While my husband works downstairs making tables and birdhouses, I am watching the snow fall while reading your enjoyable newsletter. I remember visiting your pottery shed when I spent a weekend taking your wonderful class on color and embroidery on knitting. I love the small oval plates with the painted birds and hope you will be selling them soon. Thanks for the chicken curry recipe. I make a vegetable curry that would go nicely with this chicken. I’ll email it to you. Would you ever consider teaching a lampshade class? I have 2 floor lamps that are in need of colorful shades.
Hi Lucille! Thanks for your note. I remember YOU! Thanks for the recipe. Will try it. I'm loving curries this winter. As for the lampshade class, I taught it a few times. I'm up in the air about teaching more classes here right now with all the uncertainty in the world. Have kind of turned the page on the on-sight teaching right now. I have instructions in my book Crafting a Colorful Home for the lampshades and instrux give all the information you need. That said - maybe I will do one and film it? Thanks again for writing.
FYI Diane - that recipe for the curry chicken is amazing. SO so good! I doubled up the recipe and made it w/ bone in chicken thighs and added a little extras spice. I was leery of the yogurt because I have read that it breaks and curdles when heated but it was fine. I marinated the chicken overnight and then let it sit for 24 hours before eating. Going to make again.
Hi Kristin! This is Therese Inverso's sister, Antonia. What a beautiful blog! So inspiring to show us ways to brighten our day with crafting, even detailed down to your mental process into fruition. (BTW, We just finished a beeswax candle dipping class with our home-schoolers in New Mexico yesterday. Ages 3 to 13 participated making some 25 candles, success!) I love looking at all your colors in all the mediums you create. My only comment, or gentle suggestion would be to see if you can paint your birds without the black out-lines. Try using a dark color (olive green?) instead? Or a variety of other dark color outlines instead. Or perhaps no outlines at all? Thank you for taking the time to share!
Hi Mary! So nice to hear from you. I’ve been thinking about Therese. I’ve lost touch with her and been wondering how she is. Would love to have been a fly on the wall when those kids were dipping the candles! Thx for writing.
This was a fun read, just enjoyed your paintings of birds a lot. I had to have your 50 Sunflowers to knit crochet and felt, also. How wonderful to live so peacefully as you do. I hope one day we can move to a smaller community as well. Have a wonderful day. Linda
Hi Linda - Glad you enjoyed. As for smaller community living - it is a different experience. Lots good but some maybe not so - mostly that news travels very fast! Worth the try though. Life goes very fast so act if you are able.
Another wonderful newsletter! So many beautiful things to get lost in!
Ps. Love your birds!
Thanks Annie!
While my husband works downstairs making tables and birdhouses, I am watching the snow fall while reading your enjoyable newsletter. I remember visiting your pottery shed when I spent a weekend taking your wonderful class on color and embroidery on knitting. I love the small oval plates with the painted birds and hope you will be selling them soon. Thanks for the chicken curry recipe. I make a vegetable curry that would go nicely with this chicken. I’ll email it to you. Would you ever consider teaching a lampshade class? I have 2 floor lamps that are in need of colorful shades.
Lucille Miller
Hi Lucille! Thanks for your note. I remember YOU! Thanks for the recipe. Will try it. I'm loving curries this winter. As for the lampshade class, I taught it a few times. I'm up in the air about teaching more classes here right now with all the uncertainty in the world. Have kind of turned the page on the on-sight teaching right now. I have instructions in my book Crafting a Colorful Home for the lampshades and instrux give all the information you need. That said - maybe I will do one and film it? Thanks again for writing.
I always love to see your mountains of colorful crocheted hexes! Thank you for the recipe and comments... I think I'll try it.
FYI Diane - that recipe for the curry chicken is amazing. SO so good! I doubled up the recipe and made it w/ bone in chicken thighs and added a little extras spice. I was leery of the yogurt because I have read that it breaks and curdles when heated but it was fine. I marinated the chicken overnight and then let it sit for 24 hours before eating. Going to make again.
Hi Kristin! This is Therese Inverso's sister, Antonia. What a beautiful blog! So inspiring to show us ways to brighten our day with crafting, even detailed down to your mental process into fruition. (BTW, We just finished a beeswax candle dipping class with our home-schoolers in New Mexico yesterday. Ages 3 to 13 participated making some 25 candles, success!) I love looking at all your colors in all the mediums you create. My only comment, or gentle suggestion would be to see if you can paint your birds without the black out-lines. Try using a dark color (olive green?) instead? Or a variety of other dark color outlines instead. Or perhaps no outlines at all? Thank you for taking the time to share!
Hi Mary! So nice to hear from you. I’ve been thinking about Therese. I’ve lost touch with her and been wondering how she is. Would love to have been a fly on the wall when those kids were dipping the candles! Thx for writing.
I'm loving everything you create! (Years ago I took a knitting design class with you in San Diego)
Hi Lilian! Omg — it has been a very long time since I was at that sow in San Diego. Thx so much for connecting again! Hope you are still creating.
This was a fun read, just enjoyed your paintings of birds a lot. I had to have your 50 Sunflowers to knit crochet and felt, also. How wonderful to live so peacefully as you do. I hope one day we can move to a smaller community as well. Have a wonderful day. Linda
Hi Linda - Glad you enjoyed. As for smaller community living - it is a different experience. Lots good but some maybe not so - mostly that news travels very fast! Worth the try though. Life goes very fast so act if you are able.