Friday Face OFF FFO

Welcome To Friday Face OFF (FFO)

This is the place to show off your face art.

You know, ANY type of face, nature, the face of a flower, photography, drawings, paintings, AI. There just needs to be a face in your blog post, a link back to my blog and please use the image below. 

Thank you.

 

We have had a week of what is our summer weather. Mr. M. and I can't stay inside with warm sunshine. So I have not created any art. 

I do have some fun faces.

 

 

 

 

Early this AM I headed to the store for a few items we needed. On the way home I stopped at the Dollar Tree. I have not been in there since they raised the prices. But, I wanted to see what they had for Halloween. 

I was looking for a new cauldron and then couldn't help myself. The items are not as high quality as a few years ago but I will be making them dead so that's oK.  
I found this runner too, with spiders and webs. 

 

After putting the groceries away I headed back out to one of the 14 thrift stores in town. I was hunting dolls. I got there three for $10.00. The doll in the middle is on a stand. Can't wait to get started on these. 

 

The Humane Society thrift store is around the corner and up the street from me. As I was coming home I wanted to stop there but as the rest of our town there is limited parking. Later in the day I had Mr. M. drive us over. I'm so glad I did.

I found this lovelies.

 

OH yeah, new witch shoes coming up.

They were $8.00, however it was orange tag sale 75% off I got them for 2 bucks.
Mr. M. found some great music for a  $1.00 and we rocked out the rest of the afternoon.  

 

I do have a drawing up on the easel and will try to work on it this week.

 

Here are some features

 

Gillena

 

Rostrose

 

Leeanna 

 

That's it for now 

Don't miss

Sunday in the Art Room.

 

I will be joining Gillena 

Now it's time to show me your face.
 Nicole   

Good Day Tuesday

 Hi Everyone!

I write my posts the day before so even though this is Wednesday, I had the best Tuesday.

First we actually had a summer day. It was 71°F with no wind. That's a dream for here. Mr. M. and I took a very short drive north of town. We haven't been over that way for awhile, and I wanted to prove to you that I really do live on the beach. 

We drove the long way about 3 miles. LOL

 

Once we turn west off of HWY 101

 

We come onto this road. Behind the mess of trees are homes.

 

Except for here. In winter this is a swamp. We have had no rain this summer so it's dried up.

 

Then around the corner where there is a small lot that is NOT a fee area.

 

I spoke with the couple sitting off to the side. They are from Utah and come here every year. In my mind I thought, "Why?" OK, I'm being snarky.

 

The tide was fully out. 

 

We are known for our dunes large and small.

 

We came home, had a bite to eat and then went to the Florence, Farmer's Market. Now I don't normally attend this market. It doesn't start until 3pm and by that time I'm done in.

However, I had some coupons and wanted to use them up. There is never a place to park so Mr. M. dropped me off while he drove around.

I must say that going later in the year is much better. The vendors were amazing, the prices exceptional, and I'm happy with what I got. 

However, somewhere a long the way I lost a beautiful zucchini. Don't have a clue how or where it dropped out of my bag. It's nowhere in the car.

Someone will find it and hopefully put it to good use. Besides I got these beauties from my own garden. They aren't very big but they are sweet and so good. 

 

One last thing. I needed, (wanted) a smaller Comal cast iron pan. I found one on Amazon on sale and that arrived today.

It's perfect.

 It's not the highest quality of cast iron, mid range but it will work for me.

 

That's my day in a nutshell.

Have a great day today.

Nicole
 

T Stands

 Hi Everyone!

 

Today is Tuesday and that means a day with Elizabeth and Bleubeard.

 

I enjoy cooking very much. Searching, changing, inventing recipes. Making them to fit our medical needs and life style.  Let's take pork chops.

I make a pretty good chop but if you want the best chop ever do this.

