Paint Party Friday - Sailboat

I just did a quick sailboat sketch today for Paint Party Friday. It's done using a fine point marker on cardstock and watercolour crayons(8.5" x 11").

Have a great weekend!

Healthy eating tips

Browsing a flyer I picked up at the supermarket concerning healthy eating, here are some ways it recommends to add flavour to foods naturally:

Savoury:
stocks, broths, herbs, vinegars, ginger, garlic, onions

Spicy:
chili, mustard, curry, cumin, cardamom, coriander,peppercorns,horseradish, wasabi

Sweet:
fruit, coconut water, applesauce

Neat tips, I thought!

And look what we found at our front door when we got home the other evening!  This is the fun part of Christmas!

Godiva Chocolates

 

Beautiful Gifts

I was a recent winner of day 8 of  Lilly's Life 12 days of giveaway:

It was 10 pairs of beautiful MARVEL earrings! It's so fun getting lovely gifts in the mail at Christmastime! Thanks again Dear Lilly!

Yesterday I was at the gym and saw the attendant with a pair of huge pliers cutting through a padlock on one of the lockers.  I had to inquire as I had never seen this being done before.  The poor lady had locked her locker with the keys inside!  Isn't that maddening?  I have a combination lock and hope I don't one day forget the combination.   This lady even had a lanyard necklace off of which she hangs her keys.  Yep, it was inside the locker!

Creative Tuesdays - Holiday Song

For the latest Creative Tuesdays 'Holiday Song' theme, I decided to do 'Silver Bells'.  It's the first Christmas Carol that came to mind and I've always loved that song.  It has a magical, dreamy quality to it.  This piece is acrylic on cardstock, with the silver bells outlined with a fine point marker (4.5" x 6.5").  I did the branches in gold paint.

Please visit the other participants over the next few weeks, theme deadline is January 1st!

Brown Sugar Cookies

I made these brown sugar cookies based on a Crisco recipe that Dkzody spoke about in a recent blog post. She asked Crisco for permission to publish the recipe and they said 'no'. So you can just search for the recipe yourself and we can all avoid copyright infringement!

They were absolutely delicious and disappeared very quickly, besides being a simple, easy recipe!

A good friend and her husband dropped by with some of her own homemade cookies on the weekend,  quite an assortment, they are all good!   We had a nice chat about the passage of life, as we've known each other for about 30 years!

Sunday Sketches - Diamond Earrings

Welcome to Sunday Sketches!  I've done some diamond solitaire earrings today, inspired by all the jewellery being displayed in the newspaper ads at this time of year.  I've outlined the drawing with a fine point marker and completed it with pencil shadings.  It's (6.5" x 4.5") on cardstock.

Please visit the other talented participants!

Neat Seasonal Idea

Ikea Margarita Fabric

I took K to the dentist yesterday I was browsing the Dec 2012 issue of Chatelaine magazine I believe it was. I saw this cute idea for people who might be short of space. It recommended stretching this Ikea Margarita fabric with its Christmas tree pattern over a canvas and then decorating it with lights and ornaments! Why not?

The weather was a 'balmy' 6C, and I went for a walk with a friend in the afternoon.  Upon my return I read about the terrible Connecticut shooting rampage.  I pray for the families involved, it is hard to understand such tragedy.