watercolors

 so i finished my painting finally....

here is a doodle i did on computer paper. you know computer paper is not a good medium for watercolors. i also bought a new car and now i can go take some of my work up to the shop that sells some of my stuff. hooray.

cookies

 i recently made cookies

 again

 this time i only made half of the recipe

 they were chocolate cherry and pecan ones. they were delicious. you should have been here!

what have you all been up to?

Saturday Birthday Party

 i made one of those rainbow cakes finally

 there were actually ooohhhs and ahhhhsss when i cut it open

 streamers and balloons...we are old school birthday party here... no fancy themes

 the craft table...the kids painted pot and plants to take home and there were beads to string necklaces and bracelets

 look its kim and calliope....so cute. she wrote a blog about the party too. you know jikits,right? you havent been there to see her fabulousity? hmmm go there now and be amazed at her talents.

hello and yes i need a haircut.

paintings

i started a larger watercolor. hopefully i will finish it soon. i have been inspired by stars well i guess i have been for a long time but i kinda have a theme going here i think. i also have some ideas for the a series of paintings i want to paint called the angry heart. i know im so drama.

rainbow cake

i built a four layer rainbow cake for my daughters birthday party last saturday. here it is in the assembly period. i will post the others tomorrow. sophie turned five. i cant believe it.

blackberry financiers

 financiers are little french cakes made with brown butter and almond flour or in this case i processed sliced almonds and flour together

 brown butter is when you heat your butter and it separates and the bits turn brown by the way it smells heavenly

 traditionally these are made in rectangular molds but the recipe i used called for a mini muffin tin which yields 24 delicious cakes

 there is also honey in this recipe

 and only egg whites

but tons of sugar
have i mentioned how delicious these are and that they are all gone....
yup every last one of them. those are blackberries on the top of them too. too bad you were not here to partake in the joy. they would also be perfect with champagne. yes they would. the recipe is here. enjoy!

Zero 7 - Distractions

  i have been listening to a lot of zero 7 lately and i thought maybe you should too.