A Little Bit of This A Little Bit of That

As I was scanning through my photos deciding which one would dictate the direction of my blog post I was inspired! I inspired myself oddly enough, my photo album looked like a Pinterest board. There were photographs of food, crafts, sew projects, outdoor activities, photo sessions and so on. I couldn't pick just one so I decided to mish mash(yes spellcheck I know thats not a word) a post together. Here it is, if anyone would like a tutorial or recipe to delve deeper let me know, I'm happy to oblige.

Took in dress, shortened and added details, fit for a princess...

Crustless breakfast quiche, my triangle of meatless quiche....so good!

This picture is awful but this meal divine, recipe will follow because its too good not to share!

A collage I am proud to re-post ;-)

Turquoise toes and a needle felted floor pillow made by yours truly, I'm stoked about the outcome of the felted top but the sewing is lacking. Sewing lessons are on the to do list. 

Kale-2lg leaves, beets-1 w/tops,carrots-4, apple-2,celery-2,lemon-1/2,ginger-sm piece... Juice!

Phyllo wrapped asparagus with a horseradish mustard sauce, delicious!http://freshcatering.blogspot.com/2007/01/asparagus-phyllo-appetizers.html

A winter hike with my sweet girl...

DIY hair treatment

Another collage

Chakra Art

Warm bit of tasty sunshine on a cold winters day.

DIY felted doll clothes...I found this after the I made mine, great link! http://fromdahliastodoxies.blogspot.com/2011/11/diy-felt-dress-up-dolls.html

Homemade vitamin water, drink up...

Mixed Media Art

I've collaged as long as I can remember, but I've always had a hard time sharing it with the world around me. Collage and mixed media often feels like cheating or stealing, taking bits and pieces of other people's work and pasting them to yours. Recently however I have come to terms with this and see it more as collective sharing, a bit of me meets a piece of you. It is actually quite beautiful. Happy cutting and pasting people...

                                                                   Detail shot...

                                                      Mixed Media: The Godess Within

         

  My soon to be 4 year old's work, I'm loving it!

This is Dylan's inspired work, I should have asked her for the Titles...stay tuned for update.

                                                 

Peace and Love,

-Gypsy Moments

Homemade no cook Play Dough!

I have been looking at several play dough recipes and wondering which one would be the best, in the end I decided to make my own recipe and low and behold it turned out perfectly the first try! So many recipes call for allot of one ingredient like two cups baking soda, that is a whole box! No thank you... I couldn't have figured this out of course without reading and adapting from about five recipes, all of which were mixed by hand where as in I used my kitchen aid and dough hook. I think it proved to be a useful tool albiet not completely necessary but helped I feel in the overall consistency of the dough. The ingredient list is as follows, I purchased basic non organic ingredients as this is a non edible project;

2 cups white flour
1 c. salt

2 tbsp cream of tarter

2 tbsp corn starch

2 tbsp cooking oil

1/2 c. baking soda

2 c. boiling water

Food coloring(we used neon colors)

Just mix all the ingredients in your kitchen aid with the dough hook attachment (or bowl and hand mix). I mixed mine continually scraping down the sides for about 7 minutes on low to medium speed. I then separated the dough into five balls and placed them one at a time into a zip lock bag where I mixed the colors by hand kneading. Once the dough was mixed well enough to not stain my hands I removed from the bag and finished hand kneading. The consistency is amazing, I dont ever recall purchasing a dough this smooth and pliable, it holds it shape so well without being too dry or sticky! It is such a fast and inexpensive project that can be done with very young children, my daughter is almost three and was able to manage most the tasks on her own with very little assistance. Mommy did of course pour the boiling water!  

Ingredients

Her favorite part is to pour and touch everything!

Oops the cornstarch didn't make it into the ingredient photo, she loved the feeling of it!

Checking our consistency, we are almost there...

Finally just right!

Putting our dough into the zip lock bag, I started with the lightest color to avoid crossing colors I didn't want crossed, then wiped out with a paper towel in-between colors.

We were very pleased with our colors!

Now the fun begins!

I should include that we stored our dough in one large Rubbermaid container with a tight fitting lid. My plan is to switch over to smaller containers for individual storage and to hopefully keep some from being completely smooshed together. Ya right, like there is any chance of that, half the dough is already a rainbow of combined color. 

