Showing posts with label chocolate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chocolate. Show all posts

Monday, September 16, 2013

Having Fun with my Food

Mmmmmm.....
Mmmmmm.......good!

"Summer Cake"
original Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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Food!
We all love it.  We all eat it.  We all think it.


"Little Miss Muffet"
original Collage Paper Painting using all recycled junk mail
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"A hungry stomach makes a short prayer."

- Paiute Proverb



"Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater..."
original Collage Paper Painting by inkspired
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"I go running when I have to.
When the ice cream truck is doing sixty."

- Wendy Liebman


Ice Cream for dogs
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American and Russian space flights
have always included
chocolate.


In addition to other documented health benefits,
 dark chocolate may help sharpen the mind.
Why?
Researchers say that it's possible that flavanols (found in cocoa drinks) 
may improve blood flow to the brain.

- REALSIMPLE.COM April 2013



"Time for an office snack"
original Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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In 1875 Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams
making a declaration about chocolate's superiority over tea or coffee 
for both health and nourishment.


"Coffee Run"
original Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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Going on dates usually include some sort of food.
A restaurant is a 'safe'  place to meet with someone you don't know well, and it is informal enough you don't have to feel pressured.
Here is a date with food involved, 
Horror Stories:

“I had a first date with a recent divorcĂ© at a lovely Italian restaurant on a Saturday night. 
I proceeded to order eggplant Parmesan. 
As soon as I said it, he started choking, even though he had nothing in his mouth. 
Apparently, that was his ex’s favorite dish — and as I was about to find out, 
he was still hung up on her. 
I offered him water, the waiter whacked him on the back... but he wound up having a full-blown panic attack, so I called an ambulance. 
Since I couldn’t ride in the ambulance because I wasn’t a relative, I had to meet him at the hospital, where doctors determined that he was still so upset 
that he was committed to psychiatric care. 
By the time his paperwork was processed, my date couldn’t remember my name. 
Even so, he asked me to go to the store and buy him cigarettes, underwear, and deodorant. When I returned to the hospital, I suppose that was our second date, 
because it was already Sunday... but it was also our last.”
— Sherry Davey, Brooklyn, NY

from Date Night Disasters, Laura Gilbert
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"Call Me"
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sparkling cookies
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'Polly Put the Kettle On'
vintage song sheet graphics
c.1870
courtesy Indiana Music Libraries


"My mother's menu consisted of two choices;
Take it or leave it."

- Buddy Hackett, comedian, actor



"Horse Food" with pomegranate
original Collage Art Doll using all recycled junk mail
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Snacking on a mix of strawberries and blueberries
may lower your risk of heart attack.

from a study published in the journal Circulation
REALSIMPLE.COM  April 2013

original Collage Art Doll by inkspired


"Vegetables are a must on a diet.
I suggest carrot cake,
zucchini bread and pumpkin pie."

- Jim Davis


Mother Says 'Eat Your Vegetables'
original Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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"Plant a radish, get a radish,
never any doubt.
That's why I love vegetables,
you know what they're about!"

- Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt


"Santa Monica Diet"
original recycled junk mail Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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Well, that's it for today!
I hope you will see your food 
in a little different light now!!!

inkspired

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and on pinterest:   kkloberdans

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Home Run to Valentine's Day!



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Welcome to my last Valentine's Day blog for the year!
I sure have had fun!

vintage song sheet cover, c.1912

Today will be a mish-mash of fun things I have wanted to share,
but just haven't had the time!

So....
let's gooooooo

(my favorite phrase in the Peter Pan's Flight Ride at DisneyLand!)

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"Camellia Girl", Alice Gratz artist


'Polly Pratt Had a Valentine', by Sheila Young
www.coolmompicks.com

If you have twitchy fingers tonight,
and want to do some last minute Valentines,
here are a few ideas!

found on Martha Stewart Crafts site

I cannot take any credit for this really cute idea!
You can find the full instructions on Martha Stewart's web site.
I can tell you it involves 
a circle of felt
glue
typed or hand written little notes
and mini kisses if you want.
Super easy.
Very unique!

