May Birthday Giveaway: Hellimae?s Salt Caramels

[1] What's going on here? This May marks 10 years of Not Martha. To celebrate I'm holding giveaways from some of my most favorite companies. Today I've got a very exciting gift, a three-month subscription to Hellimae's Salt Caramels [2]. Each month you'll get a different flavor, maybe even something special she's thought up. I've had Hellimae's and they are something to behold, huge chunks of soft, buttery caramel with sparkling jewels of salt on top. They are delicious. Ellen, the proprietress, has only recently started offering a caramel subscription so please allow me to point out how lovely a gift this would make for a loved one with a sweet tooth. If you'd like to win the 3-month subscription to Hellimae's Salt Caramels please leave a comment with this post. And if you'd like something to chat about answer this question: Have you ever made homemade caramel? I have, but the first time I attempted it I didn't own a candy thermometer and they turned out burnt. And not good-burnt either. Ok, you've got until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 11th to enter, the fine print [3] applies and due to the perishable nature of the caramels I'm afraid that we can only ship them to addresses inside the US and Canada (sorry). Good luck! Closed! Thank you to, wow, everybody who entered! [1] http://www.saltcaramels.com/ [2] http://www.saltcaramels.com/ [3] http://www.notmartha.org/the-fine-print/

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Crafty Events

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Patchwork Indie Arts and Crafts Festival
Long Beach, CA
May 15

Confectionique Monthly Craft Market
Middleton, WI
May 12 & 14-15

Eco Chic Craftacular
Columbus, OH
May 14-15

*broke - The Affordable Arts Fair
Peterborough, NH
May 14

Art Star Craft Bazaar
Philadelphia, PA
May 15

Buckhead Spring Arts and Craft Festival
Atlanta, GA
May 14-15

Downtown Open Market
Boca Raton, FL
May 15

How Bazaar!
Lincoln, England
May 14

Call for Vendors:
The Girlie Show
Oklahoma City, OK
Nov. 4-5
Fee: $200
Deadline to apply: Aug. 19

Wedgestock Craft Market
Rochester, NY
Aug. 20
Fee: $50
Deadline to apply: May 15

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May Birthday Giveaway: The Butcher and the Vegetarian

[1] About this: My site started ten years ago this month and to celebrate I'm giving away something each weekday. Because I like you. Today I'm thrilled to have a copy of Tara Austen Weaver's [2] book The Butcher and the Vegetarian [3] to give away. I read this book when it first came out and I'm running late as I type this so I hope you don't mind if I quote myself [4]: Tara takes us through the time in her life when she, raised a vegetarian, is advised to take up eating meat to help solve some chronic health troubles. The stories of her trying to figure out how to buy and cook meat are both hilarious and filled with a thoughtful exploration of how to balance the personal and environmental ethics of eating meat. She gets very close to the subject, visiting ranches and farms that are gentle to both the land and the animals, going through some of Michael Pollen?s arguments and spending a day at Meathenge. She finds some very good food and people. Tara doesn?t take any more virtuous than thou stances, and approaches each question looking fairly at all sides. That makes it sound boring, I admit, but I assure you it?s not, the book takes a journey that moves along briskly. I love it when I find an author whose words ring very clear in my head, and Tara is one of those. If you'd like grab this book please leave a comment with this post. And if you'd like answer this question: Have you ever made a big change in how you eat? I'll go first: In the past few years I've been eating what would be considered healthy and I discovered that it's far more delicious than processed food, something I admit I would not have believed before I made the switch. Ok, you've got until 10 a.m. PST Saturday, May 7th to enter, the fine print [5] applies, good luck! Closed! Thank you for entering! [1] http://taraweaver.com/the-butcher-the-vegetarian/ [2] http://www.teaandcookiesblog.com/ [3] http://taraweaver.com/the-butcher-the-vegetarian/ [4] http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2010/04/26/what-ive-been-reading-the-butche... [5] http://www.notmartha.org/the-fine-print/

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RSS Woes

Hi everyone. There is a bit of trouble with my RSS feeds. We moved some stuff around the other day and it broke something else, and when we went to fix it yesterday it seems to have truncated the posts in readers, which was not my intention. Hang on for a bit and we'll fix it. Sorry for the trouble and thanks for letting me know it was happening.

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Last Call for Early-Bird Maker Faire Tickets

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There's just a little bit of time left to get early-bird prices for Maker Faire Bay Area tickets! Ticket will return to regular prices at 12:01 p.m. Thursday, May 12. To see all the prices and options available, take a look here.

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almost daily photo: Mar. 31st

Whenever I bake I end up making last minute trips to the grocery store for one ingredient or the other. This time my dough for the Jar of Stars [1] needed to rest over night and in order to get it made I needed to make a late night trip. While there this packaging for something else entirely caught my (tired) eye. daily photo thing update: Today I'm finally posting a backlog of photos all at once and renaming them "almost daily photo" because I'm no good at keeping up with stuff and, as it turns out, I'm really not good at keeping up with stuff when I've put a set of artificial rules on myself. So I'll try to post a photo a day but if I'm busy or got nothing I won't. I mean, I don't want to start resenting my own self, right? [1] http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/04/07/jars-of-stars-for-the-bakesale-f...

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How-To: Tube Socks Leg Warmers

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The latest Whit's Knits project from The Purl Bee takes leg warmers to a whole new level of rad by combining them with the iconic style of classic tube socks. I think our own Lish would rock a pair of these!

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