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| How-To: Fried Ice Cream Instructables user sleepingkills has a tasty tutorial for fried ice cream, what a treat!Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
How-To: Photograph Halloween Costumes So you spent all that time making your kid (or yourself) that awesome Halloween costume, make sure you can preserve it in photographs with noahw's tutorial! The photo above is atozfriendly's disco ball costume from last year.Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
CRAFT Holiday Gift Guide 2009: For the Foodie I'm a big fan of homemade food gifts, which in my mind include alcoholic items, condiments, spices, etc. In fact, my mom recently told me that one of her favorite gifts in years past was a jar of Bronzed Chicken Spices that I mixed together in a big batch and doled out to family members along with the recipe. Mom said it took the hard part out of making a yummy dinner, and it was a thoughtful and helpful gift. Bonus!That conversation greatly influenced my selections when I sat down to choose the items in this year's Foodie Gift Guide. It can take just pennies to make a gift that's likely to end up as someone's favorites list this year, so why pick products that cost a fortune, no matter how cool they are? Sure, we'd all like to have a fancy mixer or espresso machine, but in today's economy, a nice whisk or a pound of good coffee are just as welcome.So here's a baker's dozen of food and kitchen items that you can either make as gifts this holiday season, or pick up without emptying your larder, er, pocketbook. (Puns definitely intended!) I'd love to hear about other gifts you plan on making or buying for the foodie in your life. Please tell us about them in the Comments! Merry merry, happy happy!Homemade VanillaI tried this last year after we ran a how-to article in Craft, Volume 07.It was surprisingly easy, and I found organic vanilla beans for a great price on eBay. It needs to sit several weeks, so start this soon if you're going to give any as gifts.Homemade Coffee LiqueurA few years ago we made two different versions of coffee liqueur, dutifully marking them brew #1 and brew #2. Some recipes call for instant coffee and some call for a pot of brewed java. The bad news was that we forgot which recipe went with which number. The good news was that both batches were tasty, and our friends and family really appreciated the gift, especially when certain name brands can be quite pricey. This also needs to sit for a month, so factor in the time this needs to sit on the shelf aging to perfection.Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Art Center crafts fair a holiday tradition (The Colonial) With everything from ceramics to photography, decorative pens to children’s clothing, the Whitemarsh Art Center’s Winter Craft Market returned this past weekend for the 27th year. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Dearborn’s libraries offering winter crafts, storytimes, events forall children to enjoy (Dearborn Press & Guide) DEARBORN -- Dearborn’s public libraries are offering a great lineup of programs and special events for children and families to enjoy. us.rd.yahoo.com |