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Monday, April 4, 2011
What sins lead to spiritual blindness?
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Mary is the most wise and most pure person next to our Savior. She is Mother of the Doctors.
- April 4, 2011 at 10:21 PM
- Warren J. Murray said...
It always seemed to me that pride was the principal vice of the Pharisees, not lust.
tragos - April 5, 2011 at 1:29 AM
- Sharon said...
This is a great article and should inspire writers and therapists to give us even greater insights. Very little is written on sexual abuse in marriages which is much more damaging then physical abuse. This article will give light to the horrors of pornography, prenatal sex, sodomy, and so on. Very well written. I want to read more on this subject. Make it a series. God bless, Sharon
- April 5, 2011 at 5:24 AM
Well Reginaldus, I did get and read the Key to the Doctrine of the Eucharist that you recommended a few months ago. It really was an excellent book.
- April 5, 2011 at 8:05 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Ok, c'mon Nick -- you know full well that I was not putting St. Thomas above the Blessed Virgin.
My point is that Thomas is rightly recognized as the greatest theologian in the Church's history.
Is he better than Christ? No.
Better than Mary? No.
Better than Paul or John? No and No.
But any charitable reader would have known exactly what I meant... - April 5, 2011 at 8:55 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
@Warren J. Murray -- I agree that the principal vice of the PHarisees is pride ... indeed, pride is the principium of all sins and vices.
However, when it comes to this particular vice of spiritual blindness, we say it comes most directly from lust.
[their decision to kill Christ, on the other hand, so as to avoid an uprising and the subsequent punishment from the Romans proceeds from the vice of cowardice, and also from envy]
I hope that helps. - April 5, 2011 at 8:57 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
@Anonymous: I'm very glad that you were able to read Vonier's book! Share it with your Catholic (and non-Catholic) friends! Peace. +
@Sharon, yes indeed -- our society is only just beginning to realize the horrors of sexual sin. - April 5, 2011 at 8:59 AM
"Ok, c'mon Nick -- you know full well that I was not putting St. Thomas above the Blessed Virgin.
My point is that Thomas is rightly recognized as the greatest theologian in the Church's history.
Is he better than Christ? No.
Better than Mary? No.
Better than Paul or John? No and No.
But any charitable reader would have known exactly what I meant... "
You should have pointed it out in the article anyways, lest anyone get the wrong impression. After all, Saint Thomas himself did just that in his Summa Theologia. - April 5, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Not sure about the level of lust of the Pharisees, but I have long thought that the reason our society is quickly turning completely against Christ is because of it's utter slavery to lust. And the refusal to moderate that lust in anyway leads to ever greater blasphemy and sacrilege. Look around...
- April 5, 2011 at 9:54 AM
I know quite a few sedevacantists and other traditionals outside the Church who suffer from this "spiritual blindness".
How do you explain that since it doesn't come from lust?
Veronica - April 5, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Fr. Robt. Barron, in his latest audio/DVD offering--The Seven Deadly Sins: the Seven lively Virtues, proposes that lust is actually the least awful of the awful deadly sins. Dante seems to propose this as well, leaving lust as the last awful and the least weighing down of the awfuls. The last time I had sex, I do not recall desiring the death of another or rulership of the whole world. Pride, Fr. Barron says, is the worst of the lot and the father of the rest. When we humble our intellects to Christ and the Ordinary Magisterium, we conquer our pride. If the Church is telling us to be chaste, let's do it. When has the Church ever told us not to be chaste? Now, in our time, the Church is still telling us to be chaste; but also advising us not to be prudish, sex-averse, misogynist, or self-righteous. Blaming lust for everything is dragging a red herring in front of the real and most grievous problem: Pride. It is also rather like Job's friends to speculate upon another's sins. For example, the SSPX has not been rocked by sexual scandals; but it has had the effrontery to go to Rome to tell the Church it left how to be Catholic. Pride, not lust, is at the root of this spiritual blindness. Pride is 'heavier' than lust; and, so, it is harder to overcome.