Have fun!

-Gypsy Lov'n

Pinterest LOVE!

My love for Pinterest runs deep, I am a creature who seeks all things aesthetically pleasing, I am a Libra after all... Today when perusing through some of my pin boards I was taken aback by the beauty in some of the photographs. But which ones to share? This may have to become a weekly or at least monthly post, call it my pinning and pining...he, he, he or not. That is a bit of a tongue twister.  Hope you enjoy a look into what makes me swoon...

All the links back to either original artist or place from which I pinned can be found on my pinterest boards, under Inspire...Creativity...Beauty or My Style Pinboard.
We live in such an amazing world, full of so many brilliant and creative souls, I thank and applaud you ALL.

Peace
-Gypsy Lov'n

Moon to Moon

I found an ever so delightful blog today called Moon to Moon, instead of taking pic's and snipit's I thought it best to just share the link http://frommoontomoon.blogspot.com/ 
                  Enjoy!
         
Peace,
  Gypsy Lov'n

No Grey Areas

No Grey Areas by janitamae21 featuring Haberdash House brooches

the light of the eye -By Dylan Page

the light of the eye by janitamae21 on polyvore.com

Lips

Lips that form sweet sounds and passionate kisses...

Amazing Regina Spektor singing Blue Lips

LIPS
~o~
Warm lips that form a perfect cupid's bow,
that hold the morning sun within their smile.
Lips whispering to me in darkness low
and linger on my cheek the briefest while.
~o~
Pale lips that bring forth words from heav'n and hell,
that fills my heart with joys and with pains,
that takes me to the clouds where angels dwell
and curl around my heart like iron chains.
~o~
Cold lips from which the words of anger float,
then quiver with the thought of what they said.
Those cold harsh words that formed within your throat,
cold words once spoken can not be unsaid.
~o~
Hot lips that drip with passion of the night,
that begs for usage in the darkened room ,
that whisper to me ere the moon takes flight
and offer me their sweetness to consume.
~o~
Red lips like petals of the passion flower,
that part to breathe the honeyed breath of love.
Those lips that my lips gladly would devour,
whose honey I would taste again thereof.
~o~
Sweet lips that greet me with a loving smile.
Lips brushing mine with gentle sweet caress.
Those lips that frame the brilliance of your smile.
Those lips that to me ever more impress.
~o~

Sartor


Here is the link from where I borrowed this beautiful poem: http://jpicforum.info/forum/emotional-romantic/lips-2412.html

Beyond -Megan Page

Beyond -Megan Page by gypsylovn on Polyvore.com

Art makes us Human- By Megan

Art makes us Human- By Megan by janitamae21 on Polyvore.com

Colorful Expressions: Part One

Colorful Expressions: Part One

I have been surrounded by and inspired by ART my whole life, it seems my most profound life experiences and the most important people in my world are either artists or they themselves are a moving changing beautiful canvas that reflect art in the pure essence of themselves! I generally would like to think I fall into the second category myself =) I have had a hard time declaring outwardly "I am a Artist!" I find it intimidating to put labels and pressure on myself with such declarations. My husband Quincy and daughter Dylan however are Artists and I would be in shock if either declared to be anything but! So what makes an artist? Who is the judge of what works and what doesn't? Therein lies the beauty of ART... it is free form, free choice! I can call squiggly lines on paper child's play, I can announce to the world that such things are not ART, I can shout that a preschool aged child could make that! But the beauty is it changes nothing, it is ART...squiggly lines, dots, swirls, ink splatters...we are all essentially artists, the only difference is some of us are smart enough to get paid for our ART! One of my favorite artist Vincent Van Gogh was considered a joke during his life, but he still painted, he continued to create...if we were to define what being an artist is, I think Vincent would be a perfect example. He no matter what people said about his work could not put down his paint brush. He could not shut off the inspiration around him, he had to create! I am envious of his sheer passion his vision/version of the world is; simply put, beautiful.

"Starry Night" by Van Gogh, 1889, Oil on canvas

“Looking at the stars always makes me dream. Why, I ask myself, shouldn’t the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France? Just as we take the train to get to Tarascon or Rouen, we take death to reach a star.”- Vincent Van Gogh

The above images are mine they include oil pastels and paper collage