Crazy Rabbit Art Circle: August 2011

Recipe - Betty's Easy Beef Burgandy

Cook Time: 8 hours in the crock pot

Ingredients:

2 lbs. stew beef, cut in 1 in cubes
1 envelope Onion soup mix
1 can Mushroom soup
1 can whole mushrooms, drained
1/2 cup red wine

Preparation:

Combine all ingredients in crock pot, mix well. Cover and cook on low 7 to 9 hours. Serve over egg noodles or rice.

Stepping Stones by the Crazy Rabbits

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These stepping stones are still wet...we hope to post pictures of them cured and placed in their new homes soon....as you'll see, some Crazy Rabbits put a LOT more thought into their work...while others of us just went with abstract. ;-)

Beryl's

Beth's

Carolyn's

Betty's

Dawn's

Joy's

Lori's

Tiffany's

Recipe - Dawn's mexican tortilla wheels

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1 cup sour cream

2 bricks cream cheese softened

1 small can chopped black olives, drained

1 can (4oz) diced green chilies, drained
2 C shredded mexican cheese

1/2 C chopped green onions

packet of taco seasoning

10 inch flour tortillas

i spread it on pretty thick, so only used 6 tortillas, but you could probably make a couple of more and do them a little thinner. roll them up as tight as you can in saran wrap without squishing all the filling out and twist the ends. freeze for about 30-60 mins to get them solid enough to slice easily but without freezing them. i thought about adding some finely diced roasted red peppers or sun dried tomatoes for color, or thought a layer of guacamole or refried beans on top of the cr cheese mix might be good, too. or just "as is".

Stepping Stone Inspiration (if needed)

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August 24th - Meeting of the Crazy Rabbits

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Date: August 24, 2011

Time: 6:30pm to 9:30p

NOTE: Crazy Rabbit Beth has a birthday on August 16th. So we will celebrate her birth with good cheer. GAG gifts are encouraged but not required.

Location: Lorie's House, 2885 Endicott Ct., Clearwater, FL 33761

Cost:

Let's do a themed pot luck this time. How about Mexican? Bring a food or beverage to share...choose from the main dish, appetizers, dessert, beverages. First to let me know gets dibs on the item. (Reminder: hostess will provide plates & glasses, forks & napkins, but not food or wine....makes it easy to be a hostess!)
Bring laughter, a positive attitude and some cheer!

Project: Stepping Stones (see samples at the bottom of this post)

Lorie will provide mortar/concrete & latex gloves plus the sweetie pie hubbie to do the mixing and pouring for us. Thank you, Allen!

Supplies you need to bring:

MOLD of choice: You can buy molds at Michaels or JoAnn's but why spend money when you can use an old cake pan (9x9) or small pizza box, aluminum pans, ice cream buckets, plastic storage boxes, plastic planter saucer, etc. Just make sure it's something you don't plan on keeping if it gets damaged in the process.
EMBELLISHMENTS: When gathering items for embellishing your stepping stones, steer clear of wooden items because they don't stick into the concrete very well. Get creative with your embellishments! Try seashells, marbles, beach glass, mosaic tiles, buttons, small toys, and mementos of any sort. You will be able to make prints in the cement after it has set for between 30 minutes to an hour. Besides handprints and paw prints. Try making prints with other items such as dog biscuits, leaves, cookie cutters, etc. Go to the thrift store and pick out old, colorful ceramic plates. You can break them up to use to make mosaic stepping stones. The possibilities are endless....
Saran Wrap & petroleum jelly
Piece of old screen or hardware cloth - about the size of your mold. It will be used in the center of your stepping stone to make it stronger.
A few rags
Sturdy box to set your creation in to take home. Your stepping stone will have to set for 24 hours before removing from mold.

When you create stepping stones at home you can add dye to the mortar but we will NOT be doing that this evening as we're trying to keep a fun project a little simpler and not so messy.

Samples: