Saturday, March 27, 2010

Fruit ~ Not Just For Decoration

Our fruit bowl was overflowing with green apples and a very ripe pineapple. Theres nothing like fresh squeezed green apple juice and fresh pineapples mixed with blueberries!


I made one quart for me and one for Dan plus an extra big jar for sharing with friends.


This Hamilton Beach juicer is nice if you are looking for an economical juicer. It gets a lot of use here. It needs cleaned after pressing about a quart of juice. Clean up is easy but a bit messy and there's lots of pulp which needs to be discarded. I press my pulp a second time to get as much juice out of the apple as I can but my juice ends up a bit pulpy. We like it like that. It's fresh and tart and healthy! No added sugars or high fructose corn syrup in this yummy goodness! If only I had grown the apples myself!


The pineapples and blueberries taste great mixed with a little Chobani Greek Yogurt! Yum!

Monday, March 22, 2010

BLANK ATC ACEO CARDS AND MORE


CHIPBOARD ATC BLANKS

Spring has sprung in our area and it's a welcome change! The forsythia bushes are blooming so pretty with their bright yellow blossoms. One bush is blooming just outside my studio window. The bush is huge and so pretty with it's natural flowing branches. I'm debating again as i do every year on cutting it back. It hasn't been trimmed in 15 years. My brother Jim told me not to cut it back. So I probably wont.



We had a great weekend celebrating spring by watching a fun fast pitch tournament in Williamston. My SIL's niece was pitching and we got to show our support by cheering her on. This was Kelsie's first tournament game and she shined.



and check out the sheet music mini packs!
3" vintage map circles

Spring's arrival also means I must change and add new items to my shops. Triple Trouble got a lot of new listings. I stocked up on some 3" scalloped edge circles in vintage map, sheet music, and lined papers. There are also some new ATC blanks for all you atc.aceo artist to grab up. My new 3" circle cutter has had a lot of use this weekend.