Experiment with Lace and pots: Revisited

So the last time I experimented with spray paint, lace and pots it didn't turn out exactly as I wanted.  So this time I decided to buy some spray paint that was thinner than the last time.  I also decided I wanted to try spray paint a vase as well.  It actually turned out quite well.

Start with a clean pot and add the lace with a little bit of double stick tape.

Do the same with the vase.  Place the lace on the design that you would like.

Use a spray paint that is not super thick.  Pick the color you want.  Sweet cream just the color that spoke to me, soft and clean.

Stay a couple inches away.  Be careful not to be too close or else the spray paint will run.  Leave the lace on until dry. 

Once dry take off the lace and you should see the lace pattern emerge.  Up close it may look a little smudged, but from a distance it looks really cool.

I am glad I revisited my past failure.  The vase looks amazing in the house right now.  I am either going to put a pillar candle in it and have the light shine through or make it a usable vase.

Next time I am going to probably remake some wine bottles and create some tumblers!

Homemade Pizza night

So my best friend and her husband came over on Saturday night and we all decided that homemade pizza sounded like a GREAT idea.

So this is what we did....

I used Bobby Flay's recipe for the crust.  I did use the bread flower, which gave the crust a nice crispy outside, and a nice soft inside.  I also used both my metal and stone pizza pan.  I preferred the stone but we made 4 pizzas and only had 2 pans.

Here are the toppings:

This was the "man" pizza.  It had mozzarella cheese, green peppers, onions, garlic, ground beef, and pepperoni.

Here was my best friend's creation.  It has goat cheese, prosciutto, fig preserves, garlic, and arugula added after we cooked it.

Here is my creation, tomato basil feta cheese, mozzarella, onion, tomato, and fresh basil added after we cooked it.

The relatively normal pizza, just mozzarella and pepperoni.

The Spray Paint Itch

I don't know why but I have realized that I love to spray paint things, and "redo" them.  My husband and I have this little table that was dingy that we kept outside for when we read on the porch.  I took a day off a couple weeks ago and decided that I wanted to make it into a "new" table.  So this is what I did.

I went to Michael's and bought Kryolon, Make it Stone! Textured paint, in green and refinished my little gray table.

Then this is what it looks like now!

So while my little table was drying to look completely fabulous, I went to the botanical gardens with my mother.  Here are a few of my favorite pictures from that outing....

Absolutely loved the path of petals

Tulip Magnolia

Cherry Blossoms!

Cherry blossom

Another kind of cherry blossom

Dogwood Tree

Tulip

Hope you enjoyed!

My St. Patrick's Day feast!

So this year, I didn't make Irish food, but I did decide to make Cornish Game Hens, potatoes, my friend made cabbage (no photos sorry) and my husband made shamerock shakes (no photos sorry).

We started out with a lovely bouquet.  My husband picked the flowers out and I arraigned them.

Then I made what they call "Sassy water".  I didn't have peppermint, so it is lacking that.  I sliced up lime and cucumber and added it into my pitcher.  The fun thing is that I keep the slices in, but keep adding water and it tastes just as good.

As an appetizer I made a dip from the packet of Hidden Valley Ranch Dip and a tub of 32 oz non-fat Greek yogurt which is absolutely delicious.  Then I sliced a green pepper to look like a shamrock.

 

Then this is our main meal. 

I took a little butter, a little olive oil basil, parsley, and garlic.  I used the food processor and made a paste out of them.

Then I cleaned the Cornish Hens and set them on a tray until I could separate the skin from the meat and stuff the paste between them and let them sit there for an hour.

I then bought McCormick's chicken rub and rubbed the outside with that, and put some in the cavity.

I then placed a wedge of lime and a clove of garlic in the cavity of the Hen and tied the legs together. 

I then took potatoes and rubbed them down with olive oil and a rub from Penzey's (and if you don't know what Penzey's is you need to sign up for their monthly newsletter.  They are the best spice company I have found)

I cooked them for an hour and a half on 375 and it turned out splendidly (I forgot to take a picture of the final product by accident)

But it was yummy, and all of us were extremely stuffed. 

That was a great idea and I am glad we celebrated without corned beef :-)