Sold!

Yay! I have buyers! Two buyers in fact (over the last week) Thank you so so much!

So, today I had a lot of fun packaging up the items. I'm really pleased with how they turned out. The idea came from DaydreamLily and her lovely hand drawn ziplock bags. I drew a sample of the design that was purchased (the seedling and hatchling designs), and I wrote a thank you note and etsy address on the back. So while it packages my work safely, keep it moist resistant, it also doubles as a business and thank you card. I hope my customers can reuse the bags and always have my details on hand. Very simple, but very me. I have a feeling the packaging design might evolve but for now I love them. What do you think?

Oh and another thing, I finished off my mother's birthday present. Isn't it cute?


The pattern came from the book Omiyage, from the project Marble Bag. It reminds me of a zoetrope (the cool spinning contraption with slots which, when you peer in, you can see a sequence of images that moves. The very beginning of animation). Anyway, this one looks like a cross between a tomato, berry and lolly haha. I hope my mum will like it :)

Lessons in colour

For some time now I've been wanting to sit down and deconstruct some pictures and their amazing colour palattes. I love colour, but I am the first to admit I am not so good at coming up with colour schemes on my own. So, inspired by the colour studies from blogs like The Inspired Bride, I have decided to download some prints I liked from blogs and select some colour combinations. I chose prints and already stylised images to start off with as the colours have pretty much been chosen already. I think this is a great study and hopefully I'll be able to work out what goes with what in the future.

Please click on the link to go directly to the post and find the original artist.

This one was found on decor8

A beautiful photograph from Susannah Tucker

And this one was found on Print & Pattern Blog

Perfect Potatoes

Ooh yeah, I just made my best ever potatoes. My previous attempts have been edible but nothing special. Here is my recipe for perfect potatoes.

oven at 220 degrees celcius (fan forced on)

First par boil the potatoes (cut into 3cm cubes) for 10mins. Make sure the water is at a rolling boil before you put the potatoes in. Drain, then with the lid firmly secured on the pot, shake briefly to roughen up the edges. Coat with olive oil and sprinkle with cajun seasoning and garlic salt. Then in a baking dish, roast for 40mins until really crisp and crunchy. YUM!

The more potatoes (or if you're roasting other yummies) the longer you'll need to leave the potatoes in the oven.

Oh and another thing, I roasted some pork in the same dish and the juices flavoured the potatoes. Delicious :)

Daydream

Isn't this curtain simply stunning? So dreamy. Check it out at Anthropologie.

I have a huge weekend planned. Have so much to do with my animation assignment tomorrow, and then on Sunday in preparation for a big night of Soccar World Cup and Formula 1 I will be sorting out what we will be eating while we cheer the Aussies on. Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze some crafting in between. Whee!

Stunning sculptures

Isn't this the cutest thing ever!? Duckling Wire Sculpture by Sparkflight on Etsy. There are a ton more stunning sculptures in her shop. They look so good from every angle and I would love to have one sitting in the prime spot at home for all to see.

Easy smoked salmon pie

A few days ago Artmind posted a link to a bunch of pie recipes on Fleurfatale's blog, and they look delish! So I thought I'd give them a go. I didnt really have some of the ingredients so I substituted them and thought I'd record them here for future reference.

This is a modified version of Fleurfatale's Salmon Spinach Pie

you need:
Puff pastry or shortcrust pastry sheets
6 cubes of frozen spinach
100g slices of smoked salmon (or 1 tin of tuna flakes and half a tin of anchovies)
100g of ricotta cheese
3 eggs
2 tbs flour
pepper & salt
handful of pizza or mozzarella cheese


Blind bake the puff pastry/shortcrust pastry according to instructions (10mins in oven of 180 °c).

Lay the slices of smoked salmon on the base (slightly cooled).

Make a mix of spinach, eggs, ricotta, flour, pepper and salt

Pour this mix on the salmon.

Finish with a handful of cheese and bake in the oven for 25 minutes


Very yum! Thanks Fleurfatale and Artmind :D I've made two pies in 3 days, hows that for being hooked.

Cookie Cream Sandwich

I found this delicious looking cookie sandwich on Design Sponge. Will have to try this out in summer sometime :)