Paint Party Friday - The Rose

It is Good Friday today, Easter is just around the corner if you celebrate!

For Paint Party Friday, I painted a rose on cardstock in acrylic for you today (8" x 8"). It is being made into coasters and cards as I received a good offer from Shutterfly.   Last week, I showed the original pencil sketch which I printed onto cardstock.

Sushi Burrito

Daughter L sent me this photo of a sushi burrito she had for lunch recently. It looks good, and unusual.  She said it was delicious, she would have it again.

Have you ever wondered how to make your own ketchup? The Southern Lady posted her ingredients recently. It's basically a seasoned tomato paste, with quite a bit of honey/sugar. No wonder it tastes so good.

Scribble Picnic - Rabbit

It's Scribble Picnic time! This week's theme is 'Rabbit', I went with a toy one in the window. The piece is done on good quality blue textured cardstock (6" x 6") in acrylic.

Interesting Gift

One of my sisters told me that a member of her coffee group handed out these keychains containing chewable aspirin that they could have handy at all times in case of a heart emergency.  I suppose it's a good thing to have especially if you are over 50!

Daughter L and I went to visit my mom's niche at the mausoleum on the weekend.  Her framed re-sized photo and inscription are complete and were installed inside her niche.  She passed away on January 4th this year.  My dad's niche is in another building nearby so we went there as well.  He passed away 23 years ago.  I had a sense of peace with this visit, sort of like visiting home.

The Bean

Daughter L had a 4-day getaway to Chicago with some friends recently. Son K asked her to bring him a souvenir of the Bean. It has quickly become a landmark in Chicago since the sculpture was installed in 2004. K was delighted that they found him this cute keychain.

The unfortunate thing was that one of L's girlfriends had to abort her trip and fly home the day after they arrived.  It seems the girl's boyfriend's father went into cardiac arrest the day the girls arrived in Chicago and died 2 days later.  He was only 55.  The man had seemed healthy and was in fact lifting new furniture into the house.  This is so scary and shocking.

At the funeral people were told it would be a celebration of life, were asked to wear colourful clothing as opposed to the colour black.  Daughter L was glad she attended in support of her friends.

Sunday Sketches - Greeting Cards

Shutterfly had a free offer recently so I had these 12 greeting cards (5" x 7") printed of some of my recent work. Taking advantage of their free offers, I just have to pay the postage. Canadian postage rates are expensive unfortunately. I was very happy with the way these turned out and decided to show them for this week's Sunday Sketches!

On Breakfast

Husband M will occasionally make pancakes for breakfast. Daughter L topped her pancake with almond butter for protein, and strawberries. She loves almond butter. How do you like your pancakes?