Look what I made

I've been busy with my new The Artisan Group lately. But I will tell you it is very nice to be involved in this group. But let's come back to the Look What I Made . Mother's Day 2012 is around the corner and for this big holiday I created several new jewelry  designs and I hope you will like it.

I live in Seattle and let me tell you this year it's not a lot of sun and happy colors here. So I decided to bring those happy colors to me by creating gold rings which are light and feminine  and which I can wear everyday.

Don't you think gold and  red ruby looks great?! I think so too.

Then I decided to give you more choices and add other colors. Black garnet, dyed emerald, dyed sapphire. 

After those rings have been made I  decided to create something for my daughter, she is almost 6 and likes my jewelry.  After thinking and looking through my supplies I created Mother and Daughter Circle of Life rings 

Celebrity Handmade Gifts

As you know I won the chance to be a part of the team who is creating a gift bag for Tori Spelling.

And today is the day!

I just got conformation that my Pink Peruvian Opal Jewelry set for Tori Spelling along with other artists awesome gifts has been send to her.

Soon she will receive great gifts from The Artisan Group. Would you like to take a peek what is in our gift bag for Tori Spelling - you can see it at our team Pinteres board Gifted to Tori Spelling

Cooking at Home. Bulgar Salad.

Welcome back at our new section "Cooking At Home With J.T." We already let you know How To Make Spring Rolls and after that heavy meal Jason decided to make something fresh and light. Today we are going to make Spring Bulgar Salad. I made a lot of photos while Jason was cooking, so it'll be very beautiful blog post with photos.

Ingredients:

1-1/4 lbs. dry bulgar wheat

1.5-2 oz. of shredded Parmesan cheese (Asagio or other hard cheeses will work too.)

1 Tablespoon Sea salt

1/4 Tablespoon Black pepper

2/3 Tablespoon dry Dill

1 Tablespoon dry Basil

1/4 bunch Cilantro

1/4 bunch Parsley

1/4 bunch flat parsley or Italian parsley

1 Lemon

3-4 Roma Tomatoes

3-4 pieces of Garlic

3 oz. chopped Almonds

1 bunch small Green onions

1/4 cup White vinegar

3 Tablespoons Olive oil

Let's start :

Use fine grater to grate lemon rind.

Then chop up the fresh herbs and put in a bowl, add in dry herbs and salt.

Squeeze in juice from lemon and add in white vinegar on top of herbs. Chop tomatoes and put them on top of the herbs.

Boil bulgar wheat until it just starts to get on the soft side of chewy. Rinse bulgar with cold water and strain several times until bulgar is cool and the water runs clear. (This gets rid of the starchy water and keeps the bulgar from being clumpy or sticky.)

Put bulgar and the ingredients from the first bowl into a large bowl, add in olive oil and stir.

Next add in almonds, lemon zest and cheese then stir thoroughly. Refrigerate at least 4 hours and you will have a delightfully light and zesty springtime salad. Makes about 10 servings, if you are lucky!

Private Sale. Handmade Jewelry

Time to tell thank you to all of my Customers who support my art in handmade jewelry.

RitaSunderland.com will be running Private Sale for those who like and support handmade. Don't miss these great sales. They will not be last long.

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Look What I Made

In today Look What I made blog I'm happy to share what I made for Tori Spelling.

As gifted to Tori Spelling !

When good luck smiles to you, you can get awesome great opportunity! That's happen to me and other 30 artists from The Artisan Group! We were lucky to get our names chosen in a raffle for Gift basket to Tori Spelling.

The time goes fast and Everything is ready to be send to Tori and her family.

I designed that beautiful jewelry set for Tori and her two daughters. Natural gemstones with gold. Carved pink Peruvian Opal with Garnet and Quartz .

When I was creating this set I was also thinking about Mother's day gifts. I think it'll be cute if mother and daughter will have the same handmade jewelry. I hope she will like this set!

Soon it will be available for purchase at my store RitaSunderland.com

Cooking at Home. Spring Rolls

Welcome to my new series on food "Cooking At Home With J.T." . I am a lucky women, my husband has the passion for cooking and most importantly he is willing to share the whole process. He is an artist who cooks from the heart and I have never seen him reading books on how to cook. He creates his dishes by feel and every time he serves a meal we all clean our plates in a few seconds. Remember I am trying to keep up with him while he creates and none of the recipes are written down, we rarely eat the same meal twice as he is always making something new.

How to make Spring Rolls

Ingredients

4 cups of lightly cooked bisamati rice

½ head small cabbage

6 larger green onions

6 larger pieces of garlic

2 sheets of seaweed roasted

One, about 3 inch long, piece of ginger root (skin peeled)

2 medium carrots

Crab meat of your choice or budget

1 teaspoon of white pepper

3 table spoons of soy sauce

1 tablespoon of fish sauce (I used three crabs brand)

1 package of frozen spring roll dough of your choice

1 egg white whipped

I cut the cabbage thinly; then chopped the garlic and ginger, I then sliced the green onions and crushed the 2 sheets of seaweed, and I grated the carrots finely. I put it all into a large bowl and mixed it with the white pepper and the fish sauce. I put about 4 table spoons of vegetable oil in the wok on med high heat, and then I added the cooked rice and soy sauce while continually stirring. I then added the bowl of mixed ingredients once the rice became even in color. I stir fried while stirring just until the cabbage starts to become soft.

I lay each sheet of dough and add 1 heaping teaspoon of the cooled mix on to the first third of the dough. Then I fold the sides over the mix and start my roll. I finished the roll by brushing egg white on before the end to act as glue. This makes 25 to 35 egg rolls. You can freeze them just be sure to use wax paper between so they do not stick together. You can pan fry or deep fry them until deep golden brown.

These are simple fast and delicious, plus by using rice instead of the usual glass noodles the are much more filling. That is awesome when you have hungry kids.

If you family is not into seafood skip the crab and fish sauce, instead try tofu, pork or chicken. If you want less filling and more traditional egg rolls the replace rice with more cabbage or glass noodles.