SPOOK

New painting for my girl series. I'm not really sure how many are going to be in this series, but I have a whole bunch of sketches for new girls...so I'm just gonna keep painting until it feels complete. :)

This is Claudia. All the 'lil ghostlies covet her attention and love. Poor 'lil things. Unrequited love is the most frustrating of them all.

Watercolor on heavily textured gessoed wooden board.
9x12"

Toasted Potato...Bread?

Dr. Sketchy's on Saturday. Ms. Pandora in a Communist theme. The decorations were really rad. I drew a picture that incorporated the decorations (and mustaches and beards) for a contest (that I won a shot of straight-up vodka *scrunch-face*), but I didn't scan that one. I like this one the best. We had to incorporate a toasted potato in it. Don't ask.

Saturday was so beautiful out! Brooklyn + sunshine is marvelous.

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Cajun tofu salad with Goddess dressing (tofu and dressing both from Yellow Rose Recipes)

Nut case cookies, from My Sweet Vegan!! These were really yummy, even though I totally bastardized the recipe. I super-proteined it up. I ran out of regular flour, so I used Chickpea flour and I had a mega-mix of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit, so I dumped that in.

I spent most of sunday making this stew and biscuits. I also tried those steamed seitan sausages that have been floating around the interweb lately. Mine were waaaaay too wet. Not sure what happened, but i compensated with more flour, so i had some really bready seitan on my hands. Ah well. Still good. The stew has red potatoes, corn, carmelized onion, garlic, broccoli, carrots, spinach, and a whole lot of spices (mostly pepper and tarragon). I cooked it forever in two pots and it came out really well. Total comfort food. The biscuits are from YRR.

She Talks in Maths

New painting in girl series: She talks in maths
watercolor on gessoed wood.
9x12"

Hooray!

Ooooh exciting: the cupcake planter I listed on Etsy last night was put on the front page today! I missed it, because it sold quickly (yay!), BUT that particular treasury was put together for an article on the Storque, so the article link is still on the front page (and will stay in their archives)! Woohoo.

screenshot of article with cupcake listing:

New Shop Item!

Cupcake planters!! I'm really excited about these and have plans for other types of food-themed planters for spring. BROCCOLI is next! Cupcakes are up in my shop!



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Some food from the past week or so!

Brunch this morning was pancakes with a strawberry-orange sauce and walnuts. Sweets for breakfast is the best.


I finally got Yellow Rose Recipes, and made the Sloppy Joannas the other night. I added Corn to mine, 'cause that's how I roll. Also, there is a dispute on how to eat these! I think they are called "sloppy" for a reason and are meant to be smothered and eaten with a fork, while other seem to be silly and think it is an ACTUAL sandwich. crazies!


I also made the Baked Samosas with Mint-cilantro chutney from YRR. I don't like mint all that much, so i modified the chutney a bit with spinach in place of fresh mint and just added a smidge of dried mint. These were yum and well-worth my fight with the phyllo dough. Oh, I also didn't add spinach to the filling like the recipe called for, but broccoli and corn instead.

MESS

black kitty + white gesso = NOOOOOOO

sneak peek and PB-BOMB

Sneak Peek at new item for my shop! will post more once finished, and well, there is daylight to take a better picture. (hooray for daylight savings!)


I made Peanut-butter Bombs from My Sweet Vegan this past weekend. Yummy, but needs more CHOCOLATE. This begs the question, who would win in a super-ninja-awesome-fight: Chocolate or Peanut Butter?!? I think I vote chocolate, but it's a tough call. Yum either way.