- April 5, 2011 at 10:16 AM
- Cordelia at Catholic Phoenix said...
I have always thought that lust is interconnected with being overly sensual; in particular, loving good food too much. Isn't the lack of the virtue of temperance also related to lust?
- April 5, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Great post, Reginaldus. Hi.
I enjoyed laetare's readings and still ponder them. They put some fear into me.
The gospel selection impressed me also by Christ's declaration that sin did not cause (in this case, at least) suffering versus the pharisees' declaration that the man was surely guilty of sin and thus suffering. Why are we men so snooty?! So uncharitable by reflex. Original sin, I suppose, of course. But what a shame. Our 'sin remains".
Paganism's superstitious shamanism, hinduism, buddhism etc ad nauseum have all come into the modern West via new age and with it, the bulloney law of attraction aka karma. Karma is cynicism itself and the antithesis of the charitable reflex: the blind man deserves it -- or his parents did! I'm sure Mother Teresa has lots to say about that.
Job's friends wanted him to admit his karmic guilt, known or unknown, correct? But, like John's blind man, Job was without sin that had deservedly and directly caused his sufferings. Sounds like Job's friends were reading too many Oprah book club selections!
As with any time a disaster occurs and man scowls upwards at heaven in non-understanding contempt, everything that happens, good, but usually painful, is an attempt by God to give us an opportunity for (re)conversion, i.e. actual grace trying to help us to (re)attain sanctifying grace.
Our Lady of Akita, pray for us. - April 5, 2011 at 11:37 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
@Nick, If you honestly think that I hold St. Thomas as greater than the Blessed Virgin Mary, then you are accusing me a serious theological and moral error.
I suspect, rather, that you are simply nit-picking a particular point in order to draw me into a controversy and show how wise you are in comparison with myself. - April 5, 2011 at 12:53 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
@Veronica (anonymous 7:10pm),
As per the article, any mortal sin results in spiritual blindness -- for any and all mortal sins destroy charity in the soul.
However, some vices are attributed more directly to certain sins -- thus folly and blindness arise from lust, while despair is connected with sloth (for example).
Hence, any in persistent mortal sin (sexual or otherwise) will become spiritually blind -- but we still connect blindness most especially with sins of lust.
Hope that helps! + - April 5, 2011 at 12:58 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
@Anonymous (7:16pm),
Please do not think that I am claiming that lust is worse than pride! Certainly it is not!
Moreover, spiritual blindness is not the worst of all vices -- apostasy and despair are worse, for example.
As pride is the root of all the other vices, it is also the root of all sins ... however, the most direct cause of spiritual blindness is not pride, but is lust. - April 5, 2011 at 1:01 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
You are quite right in connecting intemperance with lust. In fact, intemperance is also opposed to the Gift of Wisdom, but not so much as lust is.
Gluttony leads to what is called "Dullness of sense" -- which is a partial loss of taste for heavenly things.
So, yes, gluttony and lust are related insofar as they both encourage each other, and they are both opposed to the same virtues and the same Gift of the Holy Spirit.
Peace to you! + - April 5, 2011 at 1:11 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
I love the connection between Job and the blind man; Job's friends and the Pharisees.
Peace! + - April 5, 2011 at 1:11 PM
I thought St. Thomas Aquinas was fat...
- April 5, 2011 at 1:25 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
@Anonymous (10:25pm)
St. Thomas was fat, in fact, he was extremely large.
However, this does not mean he was a glutton -- he could not have been, since the Dominican way of life was very strict at that time. Also, we have testimony to the fact that he ate very moderately and fasted often.
There are many ways a person can become heavy -- it's not always from over-eating. Hence, it is possible that Thomas had a glutton allergy or some other un-diagnosed medical condition that would have adversely affected his metabolism and weight. It is said that he suffered also from dropsy (which would make him heavier).
