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- Addicted To Paper Piecing (foundation piecing)
- Christmas Quilts
- Harry Potter ATCs (Artist Trading Cards)
- Harry Potter Crafts
- Harry Potter Paper Piecing
- Fandom Quilts
- Star Trek Crafts
- Star Wars Crafts
- Thrift Store Quilts
- Tolkien Crafts
- Twilight Crafts
- Vampire Crafts
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crochet: crocheting along
I mentioned a few days ago that I’m participating in caitirin’s Mystery Crochet Along. I just finished part two and I’m still as clueless as to what we’re making! She’s promised fun, easy and short.
One more step and the mystery will be solved. Can’t wait!
Recipe Review: Chocolate Balls
I belong to a fun group of friends over on Live Journal called My Flist Cooks. We post recipes to share with each other. While there aren’t loads of recipes posted on a regular basis, what is posted is usually really tasty!
One of my favorite things about My Flist Cooks is the opportunity to try recipes from friends around the world. Many of the recipes are family favorites and come highly recommended. I love knowing that people I know and like enjoyed a recipe enough to post it on MFC.
As a treat for my family, I tried ‘s hardhatcat’s Chocolate Balls from her Truffles post.
Chocolate Balls
by hardhatcat
- 250g packet plain biscuits, crushed (from Cat: I crush mine in the blender, but a plastic bag and rolling pin will do the same thing)
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 400g tin of condensed milk
- extra coconut
Add dry ingredients to bowl and blend well. Add condensed milk and mix well. roll into balls and roll in extra coconut. Store in airtight container.
Jen’s notes:
- I Americanized my batch a bit by using most of a 12 oz box of Vanilla Wafers in place of the plain biscuits. I did weigh them out so that I had 250g and I’d estimate there were about 10 cookies left in the package when I was done.
- The sweetened condensed milk I bought came in 396g cans. I didn’t adjust the recipe for that, but it didn’t seem to hurt anything, on the contrary, they were really moist.
- I crushed the cookies in my food processor and then added all the ingredients right to the processor.
- Having killed my last cookie scoop, I used a teaspoon to scoop out the mixture and roll it in coconut. I think it was a little too sticky because they went flat and looked more like cookies than truffles. After some time in the fridge, I was able to roll them into a nice ball shape. If I make them again, I’ll pop them in the fridge first, and then roll out the balls.
My family LOVED them. They’re super rich and very yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe, Cat!
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stencil: Bite Me
True Blood season 2, it approacheth.
To honor the awesomeness of the show based on Southern Vampire Series by Charlaine Harris, how about a new stencil with the name of everyone’s favorite vamp bar emblazoned across it?
Thanks to the fabulous Pren for trying out the stencil sharing her photo. She added the cute fang marks and the gem to dot the “i”. Love it!
Get it here!
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Fangtasia – the bar with the bite
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my version, made for my sister
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crochet: Mystery CAL
What can it be now?
I’m participating in caitirin’s Mystery Crochet Along (you remember caitirin of Baby Mandrake fame?)
How on earth could I resist a CAL that includes eyes and stuffing?!
Above you see part one made from the first set of instructions.
collected scrappy yarn for my CAL
I can’t wait for the next step to see what we’ll be making out of these lovely yo-yos!
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crochet: Starknuts June Challenge
Meet Crookshanks.
Yesterday, the Harry Potter knit & crochet community starknuts posted a new challenge for June. I loved the idea so much, I, ehem, am done.
What?! I had a spare hour and just the right yarn so…
Crook is made with Nimoe’s Miuku The Cat pattern and Yarn Bee Cameo yarn and has a DMC scarf.
He’s a clever kitteh, but is also a very brave Gryffindor.
I added a join, ch 1 at the end of each round, which I found easiest to work with because of the fuzz factor.
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His scarf has stripes (and gave me a cramp in my right hand…)
Bottlebrush tail and slightly cocky ears. Love him!
Meeting some of the family…
Crookshanks with Merlin, who kept knocking the poor wee thing over.
Crookshanks, being embraced by Button, diva from birth and always a fabulous cat.
A HUGE thanks to my lovely daughter, for her creative input.
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vlog: TTMT Save Your Tribbles For Me
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vlog: TTMT Now With More Fabulous
Talk To Me Tuesday!
Now that I have stopped the vlogs cutting off early, my mic seems to be going out. I didn’t realize it until I’d rambled for 8+ minutes. Crap.
I also just realized for the first time that it’s been almost 13 years since my grandfather passed away. I said 11 in the video and immediately knew it wasn’t right. Dang, it doesn’t feel like that long ago.
A HUGE Happy Birthday to my Dad… not that he reads my blog…. 😛
My dad, Pappaw to the kids, taking them fishing over Spring Break.
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