This past weekend the Hubby had a chance to go fishing off the coast with his fishing buddies. They filled their crab tags.
The pots were so full, they didn’t even bother measuring the crabs. If they couldn’t immediately tell it was over the size limit they threw it back, because there was another bigger one waiting.
So he wanted me to make the Crab Corn Chowder that we (I really mean he) is having for dinner. I don’t eat crab. Yes, yes I know. Everyone tells of its glorious taste. I don’t like it, and it kinda grosses me out. Save your breath. I won’t change.
In order for me to make this soup, he had to crack all the crab. There are just somethings I won’t do.
Ian was fascinated by the process, but wouldn’t eat any crab. Sid finally took a bite…..and was hooked!
The whole time he hovered around, stealing crab when his dad wasn’t looking.
The green bowl, in the picture below, was full of crab so I dumped it in soup. Ty put about another half a crab in it then left the room. He came back to an empty bowl.
Sid also ate some soup, but not that much because it was really spicy, and while he likes spicy food, it might have been a little too much for him.
Of course he later came over and finished the salad I had been eating for dinner.
This month’s Silhouette challenge had to involve flowers. With it also being the month of Mother’s day I decided to combine the two topics.
This year I made three mother’s day cards and one Grandmother card (but the Grandma one doesn’t have flowers on it).
All of these cards were made with the help of my Silhouette Cameo.
The first card I made was a shape in the word MOM, but I replaced the O with a heart. I added a layer of floral scrapbook paper and to give it more depth I cut out a two layered flower which was attached with dimensional foam tabs. Because of the font I used for the letters, there wasn’t a whole lot of room to write inside the card, so the sentiment is a simple “Happy Mother’s Day.”
This was my first shape card and while I am pleased with the results, I won’t make the Ms so thin next time.
I came up with this next card after seeing the quote “There are two gifts we should give our children; one is roots and the other is wings” on-line while looking for mother’s day quotes. Turns out my mom has had this quote hanging in her house for decades….and I had no idea.
I used a champagne metallic paper for the top layer and on the inside of the card. I used Silhouette’s print and cut feature to write the sentiment and cut out a frame that matches the one on the front of the card. I used different colors for behind the butterflies and the tree. I only had the machine make a cut on the outer edge of the butterfly wings, so they just pop out a little.
The sentiment on the inside says “Mom, Thank you for giving me roots to grow and teaching me to spread my wings and fly. Happy Mother’s Day” While this one was probably the easiest to put together, it is my favorite. I think it is elegant in its simplicity.
When I decided to make a floral themed mother’s day card, this next card is what I had in mind. I wanted to make a vase of flowers on the front of the card. The tulips would have been too difficult to put together if I had made them any smaller, and at that size, only two would fit in the vase.
In the end, two was the perfect number, because it didn’t clutter up the card. I used pre-printed mother scrapbooking paper for the background and a silver sketch pen for the faux stitching. For the “Mother” banner I used the champagne metallic paper and the print and cut feature. I tried using sketch pens, but it just wasn’t the right look.
I originally had thought about using velum or some kind of clear paper for the vase, to give it the look of glass, but then you could see the floral wire in the vase, and all the hot glue. Not a pretty sight.
I still didn’t like the vase, just made with plain paper, so I used the sketch pens to add some dimension to it. In the Designer Edition there is a sketch feature that allows you to fill in shapes, or change lines, to make the shape look more hand drawn, which is what I did to the vase.
I am very pleased with how this card turned out. On the inside it says “May all the love you give to others come back to you on this special day. Happy Mother’s Day”
I didn’t want to leave the Grandmas out. So I made this card too, although it doesn’t have any flowers on it. I also made one in different colors. It is very cute, but thick, so it doesn’t really mail well.
Inside it says “Only the best moms get promoted to Grandmother. Happy Mother’s Day”
Happy Crafting
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Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!
I would like to tell you I have a fun Cinco de Mayo menu planned for tonight, but I don’t.
I kinda forgot about it when I was menu planning and since I have already been to the store, it is too late to change it. Plus we just had Mexican food….
I am feeling in a cooking rut lately and I am having a difficult time coming up with dinners. Between Pinterest and my Plan2Eat menu planner/recipe book, I have tons of options, I just can’t seem to decide what to cook.
You might not know it, but I don’t really like food. There are somethings I can enjoy eating, but I would prefer not to eat. This has nothing to do with calories or weight gain or anything like that. I just don’t really like food, or the whole eating process, but I do like to cook.
So sometimes it gets hard to cook, because I don’t take pleasure in the eating, everything becomes a chore.
At least I know it will pass and I will once again enjoy cooking and menu planning.
Just so you know, it took a lot of effort to make sure this week’s menu wasn’t entirely made up of recipes involving Parmesan cheese.
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