I finished the flames! It was really fun, and I think my "customer" is pretty happy :)
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Door Murals
I desperately needed a summer project now that I have all this free time on my hands, and my mom suggested that I paint murals on three of the doors in our house. So today I have been drawing scale drawings, pencil sketching on the doors, poking around in our paint supply, and testing color swatches. I will be doing flames on my brother's door, an owl in a tree on our bathroom door, and I haven't decided what I will be doing on my door yet (any ideas?). Hopefully I will be able to share some pics of the finished product soon :)
"No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable."
- Walter Savage Landor
Monday, May 14, 2012
Sunset at Wilder Ranch
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins and Shell-potted Succulents
Happy Mother's Day! I have a great recipe and a fun craft/gardening project to share today.
I made mini gluten-free and paleo lemon poppy seed muffins with berries on the side for my mom for breakfast this morning. They were delicious! I got the recipe from Elana's Pantry (she has a lot of yummy gluten-free and paleo recipes, and I haven't been disappointed with a recipe yet). Here's the link: http://www.elanaspantry.com/lemon-poppy-seed-muffins/
I made this trio of shell-potted succulents as a Mother's Day present. They were really simple, and I love the way they turned out.
Materials
- succulents
- shells
- potting soil
- a cork
- hot glue
When selecting your shells try to find large ones with a big hole you can plant your succulent in. As far as succulents go, the smaller the better so that they can easily fit. Before you plant your succulent, slice a thin circle of cork, and use a hot glue gun to attach it to your shell so that it balances on its own. Then just plant your succulent in the shell as if the shell were a pot. Succulents need bright sunlight and infrequent waterings.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Appreciate
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."
-Confucius
Yesterday morning started out bad, but then I walked into my room and found it filled with sunlight, and saw my foster kitten looking out the window at the roses. It was so beautiful and perfect, a reminder to appreciate the things we have, like sunshine, kittens, and roses :) And it turned out that I had a wonderful day, wandering around Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park with my best friends in the world.
“We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”
- Frederick Keonig
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