http://www.thegirlwithacurl.com Current Crafty Constructions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:15:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In case you find yourself twiddling your thumbs this weekend, I have an easy craft project to cure your Idlehands-itis. I made this simple Lemon Green Tea Sugar Scrub in no time and with very little elbow grease. It smells fresh and rings in spring with citrusy goodness. Best of all, ... http://www.thegirlwithacurl.com/2010/03/weekend-crafts-lemon-green-tea-sugar-scrub/ Dear Person Who I Don't Know Who's Going To Get My Scarf, As I packed the red scarf I made for you through Craft Hope to be sent off to The Orphan Foundation, I was hopeful. Hopeful for you, because you're going out into the world, and with something I made ... http://www.thegirlwithacurl.com/2010/03/i-hope-you-like-this-scarf/ Exciting times in these parts! Here's two crafty, cook-y things you need to know today: 1) First Online Sample Sale Site For Cookware To Launch In April Snappy Tuna promises to work in the same way online fashion sample-sale sites do, by offering top-name kitchen tools and gadgets at 70% off. When I ... http://www.thegirlwithacurl.com/2010/03/cookin-up-some-crafty-news/ Embroidery was the very first handicraft I learned. It was through home economics class in third grade. My first project was a handtowel with a very poorly satin-stitched watermelon and the word "Juicy!" To this day, I still can't satin-stitch to save my life. But split stitches, whipped stitches, chain ... http://www.thegirlwithacurl.com/2010/03/sweet-stitches/ What you see above is Chicken-Pork Adobo, stewing away in its fragrant marinade of soy sauce, vinegar, fresh-milled black pepper, garlic cloves and bay leaves. As I write this, I can smell its familiar peppery-garlic-tanginess wafting from the kitchen. It fights for my nose's affection alongside the comforting fragrance of ... http://www.thegirlwithacurl.com/2010/03/home-in-a-pot/