It is good to know that the saints were real humans. Many of them were not "skinny"...why, even St. Therese of Lisieux was slightly embarrassed when she found herself getting a little plump after she entered the convent!
Finally, to all... please have the good manners to post some name, tag, id, pseudonym to your comment, at least at the end...like so.
-Reginaldus - April 5, 2011 at 2:15 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
On St. Thomas' weight...take a look at this fun little blog post...
http://asksistermarymartha.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-fat-was-he-as-fat-as.html - April 5, 2011 at 2:17 PM
St. Thomas was called the ox. He was not fat per se but was aesthetically too thickly built and was not pleasingly proportioned. I believe he was gingery and balding. Probably he was not dignified to look at and was nerdy. But oh, what was lurking on the inside!
So, brave anonymous can stop insinuating that the "angelic doctor" and great saint was gluttonously sinful. His canonization ruled that out for all time. - April 5, 2011 at 2:38 PM
- Barb said...
I found your post very interesting about the Pharisees and sexual sins because I always wondered how they got ahold of the woman caught in adultery and why the man was not dragged in front of Jesus with her. I've always suspected that since the Pharisees were hypocrites in some things that they were also hypocrites in this instance.
- April 5, 2011 at 3:19 PM
"@Nick, If you honestly think that I hold St. Thomas as greater than the Blessed Virgin Mary, then you are accusing me a serious theological and moral error.
I suspect, rather, that you are simply nit-picking a particular point in order to draw me into a controversy and show how wise you are in comparison with myself."
I suspected you were exaggerating Saint Thomas' honor, which I see among some of his devotees. Just as I see some devotees of Mary raise her to the level of a goddess.
More than that, the Lord corrected me on this post about sanctity, especially as regards Mary's, and I so I wished to correct you too, lest you fall into the same error as I did.
You are free to accuse me of sin, and if I have sinned I pray I be punished by God. If not, I offer up any accusation you might make of me to Him. And if that is also a sin, I pray He correct me again. - April 5, 2011 at 11:44 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
You have taken one line and read it entirely out of context. Then after criticizing me, you have presented yourself as a martyr, offering your sufferings up to the Lord...
This isn't the first time you have done this...
It really does get pretty old after a while... - April 6, 2011 at 6:53 AM
- Willa said...
Lust and gluttony are sins of the sensitive appetite according to St Thomas. In the context of the Gospels, where harlots and publicans are treated more leniently than Pharisees, I wonder if it's relevant that Our Savior in this passage is making a distinction between the kind of blindness that can be healed (sins of the flesh?) and the kind that is untreatable because the blind man can't be persuaded that he is blind (the root sin of pride?)
- April 6, 2011 at 8:15 AM
- Tangent said...
@ Nick
Not to offend you. But Father Reg is right.Even I was surprised at reading the first comment that how could you misunderstand the essence of the post. Peace out bro.
Venessa - April 6, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- Regine said...
I was reluctant to say anything because I felt that Fr. Reginaldus could handle this situation with Nick, and he has. But I, too, had no problem understanding Fr. Reginaldus' article, and I am not the scholarly type, except that I give myself a chance to really hear what the author is saying, and not my interpretation of what he is saying. Thanks Fr. Reginaldus for a great post.
- April 6, 2011 at 7:40 PM
Fr, Reginald, thank you very much for this great article. The explanation is very clear.
reginaldus, that is also my name. - April 7, 2011 at 6:59 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
If you are still reading the comments to this post...
... I do hope that you don't feel that we (I and Regine as well as Venessa) are beating up on you too much. That is certainly NOT my intention!
You have been a great contributor to the blog and have made many good comments...I just don't want the combox to get unnecessarily controversial and bogged down with silly arguments.
So, please do continue to comment on future posts -- may we all strive for the truth!
Peace to you. +
@Regine and Venessa, thank you for your kind comments.
