Quick Sauteed Lemon Chicken

I first tried this recipe at one of those sample booths they have set up at grocery stores.  It was pretty good but I knew I could spruce it up a bit!  Here’s my version: Ingredients: 2 boneless chicken breasts cut into cubes 2-3 T. flour (for dredging chicken) Herbs and spices to your taste:  [...]

Dream Catcher

Dreamcatcher tutorial from CreativeCynchronicity.com

On Cool2Craft  today, I demonstrated how to make this dreamcatcher.  In case you missed it, here’s a tutorial:   The materials you’ll need to make a dreamcatcher are: a ring – I’m using a metal ring that’s about 5 inches in diameter here but traditionally something more natural such as a ring made of grapevines or [...]

I’m on Cool2Craft Today!

Hey everyone, I’m on Cool2Craft Live today, demonstrating how to make an Ojibwa dream-catcher.  Other great demo’s by Lisa Fulmer, Heidi Borchers, and  Elizabeth Diamond.  PLUS Candace Jedrowicz will introduce us to Cool2Craft’s new Creative Play Muse concept.  You can watch right from your computer!  It’s always informative, inspirational, and fun!  The fun begins at [...]

Sparta

If you’d like to see a little more of Sparta, Ontario, the town where Winter Wheat is located, go here: http://cynssurroundings.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/sparta/

Winter Wheat and the Art of Lucy Ogletree

http://www.winter-wheat.com/index.html Lucy Ogletree is a Canadian folk artist.  She grew up in Thamesville, Ontario and currently resides on a beautiful 5 acre property just outside Sparta, Ontario.  Her residence, known as Winter Wheat, is also the site of her studio and store.  Winter Wheat is a magical, tranquil, whimsical piece of serenity tucked away in [...]

Slip-covered Photo Frames

These frames are quick, easy, and fun to make!  You can adapt them to any colour scheme, occasion, or seasonal theme.  One year I made a dozen of them as a gift so that the recipient could change them out each month.  You only need one frame and the slipcovers are essentially flat, so they [...]

Cool2Craft Live August 23, 2010

Today’s Cool2Craft LIVE interactive TV was filled with lots of great demos. The coolest thing about watchingCool2Craft LIVE is that you can ask the guests questions right after their demos – LIVE in the chatroom! It’s cool! Just in case you missed the show, here is the link to watch the entire episode in our [...]

Little Photo Album Brooches

I just love making these photo brooches!  They’re quick, easy, and inexpensive to make and they even make use of some recycled materials.  They make lovely gifts and one advantage of them is that they are small and fairly flat, so it’s easy to tuck one into a greeting card and mail it off to [...]

The Quilts of Gee’s Bend

Quilt by Rita Mae Pettway Quilt by Florine Smith Gee’s Bend is a small poor rural town located near Selma, Alabama. In the past it was comprised of cotton plantations, owned by Joseph Gee and a relative of his, Mark Pettway. Pettway bought the Gee estate in 1850 and after the Civil War, his freed [...]

And the winners are…………..

The winner of the magazine paper coiled bowl is……………Marta!!! The winner of the slip covered frame kit is………….Mary Lou!!! Contact me with your mailing addresses ladies and I’ll get those sent out to you.  Mary Lou, you can choose your colour (blue, red, yellow, green, orange, purple, black, gray, brown, pink) and if you have [...]