thing-a-day 2010 - The yearly creative sprint, 4th edition

Thing-a-day is a yearly creative sprint where, every year in February, participants commit to creating one new thing a day and post it on a collective blog. 2010 is thing-a-day's fourth edition and the first to run on Posterous. Get all the info here.

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March 11, 2010

To Posterous or not to Posterous

I thought I'd just use Posterous for the ThingADay posts, but I've found it especially useful to post via email. I'm sure I can do the same on Wordpress, but I just found a site explaining how to configure mine and it's very late now my mind is a little too tired to digest... so, I thought I'd cheat and send this to my TAD auto-poster and let it do its Wordpress magic. Thoughts I want to put out there:

1. I'd like to know if my swap partner has received their swap in the mail yet...??? Is it OK to say who it is now?

2. Last week, I decided to make more stuffies. So I'm now in the process of deciding which (stuffed) animals I'll be making next and knowing very little about them, I've had to do a lot of looking around... I don't even really know where to begin looking, so I've done searches like "animal kingdom" and "animal classes" and clicked on a bunch of links several layers down from that. I just realized how many animal websites I've visited in the last 2 weeks and probably learned more about animals in that time than I have in the last 30 years. It is a foreign curiosity, but currently I am compelled, so I press on.

3. Is there really going to be a summer TAD? What happened to the weekly? How's March going for you?

OK, so tomorrow (or when I get around to it next), I will read the WP config again and probably leave Posterous for the next TAD adventure (we'll see). Until then, if you want to stay in touch, find me here www.karizmatic.com

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March 10, 2010

Chalk Drawing for the Holiday

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Posted by Patrick McColley

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March 8, 2010

apologies for previous email that I am in distress and need help- darn hackers

Someone has hacked my email and I apologize to anyone who received a previous email telling them I was stranded in Europe. Please be assured I am fine, and I apologize especially to people who have no idea I am, and just happened to be listed in my "contacts".

Embarassing

Stac

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Posted by Stacee Himes

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March 8, 2010

Thing Number 24: Candied Pecans

Thing number 24 is candied pecans. I made these so that my husband could have them for a beet & goat cheese salad at work - but it yielded a ton of them!

Here's how they are made:

Ingredients

2 cups Chopped Pecans
3/4 cup Fat Free Sour Cream
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp Confectioners' Sugar
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp Dark Brown Sugar

Directions

- Preheat oven to 250 degrees
- Combine Sour cream and both sugars in small saucepan.
- Bring to simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly to avoid sticking to pan.
- When it begins to bubble, remove from heat and add pecans. Stir until all covered.
- Spread out on large cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Place in 250 degree oven for about 45-50 minutes to begin drying process.
- Allow to sit out over night. Break apart and eat.

I loaded the recipe for these onto Livestrong for those tracking calories, and it can be found here: http://www.livestrong.com/recipes/candied-pecans-4/

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Posted by Danielle

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March 8, 2010

Things Number 19 - 23: Water bottle holder

Here are things 19 through 23. It's an over the shoulder water bottle holder that easily fits a standard 20 ounce bottle. Great for walks when you want a water bottle with you, but don't have a good way to carry one. This one did take me a few days to complete, so I've included a couple of progress pictures as well.

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March 8, 2010

Thing Number 18 - More Pummelo Rind

So par for the course for me... I'm behind on both posting AND on making. Clearly. Since it's already March.

We made some more candied pummelo rind, however this time we rolled it in sugar. It came out much much better than the last batch.

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Posted by Danielle

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March 7, 2010

A Bad Few Weeks

Hey guy sorry I hadn't posted anything for the end of the month. I did make a few things just never got the time to post them.

It has been an absolutly hellish few weeks.... first of all, mercury is missing and they don't take cats at the spca here

(bullshit apperently they have a better chance of making their own way home), secondly my other kitty Kiko is still being so attacked

mercilessly by fleas that she has a bald spot on her bum... and last but not least my beautiful female bird Inara had a seizure and died.

So I have been doing alot of crying.... and have come to the realization that vic. is cursed for me.....

I know none of these things are my fault but it's so hard to keep your head up when all this bad stuff happens consecutivly

so in the end I am a few things short for projects but I am sure you all understand. I have posted some pictures of flowers for you till i can find the other camera chip that has the crafts on it!!!! as well there is a shot of us measuring the snake as she shed again!!! and a pic of the puzzle we did!

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March 7, 2010

For Those Still Crafting

If you're not yet exhausted from TAD, clamoring and I invite you to continue showing off your works at a more relaxed pace. Come on over to craftaweek.com, where we challenge you to be creative at least once a week all year round.

We want to see your finished projects, and are looking for new contributors, especially those with a desire to share how-tos and tips in the spirit of getting others to try new things. We've also just ported our site to Posterous, making it super easy to contribute.

Craftaweek.com has been featured on Craft: blog, and we're just getting started!

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March 6, 2010

And just to show off.

My pirate chest is now completely finished. All metalwork painted black and woodwork finished with linseed oil. Now all I need is money to fill it with, preferably gold.

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Posted by Jacques Malan

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March 6, 2010