Cute Things to Make From Soda Cans: Pt. 1

My sister and I made these for our mom awhile ago. For her birthday, in May. We dug through my neighbor's trash can and ended up with some nice & colorful magnets.



Tutorial is here.

Triple Chocolate Fat Pants Cake

Abby and I made this delightful cake last Friday night. The recipe was discovered in Babycakes, a bakebook that I actually find to be kind of annoying because it uses celebrities to sell the readers on all of its recipes. And what do I care if Pamela Anderson or Natalie Portman likes the cupcakes I'm about to bake? But Jason Schwartzman was right, the triple chocolate fat pants cake is amazing. Plenty of chocolate, coffee, and coconut oil. And the whole thing is topped with broken chocolate chip cookies. And guess what, kids? Vegan and gluten-free.



Mouthwatering delicious, seriously.

Pumpkins!

I've always wanted to break away from the traditional jack-o'-lantern . Not that silly and scary faces aren't wonderful, but this Halloween weekend I felt like it was time to try something new. So I made a bird (cause birds are one of the only things I can cut out freehand). I think it turned out quite nicely. This weekend I am in love with our front porch.

They finally bloomed.

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.

"Balloon"

You might remember me saying that I wanted to learn how to make stop motion animation. Well, I did it! Some friends and I spent an afternoon in the front yard constructing a story about ben franklin and some balloons. Surprise guest appearance from a unicorn!



In other news, I have been neglecting this blog for far too long. That's what happens when your camera breaks, I guess. But I'm about to buy a new one, which means I will start documenting my crafty projects once again.

Hope you're all having lovely summers!

Classy Containers

It took me awhile to track down wine crates to plant in. Turns out most wine comes in cardboard boxes these days, and wine distributors like to hold onto the few crates they do get in, since wine crates work so well as makeshift shelves. Really, there are so many cool things you can do with them.

I finally got a response to my numerous craigslist wanted postings. The woman was super nice and excited to get the old crates out of her garage. I'm pretty happy with what I've done with them.

Springtime zine

I really love spring. There is so much to be excited about this time of year. I am compiling a zine that speaks to how awesome and exciting spring is. If you also like this season, I would love for you to contribute (and your friends too! tell all of them!)

IDEAS: write about your favorite music to listen to this time of year. your favorite foods to eat. your favorite springtime activities. instructions on how to do said stuff that you like to do in the spring. write about picnics that you've put together or hikes that you've gone on. tell us about the best spring of your life. write about spring fever. draw pictures of you and your friends swimming in lakes. WHATEVER YOU WANT.

I want to put this together quickly, so that it can be distributed while spring is still in full swing. So the deadline is May 9th! Really soon!

Email contributions to:
ashley.mcallister@gmail.com

Ask me for my address if you want to snail mail your contribution.