We were supplied a bowl, paint (we needed to bring our own brushes and tools), instructions, and food, lots and lots of food. It's donuts and coffee for breakfast and a potluck for lunch.
The ceramic bisque had raised surfaces where the butterflies were going to be painted. The instructor gave us two examples of how we could finish the bowl. The top corner (left) shows one with color. The one to the right is simply the outlining of butterflies but if you look closely, there are small white dots along the butterflies' wings. I am not into black (although that is my preferred color to wear) so I decided to make my butterflies in pastels.
I started painting with light blue, pink and green. Reminds me of a summer day and beautiful flowers.We (there were about 30 of us in attendance) steadily worked on the bowl while people helped themselves to coffee and a donut. Then, the guild meeting started, and I continued to work while some people finished and sat listening and commenting to the plans for the Christmas Party and upcoming guild meetings. One lady asked if anyone was interested in China Painting, and said this was a dying art if no one is interested.
After the meeting, people started to line up for the potluck lunch. There were sloppy joes, chicken and rice, meatballs, a potato dish, cut veggies, my chicken and noodles, potato chips and dip, macaroni salad, potato salad, cakes, cookies, way too much food.
My chicken and noodles was a hit. Many people came up and asked my for the recipe. Simple. I told them it was one of the recipes I snagged from Facebook, and then told them the basic ingredients.
It is a Chicken and Noodles Crockpot recipe:
You will need: 1 -24 ounce package of frozen egg noodles.
2 -14.7 ounce cans of cream of chicken soup
1 - stick of butter (1/2 cup) cut into small pieces
1-32 ounces of chicken broth
4 - large skinless chicken breasts
mixed vegetables (if you want, I did not add)
salt, pepper and parsley for presentation
In the crockpot, place the uncooked chicken breasts on the bottom after you have salt and peppered the chicken. Then, mix the soup and broth together and spoon this mixture over the chicken. Place the butter on top before putting the lid on. Put the crockpot on low for 6 hours.
After the 6 hours, take the chicken out and tear it into small pieces. Then put it back in the pot and now add the noodles (and vegetables if you desire) and cook on low for another 2 hours.
No pain, little mess, and it was a hit!
(Since I had some left, I found that when I heated up the chicken and noodles it was a bit too thick for me, so, thankfully, I had more chicken broth in the house, and I added some to the dish! Still good to eat!!)
In between the eating and the talking, I was still painting.It was coming together. I outlined the butterflies in darker shades and complementary colors.
I still had work to do and it was time to wind down, so I picked up my crockpot of noodles, put my paint brushes and tools away, and would have to finish my project at home.
Once home, I finished the painting part of it, then a couple of days later, I glazed the bowl to have it ready for the kiln once I returned to the regular ceramic classroom.
Today, I picked up my bowl. I am satisfied
Just a day in the life of this one person who is finding out how I want to live the rest of my life.
Tomorrow is the idiom blog on wordpress. Once again, if you are interested on idioms (such as fair and square) you can find it on wordpress.com and the name of the sight is miswordsdotcom.wordpress.com
Until Monday...have a great weekend.
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