@Reginaldus (Anonymous, 3:59pm), I take the pen-name "Reginaldus" in honor of three: Reginald of Piperno (disciple and friend of St. Thomas), Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (the greatest Thomist of modern times), and (in a much lesser sense) Reginald Foster (a rambunctious Latinist who worked at the Vatican for years and used to teach Latin courses in Rome).
I'm glad you enjoy the blog! + - April 7, 2011 at 9:57 AM
- Marco da Vinha said...
I recall reading in a book about Evagrius' teachings that lack of ascesis leads to sins of the flesh, which he considered to be essentially gluttony and lust. The pharisees, it seems, for all their fasting were not doing such a good job according to the view expressed in the post. Going back to Evagrius, IIRC he placed spiritual blindness as an effect of pride, and that generally sins of the spirit tended to be a greater problem to those who were a bit along the spiritual path.
- April 8, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Sorry if this is slightly OT and a little late in the game, but I was just wondering what Sharon meant above by "prenatal sex".
Taken at face value it sounds like it could include a husband and wife having marital relations while the wife is pregnant. I had not heard that this was immoral or even that anyone considers it so, which is why I was both surprised to see it listed alongside sodomy et al., and mildly surprised also that no one else asked what Sharon could have meant.
Sorry if I'm misunderstanding something (maybe it was an iPhone autocorrect and Sharon meant to type something else?) - April 18, 2011 at 10:44 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Without getting into too many details, I must admit that your question is a very good one.
I guess that I don't know for sure what Sharon meant either. I presume that she refers to prenatal sex diagnosis -- the practice in China (and perhaps elsewhere) of discerning the gender of the child and then killing the baby based on social status (generally prefering males to females).
Though, perhaps, she refers specifically to marital relation within marriage while the wife is pregnant ... I do not know much about this (being a priest, I cannot speak from experience) ... but I have heard that, in some cases, this can cause serious health problems for the child.
Obviously, we live in a culture where the male libido has driven the women into compromising their health (the PILL would be a good example of this) ... perhaps this is what Sharon means...
In any case, it would be hard to argue that all marital relations during pregnancy are immoral ipso facto ...
Peace! + - April 18, 2011 at 11:21 PM
Thanks Father. I suppose that some married couples do struggle with problems arising from the husband's lack of self-mastery -- in fact, I'm sure that many if not all couples have at least occasional difficulties in this regard, especially early in marriage.
It might be very helpful to hear and read more (any?) orthodox preaching and writing on this topic, if such can be provided prudently in a public venue. So in that sense I'm in full agreement with Sharon.
With that said, as a married father of three I can attest that a pregnancy without complications offers an opportunity for an abundance of marital joy (qua marital) -- which opportunity, when approached with prudence and sensitivity, can be a particular blessing for faithful Catholic couples who are accustomed to periodic continence at other times.
So it would be sad to know that some couples cut themselves off from this opportunity because of a mistaken understanding of sexual morality. I mean, continence within marriage certainly has its benefits, but 40+ weeks of continence without any objective need for it is getting a bit much! - April 19, 2011 at 10:56 AM
This explation is absolutely amazing because it describes something that our family is kind of dealing with and has been dealing with for quite some time. I also like Sharon's post as well because Marriages are suffering unbelievably. It's like when the mind is tuned in to lust, it closes every other door...nothing else exists. I'm trying not to be judgmental here, but the situation above has led to my parents getting a divorce after over 46 years. My father has been excessively cruel to my mother, hateful (physically and verbally abusive too). He even tells me things about their intimate life. I don't think a father should tell a daughter these things. It is nasty. He said that my mom should be grateful for his mistress because she saved my parents marriage in some way. My dad calls her all of the time and is hateful to everyone. Not even his 85-year-old mother can get through to him. In fact, he called his mistress in front of my grandma this week. He has a one-track mind. While my parents aren't Catholic (I am) I live with them. I have had the house blessed, Masses said for each of them, prayers said, including a novena to St. Rita. Nothing works for Dad. Dad only wants one thing and everyone better get out of his way. Problem Sorry to go on, but I could use advice. This is like hell on earth. Thanks. MichelleP12
- April 29, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Prayer will conquer all things! ... still, there will be much struggle at times and many difficulties -- certainly, there is always the cross ...
