oh man, i'm not even that big of a chocolate fan

BUT THESE look fantastic

vegan thin mints from a billion tastes and tunes picture from there as well

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p.s. don't get me wrong. i LIKE chocolate. i just LOVE potato chips MORE

the REAL reason i knit

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some AMAZING crochet sculptures

can be found RIGHT here



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from craftzine

gift giving ideas and the like

i've posted the link before, BUT these are wicked cool, EASY (it's ALL in the folding, NOT the knitting) and quick
one of my all time favorites from craft:
felt house slippers

By Liecel Tverli Scully

pic from liecel's tutorial linked above

here's a link to liecel's blog lucky travels

crafty blog

stop by lil fish studios

it's a GREAT (and crafty) blog!

lil' fish studios

there's  a GREAT recipe for peanut soup that looks wicked tasty. it can VERY easily be vegan


here's her etsy store

found via

and, i just found a GREAT feature on her (lil fish that is) on whipup whipup calendar girls, miss january

Pipe Wrench Table

Pipe Wrench Table

family circle has ALL sorts of holiday crafts up

go check it out HERE!





pic: David Prince
wall flowers easy felt crafting

this is in turkish

and the google translator really isn't too much help BUT it's beautiful. there's also a picture tutorial of how to make the individual yarn flowers (which has japanese directions, but seems KIND of easy to figure out). anyway, i thought this was cool

from knitting fairy (yes, i know I HAVE a knitting fairy tattoo. but this is also the name of a turkish blog

ok, i LOVE this idea

 it's such a royal pain in the arse to cart around hot dishes. this is THE perfect solution

How-To: Make a Potluck Dish Cozy from an Old Sweater

 

By Diane Gilleland

 

pic from ms gilleland's tutorial at craftzine linked above 

here's an adorable little crochet scarflet - spiceberry ruffles

from crafty begonia (Picture from crafty begonia)

totally tutorials

tikka

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ravings of a semi-sane madwoman: watch a 1964 beatles concert FREE on itunes

ravings of a semi-sane madwoman: watch a 1964 beatles concert FREE on itunes

check out the

Thanksgiving Meatless Loaf

 

at fat free vegan kitchen

the only thing i don't like about this is the word 'tablescapes'

it makes me think of this id-jit (yeah, this is SUPPOSED to be the 'nice' blog, but i AM being nice by only using id-jit)
 see the WHOLE posting at the link below

Holiday Moss Tablescapes

Meg Allan Cole

ok, this IS off the hook

from off the hook astronomy
star trek potholder pattern!!!

pic from the off the hook link above


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whipup has a roundup of past tutorials

that are going to be wonderful for gift making and giving


kath_red

here's but one: friendship necklaces image and tutorial on that one by honestly wtf (great name, no? great name  YES). i've actually linked to this one before, but i LOVE it, so i'll do it again.

oh man SERIOUS want

i did post another video a while back of mr bucket's work

Fluid-filled dress knit from plastic tubes
 Maggie Koerth-Baker

Fluid Dress from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.

Charlie Bucket

last week

the ny times had an INTERACTIVE VEGETARIAN thanksgiving


this week it's wapo's turn with a VEGAN thanksgiving! at the end of the article there are some vegan recipes

Vegan potluck celebrates a meat-free Thanksgiving

pic: Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary in Poolesville, run by executive director Terry Cummings, hosts an annual vegan potluck each year. Hundreds of people come and interact with the farm's "retired animals." (man, that's a HUGE oinker!)

and:

More than 500 vegan bloggers have joined forces to post daily recipes, observations and sources in November on the Web site Vegan MOFO (or Vegan Month of Food) at veganmofo.wordpress.com.

craftzine points us over to this wicked cool

woven paint chip credit card holder by mark montano, he of the big ass book of crafts fame

 pics: the book pic is from amazon, linked above and the paint chip credit card holder pic is from mr montano's diy also linked above

via craft

get out your needle and threads and canvas for this craftzine link

anSpace Invaders Christmas Cross-Stitch  Posted by Rachel Hobson

............Flickr user even-star created and posted this fun Space Invaders Christmas cross-stitch chart. Get started now to make one for each of your geeky pals this holiday season! [via Mr. X Stitch] ..........