Foodie

 

As I'm sure you know by now, Erika, who many of you know as BioArtGal is our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Her theme is Favorite Things. 

It's no secret, I love good food.  

I believe that makes me a Foodie, the subject of this journal page.

 

Dipping into a freebie cook book

sent me when I was president of my local neighborhood association,

in hopes we would consider creating recipes and selling our own cookbooks

 

as a fundraiser.

Although I showed the cook book to the committee, I didn't recommend it.  We would do all the hard work and only receive a small portion of the profits from the sale of the books.  Ultimately, we passed on the "offer," but I kept the book to use in my art.

 

For this page, I started with 110 lb. cardstock to which I added my background.  The background was created by laying two colors of green acrylic paint side by side on a plate, then applying the paint using a sea sponge.  I often forgot to twist and turn the sponge, which is best for a good overall effect.  Next, I searched my magazines and found ransom style letters to spell out the title word Foodie.  I then went through the recipes and found the ones I thought were the least disgusting.  Some I cut from the book whole, while others I cut out only the ingredients.  Personally, I doubt I would fix any of these, except possibly a modified version of the baby carrots (using fresh carrots) and the creme de menthe bars. 

Bleubeard and I are incredibly delighted you chose to visit us today, and we would love to see you at Art Journal Journey with your own take on Favorite Things.  You still have time to join in before we welcome a new host on February 1.