Having Masses offered and also offering communions and holy hours will be extremely important .... also, mortifications ... know that all things are at least permitted by the divine providence for the good of those who love God.
Prayers for you and for your parents! + - April 29, 2011 at 11:16 PM
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(AP) - Judging part one of Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" prelude "The Hobbit" is a bit like reviewing a film after seeing only the first act.
Yet here goes: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is stuffed with Hollywood's latest technology _ 3-D, high-speed projection and Dolby's Atmos surround sound system. The result is some eye candy that truly dazzles and some that utterly distracts, at least in its test-run of 48 frames a second, double the projection rate that has been standard since silent-film days.
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Split into three books, "The Lord of the Rings" was a natural film trilogy, running nearly half a million words, five times as long as "The Hobbit."
Jackson and his wife, Fran Walsh, along with screenwriting partners Philippa Boyens and Guillermo del Toro _ who once was attached to direct "The Hobbit," with Jackson producing _ have meticulously mined Tolkien references to events that never played out in any of the books (stuff the filmmakers call the "in-between bits").
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"An Unexpected Journey" resurrects other "Rings" favorites, some who didn't appear in "The Hobbit" (Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins, Cate Blanchett as elf queen Galadriel, Christopher Lee as wizard Saruman) and some who did (Hugo Weaving as elf lord Elrond).
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Harrisburg is broke.
The Pennsylvania city is deep in debt. It's still spending more than it takes in. And, as David Unkovic described it to me last week, there's a cash-flow problem.
The governor of Pennsylvania decided Harrisburg can't manage its own finances, and appointed Unkovic as the city's receiver. Unkovic is supposed to be the solution to the city's financial woes. But he wouldn't put it that way.
He's a gentle, soft-spoken guy who's lived in Pennsylvania his whole life. And being the receiver for a broke town is a pretty lonely job.
"The unfortunate situation is there's simply not enough money to pay for everything," he says.
Last week, he decided to skip the city's regular debt payment so that the police and firefighters could get paid.
But the head of the firefighters union, Eric Jenkins, is still suing Unkovic, arguing that having a technocrat in charge of an American city is undemocratic. Nevin Mindlin, another plaintiff in the suit, says it isn't personal.
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Unkovic has to figure out what to sell off, who to pay, and who not to pay. The longer this takes, the harder it is for Harrisburg to clear its debts. New payments are coming due all the time.
Unkovic is pushing hard for cutting spending, selling off city assets, asking creditors for a break. He hopes that his plan will serve as a model to help out other struggling cities — in New York, California, Michigan.
But he also called Harrisburg a house of cards that's finally come tumbling down.
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Hi all – This is our second post written specially for Ground to Ground, and is a topic dear to my heart – used coffee grounds! Jessy is our guest writer, and has been using coffee grounds for some time. It is really encouraging to have this kind of involvement from you gardening folk, and I extend the offer to anyone that has skills and experience to share. Enjoy – Shane.
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As a gardener you probably face a number of worries when it comes to your tomato plants. Bugs and animals, people walking through your soil, weather and climate conditions, and fertilizing. If you have been using pesticides and fertilizers from the store, I have news for you: there is a better way! You can get lush and beautiful tomato plants using all natural ingredients found at home. Namely, coffee grounds.
Used coffee grounds make some of the best fertilizer around. Containing nutrients that support healthy plants, acids and nitrogen, the soil will become the perfect habitat for this lovely red fruit. It will also repel insects and slugs, which are usually very attracted to the promise of a juicy tomato to burrow into. The only critter it will attract is the worm, and you want those living in your soil.
