Composition: Scout's Honor

Hope you'll visit my new treasury
honoring Scout & friends.
See it HERE

ox joon

ps. Scout's shop: http://EsperEzekiel.etsy.com

Hey Donkey. Say Hello To Your Mother For Me.

This has been a busy week.
Today we went to a garden shop with donkeys.
St. Francesca's donkey charm magic worked.

Scout with her new friend.
So sweet.

Earlier in the week,
I tried this no knead bread recipe from the
Dallas Junior League Cookbook.
I found the cookbook at recycled reads.
It was just $2.
It's lovely.

And so is this bread.
We were thrilled with the results.
Don't you love it when you find something new
and it lends a satisfying end?

We made B.L.T.s for dinner and
froze the second loaf.
Now we have that to look forward to
one night this coming week.
I also tried an amazing pasta sauce
made with fresh basil, parsley
and blue cheese, cream cheese, butter
and olive oil.
It was a hit.

Have you tried anything new lately?

ox joon

Recycled Improv & Lovely Salads

Scout made us salads for lunch recently.
Isn't this beautiful?

This is the pea salad I made for Kristoffer's birthday lunch.
He requested this. I hadn't made it in so long
that I had to make a second one a few days later!

Scout sold an ACEO and I made a protective pocket for it.
She added the quick illustration.

I made it out of our gas bill envelope. :)
ox joon

one small step 7*8*9

one small step IX: search term: MAIL

one small step VIII: search term: MUSE

one small step VII: search term: LOVE

How did you do? Thanks for following &
a special thank you to all
the wonderful Etsy artists who provide me with
these beautiful creations.

ox joon

Scoutin' About

Scout lucks out with this groovy find ~ $8.

This is the package illustration for her second etsy shop sale.
She sold 3 out of 5 listings! New one ~ #6 ~ there now.
Thanks for stopping by. Until next time.
ox joon

Things I LoVe To Do

Do you love to surprise people who make your day in simple ways?
I do.

Do you hope they'll like your surprise?
I do.

I told you I LoVe my mailman.
He said he thought this was mail. He was looking for a stamp.
Those of you who have received packages from me know
this makes perfect sense.
I asked him can he eat this?
Oh yes, I can eat it.
Do you think this made me happier than I made him?
I do.

Mixed~Up ART

Scout had her first sale
just a few hours after listing her 4th shop item!
Look at the incredible illustration she drew
on the back of the envelope.
I'm betting on one happy buyer walking back
from the post office.

These are two ACEOs Scout made
for her friends back in Arlington.
We laminated them and love the effect.

Meanwhile,
I wanted to edit the original recipe for our Thai soup.
{Photo in a previous post.}
I love the result.
I took the magazine page with their photo,
trimmed and folded it in thirds,
hand printed my version,
added simple illustrations,
attached it to the reverse,
laminated it
and viola! a recipe bookmark.
Evan wants me to do this will all my clipped recipes now.

Scout's busy working on a large art piece as I type.
You can visit her shop: EsperEzekiel and find it there in a day or so.

This has been another episode of
Mixed~Up ART.
Until next time.
ox joon