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Egg-cellent long weekend

on April 04, 2010

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Spending time with family during an Easter long weekend. The best!

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diy tomato soup that warms your belly

Hello, It's been too long. Slap my wrist and call me a busy mom. Life has a way of keeping us busy doesn't it? In trying to stay warm this winter, I tried, for the first time to make my own tomato soup. I found this recipe in my February issue of Chatelaine magazine. Here is the process: butter, onion and garlic cooked until soft organic, Ontario tomatoes Other than my parents' canned tomatoes, this would be the next best thing. In our case, my kids are not keen on a strong red pepper taste so I used a small red pepper and more carrot. Left over broth is usually good in the fridge for 7 days. I just grab a marker and mark my new best before date on the top. I own a stick blender so I could puree my mixture right in the pot instead of transferring to another appliance, which makes this soup even easier to make. I really, really like this soup. The recipe calls f...

Warm up with encaustic painting

I am jumping out of my wintery, felt-lined boots with excitement! I have signed up to take a encaustic painting class at the end of January with Jan Yates. It has been a couple years since my last encaustic classes so I am really looking forward to painting with this medium again. Here is a sample of one of my pieces which I display on a shelf in my living room. In this piece I used tissue paper, buttons, oil sticks and wire. There are approximately 7 or 8 layers of wax in this particular piece. Jan Yates is a plein air artist, inspired by Canada's own Emily Carr. She sets up her easle, paints and canvas outside (in all weather) and paints what she sees at that particular moment in time. Daylight or lack of, changes the look of the landscape which changes the mood and feel of the painting. Check out her blog at www.janyates.blogspot.com

Welcome to my studio.

Starting a blog is like opening a brand new journal. (Hear the spine crack as you open it?) Keeping a journal is not new to me. I have a collection of them I have written since I was about nine years old. The purpose of this particular journal is not to share my deepest darkest secrets but to invite you into my studio/workbench/kitchen, basically wherever I create. I am mostly self-taught with classes peppered here and there. I recently had to write an artist statement and biography for an upcoming show. I hadn't realized until now how much my great grandmother's house and the items in it influence my style. Her house went unchanged since my dad went to visit as a kid. It really was a museum, an art gallery and an antique shop all in one. As a kid, I soaked up every detail. I look forward to creating new art and sharing it with you. Simply, Stephanie

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Egg-cellent long weekend

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