Luck of the Irish 5 shades of green St. Patrick’s Day cupcake

I love these five shades of green cupcakes cooked up by Hoosier Homemade (click for baking instructions) for yesterday’s Cupcake Tuesday (click for guidelines on how you can participate in this weekly cupcake celebration). photo via Hoosier Homemade on Flickr photo via Hoosier Homemade on Flickr

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Luck of the Irish 5 shades of green St. Patrick’s Day cupcake

 I Love to Create: Potato Stamp Tutorial

Potato stamping is an easy and fun way to dip your toe into both stamp making and fabric printing; since today’s St. Patrick’s Day, it seemed extra appropriate to post a tutorial on it. Here’s how to turn Ireland’s infamous vegetable into the holiday’s celebrated symbol!MaterialsBaking PotatoParing KnifePenTulip Slick Paint in Color: Leaf GreenSponge BrushPlain FabricMaking the StampCut tip of

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I Love to Create: Potato Stamp Tutorial

 Garnacha: The Wine That Goes With (Almost) Everything

Whenever I visit my mother in Reno, I always take advantage of her palatial kitchen (which is about as big as my studio apartment) to make her favorite dish: pork tenderloin. I never buy any specific spices for the pork, I just empty out the spice rack and create a new rub each time

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Garnacha: The Wine That Goes With (Almost) Everything

 Homemade Gourmet Recall A Success

Business Wire : Homemade Gourmet®, a company dedicated to its customers and Consultants, decided to issue a recall last week on its Tortilla Soup Mix. The Tortilla Soup Mix that was recalled contained an ingredient distributed by Best Flavored Foods of Las Vegas, that potentially contained Salmonella.

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Homemade Gourmet Recall A Success

 Mary Kay Recognized For Good Deeds

Business Wire : Mary Kay received the first ever “Do Good” stamp from Ladies Home Journal. The “Do Good” stamp was created by the magazine to recognize companies that contribute to making the world a better place

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Mary Kay Recognized For Good Deeds

 By the Numbers: Washing machines head up the class for smart appliances

$5.46 billion Projected U.S. sales of smart appliances by 2015, according to ” Smart Appliance Report 2010 ,” from Zpryme Research & Consulting. In 2008, annual revenue for the entire U.S.

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By the Numbers: Washing machines head up the class for smart appliances

 Return of the pouch bag at Chloe

Like Marc Jacobs, Chloe are embracing one of the oldest bag styles around at the moment: the humble pouch bag. But unlike MJ, they’ve chosen to let the bag go ‘naked’, with no embellishments, studs or beading.

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Return of the pouch bag at Chloe

 Animated Desktop Pen Holders

Before you write that angry letter, take one last look at these pen holders instructing you to “write no evil.” In a clever play on tradition, the “write no evil” monkey with his hands tied joins the other three “see no evil,” “hear no evil” and “speak no evil” monkeys to help you become more virtuous.

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Animated Desktop Pen Holders

 Color and pattern…

We're working on a new book and I took a couple of photos last week to illustrate color, pattern, value, and contrast. I thought I'd share this with you. When choosing fabric for a quilt, it's important to remember that it is a difference in value that makes one fabric stand apart from another

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Color and pattern…

 Dinosaur cupcakes

New Jersey custom cupcake company Kati’s Kupcakes has made a Flickr set of dinosaur cupcakes . I could probably name only 3, if I’m lucky, dinosaurs off the top of my head, but I do remember being in second or third grade and having to learn lots of them.

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Dinosaur cupcakes

 Mirth in Marriage

The other night as we were getting ready for bed, my wife said, “You know Dane, I really miss laughing. I don’t mean like little *he he he* laughs, I mean deep, cleansing laughter.” And she’s right.

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Mirth in Marriage

 Bulgur Stuffed Bitter Gourd and Bitter Gourd Crisps.

Liking this healthful bitter vegetable happened to me after some initial reluctance. Nonetheless after learning its health benefits(fighting diabetes,cancer,infections and more) and cooking in variety of flavorful ways,mixing and matching with spices, tangy lemons and sweet onions,I began to devour them every week. Onions stuffed is more often on my menu ,however stuffing with spiced bulgur turned out to be another tasty variation,although any left over whole grain would also work perfectly fine for stuffing

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Bulgur Stuffed Bitter Gourd and Bitter Gourd Crisps.

 Alice in Wonderland cupcakes at Seattle’s Trophy Cupcakes

Seattle’s Trophy Cupcakes has a lot of fun stuff going on this week. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, they’re serving up Thin Mint (yum!) cupcakes and Chocolate Guinness Stout cupcakes with Bailey’s Buttercream (pictured below).

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Alice in Wonderland cupcakes at Seattle’s Trophy Cupcakes

 Petite Purls

The Green Issue of one of my favorite web magazines, Petite Purls, is now live for your viewing pleasure and I’m honored to have both my Tutorial for Natural Dyeing and a review of AwareKnits included in it!For those of you taking my Eco-Yarn class at Stitch Lab, take a look at Stefanie Japel’s bib pattern–it’s the perfect project for the t-shirt yarn we’ll be making!Craft.Rock.Love,Vickie

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Petite Purls

 Enviable green bags for St Patrick’s Day

Green is a colour we haven’t seen a lot of until recently, but it seems to be making a comeback as an acceptable shade for accessories. Here are a few of our favourites currently available to buy.

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Enviable green bags for St Patrick’s Day

 Quoted in Life & Style on celebrity cupcake favorites

Our own Nichelle Stephens was quoted in the March 22nd issue of Life & Style about cupcakes, namely Baked by Melissa mini cupcakes and Sprinkles Cupcakes , two celebrity favorites.

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Quoted in Life & Style on celebrity cupcake favorites

 Guide to Fine Fragrance

The more that you know about fine fragrance and everything that encompasses this topic, the better able you are going to be to choose the perfumes and the fragrances that best meet your personal needs, tastes and styles. Here are some more frequently asked questions about the use of fine fragrance, giving you a basic foundation through which you can develop an understanding of perfumery and the perfume trade. What is the purpose of fragrance notes, and what are they referring to

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Guide to Fine Fragrance

 Gotta Getaway To Paris? Sleep On One By The Five’s Floating Bed

If you’re ever in the mood to go to the City of Lights with your sweetheart and you’re looking to splurge, I can’t think of a better place than One by the Five . Founded by the hip Five Hotel across the street, One by the Five is a single suite hotel where only the guests have the key and all the privacy they need for a romantic stay

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Gotta Getaway To Paris? Sleep On One By The Five’s Floating Bed

 Louis Vuitton Monogram Denim Sunburst PM Bag

In my previous posting, I’ve unveiled the fabulous Louis Vuitton 2010 Spring and Summer Fashion Show Handbags.

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Louis Vuitton Monogram Denim Sunburst PM Bag

 Money Saving and Frugal Tips

Hey Ladies!  Thank you so much for your sweet comments and words of encouragement.  I’m feeling much better today and ready to get back to work.  Today, I’m featuring money saving and frugal tips that have been submitted by Tip Junkie readers.  {{TJ readers ROCK!}} Do you have a tutorial on your blog?

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Money Saving and Frugal Tips