Here's another Quick and Easy but Super Unique Valentine -
one that even the boys can give away!!

found on www.tipjunkie.com

Now how cute is that?
I'm thinking black cardstock,
(because construction paper has a way of bleeding...)
print out your words
or
have your kid help hand write them,
a hole punch,
attach a 'Dum Dum' sucker with a bit of tape -
or even better rubber cement
and
off you go to the Class party!


If you have little girls at the age of paper dolls
and of course I think that is at any age....

Try one of these for Valentine's Day cards!

Joan Walsh Anglund - a wonderful artist!

Mary Engelbreit - another favorite!

Note the addition of a Chinese New Year costume!
(We are in the Year of the Snake, or Little Dragon now).

a cutie I found at www.cottonartsboutique.com

Do you have treats you need to supply at the school party?
Want to do a little something fun for the office?
Know a shut-in who would love a little Valentine Love?
Here we gooooo.....


I do not have a credit for this yummy photo,
but let's break it down.

Candy pokes or plastic toothpicks
assorted sprinkles and chopped nuts
candy melts in different colors/flavors.

You can get the first 3 items at your local hobby store like Michael's.

individual Caramels
(oh, you know where to get those!)

Carefully melt some different colors/flavors of the Candy Melts (like Wilton's)
in a zip lock plastic bag in the microwave.
Don't do a huge batch, just a few to start.
Don't cook too long!
Stir well.
(you can do this by squishing the bag around in your hands)

Stick a toothpick in a caramel,
room temp works best,
and then dip each caramel into the (melted) candy melts .
Quickly dip ends into the sprinkles or chopped nuts.
Set on rack to dry/harden.
(waxed paper underneath to catch drips...)
They will harden very quickly if you put them into the freezer,
or quickly if you put them into the refrigerator.

Now, take a contrasting color of candy melt,
melted in the zip lock baggie,
and snip a TINY corner off the bottom.
You can then drizzle this color on top of plain caramels,
caramels dipped in a different color candy melt,
or on top of the chopped nuts.
Refer to the photo above!

www.vintageholidaycrafts.com


It took a lot of 'splainin',
but it goes super fast, and really is easy.
The big danger with these is over cooking the melts in the microwave.
No microwave?
You can easily use a double boiler instead.
No double boiler? Make a substitute -
One large saucepan and one smaller saucepan.
Put in an inch or so of water in the larger one, bring to boil.
Reduce heat. 
Place smaller saucepan inside, drop in candy melts and melt.
Stir frequently, and keep the steam away from the melts!
I like to use plastic spatulas to stir.

Enjoy!
These look really pretty on a paper doily on a paper plate,
or one each in a candy wrapper cup (Wilton's).



Since I've been talking chocolate,
here is a tutorial I found on pinterest,
on Janelle Cataldo's board-

How cool is that?!!

Remember this for Easter,
you could fill the bowls with jelly beans
or little Peeps and green coconut
or???

a matroyshka doll card made by inkspired
from Sandra Lounsbury Foose's
"Papercrafting In No Time"

Nerdy Mug by www.Mugsleys.etsy.com


Here's another simple food idea for a Valentine's Party.

Better Homes & Gardens web site

Adapt:
frost the cake white and use red and pink suckers

frost the cake white, and use pastel suckers for Easter or Spring parties!

Want a 'cleaner' Party?
Use Red and Pink Tootsie Roll Pops in their wrappers!
or...
blue and pink
or pastel Tootsie Roll Pops (yes, they make them!)...
or
how about white cake with green suckers for Saint Patrick's Day?
really
your imagination is the limit with this very simple and easy idea!

a Kokeshi Valentine Doll by Jacque Davis

vintage valentine found on 
www.collectdolls.about.com

I'll finish up with a few coloring pages.
Print off multiples,
as those kids high on chocolate are going to get bored easily
and need a 
'let's quiet down now' activity!

and maybe you do too....



all courtesy of Dover Publications

and one from Jan Brett's web site
which is FULL of other great fun...


Have a super sweet rest-of-the-day!

inkspired
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www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com
and
pinterest - karenkloberdans
vintage Valentine