Cards: Happy Birthday Ya Monkey

I made this for a terminally ill friend of the family. I'm glad I spent the time.

Made with yellow cardstock (hand cut, not my favorite thing to do), a page from the aforementioned 'scrapbooking calendar' (the monkey + the stripes were one page; I xacto-ed them apart and put foam stickys under the monkey to raise him. I also used some colored pencils and markers to brighten his cake and hat.). The inside is all stickers and some marker text.

Cards: Stay Warm

This was my first real attempt at anything more than gluing magazine clippings to printer paper.

Made with pre-cut and pre-scored card stock, scrapbooking paper (red), and part of an old 'scrapbooking daily calendar' that I acquired (snowmen), some letter stickers (winter), and stencils + pencil + paint pen left over from high school.


I don't recall what was on the inside, but I think it was very plain, likely nothing at all other than some hand writing.

It was supposed to say "STAY WARM this winter," but my 'this' turned out irrecoverably badly. So, I just stuck some more snowmen over it (but not very well, apparently).

Cards

My recent hobby of choice and creative outlet has been making handmade cards. I have a ton of random scrapbooking things and have recently invested in some (cheap) stamps and ink pads. I've tried to take at least a picture or two of all my homemade cards thus far along the way. I figured I might as well make use of my pictures and post some. I think I'll do them in individual posts. Incoming...

New Glasses

I bought new glasses recently. Buy one, get one. I need to upload pics of the frames to use elsewhere, so I'm just going to post them here. Enjoy my new glasses...

Warm Juice on a Cold Morning

We've inherited a juicer and have been doing a bit of juicing again. I just did a take on a recipe from one of my earlier posts, changes initially coming from not having enough apples.

Winter Crumble, variation 3:

2 small apples

1 pear

~2 cups blackberries ("freshly frozen" and partially thawed with warm water)

~1/4 tsp cinnamon

~1/4 tsp nutmeg

Juice fruits and berries, heat for ~1 min, stir in spices, enjoy warm juice on a cold morning.

I'd Marry Bourbon

"I’d smile at rum.  Coy… but not really coy.
I’d say hello to vodka.  I’d wave, and smile with teeth.
I’d totally make out with gin… tonic and lime everywhere.
But bourbon.  I’d marry bourbon… as long as bourbon understands that I often stay up until 3 am writing silly blog posts, with a scarf on my head, a shaky leg, and post-it notes everywhere.  But I have a feeling that bourbon understands me.  I’m not too worried."


- Joy Wilson of http://joythebaker.com

Try her recipe for...

SWEET TEA BOURBON COCKTAILS