There is another benefit to using coffee grounds, and that is environmental. Pesticides and fertilizers created in factories and sold in stores are more harmful than you might realize. First you have the general damage it does to the environment, and you will actually find it doesn't help make your soil healthy so much as it banishes anything that will keep your plants from growing.
Second, it impacts on local insects and animal life. While you want to keep slugs and other pests from your tomato plants, you don't want to kill them. You have a functioning ecosystem working in your garden. If everything begins to die, then that lifecycle can't function. The natural system relies on balance throughout the cycle.
Third, there is the packaging. Not only do you have the container that the fertilizer or pesticide comes in, but you have the packaging those packages come in. Transport, stocking, then transportation…a lot of resources are used. You can cut down a huge amount of waste by shifting to organic gardening.
How To Use Coffee Grounds for Tomato Plants
You don't have to add the coffee all at once. Instead, you should add grounds a few times a week to your top soil, and the amount will depend on the size of your gardening space. For a general idea, if you have a large pot with two or three tomato plants, you would add in about a scoop and a half to two scoops worth of grounds a week. The same amount would be used in a garden, so that amount for every couple of plants. Most of us drink at least this much coffee, so I would suggest collecting it in a spare, empty tin to use over time.
Sometimes I also use old coffee itself for the tomato plants. When I go out to water them, if I have a pot of cooled coffee I am not planning to finish, I will pour some of this on the plants. Of course, it has to be cold and if it is too thick I would suggest adding some extra water. I wouldn't do this too often, maybe a few times a month.
If you are seeing an effect but not as much as you would like, you can always add in more coffee grounds and adjust over time. The condition of your soil, the climate, the size of the plants and other factors can interfere. Luckily, because it is an organic fertilizer you aren't likely to see any negative results if you use too much or too little. So you can find what works for you.
Other Organic Fertilizers
Making compost is a great way to help your soil. Some other good choices for organic fertilizer are egg shells and new or old milk, as well as old coffee with milk in it. Some old teas are also alright. I have a friend who opens tea bags and mixes them in with the coffee grounds, though I have no idea how well it works.
Sometimes people even use other vegetables and fruits, or peels. If you put it all together and let it rot a bit (somewhere there won't be a smell), it can help break down into the soil. There are plenty of websites that offer advice on how to make compost this way, and what items work the best.
Jessy is creative blogger and geeky gardener.
What are you using to fertilize your tomatoes?
Related articles
- Why and How to Start Collecting Coffee Grounds (groundtoground.org)
- Coffee Grounds in Compost (groundtoground.org)
- The Dreaded Blossom End Rot Has Struck. (redgardenclogs.wordpress.com)
- Survey – Want to Collect Coffee Grounds But Can't Because… (groundtoground.org)


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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel in Washington.
And I'm Melissa Block, hosting from NPR West in Culver City, California. We're focusing this week on innovation on the West Coast, and I figured to find innovators there's no better place to go than Silicon Valley, the land of start-up dreams. Now, we hear a lot about big success in the tech world - the billion-dollar sale of Instagram, things like that - but for every triumph there are countless failures, both small and epic.
So, now a riff on failure in Silicon Valley. Before any failure, though, there's always a spark of hope, the infectious optimism of people with an idea for a start-up that could be the next big thing.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: So basically it's a social network for memes.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: The product's called Predictive(ph) and it's IMDB for online content.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: Our company is Profig(ph). We connect users to the best local businesses in their area.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: We're working on a company called (unintelligible). We actually launched a couple of weeks ago.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #3: So I'm with Yealthy(ph). It's a medical concierge service, health with a y. Yealthy.
BLOCK: These are founders, mostly in their 20s, in the very beginning stage of their start-ups with punchy names - Buffer Box, Tip Gain, Astonish - and they're in an elite bunch, 82 start-ups that have been chosen to get seed money from a company called Y Combinator in Mountain View.
