Thursday, November 14, 2013

General Tso's Chicken

Two days ago I tried out a recipe for General Tso's Chicken. Click Here for the recipe.
It was delicious and easy! ^.^ 

YUM! ^.^

Sauce Mixture


Green Onions

Dried Peppers
Peas ( my own addition to the recipe)

Fried Chicken





Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Handbuilding Pottery Fall 2012

In the fall of 2012, I took a hand building pottery course. Here are a few pieces that i've made. 

Slab Box Piece

Coil Piece


Multi-chambered Pinch Pot

Pinch Pot

Coil Method-Plate

Pinch Pot 
Tile Piece

Pinch Pot + Rope

Pinch Pot




Wheel Thrown Pottery Spring 2013

During the spring of this year I took a wheel throwing course (for the first time) at college. Here are a few pieces from my pottery collection. 




























Sunday, November 10, 2013

How to: Organize Stud Earrings


Recently one of my friends requested a post on how I organize my earring collection.

I mostly have stud earrings. I used to store them in tin containers.
The main problem with this form of storage is that I could never find the other earring. It was time consuming and frustrating. >.<


The solution that works for me is foam sheets!

Just organize your studs on it. 

Advantages:

·  You can find both pair of earrings
( without a headache)

·  You can see all your options so you're more likely wear all the earrings. 
(In the past even though I had a lot of earring, I would just stick to a few favorites)

·  It's great for travel
( put the foam sheet + earrings in a ziplock bag and throw it in your purse)

·  You can organize it further 
(I store my earrings on several sheets. I organize the sheets by causal vs. special occasion earrings)

·  The great thing about foam sheets is how accessible and inexpensive it is

(Give it a try! I promise you won't regret it! ^_^)







Bengali Style Crabs

Today my brother brought home over a dozen blue crabs.

1.5 Dozen Blue Crabs
Cleaned. Mix with turmeric powder, lime juice, and salt. Wash thoroughly. 
Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, few cilantro leaves, and salt. 
Let it marinate for 30 minutes to 1 hour. 
Fry in oil until golden brown. Done! =)

Windswept leaves torn from trees...

It was a gusty afternoon when i decided to 
walk around sunset park and take some photographs. 








View of Lower Manhattan

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Henna

Here are a few henna designs i've done in the past.
I already posted a how to on making your own henna cones 
Click Here to take a look.