Ten

Today was another COOK day! I was not feeling too hot by the end of the day. All I wanted was warm yummy soup. I wanted Egg Drop Soup. I googled and here is what I came up with...

 

 This was a great quick and easy recipe from allrecipes.com ! 4 cups chicken broth, some ginger and fresh chives, a little cornstarch and then some whisked eggs... Whala! ( Urban Dictionary calls this the bastardized English version of the French word 'viola' ... Hahahahaha ) You have egg drop soup!

I will say this, read the comments. I agree with most comments that say to add the cornstarch before the eggs. I added my eggs before thickening the soup and they were a little on the pouffy side. It still tasted great! Also, definitely add some soy sauce and extra ginger and chives. One person said to add sherry for an extra umph. I will try this next time.

Here's my soup...

 

Ninth

 Today was another busy day for 'A Bee & A Lily'. We worked overtime trying to finish the order to deliver tomorrow. Unfortunately, the drying time for the glitter took longer than planned, so we will have to finish things tomorrow and deliver Wednesday.

I finally get in the house and open my iPad to Pinterest. It is here I sit for an hour! I love looking at things people have pinned. There are so many fantastic ideas out there and Pinterest is a great tool for sharing them!

I was looking at a lot of food pins tonight. With the New Year, I always feel the need to eat better. I want to eat more fresh and healthy foods. So tonight I cooked one of the recipes. A simple, healthy, delicious recipe!

www.eatingwell.com

Baked Parmesan Tomatoes! Yumm-O! I usually bake a tomato with just a vinergarette salad dressing and some salt, but this was a nice change. However, I did not have any Parmesan cheese, so I used the smoked Gouda that was in our fridge. FabulOUS!

Ninth creation.... Good eats! Maybe I will feel like painting tomorrow. If not, I can always cook!

5-8

Ok. Ok. I know. It hasn't even been a whole week and I missed a few days of blogging and creating. But to be completely honest, I did create. I just didn't blog about it. So here goes...

For the fifth day, I again turned to my 'Mess' book. I pulled out the kiddy markers and had fun creating a pattern with one tiny blip in it. It was simple and not necessarily perfect, but I enjoyed it. Repeating the colors over and over was relaxing.

For the sixth and seventh days, I worked in the shed. I cut tin, painted tin, glittered and wired tin. My mom and I made TONS of King Cakes and Mardi Gras Fleur de Lis and Mardi Gras Crowns. We had a delivery on Friday and a second delivery scheduled for Tuesday. She and I were busy, busy, busy. 

I would have loved to have come into the house those two nights and painted something, or sewn something, but by the time the work day was done, I was totally exhausted. ( By the way, I know I overuse the comma. Sorry) So, I am counting that work as my creations for those two days.

Pictures will come soon of our Tin Hangers. I plan to set up a small photoshoot tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Today is the eight day. It is a Sunday, but I did do a little something.

The other day at Hobby Lobby, I found a wall decal on sale. I bought it with a plan! I have a canvas and plan on painting it and then sticking the decal on permanently. I hope it comes out as good as it looks in my head.

Today was just the beginning of this project. I will work on it more this week. Here are the pictures of what I have done so far.

The following pictures is just a bit of inspiration I found the other day. I thought I would share it. I found it in a pack of card stock paper at Hobby Lobby. 

Fourth

In the Spring of 2011, I bought a book. I was so excited about this book! It was going to help me find some inspiration and get excited about creating again. It ended up stuck on my desk under a pile of other things...never opened. 

With my New Years challenge, I dug this book out and opened it up! It is fantastic! I highly recommend it to help 'get ya outta that funk'. "MESS  The Manual of Accidents and Mistakes" by Keri Smith is definitely gonna help me achieve my goal of an art a day this year.

Third

I hope this post makes sense, I am typing under the influence of NyQuil...

Today was very productive yet again for 'A Bee & A Lily'! In case you are wondering, 'A Bee & A Lily' is the business my Mother and I created. We take found glass items and create serving pieces, candlesticks, bird feeders, sun catchers, and art. We also cut fun images out of tin and paint them up ' real purdy like ' so they will hang nicely on a front door or wall. We are working on expanding our repertoire by adding pottery to the mix ( keep your fingers crossed ).

As I was saying, I got a lot of tin cut and painted today. I also came up with a new design for the Mardi GRAS Season...a King Cake! This is my creation for the day. At first, I wasn't going to post it. I thought it was somehow a cop-out. After thinking about it, though, I realized it was something that I made. I took an image in my head and brought it to life. I think that counts! So, the King Cake is my art for the day!

Second Creation

Day two has come and gone. I worked all day in our wood shop cutting metal for an order that we just got from Little Miss Muffin in New Orleans. I'm now cleaned up and snuggled in by my fireplace playing with my Christmas present, a.k.a my iPad.

Since I am an artist, I had to get some cool apps to play with on my iPad. OmniSketch is a drawing app that I am currently doodling around with. Here are some things I quick sketched this evening... My creation for the day.

First day. First Creation

The year has begun and I have started my challenge. I have given myself the task of creating something every day for the next year. It does not have to be perfect, or sellable, or beautiful. It just has to be something I have created with my own two hands. 

Tonight I made a necklace with beads that I have had stored in a box on my shelf for a year. When I bought these beads, I had this necklace in my mind. The colors are pink, turquoise, and smokey topaz... A juicy explosion of color!