Archive for April, 2009

ive got lots of amazing day for you today! this was just tooooooooooooo gooood not to share…

my wonderful mum made these on Freedom day and yes they are as delicious and fancy as they look!

Ingredients

8 medium sized pears, stalks in tact and still firm

750ml good quality merlot wine

250ml water

175g white sugar

175g brown sugar

3 cinnamon sticks

20ml fresh lemon juice

Zest of half a lemon and orange

Method:

1.In a heavy based wide pot, pour in all the liquids, sugar, lemon juices, spices and zest

2.Heat through slowly, stirring from time to time to ensure the sugar does not burn

3.When the liquid has reduced and thickened slightly, add the pears and poach on a low heat, turning occasionally

4.Check after 45-50 mins if flesh is tender

5.Remove from pot and set aside

6.Boil liquid rapidly to a thick and sticky consistency

Serve warm or cold, with cream, with pancakes or icecream!!

So i discovered Mark Khaisman – awesome artist thru hayley hayes (props!!) …. he does these incredible works of art purely out of brown packaging tape – wowie… so in our drawing subject our curious lecturer wanted us to do self portraits using new mediums so i was soo amped to try it (and hayley gave me a step by step – THANK YOU again u rock and helped me get good marks_woop!)

the 2nd one, my lecturer made me ruin (in my opinion) with ink etchings.. psshh o well.. he liked it..

and here’s one of the artists own works:

Yesterday i was at Woolies and found this awesome hot cross bun baking kit!!! its soooo cute and it only was R10! reduced from R80…. YAY! it comes with all the ingredients, a wooden spoon and its wrapped up beautifully in a nice brown cloth… this is why you should celebrate easter after easter right? anyway as soon as i got home i got baking and we had them for tea! yummmmmmmm…..

the end.

OH my!!! oh my can i just tell you that when i found this ad campaign for citi golf it just got me sooooo excited for my future! it warmed my heart like wine on the weekend… it made my adrenaline pump so i just did cardio at gym for 40minutes!! (for reaal) this is what i want to do! i want to create and make suuch awesome stuff! WOW WOW WOW …. I like them so much.. i cant stop looking at them! can you?

yoh : )  and i want those bright blue skinnies!

My friend Natalie and I went to the Joburg Art Fair yesterday  cha ching for student discounts! and it was wonderful and weird and lovely and sometimes disturbing.. all of the really big names in south african art – kentridge, batis etc etc

something we found REALLY cool were these ginormous pencils and sharpeners – so realistic… SO freaking awesome!

oh how i love tea!!.. i could drink it all day  :) i got these wonderful flowering tea balls (odd name, but it is what it is) at woolworths a while back, been waiting for a special occasion for them and today i finally used one!

i first saw these on my favorite period movie of all time – marie antoinette – theyre SO sooo awesome! theyre basically beautiful tea flowers and leaves that unfold when you pour hot water over them lovely… and tasty.

see the tea > transform from a tea ball (heehee) to pretty flower tea.. in this case ‘Swimming Marigold’

fancy little boxes

mmmm…. then pinky up and enjoy the tea ball flower tea… yum!

the end…

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