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Knuckle Salad

Projects and Recipes for Creative Nerds

Kristina Ackerman 12/14/201204/24/2015 13 Comments gifts, the great outdoors

Christmas is for the birds, but not in a bah-humbug way

Sprinkle the gift of birdseed ornaments around your neighborhood, making the trees and birds both merry. Oh, and here’s a window into my neurotic creative process.

Christmastime Craft Roundups Craft Tutorials Crafts Seasonal To the Nines

Kristina Ackerman 12/07/201209/18/2013 0 Comments christmas, decorating, holiday, holidays

To the Nines: Christmastime 2012

With just a few weeks to go before we achieve critical holiday mass, I’ve rounded up my nine current

Christmastime Craft Tutorials Crafts Crafts that Look Like Food Fall Inspiration Seasonal

Kristina Ackerman 11/29/201211/30/2012 8 Comments

Instant Artichokes

These artichokes are easy to make out of fabric scraps pinned to a ball. Also, congratulations to the winner of the Gangbusters treasury contest!

Craft Roundups Crafts

Kristina Ackerman 11/23/201211/28/2012 7 Comments etsy treasuries, Gangbusters, jewelry, prizes

Gangbusters Treasury Contest

Curate the best treasury and win a $25 Etsy gift certificate!

Craft Tutorials Crafts Fall Inspiration For the Home Seasonal

Kristina Ackerman 11/01/201210/07/2014 0 Comments decorating, fall, Halloween, holidays, home

Farewell Halloween, Hello Harvest: The Quickchange Holiday Vignette

Presto chango! See how we transformed our Halloween display into an homage to the harvest season without buying anything new.

Craft Tutorials Crafts Fashion Halloween

Kristina Ackerman 10/20/201210/07/2014 3 Comments budget, diy, Halloween, holiday, jewelry

Spooky skeleton necklace

In under ten minutes, you can make this fun skeleton necklace for Halloween out of a little decoration from the dollar store.

Spiked pie milkshakes: Apple, Banana Cream and Pumpkin

Beverages Desserts and Sweets Entertaining Fall Inspiration Recipes Spring Summertime

Kristina Ackerman 10/10/201201/24/2017 8 Comments apple, banana, booze, fall, milkshakes, pumpkin

Have your pie and drink it too: Spiked Pieshakes

In the southern U.S., as well as most of the lower hemisphere and places like Sudan and Malaysia (I’d imagine),

Craft Roundups Crafts Features Food Halloween Recipes To the Nines

Kristina Ackerman 10/01/201201/23/2017 0 Comments Halloween

To the Nines: Halloween roundup 2012

Leaping lasers, you guys, it’s October. What?! I’m pretty sure it was mid-March when I went to bed last night.

Beverages Entertaining Geekery Kids Recipes Summertime

Kristina Ackerman 07/02/201201/24/2017 6 Comments

Super-Soldier Serum

For Independence Day this year, we’re having punch. Very red, very American punch that tastes like ambrosia—cherry, marshmallow, and coconut—with sweet little white stars.