Happy Monday friends! Today's Make Stuff Monday is a decorated box! Yep...it's been a while since I last shared a decorated box. :)
Earlier this month, we celebrated Mummy Yam's birthday. I was travelling the next day so it was a busy day for me, making bread for my "kid" (aka nephew #1), baking and icing a cake...and cooking lunch and dinner...you know the usual stuff. *winks*
I must say that I was tempted to buy a cake instead of making it from scratch like Papa Yam's cake last month. But I was sick last month and this month, I was perfectly well. No excuses. So I kept it simple. I made an almond flavoured white cake (lots of egg whites after making pastry cream) with peaches in cream cheese frosting.
Well you know your gal here likes to challenge herself on time-crunched days *LOL* so she went for a new cream cheese frosting recipe...which whipped up okay but didn't quite hold up. So the cake looked pretty rustic. *hahaha*
It was yummy though. :)
Playing along with Stick It Down.
Happy Tuesday friends! Still working on decorating my stash of Kraft treat bags. Here is this week's super quick version.:)
I used a base patterned paper, a notecard that says, "hello beautiful", a strip of scallop sticker at the bottom of the notecard and I finished with a piece of lace that I tied into a bow at the top.
It actually looks quite pretty in real life because the flourishes on the notecard are foiled in gold but I can't quite capture it in the photo.
Hope your week is going well. I just went for an acupuncture and cupping session on my left heel. And it has to be wrapped in a bandage for 36 hours...which means I can skip a workout tomorrow! I mean, not because I'm lazy but because I can't wear my workout shoes of course. *winks*
In today's Make Stuff Monday I'm sharing a layout about the stuff I made last week. :)
I don't like to overindulge the Yams...but I'd rather make the treats myself (from scratch of course) than have them pick up some ultra-processed snacks from the supermarket.
Last week I made 3 loaves of organic sandwich bread. I can only fit 3 loaf pans in my small oven in a single bake...let's save some electricity ...and the 27 slices lasted 4 days.
And I also baked a peach and blueberry frangipane tart. Which also lasted 4 days. *winks*
So...I might have gotten a teeny weeny bit carried away with the embellishing of this layout. You know, just a little...*LOL*
But I had fun, stash got used and memories got documented. :)
Happy week ahead friends!
Happy Friday! Can you believe that it's been a year since I started painting watercolour florals?
I'm trying to get back to my daily practice because as you can clearly see from today's practice piece, I need all the practice I can get. *LOL*
Enjoy your weekend friends!
Going for a muted colour palette for this week's decorated Kraft bag. ;)
Just sharing my workspace on a Wednesday - a messy work-in-progress piece. I hated what I painted and decided to just blur everything out for the dreamy wet-in-wet look which I hadn't done in a while. I'm thinking it needs some finishing touches...or maybe I'm done with this piece? Decisions, decisions, decisions. *winks*
Hope you are having a great Wednesday friends. :)
This upcycled decorated paper bag was really hard to photograph....but it was a super fun one to make. :)
I used a scalloped frame, washi tape, stickers and fussy-cut elements.
Happy Tuesday! :)
Happy Monday friends! Hope you are doing well. Things have been a little hectic of late...and when that happens, I fall back on something familiar. Like drawing an eye. Which is at this point is my form of meditation. :)
P/s: If you are interested in the sped-up precess d drawing this eye, I have a IG reel on it.
Have been really enjoying decorating Kraft bags of late. They are perfect for using the little bits of paper scraps. Throw in some stickers and washi tape and you have a fun treat bag all done.:)
Hope you are having a great week so far...:)
Well, this gal has finally gotten on a plane again *high fives all around*. Here is a page from my travel sketchbook. I did the first eye in pencil because I didn't want to take out my box of coloured pencils on the plane. Then I remembered how bad my graphite sketches were and did the second eye in coloured pencils. Way better right? *LOL* Definitely need to work on my graphite drawings though. :)
In today's Make Stuff Monday, I'm sharing a colourful decorated paper bag. :)
These days I've been enjoying the "b' sides of my patterned paper stash. You know how we love the 'a' sides of patterned papers because of some cute motif or text but they never end uo being used because they never seem to go on any project? Well, it's time to explore the 'b' sides, more understated and totally usable. *winks*
How cute are the little birdies? Hope this project puts a smile on your face as we start another week. :)
Happy Friday friends! Here is this week's floral painting share. :)
These days I've really been into colour...:)
And just having fun with watercolours....
Enjoy your weekend friends! :)
