Love my barbados banana bread recipe, but I've discovered new allergies and needed to mix it up by getting rid of cinnamon and wheat in my recipe. Tips: a use super ripe bananas, good rum, and grate your own spices if you can. 1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 4 …
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Bookbinding, Crafting, Earring Making, Oh My!
This week started off with quite bang— hurricane Sandy. I was psyched to have a well attended Fine Craft class Monday despite Sandy, and we made a trio of paper art experiments: tissue flowers, origami 2 piece boxes, and a small hand bound sketchbook. I think everyone was happy to have the …
Wire Wrapped bead samples
here are two new copper wire wrapped pendants I'm working on... samples for class. Samples are incredibly important, so that students can see what a finished object might look like - I often make several samples for "in process" demonstrations as well. With some wireworking techniques, I have …