The art of dinnerware

Have you ever shopped for dinnerware? The patterns are so ugly and flowery and just blah. I need new dishes and have been feeling so uninspired by the choices I have, until I found...design...beauty...and I have to admit, a little bit of a freaky idea on a dinner plate.

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Spiders on a dinner plate? Considering I am a bit of an arachnophobe, that is not the design I was spying. You got it, the bees.

I love how simple the design is, and that I am not dealing with fifty colors to match my kitchen with, nor is it a simple plain colored plate.

Check it out, you won't be disappointed. Now, I guess I just need to save up.

Final Logo

And here it is:

My new toy

I was lucky enough to get an iPhone for Valentines Day. I love it and I escpecially love the camera. Here are some photos I have recently taken:

I just simply pointed and clicked on this salad I made and I have not retouched this. I took a picture of the same salad plated on a blue plate and had to take out some red, but not to much.

I also made some wonderful brownies, again, just set the plate down and pointed and shot, no retouching.

And here is another one of my making some brown sugar.

Christmas greeting

Using my new favorite font Lady Renee. It just feels like Christmas, dont' you think? I love what I do because of how much fun I have doing things like this. Even when it is just for my sanity and nothing else.

Christmas fun with the kids

This is the first year that I made ornaments with the kids. Well, two of the kids. Kadence is still a little to young. It is a great creative project and the ornaments won't fall apart like those paper ones they make in school. I got the recipe from Martha Stewart, but tweeked it a bit to my liking.

1/2 cup cinnamon
1/2 cup applesauce
1 cup white glue
water in a spritzer bottle

Mix the cinnamon and applesauce until mixed well, then stir in the white glue. Mixture will appear dry but stick together when pinched. Let sit for an hour. Dump mixture onto table and start kneeding together. Spritz water on the dough to help form it into a smooth ball that resembles the consistency of sugar cookie dough. Sprinkle cinnamon on the table before you roll it out so it doesn't stick and then roll it out and before cutting your shapes out sprinkle with cinnamon. (Make sure you don't spritz to much water on it, you don't want it to be "wet")
Once you cut out shapes lay them out on a paper towel and with a straw cut the hole to hang the ornament from. Let dry. Frequently turn the shapes over or else they will curl up.

*Forgive my slightly blurry photos. I am in need of a new lens, the one I am using is broken.

another option

Here is another direction I am heading. I am trying to fix all the space around the last logo, but still make it work.

Logo Progress

I am getting to a point with my eight and a half acre logo that I am getting pretty excited about it. I went with cool colors with a touch of the warm. I feel like I need to add a nice pop of bright color, so we will have to see about that. I also have some sketches that I am going to scan in and see how they work with the logo. Watch for more progress. For those that are trick-or-treating tonight, have fun and be safe!