Baking failure and success

My BFF from high school, Sandy, shared a few of her dearly departed Grandmother's bread recipes with me last week.


Yesterday, I tried the Honey Oatmeal bread.... As you can see, it didn't turn out quite as planned. It's still tasty, just short and dense.

Today I had much better results! I used her bun recipe only I made it with half wheat and half white flours instead of all white flour. I can't wait to sample one!!

Quote pages

After a little nudge...I thought I'd show some of my pages. Some of these have been shown on the blog before quite a while ago. The rest were made in my pre-blogging days.

I'm only showing my pages as I didn't ask permission from the others to display their work.


Please forgive the weird formatting...not sure whats up with the pictures and why they won't go where I want them!

Quotes AB finished!

I started this AB years ago with a few tip-ins from a swap. I love quotes... It seemed like the perfect theme. Alas, I ran out of steam on the project. It was set aside...forgotten.  Recently, I've had the drive to finish those UFOs (unfinished objects) sitting around basically to free up space and cross things off my on-going list.

I asked my good friend Elizabeth if she'd make a tip-in or two for me...  She came up with the idea of hosting a tip-in swap on abc_alteredbookclub. Sweet!
Just look at the end result! A completed book! Well, truthfully, there are spots for 3 more quote pages if they were glued directly down but for all intensive purposes...this is officially crossed off my list!!!!

Illustration Friday: Warning

When I saw the topic for Illustration Friday this week I knew I had the perfect ATC.

Friday Freebie

I'd like to introduce you to this conservative family...they tend to stay to the right. (yes, I know that was a lame joke) I'll work on it for the next time.

Have fun with this image in your art!

A little bit of luck

Another fabric collage!

These are definitely going to be something you'll be seeing more of. Love all the texture and movement you get with all the layers.

You can find this one in my esty store.

Tea Tuesday

Do you make lists?
I do..constantly. It helps keep me on track. Otherwise I end up wasting a bunch of time on...something...anything...except what I really need to be doing.
I also love the satisfaction of crossing things off that list. Sometimes I even write down the thing I just did even though it hadn't been on the list...just so I can cross it off. Quirky I know...but that's just me. Take it or leave it....

My tea set today is actually a mismatched orphan set from my mom. I bet you wouldn't have even guessed. The cup is from Germany and the saucer is from Austria. I think they look quite nice together.
My tea today was an organic Jasmine blossom Green tea. I've figured out that I really do not like flower teas. I don't care for chamomile either.

I better get finished up...there's a lot on my list!!
Go see what my friends are doing today...you'll find the links on Kimmies blog.