Here is yet another recipe from the book. For the first time ever, the results weren't perfect. I used parchment paper as instructed but the luscious, crispy, golden parts of the macaroons totally stuck to the cookie sheet and paper. I tried with all my might, but I couldn't preserve their shapes...instead I scooped out the part that wasn't stuck and was left with very coconutty confections. I am sad to report that I was the only one who liked them. Even Kumi wouldn't touch them. On Saturday night, I ate the entire tin by myself. I am waiting for the massive weight gain to hit because there's no way my gluttony will go unpunished.
Update: maybe the no-nap thing was a phase?? She's slumbering away right now and I am LOVING this downtime.
We are entering the no-nap zone lately and I'm overwhelmed. In the last four days, Kumi has napped only once. And I've developed a nasty habit of staying up really, really late so I'm getting very little shut-eye...plus MF is out of town this weekend so that makes everything much harder. This kind of exhaustion makes me even more appreciative and respectful of all mothers out there, especially my own. My mom had two kids back to back, and I have no idea how she did it.
Still, I couldn't stop myself from making this little stamp last night (it's not looking so little up there though, is it?). I made it for the mother's day cards I sent out. The color above is slightly different from what I ended up stamping onto the cards, and I must fess up to using a little Photoshop magic for the color change. You may recall that I made a wee apple stamp a while ago and this is stamp #2. I'm still learning obviously. This was meant to look entirely different but I'm not hating the lotus flower-y end result.
Thank you so much for all the nice comments!! I'm so thrilled each time a new comment pops up. Speaking of which, Kirsten of Tollipop mentioned this fabulous book: The Hundred Dresses and I MUST get it. My mother is finishing up the 100 dresses and not only do I like the numeric connection, I love that the book's message is about kindness and compassion.
I put Kumi down to sleep at 6:45pm tonight so now it's time for this mama to have a relaxing evening. Happy Mother's Day everyone!
OK, so technically this is not an old image for my Friday Archives submission. I painted it about a year ago and found it while rummaging around looking for truly old work. The pattern on the dress is what I used to doodle on every page of every notebook during college. I would get bored in class and start drawing little shapes with even amounts of space in between. It was kind of like a puzzle and it passed the time. So at least part of the image is at least 17 years old in theory.
I also finished this floaty, flittery number ("Flittery Float Float" comes from a great children's book entitled Gallop! that uses scanimation to create moving images). I made the pattern myself and was inspired by a similar top I saw in Nordstrom's display window. I'm pretty pleased with the way it came out.
It's a sunny day and we're pretending it's summer with this flirty tank and shorts. I'll have to put Kumi in a sweater and pants in a couple of minutes.
