...dog pictures?

So, I should hope that everyone has seen our polls.

I would also love to know who voted for dog pictures. Alas, I don't, but I do think that dog pictures are so much easier to get than real crafts and recipes. So, since I haven't been posting as regularly, here are a couple dog pictures, and other pictures of crafts that I have done.

Bed dog

Dog with slinky

"Hmmm" dog.

Sunglasses dog

Pirate dog

So, that was your prize for today. Could you find the secret monkey and cat pictures?

Do you like pictures? Tell me, oh, please, tell me.

Should I splice more pictures of dogs into my blogging? Or should I just keep dog and blog separate?

ice cream wars!

Part One: Teh Vocabulary.

Ice Cream Wars: Ice cream wars is an idea of mine. As you can tell by our poorly Painted logo, it's a pun on popular movie series Star Wars. {if you can't tell, one of my biggest talents is removing all humor from jokes. It comes with being a craftastic.} It's simply a comprehensive review of ice creams. And I super hope that it isn't quite as boring as it sounds.

Crème brûlée: Creme brulee (as we will spell it, as I do not own an international keyboard) is French for burnt cream. It is a dessert served in ramekins consisting of a thick, delicious cream base topped with burnt sugar. It is very delicious, and the best creme brulee I have ever had was at a resturant called Fire and Ice in the Springfield hotel called The Oasis. Fire and Ice, consider yourself ENDORSED.
John Lennon: A former member of popular band The Beatles, John Lennon is equally as famous for his music as he is for his peace activism. He wrote and recorded songs "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine".



Part 2: The Contenders
Ben and Jerry's produces an ice cream called Creme Brulee. It is "sweet custard ice cream with a carmelized sugar swirl" (thanks, Wikipedia!). I love it; it's like creme brulee without ramekins, which I do not own (once this blog gets off the ground and I start selling t-shirts at art fairs, the first thing I will buy will be a set of colorful ramekins.) The ice cream is sweet and great. Even my dog loves it. I like it because it's light and sweet.


B and J's also produces an ice cream called Imagine Whirled Peace. It is sweet cream ice cream with swirls of toffee and fudge peace signs. I like this one better than Phish Phood, my old favorite Ben and Jerry's (chocolate ice cream with swirls of marshmallows and nuts, I think, and fudge phish and, in the special Surf&Turf edition, fudge cows.) because, while it employs one of my phavorite aspects of Phish Phood, the fudge shapes, it doesn't overpower with chocolate.

Part 4: Fin.

So, this is where I say my adieus.

Did you like ICW, or was it too long? Feedback = appreciated. And also, ideas = SUPER APPRECIATED! Like, if there's something you want to see crafted/cooked, I'm totally prepped to do it. Because if I can't think of anything, this is what you get.

<3.

so, um, like, yeah;

So, rather than a craft, I'm going to be running around and doing little site updates.
If you'll notice, the "crafty!" playlist is updated with Spice Girls and more song repeats ("Ces Soirees La", anyone?). Expect links to other amayzing sites that I use as funspiration, sanity-holder-in-placers, or simply procrastinating.

I suppose that sitely changes could be considered a craft... right?

pathetick.

So today we're gonna make collar art. These are not only fantabulous gifts, but work as great headbands, necklaces, or bracelets.

You will need...

-Diet soda

-Glue
-Collars
-Stickers
-Fun markers
-Pompons

You can start small, just with one little sticker.

And a pompon...

Or two.

And some more stickers, then flip it over and...

Customize it even more, with your name, more stickers, or whatever you'd like.

And voila! You now have fantastick headband, choker, door marker (hang it on a doorknob to let your housemates know that THERE IS YOUR ROOM AND IT IS YOURS), or simple gift to give and regift!!

P.S. Shout-out to Monsieur Akira for reminding me that I ought to start crafting again. <3

how to properly wear a hat.

see more pwn and owned pictures

An actual craft or recipie will show up soon. Promise.

making a mister mitchie drawing.

Mister Mitchie is especially great for margin doodles and painting. I paint a lot of Mister Mitchie, although he usually has different names (such as Carlisle, Blue Boy, etc.)

1. Make a U.


2. Give him a fun little mouth. It can be a simple line...

3. Or a big happy smile! Give him a zigzag line for hair. Or for a Miss Mitchie, give your U a big poofy 'do, a Hairspray-esque big hair.

4. He needs eyes.

5. And I usually put him in a muumuu. You can do whatever you want for his outfit. And here we are!

freakacino

When we were young, we all thought that the Starbucks caffine fixer was called a Freakacino. So here is a fantastic recipie to make your very own Freakacino.

You Will Need to Buy...
-Coffee (preferrably chilled)
-Ice
-A blender of some sort
Optional
-Milk
-Fun mix-ins! Simple syrups (Torani is my brand), chocolate syrup for mocha, ice cream, whatever
-Chantilly (whipped cream) for the top
-Sprankles

1. Gather your stuff.

2. Put ice in the blender. I use something called a Magic Bullet, one of those As Seen on TV things that actually is awesome.

3. Pour in the coffee. I like to always keep some coffee chilling in my refrigerator simply for this purpose. Pour in the milk, amount depending on how creamy you like it, unless you are using ice cream. Kids, what is ice cream made of? Exactly.

4. Add in your stuff. For this test, I used Sugar Free Hazelnut Torani Syrup and Lite Hershey's Chocolate Syrup. I always use the sugar free Torani and the lite Hershey's. It makes me feel healthy. But when that stuff is nowhere near, I use ice cream and don't use milk.

5. Blend that sucker up.

6. Test it. Fix it, blend again, if not perfect.

7. Spray on your chantilly/whipped cream and add the sprankles on top.

8. Slluuuurp. Isn't that better than a stupid Frappacino?

PICTURES. (in no order, really. Blogger picture posting sucks.)

My finished product. With pink sprankles.

Pre-chantillysprankles.

The barest of ingreedients.

Add-ins- Torani syrup, Hershey's syrup, 2% milk... who needs coffee?

Chantilly is better when it comes from a red bottle.