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Tenpenny Splendid
www.tenpennysplendid.com
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Tenpenny Splendid is a place to share my passions for food, art, crafting, creating, fashion, and life in general. I started this blog to start a conversation so please feel free to comment, and share your thoughts and opinions!
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currently

Stopping in before Im off to meet my partner to finish up our presentation for tonight. If all goes according to plan Ill have an interesting how-to for you tomorrow. Well I think its interesting any...

9 h ago

six weeks

Check out my post over at Silly Grrl today! Sarah, who put together this whole shindig, asked me to give some tips on how I take food photos for recipe posts. Im no photographer or anything, but thro...

6 days ago

piggies

Ive been meaning to introduce you to some very important furry babies in my life, but being the perfectionist that I am, I was always going to take "better" photos. I took these just playing ...

18 may 12

canvas + paint markers

Okay maybe a few words first and then its wordless wednesday. :)Did you ever take pictures of something and fully intend to use them in a post, only to completely forget and leave them sitting in a f...

16 may 12

carrot apple ginger beet

Kicking off a new week with some fresh juice seems like the right thing to do. Especially with the state Im in.. sun-burned and allergy ridden. Im usually really good with the sunscreen, obsessive ev...

14 may 12

happenings lately

May is off to a pretty good start Id say! Weve been busy little bees around these parts, and Ive been taking full advantage of my time off from classes. Im trying to get outside as much as possible w...

07 may 12

homemade soda: strawberry lemon

In an effort to make more things at home and buy less processed foods and drinks, Ive been brainstorming things I could make to replace some not-so-healthy guilty pleasures. One thing I knew I wanted...

03 may 12 1 person likes this

homemade ice cream: mint chocolate chip

I do believe in my first homemade ice cream post I mentioned that there were two no-churn recipes I wanted to try. Well that was the first and this is the second! The difference is that the first one...

02 may 12 2 people like this

welcome may

 Some modern day ruins at one of our favorite stops on a springtime walk.Im getting to be a bit of a broken record, but May already? You serious?? This year is just out of hand. Maybe because I ...

01 may 12 1 person likes this

april sponsor links

Check out what my sponsors have been up to in April! food+  Sherry at Oh So Lovely created an amazing list of soups that I cant wait to try. The pictures are making me so hungry! Soups are somet...

30 apr 12

aprils featured sponsor: lazy explorers

I asked Aprils featured sponsor, Chloe from Lazy Explorers, to share a little bit about herself and her blog for you to read. She gives some more great advice to new bloggers and is working towards s...

27 apr 12

carrot apple ginger juice

I know I just posted a juice recipe and I dont want give the impression that now that I have a juicer, this is all Ill be posting. But this is pretty much the only semi-interesting thing I have been ...

25 apr 12

6 weeks to a better blog

I didnt intend to be so absent from the blog world and twitter this week, but shorty after I wrote my juice post I came down with something that rendered me half dead. I woke up that morning with a s...

20 apr 12 1 person likes this

juice

First I bring you doughy cinnamon sugar goodness, and now I bring you a way to feel better about eating it! Kidding. But really, Ive been curious about juicing for quite some time now. Ive been seein...

18 apr 12

cinnamon sugar pull apart bread

This baby has been on my to do list since I first saw it some time last year. Im not even sure where I saw it first because once it got out, everyone was making it. And for good reason. Savory versio...

13 apr 12 1 person likes this

box o tubes

Ive come to accept the fact that Im kind of a hoarder when it comes to cool looking things that I think Ill be able to use for something someday. I think my dad is too, which is why there has been a ...

12 apr 12

that time i accidentally got fifty dollar yarn

Yep. You read it right. And the reason Im admitting this ridiculous fact is because I need a little help making it worth the while. About a year ago, on Easter in fact, my family and I went to the be...

05 apr 12 1 person likes this

light crochet

Before I get into todays ideas and inspirations, I just want to share a little exciting news! Well, exciting to me. :) Yesterday, after four very long weeks of waiting, I finally got the scores of th...

04 apr 12

welcome april

Its that time again to welcome a new month. I cant believe its spring already! The beautiful tree in my backyard is starting to bud. Any day now it will be covered in the most amazing white flowers. ...

02 apr 12

march featured sponsor: oh so lovely

I asked Marchs featured sponsor, Sherry of Oh So Lovely, to share a little about herself and her blog for you to read. I love her answers to the questions, especially the tips she gives to new blogge...

30 mar 12

my lovely march sponsors

In all the craziness in this month full of praxis tests, practicum observations, and class in general, I completely forgot to ask for sponsor info in any timely fashion so I took a cue from some of m...

29 mar 12

paper mache bowls: how-to

Just wanted to put together a little how-to for anyone wondering how I made these. Its super simple and Im sure theres a million ways to do it but this is how I did!First, grab some balloons and blow...

28 mar 12 1 person likes this

paper mache bowls

At some point in my scrolling through the internets I saw these really fun wooden bowls that were painted white on the outside and gold on the inside. I wish I remembered where they were from because...

23 mar 12

chai spiced apple crumble

I think one of the top complaints (or maybe the only complaint) about having fresh produce is not being able to eat it quick enough and having it go bad. I always want to buy tons at a time so I can ...

20 mar 12

eleven things

So Ive been tagged by Lisa of Lala Faux Bois to do the "11 things" jam. Never one to turn down a good meme, here are my 11 things and all that goes with it!There are five rules:1. Post these ...

14 mar 12

homemade ice cream: chocolate swirl

  Ive been an ice cream fiend for as long as I can remember. Summer or winter, it doesnt make a difference. Ice cream is delicious anytime, anywhere. Ive been dying to get the ice cream maker at...

09 mar 12

april call for sponsors

I decided to use this break in my crafty plans to put out an April call for sponsors. I have a few projects Im about halfway through but I need to take today to knock out some school stuff so I dont ...

07 mar 12

i spy: kool-aid dyed yarn

Finding yarn for a project never seemed like that big of a deal before. I would think of a project and general colors I wanted, go into a craft store, and peruse the selection until some beautiful sk...

06 mar 12 1 person likes this

march already?

Is it just me or does it not seem possible that were headed into the third month of 2012 already? Im just finishing up midterms this week and spring break begins at about 8:00 tonight. I think its fl...

01 mar 12

february sponsors

I would like to take this lovely rainy leap day to introduce you to some of the awesome ladies that have been residing on my side bar this past month. If you havent had the opportunity to check out t...

29 feb 12

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