Happiness is a new jar of ink and sweet and salty popcorn

You know how when you were a kid and you got to open that big box of Crayola crayons and smell that fabulous Crayola smell? And the tips were all pointy and the wax oh so shiny and tempting? I still get that feeling about Crayola crayons....and also about just about any new art medium or material. Right now, my love is for ink. Block printing ink, screen printing ink, whatever! Ink is fabulously gooey stuff! In fact, I just bought a new jar of white today to do some more screen printing on fabric for the BTRS pleated beauty bag. I decided that the fabric paint that I used on the pieces I cut was not opaque enough to suit me...so I did the only logical thing. I bought more fabric (linen...hooray!) and ink. I see fun times at the kitchen table in my near future!

Also, I made the BEST sweet and salty popcorn for the boys and me to snack on. Here's the recipe (based on the one from Alton Brown here):

• 1/3 cup good quality popcorn
• about 2 tablespoons olive oil
• a few shakes of salt, kosher if you have it (Alton would be so proud!)

Place all of these ingredients into a paper lunch bag and accordion fold the top down, just a few times. Microwave for two minutes and then pour into a large bowl....like you would any normal old microwave popcorn. To this add:

•melted butter (the more the merrier, right? I used about 2-3 tablespoons)
•a few more shakes of salt, again kosher if you have it (Alton is now teary eyed, I bet)
•about 1-2 tablespoons of turbinado sugar or regular granulated sugar

Toss to combine and enjoy! Seriously, this is the best since you can customize the sweet to salty ratio to fit your taste buds ( I bet you could guess that by my exact measurements listed above). I almost forgot the best part, eat while watching a great movie and make sure to have napkins handy. Also, an added bonus, popcorn is a whole grain and if you make it this way, there is no diacetyl! Hooray for healthy delicious snacks!

Toodles!