Kitty Genius

What snuggles in my bed

just sayin'....

Banana Bread

I love banana bread. I love easy recipes. This my friends, is BOTH!

I used this recipe with a few changes.

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
3 ripe bananas, mashed
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 350° F (175° C). Lightly grease an 8 × 4 inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and mashed bananas. Mix in flour, baking soda and salt just until combined. Pour into prepared loaf pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. If top begins to brown too quickly, decrease heat slightly. Center should be soft and chewy, while the outside, crisp and crunchy.

After looking at the reviews I did make just a few changes and it was well worth it. I used 5 ripe bananas instead of 3. I added 1½ teaspoons of vanilla, about 1½ cups of chopped walnuts, and I put brown sugar on the top before I popped it in the oven.

I always buy banana bread at Starbucks or coffee places and I am thinking not so much anymore. Sooo good! I see many weekends filled with banana bread making.

Large abstract painting

Hello! So, after making “Progress”, I knew that I actually wanted a LARGE version of that print above my chair (my chair that desperately needs to be recovered). So, I set to work and painted this large abstract.

We went to Ikea and grabbed this Ribba frame and here is the result:

This photo really does the piece no justice to the piece but photographing artwork framed is a toughie.

I’m pretty darn happy with it. I think eventually I will swap frames for one with glass versus plexiglass, but I’m in no rush to do it. I have gotten requests for these large abstracts, so if you are interested in one feel free to e-mail me. There are quite a few colors I’m doing including neon pink, red, silver… but black and white is my personal fave.

Hope this weekend has treated you right!!

Doodles and experiments

It's been awhile since I have experimented with new mediums. I forget how fun it is. I was trying out some new paints and paper and in the "basement studio" I continued experimenting with wax. Good times : ) Without trying to sound unappreciative, when you make art for a living it can be easy to forget how great it is to make art Just. For. Fun.

A slew of new prints

Well, first up, All My Little Friends is in the shop now!

They are LARGE and look fantastic printed!

Another more graphic print in the shop is "Progress".

The print measures 13 × 19.

Lastly, with Valentine's Day impending I know we want to say "I love you" to those nearest and dearest to us, but I also thought it would be a great way to give "much love" to those in need.

Inspired by a vintage doily, "Much Love" makes a graphic statement. Through January 26, $5 of every print of "Much Love" sold will go to the Red Cross Haiti Relief effort.

"Much Love" in red can be found right here.

Light blue can be found here.

Natural can be found here.

And lastly, black can be found here.

To all of you, much love : )

Sunday, Sunday

Is best spent with those you love...

All My Little Friends

Hello, strangers! I have been battling a mid winter cold/flu/something that has left me watching movies and doodling and sipping hot drinks and not too much else for the last few days. BUT there has also been a huge flurry of work and projects around here, which I am thrilllllllllled about.

One project is a new series of prints I am working on, all to be introduced in the next week or two. Here is the first I want to share.

"All My Little Friends" will come in two color ways, this pink and a sophisticated grey.

These prints will be large, printed on 13" × 19" paper, with the actual image measuring somewhere in the 11" × 14" range.

These have a vintage children's book feel to me, and I have to be honest, I am a big fan of these. Weird to say about my own work, but true. : )

Stay tuned for some new work that I am proud of!

New year new prints

Happy New Year! I hope 2010 is everything you want it to be, truly.

There are two new prints in the shop! They were part of my show a while ago and now a new open edition of them is available!

 

Laurel

 

Agnes

There may be another girl or two in the shop soon : )

Yowza

WOW. It's officially that weird time between between Christmas and New Years. Where if you're back to work you don't have to word hard, right? I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas indeed!

Drew was back home in St. Louis and since my sister was unable to get to St. Louis for the holidays I felt very wrong about leaving her here alone so we had some good times here together. And to make it even better my best friend booked a last minute trip here! I think we must be a bunch of weirdos being ok with spending the holidays apart from our significant others, but this all girl Christmas was a very good one indeed.

On one of our MANY outings we went to the Rhododendron Garden (one of my favorite places). Nothing was in bloom but there were still plenty of ducks, geese, and the squirrels!?! Dear god, the squirrels. As fat as fat can be and in desperate need of attention (read food). We didn't have any food for them : ( But that didn't stop them from following us.

 

 

 

squirrel interested in Loren

 

and squirrel interested in Autumn!

 

ducks!

 

geese!

and my personal favorite, loren!

Singing in the rain

 

I had a few umbrellas made with HELLO May printed on them for gifts. They just arrived today! (I ordered them in October). IF I can find better quality umbrellas I would LOOOOOOOOVE to offer them in the shop. So, hopefully this will be considered a little sneak peak : )