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Happy Easter, friends! It's quite gloomy here this weekend, so I thought I'd do some much neglected organizing of my pandemic stamp purchases, and it felt so good! I probably cleared out about half of what I've accumulated in the last two years, and now you can benefit from my brief flurry of organization. I have (so far) SIX more Crafty Destash boxes for sale. The proceeds from these boxes will go to the Gabby Petito Foundation and to DNA solves - my two favorite charities. For any Texans in the audience, if you are interested in justice-oriented charities, this is another group I've donated to this year - the people running this are friends, and the great people who I feel are responsible for the arrest of Carla Walker's killer after nearly 40 years. If you want to hear about that - it's the first case covered on this awesome podcast. If you win the opportunity to buy one of the boxes, feel free to specify which of these three you'd like me to donate to.
I thought I'd bring you a fun and easy technique for your Gel Press today. This is something I did last year and LOVED - we are all so used to doing magazine prints with faces, but oh my goodness collaging magazine TEXT is so much more fun! I do it in a piecemeal style you will find as fun as I did, I think. It makes SUPER interesting and complex prints! Here are three examples.
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Original recipe HERE from the New York Times - dairy free mods below.
4 ounces/113 grams unsalted butter at room temperature Miyoko’s vegan butter salted
½ cup/120 milliliters tahini, well stirred
1 cup/200 grams granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons/150 grams all-purpose flour, or matzo cake meal (See tip)
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 ¾ cups/230 grams chocolate chips or chunks, bittersweet or semisweet Enjoy Life dairy free dark chocolate morsels
Flaky salt, like fleur de sel or Maldon Maldon
PREPARATION
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter, tahini and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add egg, egg yolk and vanilla and continue mixing at medium speed for another 5 minutes. I just used a hand mixer.
Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and kosher salt into a large bowl and mix with a fork. Add flour mixture to butter mixture at low speed until just combined. Use a rubber spatula to fold in chocolate chips. Dough will be soft, not stiff. Refrigerate at least 12 hours; this ensures tender cookies.
When ready to bake, heat oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking mat. Use a large ice cream scoop or spoon to form dough into 12 to 18 balls.
Place the cookies on the baking sheet at least 3 inches apart to allow them to spread. Bake 13 to 16 minutes until just golden brown around the edges but still pale in the middle to make thick, soft cookies. As cookies come out of the oven, sprinkle sparsely with salt. Let cool at least 20 minutes on a rack. I did half salted before baking, like my other cookies, and half using their instructions. I think it's better to salt before baking.
I would love to see what you do with these prints.
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