A fisherman's birthday

If there's ever a birthday to remember, it's my Pop-Pop's. His just so happens to be on 9/11. Every year I make or buy him something having to do with fishing or history, or both. This year I made him a card in the shape of the fish we most often fished for out on his boat. Fluke. You know, that ugly flat fish with it's eyes on one side of it's body.

I sandwiched together two fish-shaped pieces of card stock with a pink piece in the middle. Then I cut the fish open like I was "filleting" it. A few hand drawn bones on the inside and a happy birthday note to follow. Made sure to mention that "this card is a keeper".

updates for the new year!

Well a million things have happened since my last post. I wanted to dedicate an entire clutter-free post to my first craft show experience, but I still have yet to go through and organize the photos. So that can be for next time.

For Christmas, I tried to make most of my gifts this year. I think it went pretty well. I always feel a little funny giving people things I've made. I don't know why.
For the men in the family, who are terribly impossible to shop for, I made some mixed nut concoctions. They were SO good and really easy to make with basic ingredients like brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc etc. And look how pretty they pack up!




I also found time to bake some cookies. I made some cinnamon chocolate cookies. They tasted AWESOME right from the oven because they had a chewy inside and a crunchy outside. The best. They're kind of all crunchy now, but the flavor is still tasty.



For my nana I drew a caricature picture of her. I also drew one of my mom but I forgot to take a picture of it. She mentioned she'd blog about it, so I'll link to it when she does.



My sister and my friend Yesenia got these little trinket boxes that I painted and attached all kinds of clay goodies on top of. The first picture is the one for my sister and the second for my friend.




Thankfully the holidays are all over and done with and now I can get back to work! I have a mountain of things I'd like to list and another mountain of things I'm in the middle of working on. And lest we not forget I have a mountain of sketches I'd like to turn into finished pieces. One of these days I'll get prints made. I finally ordered some more printer ink, so maybe that's not too far off!

i like to make lists while i doodle.

It all started with a large bunch of cilantro. I'm addicted! But it was starting to wilt faster than I could consume it, so I looked up a recipe on my favorite cooking website (which can be found here) and whiped up one delicious meal for Lou and I..Tequila Shrimp! I substituated half of the tequila for Corona and added some chopped tomatoes, onion and red pepper. And the juice of one lime at the end. MMM. The lime really gave it a nice punch. Next time instead of putting it over angel hair pasta I think I'll try rolling it up in tortillas. The mixture was good, but not as saucy as I thought it was going to be to cover pasta.


I didn't end up making guacamole like my list might lead you to believe. (hence the question mark..) I forgot to grab some avocados while I was at the store. Ah well..next time.

I'll probably be working on expanding the idea on that sketch I made for the rest of today. And then tomorrow work on some more Plini creations. What's next on the list of series? I'll give you a hint...it starts with a P and rhymes with Guy Mices.