May31

Tulips & coffee cake

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Lucyannluna

Yesterday I tried my hand at painting flowers, I have aquired several lovely books on painting flowers. It has given me the chance to buy more paint -yea & I’ be tried my new lift out brushes, I brought some lift out medium to paint on first, but in my haste I forgot to use it! I remembered while trying to lift out the paint.

Trying out those new paints (& some old ones)

I’ve been attempting to be gluten free , it’s been about 3 weeks now, picking my way through what I can eat or not. I am feeling much better for it. Getting the hang of gluten free cooking had been a little hit & miss. Kate from our SAL group helped me out with some recipes to try. Here’s the first result.

One rather yummy coffee cake! I made one change to Kate’s recipe & added chocolate butter icing instead of coffee.

Thanks so much Kate, it was lovely to have real cake.

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nanacathy2 on May 31, 2016 at 8:50 am said:

The painting is very life like and the cake looks yummy.

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- lucyannluna on May 31, 2016 at 9:42 am said:
  
  Thank you
  
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katechiconi on May 31, 2016 at 11:32 am said:

You’re welcome. And I love your tulips!

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- lucyannluna on May 31, 2016 at 12:12 pm said:
  
  Thanks
  
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triciandaisy on May 31, 2016 at 1:26 pm said:

Very nice it was too 😀💕

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twistedsisterweb on May 31, 2016 at 1:59 pm said:

I sense we have the same addiction only a different medium. Paint One. Beads Two.

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- lucyannluna on May 31, 2016 at 2:00 pm said:
  
  Oh I have lots of beads too, just not in a beading phase at the moment.
  
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  - twistedsisterweb on May 31, 2016 at 2:31 pm said:
    
    Maybe we just love having a stash of stuff so we can hit the road running when we get an inspiration.
  - lucyannluna on May 31, 2016 at 2:37 pm said:
    
    Yes, my stash is huge. I love it when people take photos of their stash & label it as huge. Huge is when you can’t physically take a photo, or find it all. ( like mine)
Sharon - creativityandfamily on May 31, 2016 at 2:32 pm said:

I love your painting and the cake looks delicious!! 😃. Shortbread always works well gluten free. I cream 2oz caster sugar with 4oz softened butter or block marge, add a few drops of vanilla extract then stir in 4oz gluten free flour and 2oz cornflour. The gluten free flour makes it a bit more crunchy, it’s lovely!

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- lucyannluna on May 31, 2016 at 2:38 pm said:
  
  Will try that. Thanks
  
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Postcard from Gibraltar on May 31, 2016 at 7:48 pm said:

Your tulips are beautiful, and I love seeing your colour experiments – it reminded me that I need to do some more colour charts and practice some more colour combinations myself. Good luck with your new gluten free diet 🙂

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- lucyannluna on May 31, 2016 at 7:52 pm said:
  
  Thank you
  
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crawcraftsbeasties on June 1, 2016 at 7:21 am said:

Beautiful tulips, and I always love having a look in other people’s sketchbooks! Your coffee cake looks delicious too… I must try one with chocolate icing next time 😀

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- lucyannluna on June 1, 2016 at 7:23 am said:
  
  Thanks
  
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craftycreeky on June 1, 2016 at 9:13 pm said:

Love your tulips 🙂

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- lucyannluna on June 1, 2016 at 10:17 pm said:
  
  Thank you
  
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thepogblog on June 5, 2016 at 8:39 pm said:

You are so talented!

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- lucyannluna on June 5, 2016 at 8:47 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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nomadcoffeeroasters on August 19, 2016 at 2:37 pm said:

The tulip paintings are beautiful! And the cake doesn’t look too bad either

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- lucyannluna on August 19, 2016 at 4:13 pm said:
  
  Thank you
  
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