Strawberry Limeade

Since Sonic hasn't opened any locations up here yet, and I've been craving one for nearly 2 years now... I decided to make my own. :)

What I Used:

1 Can of Limeade Concentrate (cost $1.10)

4 Cans of water (use the can from the Concentrate)

1 Jar of Strawberries (I used Polar brand, cost $1)

1 Lime, quartered (could use more if you want, but 1 works well enough. cost $0.33 each)

1 Cup of crush ice (use more of less as desired)

1 Pitcher

1 Whisk (i find a whisk works best)

1. Pour Limeade concentrate into pitcher.

2. Pour 4 cans of water into the Limeade

3. Stir vigorously with a whisk

4. Cut up strawberries, or blend lightly, so that they are in smaller pieces, but not pureed.

5. Pour strawberries into pitcher, mix well

6. Zest a lime directly over the pitcher.

7. Cut lime into quarters, squeeze the juice of each lime into the mixture, the drop the remainder of the limes right into the pitcher.

8. Stir vigorously again

9. Carefully pour in about a cup of crushed ice. (if you just plop it in, it will splash everywhere!)

10. Stir vigorously yet again.

11. Enjoy this nummy summery treat, right in your own home!

Trust me, everyone will be lining up for some!! :)

Another Experiment, a goof, and a coloring

Here's another photo from Canobie Lake. This was a bit more of an experiment. I'm not yet sure how I feel about it. ... any opinions?

Sun Bathing... or should I call it Sun Shower?


This one was more of me goofing around, then anything. I don't know if it's considered artworthy.. what do you think?

Main Street


This one is an old coloring I did. The lines are by Cat Craig . I colored them in with colored pencils. This is from 1Feb07. It's a lil darker on top because I took a picture of it, rather than scanned it. I substituted the background in PSP.

Cat's Lily

Rejoice Protect Embrace

I was determined to do one artful thing before bed. its 5 am... but i'm going to bed nows, so heres what i've got. its a photo i took at The Boston Tea Party ride at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH. i experimented a lil.... what do you think? Honesty please. :)

Am I A Cannibal?

Angela put up a prompt at the photography group at Mixed Media Arts, the prompt was the word "Candy"

So here's what I came up with.



Why the title, you ask? Well, yesterday, Pops saw me with the box of these. he asked "so, if you eat those, does it make you a cannibal?" lol gotta love Pops.. it did take me a sec to get that though lol.. get it.. they're.. Nerds?! :)

Recycling Plastic Bags and fusing supplies.

I decided to give a new project a try. I found videos on youtube, showing ways to recycle plastic bags, by fusing them and using them as fabric.

My first attempt was sketchy, some came out good, some came out not so good. But i learned some things to try next time, so hopefully all will come out good lol

But this leaves me with a couple of things left over.

1) the wax paper used to cover the bags.

2) the bags that came out .. not so good. :) the ones that melted too much and became holey.

So, now I'm wondering what I can do with these things. What can i use wax paper for? is there a way I can use them in my art journal?

also, for the bags that didnt come out. i could use some of them for stencils, basically, since a cool melted pattern was left. so that's one use, but what then after that? will acrylic paints stick to fused plastic? if that would work, i could try to incorporate the bags themselves into the journal in some way.

I'd really love some ideas/suggestions on this.

Also, if you have tried fusing the bags, please share your experiences with me. How did they come out? What did you make with em?

I'm just curious. :D

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Here are a few vids about fusing. (check out Threadbanger's other stuff too. They ROCK!)