Happy Valentines Day

an open [sketch]book.

Suzanne & Edgar Cabrera have a blog called an open [sketch]book .... they create amazing sketches to document things that go on in their everyday lives. They call it "Illustrated Journaling".  Their illustrations are quite amazing (the ones of their adorable twin boys are some of my favorite) ... and I had the pleasure of photographing them during their fun workshop at Just Be, downtown Greensboro, this past Sunday.  If you haven't already, you should definitely go check out their blog... and prepare yourself to be amazed by their talent! They make it looks so easy!

I was happy to be apart of the workshop Sunday.  Thank you, Suzanne and Edgar, for your creative inspiration!

Just Be.

Yesterday I photographed a workshop by Cabrera Creative at Just Be.  Suzanne and Edgar are such an inspiring couple, I really enjoyed my Sunday afternoon.  In honor of their Illustrative Journaling Workshop, I sketched part of our photography studio at work.  These two reminded me how much I missed sketching... and I have to admit, it's much more enjoyable when it is not for school.  I played around with color and had fun with this sketch.

Photos from the Workshop coming soon!

Recipe 002 // Crock Pot Chicken & Dumplings

Crock Pot Chicken & Dumplings

Ingredients

- 3 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts (thawed)

- 1 can of cream of chicken soup

- 1 can of chicken broth (I like to use the low sodium kind)

- 1 1/2 Tbsp. of Parsley

- 1 Tbsp. of garlic powder (the original recipe said to use one chopped onion, but of course I switched it out for garlic)

- 2 Tbsp. of butter

- 5 grands flaky refrigerator biscuits 

Directions

- Combine chicken broth, cream of chicken soup, parsley, garlic powder, and butter into the crock pot.

- Fill the empty cream of chicken soup can with water and add it to the crock pot mixture.

- Rinse the Chicken breast with cool water and add it to the crock pot mixture.

(Leave the biscuits in the refrigerator to use later)

Cook chicken and broth mixture in the crock pot on high for 4-6 hours.

- After cooking time has elapsed, take a fork and break up the chicken into pieces.

- Now, cut each biscuits into 9 pieces.

- drop the biscuit pieces into the hot chicken and continue cooking on high for 30 minutes.

- Stir and serve hot.  (add more water or broth if you want more juice)


And to mix it up... add your favorite veggies!


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