Fabric, Paper and Ribbon

Just wanting to mention to those of you who haven't seen my laundry room that the new "Pages" at the top of my blog just under the banner and entitled "My Home" includes the photos of my laundry room, which you just might find interesting. ;-)
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On th' rose kick again, chicks. Just trying out different things I can do with them really. These are what I've come up with. I may try selling them on etsy though. Every single one is a different rose unless I mention that it's NOT or they are in groups. I don't remember how many I've made the past few days. DUH!

Back of the above lolli. I love pink and red together.

I call this one my "grunge shabby froufrou" lolli. ;-)

Backside of one above.

I call this one "majesty." Pink ostrich feathers and a rolled fabric rose. I also put a pink crystal on it.

The back has another rolled rose made of iridescent fabric.

And this one is another paper rose I'm experimenting with at the moment.

And one in pink.

Again, these are made from coffee filters.

My absolute favorite one so far. It's really beautiful for a paper rose.

These are NOT really orange but are simply too close to the camera but I've got to hold it while taking the picture and that's pretty much CLOSE.

Now, these are the ones I dipped in food coloring but later I added yellow watercolors around the edges. I just dipped the brush in the watercolor and dragged it around the edges. No right or wrong way to do it, just practice to get the effect you like best.

Two with the yellow edging. Each one will turn out differently.

This one I edged in darker pink—almost magenta edging. Gorgeous in person!

This one I painted with acrylic paint around the edges. It turned out really lovely.

This one came out blurry and I knew it would because I was taking it in my studio (I've decided to call my craft room my studio) without much light plus I sort of moved when I clicked the shutter button and the settings were too low but after I downloaded it to my iPhoto I liked the soft ethereal look of it. I thought I'd just show you along with the better photo of it. Call me silly. ;-) But this one I used acrylic paint on it.

Here's the one where I didn't move.

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Pink Saturday Laundry Rooms 3/20/2010

Follow the arrow to the top just under my header to see the new Page I put up showing rooms in my home.

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Happy pink saturday, my sweet chicks. Beverly of howsweetthesound is once again hosting this event so go visit her for all the other pinkiliscious photos.
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While trying to find a pink laundry hamper the other day I came across a few laundry rooms done up in pink and thought that I'd share them with you. Now, these are truly some adventuresome women. And I did find a darling pink basket that could double as a small clothes hamper. Isn't this just pinky cute?!

Not very large but awesome!

Hey, I'm loving the pink stripes.

Can you believe how small and darling this one is?! I've told you chicks that your laundry rooms can be gorgeous with just paint and a few inexpensive touches.

Now, this one belongs to a woman whose dream was to paint it shocking pink with the ceiling zebra stripes. She was an adventuresome and beautiful woman who truly had flair, but sadly she passed away the end of last year just a few months after giving birth to her third child. Very sad.

She put on these darling little knobs also.

I think this is my favorite laundry room out of all these room though. This gal definitely has more space than I do and she really went all out for this room. Darling!

I have a hamper like this except for the cloth bags. I'm going to make some for our hamper since the net black and white ones that came with it are wearing out. These should hold our laundry items just fine!

Last, but certainly not least, is this absolutely darling...squeeeeeeeeeal...little booth at a flea market and, if I could ever find doors like that, you betcha I'd put them in my back yard on my patio.

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Some Relaxation Today

Can you guess what I'm working on in the craft room while I'm reorganizing it? Just too much fun, chicks. Hey, it can't be all work, ya know. ;-)

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Winner!

Sorry I didn't post this last night but things were a little chaotic around here. However, our winner is

Mary of Blushing Rose

Congratulations, sugar. I'll get the tassel in the mail today or tomorrow.

Chili and Random Thoughts

Still working on the craft room. I'm just taking my time putting things where I'll need them. Love Bunny helped me with a different table. I needed more room than the desk provided so we made our own. I'm now in the process of rearranging the shelves. Still a lot of junk, ooooh, excuse me, I mean very valuable stuff to get rid of. ;-) You have no idea what is to the left of that table and behind me. It's pathetic, I tell ya. Up until tonight I could not even walk in that room there was so much valuable stuff on the floor and on the previous table. I'm wanting to scale down to just 2 tall racks in the room instead of 3 stuffed ones. *Sigh*.......

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I've experimented with chili recipes over the years and about 8 years ago I came up with an excellent one. I may have shared it before—just can't remember, but I thought I'd share it again because it is reeeeeally good. I found that when I used special chili powders and not the one you usually find in the spice section at the local supermarket, it really made a difference. These chili powders aren't as bitter as the common chili powder.

Beef steak - I can use the cheaper steaks and it's great as it cooks all day. I can also get the meat in the markdown section of the meat department. But a cheap steak will be wonderful in this recipe.

Pinto beans - 3 handfuls

Navy beans - 2 handfuls

Kidney beans - 1 can with water. Don't drain anything in this recipe!

Onions - 2 or 3 chopped

Butter - 1 tablespoon butter not margarine or anything else. Butter gives it flavor.

Garlic - 3 shakes of dried flakes

Tomatoes - 2 large cans

Cooking wine - 1 cup

Red wine vinegar - 1/4 cup

Bell peppers - I use about 1/2 of a pepper

Sugar - 1 tablespoon

Chiles - 2 cans diced green chiles

Pasilla chile powder - 1 1/2 teaspoons or to taste

New Mexico chile powder - 1 1/2 teaspoons or to taste

Cumin - 1/4 teaspoon ground or to taste

Salt and pepper to taste

I put the butter in the pot and add steak and onions and brown till the onions are caramelized. This makes them sweeter. Then add the green pepper, green chiles, tomatoes, can of kidney beans and spices, sugar, vinegar and wine. The alcohol will dissipate when it cooks for hours for those of you who don't drink alcohol. I don't either.

The dried pinto and navy (small white) beans I put in a pot with just enough water to cover them and cook for several minutes until they just begin to start shriveling. I then add the dried beans from the other pot along with the water.

I then cook it all day and it is delicious. I suggest you season it to your taste with more or less chili powders, sugar and salt. I use about 1/2 to 1 pound of meat for a big pot. It's truly a simple recipe but you can't substitute anything here as I'm recommending to you. White or cider vinegar CANNOT be substituted for red wine vinegar. Same with butter, chili powders, etc.

Yummmmm!

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Random Thoughts:

Worry is the anticipation that the outcome will be bad.
Faith is the anticipation that the outcome will be good.
Faith in God is the anticipation that whatever the outcome, it will be for your good.
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How does a walrus sleep with those 2 enormous tusks?
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Why can't they make tearless shampoo for adults?
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Why are all pizza parlors dark?
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