New cheesecake recipe

As I receive the recipes from the First Annual Bauer Family Invitational Cheesecake Competition, I’ll post them into the cheesecakes page I’ve set up. Result to be posted whenever I can get them from Larry, Chief Judge and Statistician. Thus far I have my own two (Turtle Cheesecake and Apple Streusel Cheesecake), as well as…

Grains of Inspiration and the Germination of an Idea

Last night I was reminded of why it’s important to be open to serendipity and inspiration for new ideas, especially those unrelated or related only tangentially to what you’re doing. Sometimes you nurture ideas for months before actually doing anything with them. To be honest, sometimes you hoard them secretly for years, just waiting for…

On the design wall tonight….

I’m working on the layout for a few pages in a fabric book. They’re still in the beginning stages, for the most part. I haven’t yet added the text, but thought I’d post a few pictures to reassure myself that I’ve actually been doing something. The book will be bound in a Coptic style of…

On the design wall tonight….

I’m working on the layout for a few pages in a fabric book. They’re still in the beginning stages, for the most part. I haven’t yet added the text, but thought I’d post a few pictures to reassure myself that I’ve actually been doing something. The book will be bound in a Coptic style of…

Learning to See

One of the things that I often find the most frustrating about my work is trying to explain to people what I’ve got “in progress”, what stage it’s in and where it’s headed next. I’ve tried for years to elaborate on my plans for pieces, insofar as even I know them, as sometimes they have…