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| Artisans showcase wares at pre-Christmas crafts markets across Cda (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) Here's a concept that may appeal to recession-weary shoppers this Christmas season. At the Under 30 Crafts Christmas Market, on Toronto's Queen Street East, no item will cost more than $30. us.rd.yahoo.com |
How-To: Marzipan Animals Marzipan AnimalsBy Sonya NimriMarzipan is a paste made out of finely ground almonds mixed with sugar. The result is a pliable, edible, non-toxic crafting material, ideal as a substitute for modeling clay. With marzipan, the only potential side effect with accidental ingestion is a sugar high. An incredibly malleable alternative, whatever you can dream up, you can make with marzipan. These farm animals are a good start. With a single tube of marzipan, a small amount of food coloring, and a whole lot of fast little fingers, this project is sure to turn your countertop into a barnyard.Marzipan can be found at the grocery store or the craft store in the baking department and is easily dyed by adding a tiny amount of food coloring to a clump of marzipan. When dying the marzipan pink, use just a tiny dot of red food coloring, because a little goes a long way with red. One tube of marzipan is enough to make all five farm animals if you are accurate with your measurements of the different colors.Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Non Dairy Diary's Advent Calendar Delphine at Non Dairy Diary has a new advent calendar in PDF form she's sharing each week for 2009. The first week features this cute house with rabbit in her signature illustration style I love. You can also download last year's calendar which featured twenty-five cute house ornaments to cut and fold.Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Eggnog Cheesecake I'm drooling over this eggnog cheesecake with Oreo cookie crust from Anna of Cookie Madness. I liked it because instead of just calling for a cup or so of eggnog, it was actually made with ingredients you'd find in eggnog such as egg yolks, rum, vanilla and fresh nutmeg.She adds in the comments that everyone loved it, even those who don't love eggnog. I'm putting this on my "Recipes to Try" list for sure. Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Craft Space: Shannon Okey Shannon Okey of knitgrrl recently opened her own Knitgrrl Studio this summer in Lakewood, Ohio where she transformed this former screw factory into her fibery wonderland. Shannon not only works on her projects in this space but she also teaches workshops here. (For those of you outside the area, check out the schedule of online classes at Knitgrrl Studio.)Read on after the jump for more photos, a special video tour, and a Q&A with Shannon!Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |