A while back I went to visit my good friend Ben Sander in NYC and we shot two fun filled Brini Maxwell webisodes together with her partner in crime Thom Hansen as the irrepressible Mary Ellen. The second video features a recipe I found in a 1965 Better Homes and Gardens magazine. I collect vintage paper, as many of you know, and I have a nice collection of fashion and home magazines. I found this issue at a local antique market and when I turned to the Weiner Loaf page I fell off of my chair in hysterics. Not simply because shoving some weenies into corn bread mix and calling it a meal was funny, but because the picture in the magazine was so horrid one wonders how the art director let it slip into the issue. Still this wiener loaf intrigued me and I decided to whip up a batch for a family gathering two years ago. After the initial recoil, a few brave souls dug in and I have to admit, we all found it quite tasty! Now you can make your cornbread from scratch and you can arrange your weiners in a more artful manner and serve this with a variety of flavored mustards, but I wanted to be true to the original recipe...and so...without further blather...here's a brand new Brini Maxwell vidcast offering with yours truly showing how to make weenie loaf! Don't miss Mary Ellen's wanton antics in the background, she's hilarious!
Vickie Howell is doing a month long giveaway in her blog for her fabulous new book CraftCorps and today I'm the featured crafter! Leave a comment in her blog for a chance to win a signed copy of Beyond the Bead and a generous sampling of metal pendant frames from HHH Enterprises!
I had a most interesting week. It feels good to have reached a point where people value your professional opinions. Lord knows I've got a lot of them and I'm not afraid to share! It's easy to forget when you're toiling away all by your lonesome in your studio that you're making an impact and you're building a name for yourself and people do pay attention to you. It's a one woman show here at Studio Madge, some days I swear I hear carnival music in the background.
Without further ado, here are this week's links from the crafty gurus in the Crafty Bloggers Gang:
About Family Crafts
If you cannot wait for April showers to bring May flowers, here is a collection of flower crafts you can make now.
Aileen's Musings
Back in November Aileen posted about an Erosion Bundle Project she's participating in....yesterday she opened her bundles after 5 months! Stop by and see her after pictures...
Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
Craftside's got a great tutorial on how to sew tie style straps, a peek at how to turn ideas into inspired design, identifying different types of metal, a thread painting tip, a lace detail and a bit of ballerina brilliance from the hot new book Mixed-Media Dollhouses.
Crafty Princess Diaries
Knitters will be happy they know the Crafty Princess after finding out about this great 40% off deal on the new book entitled In the Loop.
Margot Potter The Impatient Crafter
Madge reviews metal clay artist Kate McKinnon's amazing new book Sculptural Metal Clay Jewelry.
Mixed Media Artist
Duotones can give a whole different look to your photos than plain black and whites!
Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery
Check out my summer knitting project from Toe-Up Socks for Every Body by Wendy D. Johnson
The Artful Crafter
How to make an envelope book for little treasures or clutter.
The Crochet Dude
Drew reorganized his garden this spring using squares, and the results are fantastic!
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