Haitian Art

Today, I received a gift from Wanda.

She purchased it off of an Etsy shop, after reading about it on Rebecca Sower's blog. Rebecca visited Haiti after Christmas, and brought back artwork to sell to help the people there. Feel free to visit Haiti by Hand to learn more.

I also received the tags from the Valetine's Tag Book Swap! How exciting! They are all so wonderful. Here they are, all put together in a Slide show.

A Busy Night

When I got home from work, I found that I had received the ATC from my partner in the Picasso Style Portrait ATC Swap. I think it's awesome.

Then, since I've been craving it, I made Chicken Pot Pie for dinner. Actually, I just made the filling, and put it in a mini Italian bread loaf, since I couldn't find anything bowl shaped in the bread section at the grocery store. It was decent, but I thought it had a little too much pepper and could have been creamier for my taste.

2 cans (10 3/4 ounces each) Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Potato Soup
1 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crushed
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 cups cooked cut-up vegetables *
2 cup cubed cooked chicken
1 packages (7 1/2 to 10 ounces) refrigerated biscuits

1. In 3-quart shallow baking dish mix soup, milk, thyme, pepper, vegetables and chicken.
2. Bake at 400°F. for 15 minutes or until hot. Stir. Arrange biscuits over chicken mixture. Bake 15 minutes more or until biscuits are golden.
3. * Use a combination of broccoli flowerets, sliced carrots and peas or broccoli flowerets,cauliflower flowerets and sliced carrots or broccoli flowerets and sliced carrots.

While eating dinner, we watched Bride Wars. It was a really cute movie, and I like how they left it wide open for a sequel, maybe called Baby Wars (or has that happened already and I missed it).

Then, I went downstairs and finished my collage for the Cupid's Kiss Valentine's Day Swap. I think it turned out well, but we'll see how the recipient likes it.

ATCs from Italy

Today, I received two Birthday ATCs from Italy! I was so excited, because I didn't expect to get any more.

ATC from Marina

ATC from Silvia

Fabrics for I Spy Swap

Before returning home from work today, I popped in to Wal-Mart and picked up fabric for the Let's Play i.spy Swap. I hope that the others in the swap enjoy them as much as I do. Here's a sneak peek:

Then, during the second half of the Ravens-Colts game, I cut up the fabric for the No-Sew Block Swap. The pieces are not as perfect as I would like them to be, but they're not too bad.

i.spy Quilt Swap

I have now joined the Let's Play i.spy swap. I certainly hope that I enjoy making the two quilts that I'm commiting myself to. This will make the purchase of a rotary cutter and cutting mat well worth while ;-)

Picasso Style Portrait

Well, I finished my Picasso Style Portrait ATC. I was unsure about it at first, but eventually, I decided that I like it. Too bad it's a one-of-a-kind ATC, and I'll never be able to reprodude it. I used Picasso's "L'Italianne" as my inspiration.

I tried to make it kind of cubist, and this is what I came up with.

Tags Are On The Way

Hooray! I just put my Valentine Tags in the mail! This is how they turned out:

Not too bad. And guess what? Tom even said that despite his initial misgivings, they did turn out nice. It's hard to get a compliment out of him, so I'm pleased.