A New Art Journal,Tea, and More

  It's "T" uesday again and time to join Bleubeard and Elizabeth for "T Stands for Tuesday". You don't have to drink tea or coffee- but it's nice to share a cuppa/glass/mug of something while visiting the linked up participants:) We share art, families, books, drinks -pretty much anything your heart desires! Please consider joining in-we'd love to come visit you too and Elizabeth always has enough to share with her guests.

 I needed a new art journal so I got this Canson 7"w x 10" h. mixed media journal-a new size for me-and guess what- the perfect size for using up the deli paper prints made from the 8" x 10" gelli plate! As I've said before I am determined to use as many of my prints as I can because I am dying to make more! So I began gluing some down onto the blank pages. I enjoyed a bottle of Honest Tea green tea with a hint of honey -nice and refreshing on a really warm day.

 Here are some of the pages I covered:

 A few weeks ago I shared this collage of our cat birds and nest:

  The eggs hatched just before we went on vacation:

  And when we got home again they were already gone. So, I plucked the nest and used it to decorate the center of my bistro table:

  The Simon Monday Challenge Blog theme for this week is "anything goes" so I'm sharing this card I made recently:

 Products used: lg white note card (canvas Corp); white card stock (the Paper Studio); patterned paper (Stampington and Co.); washi tape (Recollections); clear stamp (Stampabilities); Versafine Onyx Black ink (Tsukineko); digital collage image (Paper Whimsy); paper flowers (the Paper Studio); fancy button (Dress It Up); Grand Calibur die cut machine, Labels 8 dies, Big Scalloped Circles Lg dies (Spellbinders; Stickles gold glitter glue (Ranger).

 And lastly another yummy,tasty and healthy summer side:

                                                              Grilled Zucchini Sticks     (RECIPE AT END OF POST)

 These are flavored with a chipotle blend seasoning and I loved these so much I made them twice in a week-just for myself :) Hubby did try one but he will still only eat zucchini in cake! Sorry, that will have to wait until I get tired of making these.


          "Trade your expectation for appreciation and the world changes instantly."  Tony Robbins 


                                             

                                                        Grilled Zucchini Sticks (serves 2)

 2 med sized zucchini, peeled and cut into even sized sticks     2 or 3  tsp olive oil

 1- 1/2 Tbsp chipotle seasoning         gallon size plastic bag

   Add all ingredients into the plastic bag and move around to coat the zucchini. Place on a grill plate in a single layer onto a hot grill. Turn to grill remaining sides. Note-I made the original recipe in the oven as directed the first time but much preferred  a HOT grill so they wouldn't get so soft as zucchini contains a lot of water.