Forget those thick chops with no bone or if you have them cut them long ways in half. If you want a juicy chop place the chops covered in cold water with salt, cover and put in fridg for NO LONGER than 2 hours. If you want a very tender chop, place in real milk cover and set in fridg for NO LONGER that 2 hours. Once the chops are ready for the pan dry them as much as you can. I mean DRY them. Make your pan screaming hot, add a small amount of oil, lard or ghee. Salt and pepper the chop and place in pan season side down. Season the top side.  DO NOT TOUCH it for 4 minutes or until the chop lifts right off the pan. Flip it over and cook another 2 minutes or so. Once it is done let it set for 5 minutes covered with a dish towel. Not tin foil, not a paper towel, a clean dish towel. Any juices pour over the chops and serve.

 

One day I made "Dirty Cabbage" The homemade bread was baked in my air fryer. 

This is so darn good that the next day Mr. M. had it in a taco. Come on almost everything taste good in a corn tortilla.  

 

This next recipe is too good to pass up. It's cake in a cup made in the microwave. 

I didn't think I had a mug big enough so I started it in a bowl. Mix together

1/4 c flour, 1/4 c sugar, (I used less sugar, I don't think it needs 1/4 cup)
2T cocoa powder, 1/8 t salt, 1/8 t backing soda. Mix to combine.

Add in 3T milk, 1T water, 2T oil and a splash of vanilla.

Mix it all up. 

At this point I did have a mug and poured the mixture into it. Now place the mug into the microwave for 1 minute 45 seconds and you will have the best one serving chocolate cake ever. I pulled a bit of the top off to show you how nice and moist this is. 

I have some other recipes but will save for another day. 

My drink today is good ol' water.

Have a great Tuesday.  

Monster Monday

 Welcome to 

Before I get started I want to give some help for those who can't see the videos. The first thing to do is refresh the page. These videos are embedded from Pintrest, you do not need to be a Pintrest member to view them. After refreshing if you still can't see them check your ad blocker, or pop up restrictions. Especially with browsers like Safari. If you click anywhere on the video it will take you to pintrest so you can view it there. Hope this helps.

Now for monster videos.

The eyes have it. 

   

                             

 

                            

                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Now for some eyes I created a long time ago. Some of you may remember. 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed the eyes.

Have a nice Monday

Nicole 

SITAR

 Welcome to

SITAR is about ANYTHING art. Your art, someone else's art, writing, photography, the art of cooking, the art of sewing and textiles. Sharing historical art, street art, a story about art. Do you have a question or need help with art? Write a blog post and link it up here. We will all try to help with it. My only rule is that if someone asks for critique it must be done with generosity and consideration. 

This is a place of learning, encouragement and inspiration.

 

I have always found fashion to be an art form. But how did it start. Here is a video that shows just a bit of how things changed. 

 

 

 

It wasn't until 1890 that modern fashion shifted the clothing industry. The rise of the sewing machine is what made this possible, changing from laborious handmade clothes to crafted luxury designs. Before that Mothers and daughters spent a massive portion of their daily lives sewing. Girls were taught precise stitching (like the back stitch and running stitch) from early childhood. To save time, home-sewn clothes used simple, geometric patterns (like rectangles and squares for shifts and shirts) that required less cutting and fitting. Because fabric was so expensive, clothes were constantly mended, patched, resized for younger children, and eventually turned into rags or quilts. People owned very few outfits.

To understand the impact of the 1850s transition: a skilled hand-sewer took about 14 hours to make a man's shirt by hand. With the early sewing machine, that time dropped to 1 hour and 16 minutes. 

Now there are so many directions I can go with this post. From the early "slop" shops located near ports for sailors who didn't have anyone to sew for them, to the second hand trade. Or the sweat shops where women form different countries slaved to make clothes.  However, I don't want to get into all of that. I just want to show how clothes have changed over the decades. 

Here is another video.

 

                           

  

 

 I just thought these were fun to watch.

I will be joining Gillena 

 

Nicole