Miniature Birthday Cake
It was Blake’s birthday yesterday (insert confetti here.) Since we’ve both been so busy, Blake wanted to wait until we go to Georgia for Thanksgiving to really celebrate. But I felt it wasn’t right to go through one’s birthday–even a something+1 birthday that is not twenty+1, the only fun one–without a bit of cake or […]
DIY Scratch-Foam Art: The Poor Man’s Relief Print
So, how do you get kids involved in relief printmaking without all of the sharp knives and gouges and the inevitable bleeding thumbs? Scratch-foam boards. Okay, so they seem silly. They’re basically the equivalent of foam meat trays (which you can use in their stead,) but they hold up surprisingly well. And you can use […]
Parmesan-Pesto Butternut Squash Bake
This was SO GOOD. And extremely easy to make. 1 large butternut squash produces two squash bakes. Or, you can be like us, and use 1/2 the squash for the dish and cook the other half in the oven plain, skin-on, to be used for squash soup later! INGREDIENTS Makes 2 squash bakes in deep-dish […]
MAPC: No “Lotering” in Cape Girardeau
We had a great time at our first Mid America Print Council Conference! We spent the last three days in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and had so much fun seeing exhibitions, visiting with old friends, attending panel discussions, ogling new woodcut tools and t-shirts and “lotering” about town with our roomie, Andy. The “Trail of Tears” […]