Had Popeye the sailor seen me in action today, he’d have been so proud. We had spinach in today’s menu. Yay! And my mom would have been equally proud had she seen my muse of the day — the vegetable stalk ends of today’s lunch!
When I was five, or maybe six, my mom had shown me how to find inspiration in one’s kitchen and create artwork (well, not the kind that fetches you millions of $$ but ones you can quickly whip up and proudly display on your fridge door). So today, while chopping spinach, I found my muse.
Meet my muse
A quick look at the natural flower-like stencils of the chopped off stalks and I knew what I wanted to do today — vegetable printing! Fast forward 60 minutes and lookie what have we got here —seven pretty vegetable print bookmarks 🙂
Pretty bookmarks
Making a vegetable print bookmark is quick, easy and cheap (oh, how I love that word!). If you have never held a paint brush before, please don’t let that puny stick with tiny bristles intimidate you. The natural pattern of the cut end of a stalk bulb resembles a rose, so our stalk here is the vegetable equivalent of Van Gogh that does all the hard work. The only skill you require is that of pressing a rubber stamp on a paper. Basically what I’m saying here is when you are vegetable printing, you call the shots, not the brush. So, let’s get on with it, shall we?
Tales of Twisted Fibers 