Cupcake Canvas

 

Those of you who know me well may shiver a little at the sight of this cheery and adorable cupcake canvas, but only because there is a well documented relationship between the cuteness of my drawings and the rottenness of my week.  Suffice it to say that if I ever  draw a kitten and a puppy flanking a cupcake, my fellow wonderstrange artists will know to call the authorities.   Or Ben and Jerry . . . and Jack DanielsAt any rate, when this sweet little cupcake appeared in my sketchbook in the middle of a very terrible week, I decided it would look super cute on a canvas in a kitchen.  Since my daughter just so happens to have an apartment to decorate in the fall, she picked the colors, and I went to town. Keep reading to see how you can make your own canvas wall art using this cupcake – or any of our Wonderstrange Digis.

 

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Little Monsters Gift Box

So Mother’s Day is coming up and remember how your Mom (or WIFE)  told you that you do not need to get her anything? She was lying…totally. In fact, this is one of the oldest tricks in the book and we at Wonderstrange do not want any of our tribe to fall for that this year!!!  Now it may be too late to get her the monogrammed tote bag with the sail boat on it but you can still make a great little box that opens like a book  and stick a gift card, a necklace or even a bag of licorice in it and get full points for being as awesome as you obviously are!

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Sci Fi Love: Quick Handmade Signs of Affection for Nerds

My name is Ann, and I’m a tiny bit of a nerd.  I say “a tiny bit” because I don’t want to overstate my case:  My pockets are free of protractors and pen protectors, and I cannot recite more than three or four lines of Monty Python’s The Holy Grail, which probably explains why last weekend, during a Magic tournament, the 24-year-old dude next to me said, “You’re kind of like a normal lady!”   (Yes, grasshopper.  Kind of.)  At any rate, I do hang out with quite a few real nerds, including the hottiepants one I married, so I like to think of good, handmade, gifts for people with nerdling tendencies.  Here are a couple of quick, easy, inexpensive ways to show your favorite nerds you care.

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Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto: Making a Cool Circuit Board Cookbook Stand

 

For me, a cookbook stand has always been one of those things I kind of want but can’t bring myself to buy because frankly, cookbook stands just aren’t that cute.  For cute, I’ll drop a little dough – but not $75, which is the price of the only cookbook stand I’ve ever seen that I could tolerate having in my kitchen.   When I see price tags like that, I take matters into my own hands.  In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a super cute and spunky little cookbook stand that you can be psyched to have in your kitchen, even when there’s no cookbook in it.

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Mother’s Day Bookmark or Gift Tag

Mother’s Day is coming up, and as  a Mama, I can tell you that the one thing moms dislike more than having you buy them an extravagant gift you cannot afford is getting NOTHING on the big day! Even if you have one of those “you shouldn’t have” moms, trust me. You should.  And here are two quick, easy projects that will make mom happy: A gift tag and a bookmark your mom can show off to her buddies in book club.

 

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Easy Mother’s Day Gift for the Crafty and Non-Crafty Alike

Receiving a half-frozen, half-burnt breakfast in bed is one of those time-honored Mother’s Day traditions that should never be abandoned, because moms treasure the proud, excited expressions on their little chefs’ faces more than anything.  Know what moms don’t treasure, though?  Pictures of themselves having the breakfast.  Between the puffy eyes, the bedhead, and the wrinkled, disarranged nightgown, it’s just not a Kodak moment.   Witness my poor (and otherwise very beautiful)  grandmother:

 

 

Is she even remotely happy to be in that picture?  I think not.  So keep the breakfast, but skip the embarrassing photo, and instead, plan a simple, fun, inexpensive Mother’s Day experience that will create wonderful pictures for a mother or grandmother to cherish always!

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