Celebrating Earth Day...

with a walk on the wild side. It was a beautiful day so I decided to go out after work to enjoy nature. It was warm and breezy and the sun was golden. 

 

 

All photos taken on Earth Day, April 22, 2013.



Texture Tuesday~Natural eDition

Natural Happiness

When I see these bright yellow gerber daisies, I can't help but feel happiness, so naturally I had to use them for the theme this week at Texture Tuesday .

Kim Klassen Textures Used:
1st photo: Zen Thing, Happy Heart
2nd photo: Zen Thing, Cool Grunge (Reversed)
3rd photo: Zen Thing, Cool Grunge (Reversed)


Time to get posting over at...

Texture Tuesday and A Cup O' Muffin

Starting today, I'm on a gluten and dairy free diet. I plan to try it for 2 weeks to see how it goes, and if I reap any benefits from it, then I'll continue it for another 2 weeks before I decide if I'll be sticking to it indefinitely. The thing I worry about missing most is bread of any kind, so when I found the following recipe for a gluten and dairy free muffin made in a cup, I couldn't resist trying such an easy recipe. Well, the recipe did not disappoint. Here is what a muffin in a cup looks like...

Here is the recipe I changed to suit my needs:
1/4 cup ground flax
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon sweetner* (I used Stevia)
*make sure you use a whole teaspoon, and not the equivalent.
1 egg
1 teaspoon of safflower oil (instead of butter if you like)
1/8 cup chopped fresh banana
1 tablespoon of chopped walnuts
Directions: This is how I mixed the ingredients
I mixed all the dry ingredients first, really well, stirred the fruit and nuts in, and then put the oil and egg in, and beat the egg a bit on the top with a fork before stirring it in. If you don't add fruit, just cook it a minute as the original directions stated.
I ate mine with a spoon,

although the original directions said you could take it out of the cup and slice it.
Here is the original recipe:
Muffin in a Minute
I hope you give this recipe a try, as I really enjoyed it, and plan to make it my weekend morning treat to have with coffee. I'll experiment with different berries and nuts also : ) Bon appetit!

Both photos were textured with Kim Klassen textures:Embrace, Warm Sun, Phoebe, Pumpkin Grunge.

Happy Texture Tuesday!


P.S. In my haste to post on New Year's day, I forgot to include some information about the paper hearts I made for Christmas decorations. I made the strips for the hearts smaller. The original directions created 6 inch hearts. My smaller versions were 4 inches. Here are the dimensions for the strips to make the 4 inch hearts:
3/4 inches wide
2- 7 inch strips
2- 5.5 inch strips
2- 4 inch strips
1- 4 inch strip for the hanger
continue with the directions on the original post on Jill Ruth & Co.'s blog and while you are there, you should look around, she has many fun and inspiring projects throughout her blog. I always leave there feeling inspired!
Here are the original and shortened hearts so you can see the difference in size:

I used regular sized staples to hold them together, you couldn't see them in the other post because I edited them out for appearance sake. I also used double-sided scrapbook cardstock (Martha Stewart Christmas) for the smaller hearts. Have fun!