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Had a couple June birthdays to celebrate yesterday...and ended up with a chubby llama 🦙 Just in case you were gonna comment about my cute bunny and crush my creativity. It’s always after the fact that I’d change things up, (that is also after my creative daughters give their suggestions as to what could have been done differently 😂🤦🏻‍♀️) but I wasn’t about to redo her, and besides that we cut her up and ate her.

I have the full tutorial for you to create this Fathers Day card, over on kellycreates.ca blog. Dad will be very impressed. Click on @kellycreates and follow the links. I love the attitude of this little owl, and make sure and tag me if you create one of your own, because I’d love to see it. Can you think up a pun of your own? Owl be waiting...

The lilacs are blooming in my yard, and the scent is heavenly. In my choices of perfume, I tend to choose ‘fruity,’ over ‘floral.’ Somehow though, I think I could inhale this smell all day long. How about you? Fruity or floral? Anyone know of a perfume with hints of lilac? @creativelysquared @hannahargyle #cs_chasethesun I love using natural light whenever possible for my photographs and use sheets of Bristol board as reflectors. I usually chase it throughout the day in my living room where the sunlight streams in. Perhaps I’ll invest in a light box one of these days.

Out of my comfort zone...that would be ‘self-promoting.’ I love to create things. I love to think up new ideas with what I create. I’d love for others to love what I create, enough to want it for their very own. That said, I do not like self-promoting my work...but I do love how this cake topper turned out, and was very excited to see how my hand lettered piece, could be laser cut, into a purchasable product. I currently have a small quantity of these for sale, (and a ‘Let’s Celebrate’ and ‘Happy Everything’ as well) if you love it too. End of sales pitch. Freshly baked Rhubarb Coffee Cake...not for sale. Note*Size reference, this is a mini platter and mine bundt pan, see coffee cup to the side for comparison. @creativelysquared with host @allthingsbyemma and sponsor @rusticomade #cs_comfortzone

So I may not have claimed it as my own (you’d have to have seen my past stories about the wooden boxes to understand) but the green colour of that old box added some pizazz to the photo, so I claimed it for that at least. Do you like the ‘top down’ photo or the more ‘side-ish’ view? This week’s prompt by @creativelysquared hosted by @allthingsbyemma and sponsored by @rusticomade is #cs_comfortzone ...and nothing says that better to me (well...coffee also says a lot to me) than fresh baked carbs, which I just so happened to have baked yesterday. I love it when the stars align and I get inspiration...and have the item on hand. Not sure which was first...the bread or the inspiration. Also, for your information, there are no eggs in this bread. The photo is a lie. So don’t believe everything you see, but believe me when I say that this overnight bread is so easy to make, and so delicious to eat.

Why do you buy bananas? I buy them at @costco because they’re cheap. I intend to eat them in their natural form of peeling, but rarely does that happen. They end up in the freezer for smoothies, or they go into baking such as this ‘Very Best Banana Bread’ recipe by @ohsweetbasil (Top secret here though...I cut down on oil and sub in Greek yogurt, I also cut back on sugar and chocolate chips...and I add walnuts, but otherwise I always follow recipes exactly 😂 I don’t.) Do you follow recipes exactly? I have a lot to say today, so hang in there...I illustrated these over ripe bananas with @kellycreates .005 fineliner and added in some @qorwatercolors because I’ve been slacking in the creating department. (So much yard work this time of year.) Lastly, I’ve been missing my flatlay prompts by @creativelysquared and wanted to jump on this one #cs_warmup before it was done, with @manahomebathbody @ofmixednotions and this photo of warm banana bread smothered in butter. That’s why I cut down on the oil and sugar 😬 That’s it...answer one of my questions and amuse me.

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