Recipes

Recipes

I guess I need to give you a little introduction about my recipe pages.  Over the years, I have discovered different recipes that I love.  Some I have created, others are from websites and cooking shows I have watched over the years.  I can’t tell you what I have created and what I have not.  I tend to change them over time as I cook by taste and will add different things to make it my own, so I usually just follow a recipe for the ingredients I need vs the amount of the ingredients.  I’ll add more recipes over time.  Usually when Leah wants a specific recipe I will add it or if I am making something that I know isn’t on here, I will try to measure so I can put it here as well.

Additionally, some of you may know I am writing a cookbook.  You will not find any of those recipes here.  Sorry, but I need to keep those to myself until it is complete.  

I hope you enjoy some of the recipes that I use most often.

My Creative Slump

Over the past year the amount of images I have created has slowed down.  I have been in a slump or a creative block in a way.  Mostly because my model does not live near me any longer.  I could use others, but I really like using her and I only see her a few times a year now.  I try to have images in mind so when I do see her I can take all the pictures I need and spend the time after in photoshop creating what I need.  But sometimes when I can see my model we have other priorities that we have to accomplish and do not get to take time for my images.

I have decided that I will have to make some changes.  

I am going to work on some backgrounds for images.  Once I have them I will find a model to pose for different images.  

I am going to start to write daily.  There are many different writing exercises that can be done to help the creative ideas flowing.

I am going to take additional learning classes to further expand my knowledge.

I am going to do and not just talk about doing it.I need to make some changes in order to create.  

Look coming back to see what new images I create.

Come explore my dreams with me.

Do you wonder how I come up with my ideas for my images?  They are mostly all from dreams.  I daydream.  A lot.  So if you ever see me looking out in space that is what I am doing.  My husband will laugh when I come back from a daydream and ask me what it was.   I don’t have a full story for each image most of them are just one moment of my daydream. 

Sometimes a song or portion of a song will spark an image. It might be a snippet of a lyric or even just a song title.  When it comes though, I have to follow the idea wherever it may take me.

Some of my images though, are just that.  Images.  I get the idea for the image and just have to get it out.  There is no story.  I leave that to you.  

Once I have an idea, I will draw the image in one of the many idea books I have lying around.  I have to put written descriptions in as well.  If you ever saw one of my drawings you would know why.  I am horrible at drawing! 

I try to use my daughter as a model, but she has recently gone away to college.  Thankfully, she has great friends that are happy to sit in when I need a model!

I don’t have a fancy studio, really cool lighting, or a bunch of cool outfits.  Many of the images are taken in our living room, or out in the desert somewhere.  I make outfits or sift through a thrift store.  We have made many pit stops on weekend fun drives, just because we passed a thrift store.  I can’t resist them!  I even get ideas there!

I invite you to come along with me.  Step into my daydream.  Enjoy the ride.