Tweet and Retweet #48forlarry

Larry Hamm over at Chelsea Lynn Designs on Artfire is a friend of many in the world of handmade, he is also the voice of The Crazy Train on Blockhead Radio. Larry has a fantastic wife Janet, and an 8 year old son Jacob who live with him in Lansing, NC deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Larry is a friend to everyone and just an all around swell guy. He is most definitely the “shirt off your back” kind of friend. Right now, all of Larry’s friends and Blockhead radio are teaming up to help him out in a tough time.

Larry is a disabled diabetic who currently has lost his health insurance. His medication alone monthly is over $2,000. Larry is not receiving disability, he has not been approved yet. His wife is the only source of income and she doesn’t make enough to cover his medications. Larry’s doctors have given him an outlook of only 18 months to live if he doesn’t receive a $17,000 gastric bypass surgery as soon as possible. Larry and his family need all the help from their family and friends they can get! Jacob and Janet need Larry to hang around here with them as long as he possibly can! All of his friends surely want Larry to stick around too!

All of us at Blockhead Radio are gearing up for the biggest Radiothon you’ll ever be a part of! July 24th at 6pm until July 26th at 6pm, Blockhead Rod will be live on the radio for 48 hours straight raising money for our friend Larry. A silent auction of donated handmade goods will also be going up on the home page of Blockhead Radio with 100% of the proceeds going to Larry.

If you would like to be a part of this wonderful event, please email DeDe Sorensen at: 48forlarry@blockheadradio.com Please donate any handmade items you can for the silent auction have your emails in with your donations by July 22nd.

If you would like to donate cash for Larry’s prescriptions and surgery there is now a button so folks can start sending in donations. This way when the radiothon kicks off we will start with a bang. Just go to the web page and the button is on the left side. You can use Paypal transfer, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, or transfer from your bank account. Paypal is a safe and fast way to send money. All the money is sent straight to Larry's account.

Keep listening to Blockhead Radio for fantastic indie music, and how you can help Larry Hamm of Chelsea Lynn Designs.

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That's the Way the Frosting Melts...

Many of you have heard me say that I cannot bake. You may think I say this in jest... but honestly: I cannot bake. Let me rectify that statement. I cannot bake cookies from scratch but I am a pro at those magnificent cookies from a tube (if supervised by a watchful eye).

I have managed to make decent batches of home made brownies and a couple of delicious chocolate cakes completely from scratch. Once I was determined to perfect at least the art of making home made cinnamon rolls. Several "eh" batches later and I deduced that baking, at least for me, should be limited to the box variety. Much to McGeeky's chagrin... he will never come home from a grueling day at work to find any fresh baked, home made confection. At least not solely by me.

But the other week I decided that I wanted to try to make those fabulous little bath bomb cupcakes! So, I made the base bomb first in my handy dandy silicone cupcake mold that has never held real cupcake batter in it. (I guarantee that any new baking apparatus for the kitchen is destined for the soap lab and even though I profess that I will indeed use it for some tasty concoction... I most definitely mean a new toy for me to play with in the lab).

The cupcake bases were completed and they came out marvelous! Lots of food related scents... banana, cotton candy, cherry, green apple, and orange sherbert. They smelled delicious and voila: a tasty concoction. Though not edible.

Now the glorious, fluffy frosting. DOH! I've never made frosting in my life. A bit of research, a little tweaking... and I managed to pull off a frosting that I felt was "stiff" enough to hold a pretty shape. Loaded that skin softening, smell good fluff into my cookie spritzer (where did I get that?) and proceeded to create some very pretty cupcake-like icing effects.

Satisfied with the result I went outside to await the water company guy who was on time! A ten minute session and I wandered back into the house so that I could admire my creations:

Um... that isn't how I left them. Egads you've got to be kidding me! Where did my pretty peaks go?

Featured EtsyBlogger: LazyTCrochet

Congratulations to LazyTCrochet for being the featured EtsyBlogger for June!

This awesome shop is chock full of amazing and snugly creations that are hand knit or crocheted. The fact that Tricia loves working with yarn is evident in every piece she whips up! She enjoys creating modern and original designs but also traditional, old-world styles too.

Soft and Funky Knit Cowl

Fresh Sprouts Scarf

Green Apple Cloche

I snagged one of her adorable cloches for my niece around the holidays in a pale cream. It was so beautiful and soft it was almost a gift that wasn't! Be sure and check out what the latest happenings are over at the LazyTCrochet blog. You'll discover more about a fantastic artisan and as an added bonus she often blogs some fabulous recipes!

"A Few of My Favorite Things" Friday...

Elegance by Mode
"Carolina Blue" is actually a fabulous set: a gorgeous necklace and a pair
or matching earrings. Click on the picture above to see more pics!

Kabi Designs

"Nebulosa" is a gorgeous piece crafted from polymer clay. I love the
colors and the movement of the swirls in this piece. You can click
on the pic above to explore more creations from her shop!