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Dragon Thank You Note (and Illustration Friday)

By Dot | Published June 9, 2009 | Posted in art, Illustration Friday, my art | 7 Comments

So, for Illustration Friday, this Dragon is craving some Dragon Cake! I promise I’ll get the tutorial up on making the Dragon Cake this week, but I figured I’d better get on those Thank You notes first. Just click through to Flickr to download him and use him for your own thank-you notes — He’s CC Licensed for personal use. He also matches the invitation graphic.

OR, you can snag both the invite and thank you notes, ready for printing, as a PDF!

nancy dorsner 2009 – some rights reserved (cc licensed personal use only please — if you use him, do leave a comment, and I’d love you to share where you got him!)

Original sketch here.

Related “Dragon Party” Posts:

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A successful party! and free shipping on prints!

By Dot | Published June 8, 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

We survived the weekend of much fun and kid-partying. The Dragon Cake was a huge success, it tasted as good as it looked… and supplemented but 2 dozen red-velvet with sprinkles and chocolate “dragon’s egg” cupcakes, it fed the crowd. The Dragon-Wings were well received, too!

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Right now (until 6/12), you can get free shipping on prints over $15. So if you’ve been wanting to order a print of your favorite Nancy Dorsner piece, now’s the time. The code is DadsDay09. If you don’t see the piece you want at my store, just email me. Click here to go to the Shop!

Party planning continues… and contest winner is announced!

By Dot | Published June 5, 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments

I’m coming down off the baking high from yesterday. Not only do we have the dragon cake (above) but a bunch of cupcakes too, because I tend to go overboard. So, along with the cakes, we have Dragon Wings for fun and favors, and the dragon invitation. I’m not sure that I’m doing any other dragon themed stuff, but I do have to run to Trader Joes today to pick up stuff for food. And plan the rest of the food.

Related:

But I did want to thank all of you guys who entered the giveaway we had from Online Poster Printing.

The lucky number was “2″ and that means Joanne wins a 16×20 Gallery Wrapped Canvas Print! Thanks to everyone who entered, both here and on Smidgen.

If you didn’t win, you can still order some prints: Poster Prints
or Canvas Prints.

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Finished Dragon Cake…

By Dot | Published June 4, 2009 | Posted in food | 22 Comments

(Thanks Neatorama, Craftzine, and others for the link love! .. The Thank You notes and Invites are now available for download here. 6/11: Full blown Tutorial is on making the cake is Posted!! -Dot)

Here it is! Pretty darn close to my vision (he does look like the Party Invite, right?), and wow! LOVE it. The “How To” will be coming next week (edit: it’s here!), when I have time to do a good writeup… Right now I’m just covered in cake batter and icing!

I ‘live blogged’ my baking day today at Twitter, so if you’re interested in some of the interim stuff, and can’t wait for the tutorial, you can see more there: Dot’s Twitter

And I’ll also have the tutorial for the Dragon Wings (quick and dirty capes for party favors) next week, too.

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Cake Baking Day!

By Dot | Published June 4, 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Apparently I’ve bitten off more than I can chew by thinking I could do everything to get ready for The Boy’s party this weekend, handle “Real Life”, AND actually blog about it!

So, I think the tutorial on how to make the Dragon-Wings will have to wait until next week. I made 20(!!) of them, so needless to say, this is a REALLY quick and dirty design. :)

Today I bake cakes. The plan is a Dragon Cake for the party, plus extra chocolate ‘dragon’s egg’ cupcakes (because The Boy wants chocolate).

I’ll be experimenting with marshmallow fondant for covering the dragon, so I’ll let you know how that goes!
I’ll keep you guys updated with pics of the progress… And if you follow me on Twitter, you can see them there!

Enjoy!

PS: All done… I’ll post better pics, but you can see the twitpics I uploaded from the twitter link!

Dragon Wings…

By Dot | Published June 2, 2009 | Posted in Announcement | 2 Comments

More to come on this, including the tutorial, once I finish making a bunch of these for The Boy’s Dragon themed birthday party!

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Make Some Soup!

By Dot | Published June 1, 2009 | Posted in Featured Recipes, my food | 3 Comments

But it’s not soup weather you say!? Well, this is a vichyssoise, and it’s perfectly delightful served cold!

Sorry for the re-run here, but I’m so behind in the real world right now. The Boy’s 4th Birthday is this weekend, and I’d better get started! The rest of this week should be filled with Dragon Party related posts. Oh, and don’t forget — just a few more days to enter the latest Giveaway! And it’s a good one!

But, here’s a cool soup recipe for you — check out the pics below, and go here for the full recipe! How to Make Carrot Vichyssoise.

How to Make Carrot Vichyssoise.

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Friday Giveaway Fun – Win a Canvas Print!

By Dot | Published May 29, 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized | 11 Comments

If you missed the last giveaway, here is a really cool one from Online Poster Printing…win a 16×20 Gallery Wrapped Canvas Print! There’s so much you could do with this… With Father’s Day coming up, what about using it to do a photo of all the kids for Daddy to hang on the wall? Or, how about a big canvas print of your favorite piece of artwork?

To Enter:
Sorry, this contest is over!! Congrats to Joanne, our winner!

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Thursday Wrap-up…

By Dot | Published May 28, 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

From kids party ideas to tutorials, here’s what’s been happening at Dabbled this week…

Oh, and Don’t forget.. you can follow Dabbled on Facebook, Friend Dot on Flickr, or Friend Dot on Twitter… if you’re into those things! (PS, if you do (particularly on twitter) do leave me a comment here or email so I know who you are!)

How to Throw a Robot Spaceman Party!
A spiffy cool idea for your next kids party… All things Robot-Spaceman! Cakes, favors, invitations (free for download) and more!

Cool Dabbled Craft/Food Roundup Some cool stuff you might have missed… check out these neat ideas: Pinatas, bracelets, cuban sandwiches, and recycled felt pins!
Illustration Friday! This nifty little dragon is the theme for The Boy’s 4th birthday… want him for your own?
Shop Preview Sale! And feedback requested..
Tutorial – How to fuse plastic bags and make cool stuff!
In this fabulous Guest Post by So She Sews, we learn a cool method of fusing plastic bags… too lazy to do this yourself? Check out her cool stuff in her etsy store!
oh yeah, plus she has other nifty non-plastic stuff… like cool refashioned dresses.. check that out too!

Stuff Dot Likes… (a super big Flickr roundup post)Need some inspiration or just want to see some cool stuff? Here’s some cool artists and crafters (and photographers) that Dot likes! Check it out!

Stuff Dot Likes… (a super big Flickr roundup post)

By Dot | Published May 27, 2009 | Posted in inspirations | 6 Comments

This flickr roundup has no real theme, just stuff I liked from my flickr friends and the dabbled pool.
Pictures, Art, and Craft that caught my eye… check out the links and my commentary below the big pic.