Dill butter

 

My internet friend Mae Sander asked what I do with my herbs.

Mae wanted to know, so here is one thing I make.

I make dill butter.  I use salted butter (real butter only in my house) and chopped some dill to make this.

I decided to spread it on a croissant that I cut in half. 

It isn't beautiful like Martha Stewart would make, but it still worked.  I didn't let the dill dry long enough, and didn't chop it as well as I could have, but it still tasted delicious.  Be sure to allow it to sit a day before unwrapping it.  That way, the dill and the butter have a chance to turn really dilly.

Thanks for visiting today.  I hope you enjoyed my use of one of my herbs.

 

The Garden Map

 

Today I'm joining Halle of Halle's Hobbies at Art Journal Journey.  Halle is challenging us to think about Botanicals, which is her theme for July.  Because I have multiple media, I am also joining Creative Artiste's 117th challenge, where the theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes.

I wasn't sure this would scan because the leaves stuck high above the base/substrate.  To get the leaves flat, I practically stood on the scanner cover.  Detail shots are below.

The background (or substrate if you prefer) is a page of a free image from a 2009 Somerset Studio magazine I found in my stash.  To that I added two images from my stash, clear washi tape, and the leaves from a gifted floral bouquet.  

 

I first removed part of the stem.  I then adhered the leaves using Crafter's Pick glue to the stem and a couple of the leaves.  Once they were secured, I added the extra image from my stash and the sign language which covered the stem.  I held the sign language in place using clear washi tape.

Materials used included the free background, floral leaves, a triangle from my stash, sign language from my stash, and washi tape.

Thank you for your visit. I hope you will join Bleubeard and me at Art Journal Journey and Creative Artiste. 

T Stands For Cat Mom

 

 The last time I visited The Spice Merchant, a new mug caught my eye.

It's when I found this great mug.  I wish I had gotten the Doodles mug too, but hindsight is always 20/20.

When I saw this Cat Mom mug, I thought of Elle and how we spell "mom" and "mum."   And before you ask, NO, I am NOT a cat mom.  I am STAFF, as my cats will tell you.

I've shown you mine, now it's time to share your own drink related post.  It can be photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Regardless, please share below and Bleubeard and I will gladly visit, as will other T participants.  Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Bleubeard would like to remind you that old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday and not just this year.  Please remember to visit your fellow T participants.

 

 

 

 

ICADs Week 5

 

This, my 13th year, there will be no cute sayings or clever puns.  Only single words.  Each index card will contain paint, book pages or sliver of a page (including sheet music), some form of mark making, a postage stamp, and the word of the day.  

I choose the postage stamp each day because  I'm driven by color and I like my stamp to match the color (or predominant color) of the day.  I hope you enjoy these next seven ICADs.

Day 29: Melody

 

Day 30: Forge

Day 31: Canada Day

Day 32: Basic

Day 33: Shadow

Day 34: Celebrate (Independence Day, USA)

Day 35: Compare

    I'm playing along, but I'm not on the sites where Daisy Yellow posts.  However, as I have said in the past, this is the ONLY place you will find Bleubeard's and my ICADs.

 

Thank you for your visit today.  I hope you will continue to join me every Sunday as Bleubeard and I continue this annual journey.

June is complete and July has already been written in

 

June is complete.  You can see how very boring my life really is!

July is ready to be written in.  The stickers I used are botanicals.  

 

Therefore, I am sharing them on Art Journal Journey using Halle's theme.

Thanks for your visit today.  I appreciate it.

 

Happy Independence Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bleubeard, Squiggles, and Elizabeth wish all our readers, followers, and lurkers who live in the U.S.A. a safe and joyous Independence Day.  Let freedom ring.