This year we are hosting a Wholesale and Press preview hour before the show is open to the public. If you are a shop owner looking to carry wonderful handmade goods or if you are part of the traditional or indy media and want access, please shoot me an email and I'll get you a pass.
Feel free to share this info with any crafty peeps or lovers of handmade goodness that you know. For more info check the website - http://www.springbadabing.com
See you Sunday!
venuszine
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Last month while at a global conference for the day job in Boston, MA I received a phone call from Venus Zine. The editor had stumbled across my one line bio and got the humor of it. She mentioned wanting to run it and I just assumed it would be online. Now look! I'm in the actual print zine!
Now if I could only get my work in there...
I'm trying to eat better/healthier and thus trying to cook more. I also need to be a better user of food. I'm famous for pitching absolutely good leftovers just because. So today while cleaning out the fridge once again I came across some jasmine rice that was cooked over the weekend. Going back to the healthier thing, rice pudding was out of the question. To the wonderful internet I went and came across an interesting recipe for using leftover rice - Galettes de Riz from the Chocolate & Zucchini website.
I couldn't find any information on the site regarding reprinting recipes so for now I will err on the side of caution and not (click the link above to be directed to the recipe on the C&Z site). But I will tell you how I fixed them and I do have photos.
I didn't have any diced tomatoes which the recipe calls for (okay I did, but the expiration date on the can was 2006 - go figure). 
I instead used a dusty, but still good, jar of roasted red bell peppers. Since the peppers were in oil, I just added the patties directly to the pan. They only took about 5 minutes on each side. I don't really like cilantro and thus didn't have any but used some flat leaf parsley. I also added a sprinkling of 2% mozzarella cheese. These turned out to be the most delicious things I've had in some time! Very quick and very easy. I can't wait until the next time we have rice...maybe take it a bit Mexican next time...
I really like this time of year. I'm stuck in the house because it's dark and cold by 5:00 pm and I get to sit in my studio and do stuff. I spend the first quarter of the year planning for Lark Studio: updating my website, designing new products, planning for shows, etc. While others usually need to check out of their craftiness during January as a recovery period from the busy holiday season, I really find it's a time that I can check into mine and get some stuff done.
I'm working on busting my paper stash right now. During the annual clean up/clean out that happens at the end of every December, I realized I have a butt load of paper. Old calendars, record album liners, magazine pages, scrapbook paper - you name it and I'm sure I have at least a scrap of it in this stash. I've been working pretty deligently to get through some of it and use it up. Envelopes are being made from old calendars and cards are being made from the ephemera type items. Here's a peek at a some of the latest:
Cards made from a 1960's album liner.
Blank notecard set - yummy colors!
Tongue-in-cheek blank cards made from an old "B" word calendar.
Cleaning out the 'fridge never tasted so good.
Frittata made with the last 6 eggs, leftover roasted potatoes, the bottom of the roasted red peppers jar, spring onions, and the last of some parmesan and mozzarella cheeses. Fresh cut pineapple round out the very yellow meal.
Earlier this year I was interviewed for a great new podcast Indiebizchicks.com that focuses on providing business information to help women start or grow their own business.
My interview is up this week (Podcast #15). Check it out and let me know what you think!
