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Charmaine White posted a really rad Flickr tutorial on baking a Guitar Hero II cake! Man, I wish I’d seen this before Dave’s birthday! I love that she uses wax paper to make a pattern! I bet you could use that method to do all manner of awesome cakes. Hmmmmmm…

[via Craftzine]

Casa Sugar posted a great tutorial on making your own dryer balls! The only question I have is this: the directions include running the little fella through the washer and dryer twice each. So, my felter friends, I would like to know: Can you throw it in with a full load, or do you have to run it through all on its lonesome?

I made a little set of mustache stamps for me and the SuperCute! gals to use, and folks went batty for them! Since I got so many questions, I decided that next time I was making a stamp, I’d document and post a tutorial. Here it is! If you need to see any picture larger, just click on it to go to the bigger version on Flickr.

1. Gather the Goods - fabric scissors, paper scissors, a Sharpie, cardboard (I used an empty 6 pack), felt & glue.

2. Measure & Cut Your Cardboard

3. Measure & Cut Your Felt - You’ll want the felt cut to the same size as the cardboard to make certain your design won’t be too big to fit on there!

4. Draw Your Design - Use the Sharpie to draw the design on your felt. Keep in mind that you’re going to be gluing this Sharpie-side-down to the cardboard, so make sure to mirror anything that won’t work once you flip it, like letters or numbers.

5. Cut Out Your Design

6. Glue! - Put glue all over the back side of the felt (the side with the visible marker on it).

7. Voila! - Bask in the glory of your cute, new stamp! You definitely want to wait for the glue to dry entirely before you start stamping. To use the stamp, just apply paint to the felt with a paintbrush and gently press onto the surface you’re stamping!