Over at L.K. Ludwig's Blog she has posed some interesting questions-if you pop over there and answer them by Sunday night you could win a copy of her latest book:
True Vision:
Authentic Art Journaling
And in other creative goodness check out this fun origami project from:
Origami Sourcebook: Beautiful Projects and Mythical Characters, Step-by-Step
Origami isn't just a paper craft, it is a way to decorate the home. This book brings to life the popular Japanese art of origami as home d¬cor. Readers will learn how to create an extraordinary range of useful and beautiful projects including an elegant paper flower arrangements to one-of-a-kind greeting cards and envelopes.
Striking photographs and precise illustrations, and easy-to-follow instructions, lure the readers into the pages and entice them with projects they can create with a minimum of time and effort.
Jay Ansill has spent his lifetime practicing origami and creating new design.
Depending on what paper you choose to make these babies out of their look can be totally different. Imagine a picnic style, a kid party or an elegant dinner party.
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Oh did I just mention dinner?
Why yes, I did. And that brings me to this yummy recipe from:
The Spaghetti Sauce Gourmet
160 Recipes from Four Kinds of Sauce
By
With full-color photos and a fun package, this book is the ideal gift book for the creative cook.
The Cake Mix Doctor meets Everyday Italian! In this book, best-selling author David Joachim presents 160 creative recipes for easy dinners that start with bottled pasta sauce, like pesto, alfredo, and clam sauce in addition to plain old marinara. Everybody gets tired of pasta sauce on pasta, but we eat it because it’s easy. David will show you how to use jarred sauce in innovative ways to create dishes that look complicated but are really a snap to make. With all the new gourmet pasta sauces available at every grocery store, it’s easy to make sophisticated food that goes way beyond lasagna and baked ziti.
With full-color photos and a fun package, this book is the ideal gift book for the creative cook.
David Joachim is the author of A Man, A Can, A Plan, which was a New York Times best-seller with over 500,000 copies sold, as well as A Man, A Can, A Grill and A Man, A Can, A Microwave, both with over 200,000 copies sold. He is also the author or co-author of a number of books on food and cooking. David is a member of IACP and lives in PA.
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I hope you have enjoyed today's well rounded post full of thinking, crafting and eating.
Try one, you'll like it! (Isn't that what your mother used to say???)
The new line is absolutely stunning! I have been so entertained by your blog, I didn't even see the link to your things you do. Keep coming up with ideas. Thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Retro Jordan | May 18, 2010 at 02:24 AM