ [9] http://www.teaandcookiesblog.com/2011/03/stalking-wonder-my-japan.html [10] http://www.oldsweetsong.com/2011/03/for-japan/ [11] http://www.forjapanwithlove.com/ [12] http://www.designmom.com/2011/03/help-japan/ [13] http://glitterpissing.blogspot.com/2011/03/aid-for-japan.html [14] http://www.etsy.com/shop/rakkadeer?section_id=7937191 [15] http://www.franticfoodie.com/ [16] https://sites.google.com/site/prunekitchen/ [17] http://blairpeter.typepad.com/ [18] http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/posie_gets_cozy/2011/03/craft-benefits-fo... [19] http://www.shelterrific.com/2011/03/17/giving-to-japan/

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The Gayest Cookie In Town

How-To: Bottlecap Candles

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I just love these tiny bottlecap candles from Craftaholics Anonymous. What a fun way to reuse both the caps and the stubs of some broken crayons. I could see these scattered about a buffet table or grouped in a pattern to create a design of flickering lights.

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Source: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/05/how-to_bottlecap_candles.html

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How-To: Restore a Wood Picture Frame

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Kristin Roach of Craft Leftovers fame shares a very useful tutorial for turning beat-up old frames into beautiful like-new ones. She covers removing mold, tightening up loose corners, and adding a fresh finish.

That box of ancient frames in my garage finally has a future!

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daily photo: Mar. 18th

I've been baking more sizes and shapes of rainbow cakes [1] to see if I can recreate the nice rainbow arch in different pans. So far the answer is a very big no. Perhaps picking the right shape of cake pan on my first try was the luck of the Irish? I'll update the original how-to with my findings. Above is my attempt at Tiffany blue frosting which turned out far too pastel. [1] http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/03/16/leprechaun-trap-cake/

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book: Sampler Workbook

Sampler Workbook: Motifs and Patterns by Caroline Vincent. Published by A&C Black (March 15, 2011). Available in Australia through Allen & Unwin. Review by Megan Enright As a cross-stitcher from way back who has flirted with other crafts but always stayed true to the cause of the simple but effective cross-stitch I was thrilled to [...]

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