Here’s my latest mini mixed media wood plaque. The photo doesn’t really show off the colors that well (the paints used are more of a green-blue with the blue, but they are all blending together in the pic; I used a bit of my favorite glitter glue as well, but it’s not showing up either), but ah well. :-) I really liked creating this one:
So one of the challenges, for me, of staying on a fitness diet is not the diet itself (I prefer lean meats & lots of veggies & good grains anyway), it’s finding ways to stay on program yet still enjoy my developing fondness for French cuisine and wine. I’m not to have any cheese, creamy…
Way back in 2006 I posted about Helena Bonham Carter’s custom-made pants line called “Pantaloonies”…and because of reading about her often lately due to HP6 and Tim Burton’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND, I got thinking about Pantaloonies again. Today I did a post on Geek Girls Rock about a new project I’m going to try…making my…
The potato and leek soup came out very, very good. :-) I think I need a bit more leeks next time, though, and maybe a bit less butter. But hey, I’m learning, so I’ll just have to keep experimenting. Mmmm…
Yesterday I got on a roll: I made a Paris-themed digital collage for the ARTchix blog challenge, using graphics from The Graphics Fairy and Faerie Enchantment: Then my guy offered me scans of his family’s brewery’s vintage beer labels, so I had to play with those too (with added graphics found on free clip art…
So there is a small, adorable black and white kitty that hangs around outside the house, and I’ve begun feeding her. I couldn’t not feed her, as when I finally petted her, I realized she was literally starving (her sides were concave, and she was clearly severely underweight). So I started giving her little bowls…
The chicken I made tonight (er, as in Sat night, although it’s after midnight as I write this) w/lemon, cumin, and mint was *delicious*! The asparagus I tried did not turn out well, but I’ll try again tomorrow. But the pièce de résistance…I made an impromptu potato and leek soup, using red potatoes, and it…