Paint Party #37

Check out all the wonderful artists on paint party Friday!

I have missed a few, still I've been painting quite a bit.
Finally a painting dear daughter loved and asked me not to change a thing!!

Finished large acrylic

" Whimsy Wonder"

If only I could find bed sheets with a pattern like this.... I'd be in my glory

covered in color!! I understand these vibrant colors would not appeal

to the beige people! I respect that!! Just let me have my color

and I'll be happy!

I Like to be able to place my paintings in any directions on the wall for a completely different look.

Below is this painting in the early stages. I mixed  color with silver for a metallic look. 

It evolved and changed so much during the creative process!

   I painted out the stems which I despised. Funny how you start one way and end another. This painting is nothing of how I originally imagined it!

                               

Below is " My little Fairy" 
It's full of texture  because I painted over a  canvas (see here) 

I was so disappointed in!

My daughter hates it, that's a swear word in our house  too!!  It creeps her out so much she  picked it up and removed it from sight! I on the other hand love her but have agreed to change the eyes to see if that makes a difference! The eyes are that shape because there is a small chunk of texture that I formed the eye around! Oh well you win some and you lose some.... Happy Thanksgiving Weekend to my American friends, being Canadian we celebrate in October!

Reindeer Cookies

 Before they were dipped

I am so delinquent at blog posts but had to share this! On the weekend dear daughter decided to bake reindeer cookies for a family gathering next week. We ran around in search of  little pretzels for the antlers, returned home where she threw the ingredients together. Formed the reindeer's, added little raspberry flavored Swedish berries for the nose and smarties for the eyes. It was a labor of love!

After the first few trays of the double batch were done she asked me to taste one. I was too full, opting to wait until a cookie broke, or an antler fell off! Her hubby continued to help  put more cookie sheets together while we listened to Christmas music. After most of the cookies were baked I decided to try one..... It was a peanut butter cookie, a bit dry....and lacking flavor...Oh no I thought... Then she asked the dreaded question, " How are they?" 

Eeeks..... I didn't want to say.  She is such an amazing little  baker. People beg for her banana bread. But the cookie was flat. All I could taste was salt.  I hesitated. She knew something was wrong and demanded to know! As diplomatic as one could be under the circumstance I said, "Somethings wrong." 
"Do they have sugar in them?"  I questioned. 
She assured me they did, as she reread the recipe...It called for two cups of brown sugar and two cups of white. Some how she had  missed all the white sugar in the recipe. We were all pretty upset. All that work and the cookies didn't taste good.

"Never mind we'll  figure something out," I said, many great recipes are borne of mistakes.....I thought for a moment. We have these huge Cadbury chocolate bars in the freezer that we buy yearly when they're half price. Lets just dip the cookies   in chocolate, that will fix them up!

I got the double boiler out, put half a large bar into the pot with a bit of butter, milk and vanilla. Together we happily spread chocolate over the bottom side of about six dozen cookies...let them dry, then put them in airtight containers in the very cold garage. 

This evening we decided to have one with tea. They are the most delicious happy accident ever!! They softened up and melded with the chocolate making the most wonderful flavor! After all who doesn't love peanut butter and chocolate together!!! We'll probably do them that way every year!

The proper

REINDEER COOKIES

1 CUP OF BROWN SUGAR

1CUP OF WHITE SUGAR

1 CUP OF BUTTER, SOFTENED

cream sugar and butter together

then add

 2 EGGS

 1 CUP OF SMOOTH PEANUT BUTTER

2 TEASPOONS OF BAKING SODA

1/2 TEASPOON OF SALT

                                                        1 TEASPOON OF VANILLA

3 CUPS OF ALL PURPOSE FLOUR

mix together well!

Roll into balls then flatten and  form triangles

Place small pretzels in the corners for antlers

Place either a swedish berry or red m&m for a nose

Then place 2 green m&ms or smarties for the eyes 

Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown

Fun to make and kids love them!

Double up the ingredients for a double batch!

Enjoy