Showing posts with label copper. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 4, 2012

BSBP Partner #2


I told you all a few days ago that I was again in BSBP#6.   I have two partners this time and you can read about my first partner Sara Oehler here. 
My second partner is Michelle Escano-Cabellero. Our reveal date is the final and third reveal on August 25th.  You can find her blog at http://cabbycraft.blogspot.com/.  She is an extremely talented mixed media artist and she mainly works with polymer clay.  Her creations are beautiful! 

These are stunning flowers made by Michelle.  Picture from her blog.
  
She sent me a really cool polymer clay focal that I just love.  I have several ideas rolling abound in my head and believe that I will be giving the finished design to my Mother.  I know she would also really love Michelle’s focal. 
 She also sent me a great mix to go with the gorgeous focal.

She made me the card....she is an very talented woman.

Here is a picture of the soup I got from Michelle's blog.  Her pictures are so much better than mine.
I hope that Michelle does not mind that I got several of the pictures I am using from her blog but they are so much better than mine and I really want you all to appreciate the focal and soup mix.

Michelle also sent me a heart that she made for me as a gift. I LOVE it! 

Just like my previous partners I feel like if I were to meet Michelle in person we could just sit and chat like old friends.  This is one of the best things about participating in these blog hops, meeting and making new friends.  Of course I also LOVE  the challenges. 

Michelle really seems like a very giving and loving person.  She is a member of the Houston Polymer Clay Guild which participates in a project started by Diane Gregoire, in 1999.  Dianne is a cancer survivor and polymer clay artist.  Bottles of Hope are created to cheer up and encourage cancer patients.  Michelle recently made her first bottle of hope and it is really a beautiful work of art.


This is just wonderful.  Picture from Michelle's blog.
  
Michelle also has a FB page and you can follow her on pinterest.  She has an etsy shop but has told me it is currently empty.

Here is the soup that I sent Michelle.

Pic from Michelle's blog :)

The made the copper fold formed leaf and the enamel beads.  The toggle clasp and chain are copper and the other items are a mix of gemstones, czech glass, and crystal.  I can't wait to see what Michelle makes with this soup.  
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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Cocktail Hour Blog Hop



Amy from http://copperdiem.blogspot.com/  invited us to join her in a fun cocktail hour blog hop. So pull up a chair and have a cocktail with me.  I am serving Bellini's


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  I went to the Internet, "the source for all knowledge" and found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellini_(cocktail) and got the following information:

"A Bellini is a long drink cocktail that originated in Venice. It is a mixture of sparkling wine (traditionally Prosecco) and peach purée often served at celebrations. It is one of Italy's most popular cocktails.[1]

The Bellini was invented sometime between 1934 and 1948[1][2][3][4] by Giuseppe Cipriani, founder of Harry's Bar in Venice, Italy. Because of its unique pink color, which reminded Cipriani of the color of the toga of a saint in a painting by 15th-century Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini, he named the drink the Bellini.[1][5]"
  

I searched and searched for a picture of the Saint, but could not find one. 


"The drink started as a seasonal specialty at Harry's Bar, a favorite haunt of Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis and Orson Welles.[1][5] Later, it also became popular at the bar's New York counterpart. After an entrepreneurial Frenchman set up a business to ship fresh white peach pureé to both locations, it was a year-round favorite.[2]

The Bellini is an IBA Official Cocktail, thus indicating its popularity and making it a well-known cocktail to many professional bartenders.  In relation to the United States: "I think that the Bellini growth is tied to the very strong Italian chain restaurant growth, especially Olive Garden, since Italian restaurants are where Bellinis and drinks like them are featured and promoted," says Jack Robertiello, editor of Cheers magazine.[1]
A frozen Bellini was the signature drink of Romano's Macaroni Grill, a chain restaurant in the U.S.A.
Bellinis are consumed throughout the first half of Geoff Dyer's Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi.
The maitre d' at the Manhattan restaurant Pastel in Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho brings 3 rounds of complimentary Bellinis, none of which the men drink.
In the 2011 American comedy film Jumping the Broom, Bellinis were served when the families of the bride and groom met for the first time.

 I went all out in doing research and preparation for my Bellini inspired creation!  My sweet husband went out and brought home all the ingredients to make a Bellini.  I made a batch, did not wait and let it get frozen, so we had them right after I finished blending.  They were very tasty, a little sweet, but very good.

I also went to both Olive Garden and Macaroni Grill and had a Bellini.  At Olive Garden I had a strawberry Bellini, it was frozen and very good.  While at Macaroni Grill I had their signature Bellini, which is no longer frozen and it was not good. 


This is the Bellini that was not tasty!
Although I much prefer pink colors to peach, I decided to make my design with peach colors.  I did use just a hint of pink.  I thought  the Cellini spiral would be the perfect thing to go with my Bellini.  I stitched the center of the necklace using the Cellini stitch and the sides of the necklace were done using a regular spiral stitch with the same beads.  I joined the two spirals using orange flowers.  I finished the necklace with a stitched toggle clasp.  Over all I am pleased with how this piece turned out. 


I used light pink delicas in the center and pale orange on the sides of the spiral portion of the "Bellini Cellini". 


I will be making some Bellini's to enjoy while I visit all the other cocktail blog parties.  If you would like to make your own Bellini, here is the recipe I used. 

 Please take the time and visit all the other blogs and enjoy their cocktail inspired creations. 


Hostess:  Copper Diem 
 
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