Em & Her Brother

Saturday, November 14, 2009

The new book is here!

Hot off the press! They are for sale HERE. If you buy them from LuLu, you get 3 for $27.49. They would make a great stocking stuffer for the kids in your life!

OR, if you only want one copy, I will sell them individually for $10 each +shipping. Just send me an email: lilblackcat23 at gmail.com

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Thumbprint Shortbread Cookies

Tonight, I did some experimenting with infused butter. I don't know if it was a complete success, but the cookies are delicious. I think I know now what I should do next time.
I've always loved the scent and flavor of Earl Grey tea. I was using a typical shortbread cookie recipe but before I made it, I took one of the sticks of butter and melted it on the stove top, careful not to burn or cook the butter. I added 4 teabags to the butter and I let it cook in the butter for a while, and then I set them aside, off the heat and let them soak for about 10 minutes. The end result was butter with a very strong tea scent. This recipe called for 4 sticks of butter, so I mixed in the one melted stick into the 3 cold sticks, beating it until fluffy, about ten minutes.
When they baked, you could really smell the tea, they smelled like heaven, but you can't really taste it in the actual cookie. I think the next time, I will use loose tea and let it soak a lot longer and then strain it out before using it for the cookies. I don't think the four teabags were enough.
I didn't feel like messing with rolling pins and cookie cutter, so I turned these into thumbprint cookies and added a dollop of raspberry jam in each cookie. They are quite pretty, and delicious!

Friday, December 26, 2008

I wear my heart around my neck...

Now she is a necklace. I got the idea after making the shadow box earlier today.

I'm wearing the larger one in the photo.

If you are interested in purchasing one, drop me a line!

There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found....

In honor of a snowy day and an overflowing recycle bin full of wrapping paper, a 3D Em and Her Brother were born.
The shadow box they are in is made up entirely of stuff I was throwing away. The box is from a tea mug that Darian got, the cotton and tissue paper were packing materials from various gifts and the lights are some battery operated Christmas lights from Ikea. Em and her brother were crafted from leftover Sculpey I had in my art box.

One snowy day...

Just to give an idea of the size difference from the last 3D Em & Her Brother:

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Em & her brother in chalk (Just for fun)

I found this photo on my camera from August. We were at a little street festival and had some time to kill, so I thought I'd bring Em and her brother out to play!