Confetti Party Tray
This confetti party tray from Vicki O’Dell at The Creative Goddess would look fabulous at a New Year’s Eve party! It’s fun, colorful, and easy to make, so it’s the perfect last-minute project for your year-end festivities.
Holiday Projects
Recipe: Potato Latkes
By Arwen O’Reilly I’m not Jewish, but I absolutely love latkes, so I cook them every December anyway (and a few other times throughout the year, just because). The smooth fried potato flavor marries beautifully with tart sweet applesauce and rich sour cream. It’s the perfect dish for a party – you can make up […]
How-To: Star Wars Paper Snowflakes
After last week’s skull paper snowflake post, I heard from tons of people who had made their own off-beat snowflakes, but these Star Wars Paper Snowflake Templates from Matters of Grey definitely take the cake! Inspired by this project from a husband and wife team from dancell.cwahi.net who were making snowflakes with their kids, Matters […]
How-To: Pine Cone Place Cards
Add a little sparkle to your winter table with these pine cone place cards that double as holiday ornaments for your guests to take home! Amy from Positively Splendid shares a complete how-to on her site, including a link to her tutorial for creating stamped metal tags using soda cans. What a great way to […]
Arduino Gift Guide 2011
For this year’s guide to the best in Arduino boards and accessories, we asked Tod Kurt to share some of his suggestions. Tod is the author of Hacking Roomba, co-founder of the Los Angeles hackerspace Crash Space, and creator of BlinkM, the Smart LED. He used to do web stuff and build Mars probe cameras.
How-To: Candy Cane Mints
Believe it or not, there is still plenty of time to make a batch of homemade gifts for your friends. These candy cane mints from Cheeky Kitchen are a perfect case-in-point. Get the quick and easy recipe over on her blog.
Recipe: Peppermint Meringue Cookies
It’s official: I’ve fallen down the holiday baking rabbit hole and I have no desire to come out. I’ve made several batches of cookies, I have pies on the agenda for next week, my sweet tooth is very, very happy right now. I may have to add these festive peppermint meringue cookies from Cindy at […]