Made My Day

A friend came by with these beautiful flowers recently, made my day! There was an event at her office and the arrangements were being thrown out after, great saves!

Several days later the hydrangeas and some of the roses started to wilt, so I cut back and re-worked the remaining flowers to create this new arrangement!  Carnations always last the longest.

Creative Tuesdays - Plum

Welcome to Creative Tuesdays! Michael's current theme is 'plum', it has been extended till September 6th, I hope you can join us. I did my eggplant piece on textured beige cardstock (6" x 6") in acrylic. The plum colour made me think of these vegetables.

Wooffles and Cream

A new kind of ice cream store opened in the city recently. It's called Wooffles and Cream as pictured.  It is very popular and we were able to stop by to try it a few weeks ago. Of course, it is really delicious. They make up these fresh waffles, then wrap them around soft serve ice cream.  Basically, you break a piece of waffle off and eat it with a spoon of ice cream!  I loved it, in fact it made my day!

The stall is in an Asian mall and was inspired by a dessert from Hong Kong.  I have yet to try the salt and pepper waffle, but this red bean flavoured one was fine.  Pictured below is a matcha (green tea) flaoured ice cream.

Sunday Sketches - Sailboats at Sunrise

Welcome to Sunday Sketches from England! This piece was done in my art journal (8 1/2" x 11") in watercolour crayon and pencil. It's called 'Sailboats at Sunrise'.

My cell phone appeared to die on me yesterday morning, it felt like a major crisis. Luckily my husband was able to figure out that I had forgotten how to do a reset after a power off. On the iphone, you have to press 2 buttons for a few seconds to reset until you see the apple logo. Whew!

Beer Glasses

We got these beer glasses as a gift recently. They come with beer openers on the bottom, kind of neat don't you think?

Paint Party Friday - Peeking Through

Welcome to Paint Party Friday! I've done a piece in my art journal (8 1/2" x 11") in watercolour crayon and pencil. It's called 'Peeking Through' inspired by a photo I took in my backyard.

Quick and Healthy Meal

My friend S told me about this quick and healthy meal. It is a can of low fat mushroom soup with a package of medium firm tofu cut into small pieces. It is delicious if you like tofu.  You can cut the tofu into smaller cubes for a less rustic look.

And wow, I received a spam comment yesterday on one of my posts in arabic!