Feather Earrings

Last night I had the enjoyable experience of making feather earrings!! Up at Collage on Alberta, where they offered the class for the incredibly low price of $5!



started out small and simple.....



Can you believe that I actually made earrings out of this stuff?





Believe it! Because here they are...two pairs of earrings in fact!



And here's a blurry photo that I took of my finished earrings with my crappy piece-of-shit digital camera!



(blurry photo before mac-retouch)

Holy Rosary Craft Fair~Handmade Christmas Gifts

Just finished up a LONG weekend at Holy Rosary Craft Fair in NE Portland



The craft fair had many nice things for sale, including these nice soaps!



And these adorable Raggedy Ann Dolls!



Here's a close up of my display; I tried to bring lots of smaller items like coin purses and Credit Card holders, since these tend to sell well :)



And here's a hula-hooping nun that I just had to purchase! Couldn't help myself.

Fried Eggplant Jerusalem Sephardic Style

This a recipe from my auntie that I crank out every once in awhile and it is quite good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ingredients:
3 medium eggplants (I just use one)
1 egg plus one egg white
small can of tomato puree (6 oz paste)
2 cloves garlic
salt and pepper


First, slice the eggplant and set on a pan overnight.




Next, crack an egg and egg white and add s & p

dip the eggplant in the egg


next, fry the eggplant in vegetable oil heated over medium heat, turning so that it is golden on both sides :)



Next, fry garlic in a small amount of oil and then add tomato puree and three times its amount in water, and stir over medium heat

when it is boiling, add the eggplant and cover and let sit for 15 minutes.

you can eat it hot or put in the refridgerator and eat it cold. YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!