Tool Love

I know I don't *need* any new pliers, but look at these! * Glitter Pliers * What's not to love about pliers with glitter-y handles?!?

Tweet!

Finally jumped on the Twitter bandwagon -- it's fun :-)

Spring Break = Breaking Bread

Been on Spring Break this week and trying to fit in as much fun as possible :-) One thing that has been a lot of fun is making bread. I started out with sourdough and then tried to find a recipe for black bread.

When I lived in Russia I was across the street from a store that had fresh bread delivered every day. All different kinds, and I think I tried them all! The one that reminds me most of Russia is the black bread, but I haven't been able to find anything like that in the States - at least in the small cities where I've been there's no Russian bakeries.

So how lucky to find a recipe for sourdough rye! Sourdough seems easier to me because you don't have to start with yeast again every time. It's not exactly like Russian bread, but it's close enough! Here's a link to the recipe I used: Sourdough Rye.

Reading for Fun

Just finished reading The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf yesterday. I kind of stalled in the middle of the book, but by the end I couldn't put it down. It was so interesting to read about America, Islam, and religion in general from a different point of view.

There are so many books on my 'to read' list! I think 2009 will be a good reading year for me :-)

Art Supply Love

I joined an ATC swap with the theme 'Art Supplies' thinking it would be pretty easy to draw art supplies. Well, I didn't realize how fun it would be! I think I kinda made a connection to my markers and pencils when I was drawing them :)

Recipe Card

I've seen some lovely altered recipe cards online lately, and decided to start a collection of my own. Hopefully having pretty cards with recipes on them wiill make me more likely to cook! ;-)

Here's the first card I've done - for a yummy oatmeal recipe that can be made into cookies or bars. I saw Sara Snow on an episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8 and she made some oatmeal bars with Kate. I did a search online and found what I *think* is the same recipe.




I used some pretty Basic Grey papers from one of their 6 x 6 pads -- turns out they're perfect for recipe card bases, cause you can get two 3 x 5 cards out of one sheet, and you're left over with a 1 x 6 strip to make into inchies!

Beading Kick

I've been doing lots of bead-y stuff lately. Found a magazine that I bought last year and have done a few projects from it, super fun! Here are a few pics: