Paint Party Friday - Froggy Wind Chime

Welcome to Paint Party Friday! I painted my old froggy wind chime for you today. It is an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in acrylic outlined with a PITT pen.

Rain's Thursday Art Date - Swiped

I decided to go with a newer definition of 'swiped'. On Tinder and perhaps other online dating apps, 'swiping right means you approve of a male/female after judging them by a few picture and a short bio. "Swipe right" can be used anytime you make a good choice or approve of something.' This is according to the Urban Dictionary.

 So my ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") depicts a 'swipe right' on an online dating app.  My daughter was shaking her head at me, 'Mom!  You  are not supposed to know these things at your age!'  I just chuckled and had fun with this one.

On Maybelline

Adam posted an interesting fact on Maybelline which made me curious to learn more about the company's founding. This is what I found.  The company was started in 1915 by Thomas Lyle Williams in New York.  He noticed his sister Maybel using Vaseline and coal dust on her lashes.  He went on to develop a cake Mascara.

Here is more about the founder himself.  He had a brief first marriage which produced a son.  He ended up with a male life partner Emery Shaver.  it seems his son died only a few years after Thomas did.  One of his descendants has written a Maybelline book here.

A Greek Appetizer

We are invited to an upcoming summer party where I was asked to bring a Greek appetizer as the hosts will be doing a Greek food theme. In preparation, I checked at my grocery store for potential ingredients.  I noticed there weren't any bags of pita chips there so I decided to try making my own. You slice pita bread into triangles, mix some olive oil, garlic powder, salt, pepper and oregano in a bowl, then brush on top of the pita, and bake for 7 minutes. That's it! 

Then I tried making some Tzatziki sauce to go with them. I used this recipe.  I will be making Pita Chips and Tzatziki again, such a delicious snack.  

I will do this for the party and also get some hummus to go with it.

Funnies and some news

Social distancing measures have been set up at our church, you should pre register for a spot and of course wear your mask. I have not physically been to mass myself but have started watching their service on youtube by clicking on their website. Yesterday they had some younger adults being baptised.  I have to say it is very convenient watching online.  I will make an online donation every so often.

Small Steps

I wanted to show you my improved eggplant melt. Like a pizza, I put the toppings above the cheese now and you can see exactly what the ingredients are, small steps!  So there are olives, sliced tomatoes and red pepper toppings over mozzarella.  Oops I forgot the onions...next time.

Three words

One of my sisters shared this meme. Can you find the 3 hidden words? I was able to.