April 2009

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another online venue……www.1000markets.com

So for those of you that might not be aware, there is a new kid in town for the promotion and sale of the handmade…..it is called 1000markets, and is an absolutely lovely and completely professional venue. It raises the bar on the handcrafted artisan movement towards a higher level in my opinion, and I [...]

overachiever!

     I am pathetic….I made ‘em in chocolate!….for those of you that must know, use Jenny Sue’s recipe w/ my substitutions ( walnut oil for the ghee…see the hyper link for her beautiful recipe card pdf.) and add 1/4 cup organic baking cocoa powder plus 1 1/2 tablespoons brown rice syrup to sweeten the [...]

Yogi chai dipping biscuits….

I follow a blog belonging to artist Jenny sue Kostecki-Shaw, a most lovely friend of Kelly Buntin Johnson, another artist friend from the cyber world. In the spirit of keeping my hands moving  in order to get the creative spirit to flow, I baked up my own version of these delicous and savory chai dipping [...]

My messy, lonely, bench….

I have an admission to make…I have been in something of a creative slump, or having  a ‘block’ as some might say, and I am wondering if like a bad habit, the first step is sort of admitting you might have something of a little ‘problem’?!..I am not feeling the usual momentum that drives my [...]

uninvited guest!

I saw something moving outside my window a few moments ago…..look who is there!….now I KNOW who has been nibbling my sprouting tulips!      Brought a smile to my face, on a grey, income tax doing-day……. To all of you who are celebrating Easter today, this is for you…… brightest blessings to you and yours!  [...]

poem

The way of love is not a subtle argument The door there is devastation Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom How do they learn it?   They fall, and falling,      they are given wings                        Rumi

April's birth stone…. diamond!

The Ancient Greeks believed diamonds were splinters of stars fallen to earth. Perhaps the hardest substance known to humankind, they are in actuality made of crystallized carbon, formed under intense heat and pressure. The volcanic activity of centuries ago brought diamonds to the surface. They can be found in volcanic rock or are often washed [...]