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Kale chips

("recipe" at the end of the post)

When I'm at home I'm a bit of a muncher (I believe grazer is the current term-in-use).  That being the case I try to have healthy options within availble for easy grabbing, like carrot sticks (we've been getting the tastiest carrots in our CSA box mmmmm), fruit of all kinds, and the most recent addition - Kale chips

Trust me - as healthy as I attempt to eat if any of these aren't around I have no problem diving into the nutella.

 

Little Mr. Isn't into actually eating the kale chips (or the carrot sticks....or most of the fruit...sigh) but he does like to help in the preparation.  Yesterday he saw me taking pictures right before we popped the kale in the oven and he hopped off of the chair (small mommy heart attack) and came back in a flash with his camera.

 

Only one of the Kale pictrues in this post was taken by me..the other two are from Little Mr. - can you tell which is which?

 

 The Kale chip "recipe" is a pretty simple one:

wash and dry some Kale

remove the stem (we didn't this time because we bought prewashed bagged kale - so we'll just eat around the tough parts)

toss with some olive oil

Lay them out on a cookie sheet (one layer)

sprinkle with salt

bake @300 for ~20min

mmmmmmm - crunchy

Toddlervision

About a month ago I came upon a fullt functional, albeit heavy and extremely outdated, digital camera; memory card and everything. My sanity saving idea at the time was to pop in some new batteries and let Little Mr. click to his hearts' content.

That little project spawned what I've been calling Toddlervision.  I'm even set up a tumblr account just for posting his photos. It's called...you guessed it - Toddlervision (http://toddlervision.tumblr.com/).  

Some of the shots are understandably blurry, and I'll admit that the camera is too big for his little hands, but he makes it work. But the clarity in some shots is pretty amazing.  I'll be posting new photos on the tumblr site a couple times a week.  It's a photo-only site so there'll be none of my rambling :)

Here's a little sample of what Toddlervision is all about

"Mommy!! She try to take my camera!"

What's going on?

So much has been happening I barely had time to write any of it down

The shop:

I sold two items in my first month over at Modern Mouse in Alameda (yay!).

The ladies that run that store are  great and I need to figure out a way to hang out there more; Oh yea-I'm trying to be a Modern Mouse groupie.  Plus, on top of having amazing merchandise, they have a monthly craft night. I think it's perfect for anyone looking for a craft night that's not in San Francisco.

(hmmmm ...sideways iphone photo)

 

I've been working on a few new things for the shop.  More of the beaded necklaces in awesome color combos like this one

 

also, lots of tiny crochet

 

one done...more in progress

 

Then there's Little Mr and Ms Lady

 

Oh, and I have to update you on the Craft Hope bracelet project.

 

So come back soon (maybe even later today), and often, for updates on all of that plus a new tutorial I've been working on that's magical.