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: 

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

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

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!

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Posted: March 24th, 2010 under Outrageous Talents - No Comments. Tags: axe, etsy, handbag, lizzie borden, purse, under a cuprous moon

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

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Posted: March 23rd, 2010 under A Little Of This, A Little Of That - No Comments. Tags: cupcake, recipe, red velvet

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!

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Posted: March 16th, 2010 under Just Announced - No Comments. Tags: award, best website, design

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:

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

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Posted: March 15th, 2010 under Have You Tried..... - No Comments. Tags: pizza, recipe, vegetable

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!

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Posted: March 8th, 2010 under Feeling Crafty? - No Comments. Tags: craft kit, craft robo, cricut, decorative tile, sizzix, vinyl

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:

Head on over to Bitt Box  and get to downloading!

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Posted: March 3rd, 2010 under Elsewhere in Indie Land... - No Comments. Tags: circles, download, free, vector

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?

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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Posted: March 2nd, 2010 under A Little Of This, A Little Of That - No Comments. Tags: dessert, fruit, raspberry, recipe, tiramisu

Put It In Writing

I just love a new book – a new novel, textbook, notebook or journal.  I think it’s something about that new book smell, the crackling sound of brand new pages being turned, or those crisp blank pages that appeal to me.  That’s part of the reason why I love making notebooks – and there’s a couple of new ones up for sale in my store and my Etsy.  These newbies have a Victorian/Steampunk theme and if you love them as much as I do then pick one up soon before they’re gone, gone, gone!

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Posted: February 25th, 2010 under Just Announced - No Comments. Tags: ballerina, notebook, steampunk, victorian

New Wall Decal – What’cha think?

I’ve put a new wall decal up in both my main site and my Etsy shop - It’s a tree design which I think looks rather retro-ish (is that a word?).  It’s also included some of my favorite color combos – (pink and anything!) but in this case, pink and brown with some blue and orange thrown in for good measure.  Don’t you think this would look great on your walls?  I do.  So head over to the shop and get one for yourself!

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Posted: February 24th, 2010 under Just Announced - No Comments. Tags: wall art, wall decal

Free Vector Graphics – Abstract Bursts & Blobs!

Hey there everybody!  Today I’d like to point you in the direction of some cool free vector art elements at Go Media Zine - Abstract Blobs & Bursts!  These freebies have a great old school look in my opinion, and the kind people over at GoMedia have even included a few tips on how to use them to create your own works of art.  Head on over and check them out – click here!

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Posted: February 23rd, 2010 under Elsewhere in Indie Land... - No Comments. Tags: free graphics, free vector