Cake Ball Finale

I have wanted a double boiler for years. My mom had one when I was growing up and she used it to melt cheese and chocolate and other

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Making Cake Balls For Valentine Dinner

Making cake balls is super easy. If you can bake a cake from a mix, you’re in business. If not, seek help. Back to the cake balls. This

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Apple And Sage Pork Chops

Steve and I were shopping for groceries the other day and I found a packet of spices for Apple And Sage Pork Chops. Usually, I don’t notice those

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A Peek at My Ambitious (Crazy!) Art Project in the Works

I just started taking an acrylic painting art class at Norman Firehouse Art Center and have decided to paint this photograph. See what’s hiding in the tree?

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Great Balls of Cake!

Don’t these cake balls look delicious? Sorry about the photo quality — I took the picture using my iPhone in a fairly dim dining room. That said, I

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Working With Early Risers

Trying to live with an early bird can be hard at times. But working with them isn’t always a walk in the park either. Of course, I’m sure

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Night Owls Get Such A Bad Name

You’ve heard it all. “You’re lazy if you don’t get up by 6 a.m.” “You could get up earlier if you didn’t party all night” “You must be

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Just a Few Art Supplies You Need To Create Your Art Journal

After reading Leslie’s list of the materials you need to create your own art journal, I thought I’d take a few snapshots of what I have. So far, in this

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My First Attempts at Art: Watercolor Painting with Salt

Found another watercolor I painted back in 1980-something. This one used a salt on wet color technique to create the clouds.

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Watercolor Painting: My Junior High Attempts at Creating Art

I started taking art lessons when I was around 10 or 11 years old. The watercolor below is one of the first art attempts I made during that

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