I was recently asked by the wonderful Marichelle over at Heart Handmade to be a House Guest over at her blog. If you love handmade (which I know you all do!) be sure to check it out if you haven't already!
Anyway, it was a lot of fun to write a post for someone else (and a little scary too!) and it was even more fun (but super hard!) to pick some of my all time favourite art of right now.
Go have a look here. I hope you enjoy!!
even those that are not necessarily made out of paper;
I have one of these!
I think it is going to be the start of
my white porcelian collection;
Not sure why I love them, maybe it was the story
I heard when I was young, maybe I like to show off and make them for friends.
currently loving porcelain at the moment. but more so Studio Violet
I mean seriously. Just have a trawl around the website.
Could an artist get any more amazing?
(wait I believe it is two artists; Elisabeth Dunker Camilla Engman)
I want to post everything, but I shall let you wonder through the wonderfulness.
(thanks to; poppytalk for the sweet intro!)
Oh yes, I put my recipe following and cooking skills to the test last night and had a crack at this yummy looking salad from one of my favourite food blogs VeganYumYum. I chose the second version of the potato salad; Potato Salad with Herbed Dijon Vinaigrette
So why not review my own cooking??
Well I should have taken my own photo because the lovely featured image is from VeganYumYum's post (the main reason I love that blog is for the photos!), but in all seriousness, mine looked pretty close to that, without all the fancy lighting and sweet photography.
It was SUPER easy to cook, and fail-proof in my books, and I do fail quite a bit in my cooking experiments (must remind myself I am only learning!). It uses what I call cupboard staples, so you generally don't need to buy anything extra, and it was very quick to make.
The verdict?
Me; YUM! And YAY there was some left over because now I have a yummy lunch!
Boyfriend; Yeahh not bad, maybe a bit strong.
(ok yeah it was a TAD strong, and I don't know what the "strong" element was.. maybe the Dijon? Which was "Extra strong Dijon" because it was the cleanest Dijon I could find when shopping.)
But I shall try again and I will try the other version too!
I am always up for clean healthy natural recipe suggestions too if anyone has any fail-proofies!
Oh a relevant note, who watched Master Chef Australia?. I thought it was a tad over the top but I do love my reality shows that are "Idol" themed and I do love my cooking shows, so I think it will be a regular viewer!
Not feeling so super at the moment (thanks boyfriend for passing on the sickness!) Wishing very much that I was in bed with a steaming hot lemon drink.
(I love these colours; Image from Apartment Therapy.)
The worst part is, I don't get hungry when I am sick. And love food so much. I mean come on!! So I might be a bit neglectful around here, but I will try my best.
I am super excited to announce art4friends (that's me!) now has some more goodies for sale over at my most favourite indepentent online retailer Leeloo!
Leeloo is an online community and store where treasures from emerging Australian designers and artists can become yours!
My last little batch of pin back badges all sold, and now I have some sweet little pocket mirrors for sale, an essential for every ladies handbag!!
And if you don't like my mirrors (ohhh!) then be sure to check out the rest of the shop, beacuse Leeloo is all for supporting all those things that we all love and value highly; handmade; eco friendly; Australian designers; to name a few!
You can even grab yourself a copy of Peppermint Mag, which I believe are selling super fast so get yours today!!
Do you ever get that feeling that some things just have to be blogged about. Even if so many others already have?
This morning while reading Peppermint Mag, this blogging urge hit me.
I love the texture of the pages
I love reading every written word
I love that everything the editor wants to share is exactly want I want to read about
I love that my personal goals of wanting to buy local, handmade, eco-friendly, fairtrade, organic or vintage are made that little bit easier with all the wonderful advertising and information about people doing these exact things (these goals are hard to meet without such help!)
I love that I have only read 3 pages and it is already living up to the expectations I had and leaping right past them.
I don't love that I have only read 3 pages! I want more!
But I guess I don't want it to end either!
(hurray for magazines, it means there will be more!)
Jeff Probst
Popular phrases that tend to get thrown around at dinner time with my family are "catch and kill", or "survivor dinner", with the idea that dinner is basically just a free for all, find whatever you can in the house and cook it and eat it. Sometimes when the money situation is particularly thin, we might even play "survivor week" where no food shopping is allowed to be done, as there is bound to be something eatable in the kitchen that can be prepared.
I think this concept has become particularly important and relevant during this wonderful economic crisis global recession or whatever we are calling it these days (surely there is an acronym going around, GEC sounds familiar).
Tonight I am planning on making a quiche, something I have never actually done before. I make plenty of frittata’s, but I thought it was time I extended the recipe to include a base. Realising that I didn't have any flour at home, I began writing a little list of the things I would need to complete some of the recipes I have been looking at. Flour, cream, butter, etc etc. Gosh the list was getting pretty big and I have already done the dedicated food shop for the week.
Then my survivor instinct kicked in. I had the thought that maybe there are quiche recipes that use potatoes as a base? After a quick google I came up with a few options. Obviously in the nature of survivor dinner I can only use things that I have so I have made up my own version of a recipe which I plan on test flying tonight.
We are looking at so far;
Potato
Tasty Cheese
Onion
Bacon
Eggplant
Asparagus
Cherry tomato
Eggs
Milk
Goats cheese
Hopefully I will be able to create something eatable out of this lovely collection. I just can't decide whether to mash the potato or thinly slice. Hmm any suggestions?
Popular phrases that tend to get thrown around at dinner time with my family are "catch and kill", or "survivor dinner", with the idea that dinner is basically just a free for all, find whatever you can in the house and cook it and eat it. Sometimes when the money situation is particularly thin, we might even play "survivor week" where no food shopping is allowed to be done, as there is bound to be something eatable in the kitchen that can be prepared.
I think this concept has become particularly important and relevant during this wonderful economic crisis global recession or whatever we are calling it these days (surely there is an acronym going around, GEC sounds familiar).
Tonight I am planning on making a quiche, something I have never actually done before. I make plenty of frittata’s, but I thought it was time I extended the recipe to include a base. Realising that I didn't have any flour at home, I began writing a little list of the things I would need to complete some of the recipes I have been looking at. Flour, cream, butter, etc etc. Gosh the list was getting pretty big and I have already done the dedicated food shop for the week.
Then my survivor instinct kicked in. I had the thought that maybe there are quiche recipes that use potatoes as a base? After a quick google I came up with a few options. Obviously in the nature of survivor dinner I can only use things that I have so I have made up my own version of a recipe which I plan on test flying tonight.
We are looking at so far;
Potato
Tasty Cheese
Onion
Bacon
Eggplant
Asparagus
Cherry tomato
Eggs
Milk
Goats cheese
Hopefully I will be able to create something eatable out of this lovely collection. I just can't decide whether to mash the potato or thinly slice. Hmm any suggestions?
...when you get excited shopping for tea towels and other homely homewares. I am actually a little obsessed with this form of shopping at the moment. And I just love it.
EVERYTHING from Materialistic is on my current wish list.
But seriously, look how easy it is become addicted with all the lovely options!
In relevant news; I am on a one week spending ban, sort of imposed by me with a strong influence from my boyfriend. It is not that I have been buying too much (maybe just a little), but I think just a one week break and that way I can organise my wants and needs. It is just there are so many wonderfuly amazing handmade items out there, just calling to be purchased!
I love that colour blue.
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