New Product Alert! – Custom Stretched Canvas Art

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to make a quick announcement about a new product that we have available in the Candeystore for your custom designs – stretched canvas artwork!  You can now upload photos and/or designs to have printed on heavyweight canvas duck and stretched over wooden stretcher bars for a unique piece of artwork!  No frame needed for these prints!  Right now they are available in 8″ x 10″, 11″x14″, and 16″ x 20″.  We plan to add more sizes soon as well!  These are available now, so get on over to the store and start creating! 

custom stretched canvas artwork

 

Edited: March 30th, 2010

Free Font! Amputa Font by Quiccs

Hello all!

Today I wanted to make you aware of a cool free font that you can download with a grunge/retro type feel called Amputa Bangiz Standard by the talented Quiccs.  This font is free for personal or commercial use (a little credit goes a long way however!) Check it out:

free font

Pretty snazzy eh?  Head on over to Quiccs Deviant Art page  and download the font now!  Then start creating!

Edited: March 25th, 2010

Lizzie Borden Took An Axe…

You all know that old rhyme don’t ya?  Poor Lizzie – although she was acquitted of giving her father 40 whacks with her axe, she remained a lonely spinster forever.  In tribute to Miss Borden I’d like to introduce you to a very talented young lady who has created an awesome Lizzie Borden inspired handbag that everyone needs to check out.  Her name is Jennifer, and she runs an Etsy shop called Under a Cuprous Moon.   Jennifer has some lovely sewn goods in her shop in addition to the gorgeous Lizzie Borden purse (created with Eye Candey fabric which she designed herself as well!), and has plans to add more bags in the near future as well.  Check out some of her work: 

lizzie borden purse

 

Get a look at the detail in this bag, Jennifer even included zipper pulls in the shape of axe heads!

inside lizzie borden purse

And it’s also expandable, so you can fit in all the stuff you love to tote around in there:

expanded lizzie borden purse

Sooo, I suggest you waste no time heading on over to Under A Cuprous Moon and try to snap this baby up before it’s gone – I’m betting it won’t be long!

Edited: March 24th, 2010

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Well, you know how they say misery loves company right?  I’m finding that to be especially true today since this past weekend of culinary indulgences have left me a few pounds heavier when I stepped on the scale this morning.  In honor of this misery, I figured I’d try to sabotage you all as well by providing a yummy, sweet, calorie laden temptation so that you all can share my feelings of over-indulgence.  I’m not sharing this recipe so that you can make a dozen and eat only one – oooh nooo, that is not the point of this exercise.  If you make them you’ve got to eat lots and lots of them (similar to how I behaved when I had fried chicken, fried fish, pizza, strawberry tart and a burger all in the same day – and no, I wasn’t at a buffet restaurant).  Sooo, while I sweat it out over multiple aerobics tapes this week I’ll be thinking about all of you enjoying sweet treats like this one.  Have one for me – I’m in dessert detox this week!

red velvet cupcakes recipe

Red Velvet Cupcakes

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Edited: March 23rd, 2010

We Won! We Won!

Yay for us here at Eye Candey – I just found out that we’ve won the I Heart Design Award in the ‘Best Website’ category for the Candeystore!  Whoo hoo!   I consider that quite an accomplishment, as we were stacked up against some pretty stiff competition with awesome websites.  Thanks so much to everyone who voted for us, and thanks to the RoseFlash blog for sponsoring this fantastic contest (did I mention we’re the winners?)  It’s a great day in Candey Land, and hoping you all are enjoying your day too!

best website award candeystore

Edited: March 16th, 2010

Roasted Fall Vegetable and Ricotta Pizza

Mmmm, I am a confirmed, hardcore, un-reformable (is that a word?) pizza addict.  As in – ‘My name is Joy and I’m a pizzaholic’ type of pizza addict.  Like no diet, 12 step program, or lack of funds can stop me from my pizza fix.  Yeah – one of those type of people.  That being said, I’m sure it will come as no suprise to you that right after breakfast on a Monday morning, I’m already thinking of, and drooling over, and scheming on my pizza fix for later today.  I’m gonna try my hand at a new homemade recipe today – and get this – it has veggies on it so it’s all good!  It looks good anyway – see:

homemade pizza

Get the recipe here and tell me what you think:  Roasted Fall Vegetable and Ricotta Pizza

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Edited: March 15th, 2010

Get Your Craft On – Decorative Tiles!

Hey all!  Just a little heads up today for all my craft heads out there – New Craft Kits available in the Craft Candey Etsy Shop!  This kit includes a 6″x6″ decorative tile, a tile stand to display your new creation, and 2 sheets of 6″x12″ vinyl in the colors of your choice to decorate your tile.  So get out your cricut, sizzix, craft robo, craft punches or your trusty scissors and create something outrageous today!

Edited: March 8th, 2010

Free Vector Pack – Circles, Circles Everywhere!

There’s nothing more useful when creating new designs than vector packs – (groups of design elements all bundled up nice and neat in one place).  Except of course, free vector packs!  That’s where BittBox comes to the rescue, and provides us with a nice pack of free vectors with circles and bubbles to use in your designs.  Take a look:

 

circle vectors free 

Head on over to Bitt Box  and get to downloading!

Edited: March 3rd, 2010

Mmm, Sweets! – Raspberry Tiramisu Recipe

I am now in desperate need of dessert.  I was innocently minding my own business, browsing the ‘net when I should be working on a project, and I happened to come across this Rapsberry Tiramisu recipe.  Just look at it – wouldn’t it catch your attention too?

 

 

 

raspberry tiramisu dessert

I wasn’t even looking for sweets.  (I was however looking at food, as usual!)  And in my defense, let me also say that raspberry isn’t even one of my favorite fruits, but I’m gonna make this one for dessert this evening if I can wait that long.  Then next time I may try to sub out the raspberries for strawberries, yummmm.  So, why don’t you give this one a try and let me know what you think.  Got your own wonderful tiramisu recipe that you’d like to share?  Post it here so we can all try it out as well!  Happy snacking everyone.

Raspberry Tiramisu

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Edited: March 2nd, 2010