Creating with wine labels

My son, Joel, has been working with his boss doing some interior work in a 'Cave', which is the French name for the place where one can buy and taste wine. Not only was he allowed all the wine he wanted, he saw a whole lot of labels in the bin which he kindly brought home for his mum!! He was so happy that he had all the wine he needed for his marriage which will be in September. Shall I show you a picture of him and Vivian, I'm so happy to have a daughter-in-law and they have found an apartment in the village we live too.

It will be all ready for them to move in after their wedding. Vivian still lives in Holland so it is very difficult for them to be separated for so long.

So I proceeded with some creative work to alter the wine labels and made some cards, so quick and easy. Love new things! The above label is how it looks before being altered and below is the altered label on a card.

Here are two more examples, the label is different, so the possibilities are different on how to alter it.

KITCHEN TIP

I am going to be sharing a 'Kitchen Tip' so now and then. It's funny but I seem to be learning new things every day at the moment in this domain. It is just common sense when you think about it. Today's tip is about Steaming. Do you have to have a Steamer? No! I saw Jamie Oliver do this - He put a saucepan with water on the hob and placed a Colander in it - then he placed his washed vegetables, stalks down, into the Colander, covered it with silver foil and that was his steam machine! Why didn't I see that before? It's just pure common sense!  I would love to hear your tips!

Another thing I have to share with you. A long time ago I heard somebody preach about the Widow in the Bible who the prophet Eli visited when there was famine in the Country. He asked her to make him some bread and she said that she didn't have anything to give him. He said to her 'What do you have in your house' - and that stuck to me. Now, often when I need something - I think first, what do I have in my house, and very often I find something to solve my problem. This time it was all about a Grater. I wanted one like Jamie had - a special one which could grate ginger, lemon, oranges, Parmesans... whatever - and I saw they were very expensive. DH told me to wait a couple of weeks and then I could order one. However much I thought about it I knew that I didn't have an equivalent 'in my house' anywhere. Then DH said to me that he had brought home a box of Kitchen utensils a while back which was a gift with an order he placed for office supplies at work. He said - Go look in the box. I had not thought of that! And lo and behold, a fantastic grater for all fine grating was in the box with a handle on it - just perfect. Needless to say it has a very special place in my kitchen!