Self Portrait Wednesday

I saw some gorgeous photos on Misty Mawn's blog. She posted some lovely self portraits, and I decided to post one too:

Wordle

I made this neat image using Wordle. It grabs the words from a website or words that you give it and makes the words that are used more frequently larger. I was surprised NOT to see more art-y words in mine!

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 :)