PAUL GRAHAM: This is like failure central. We are like connoisseurs of failure, experts in both avoiding it and living with it, ongoing.
BLOCK: Paul Graham is the kinetic founder of Y Combinator. He's constantly on the hunt for new talent.
GRAHAM: I find myself inadvertently noticing as I'm walking down the street, I see a couple of guys walking down the street and I think, oh, they look like they'd make good founders or bad founders, right, as the case may be.
BLOCK: What's the look? What are you looking for?
GRAHAM: The right kind of nerdy. Like, these guys in this room are not suits, but they're not schlubs either. These are fierce nerds. You have to be somewhat intimidating looking, and that's what these guys are.
BLOCK: They've got a lean and hungry look.
GRAHAM: Yeah, yeah. They're like the kind of people Julius Caesar was afraid of.
BLOCK: Y Combinator chooses these start-ups after just a 10-minute interview, gives them $18,000 and brings them to Mountain View for three intensive months of close consultation before they make their pitch to big investors. In exchange, Y Combinator gets about a seven percent stake in the company.
GRAHAM: All right. So here's all the companies we've ever funded.
BLOCK: Paul Graham opens up a computer spreadsheet that tracks how the companies have done. Adrift, it says, next to many of them, or dead.
GRAHAM: Which means 69 have died out of...
BLOCK: He figures half of these companies will live, though he admits that's optimistic. But that failure rate doesn't faze him at all.
GRAHAM: You know, let me tell you something about the start-up world. In the start-up world, not working is normal. Just like you might wonder why ships have pumps, why they all have bilge pumps - like, why don't they just make one that's waterproof, right? And the fact is, like, one way or another, all ships take on water, you know. And one way or another, practically all start-ups internally are disasters and they just hide this from the outside world.
BLOCK: Now, Paul Graham's business story would make these young start-up founders' eyes burn bright with envy. In 1995, he started a company that developed software for e-commerce. It was called Via Webb and he sold it at the height of the dotcom boom to Yahoo! for $50 million. So what's the secret? Well, luck, for one. Paul Graham says that's a huge part of it, but also this...
GRAHAM: What drove me from day to day was the fear of being humiliated by failure, like having the company blow up. And having told all my friends, here I was going off and doing this start-up, you know, I'm going to take over the world, and you know, and having it tank, that would be bad. So that drove me, actually, that failure would be so humiliating. It's tolerated around here, but no one wants to do it. You know what I mean?
BLOCK: Do you think people talk openly about failure?
GRAHAM: I mean, yeah, of course. If people talk openly at all, they're talking about failure, because that's mostly what's going on, right? Seriously, it's like a - life around here is a lot like a comedy in the sense that there's always mishaps that you may laugh about later.
BLOCK: It's a comedy, you're saying, but it's also hugely humiliating if you fail. That seems to be a contradiction.
GRAHAM: You're rueful. That's the best way to describe it. Just like you can laugh at yourself and you also hate it. It's not that much of a contradiction. Rueful is the space where it's not a contradiction.
BLOCK: Talk to just about anyone in Silicon Valley and a tale of failure will bubble up.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #4: It was a classic dotcom story. We had 12 co-founders drop out of Stanford. The start-up went on to raise $20 million and we made every rookie mistake that you could possibly make.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #5: We had a terrific idea. We were making a microprocessor, but the wafers started looking like they were potato chips.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #6: It was like a plane that landed safely after, you know, almost crashing into cliff faces and running out of gas several times and clipping the treetops.
JANICE FRASER: We had all come in every day, put on our game face, and yet, we all knew, for probably a couple of months, that this was coming.
BLOCK: That last voice is Janice Fraser. She's the founder of several start-ups. Some of them flew, one of them crashed during the financial meltdown, $800,000 from her investors, gone.
FRASER: The worst moment is when you have to tell your staff. You have these people who, beyond reason, have put their trust in you. And you have to look them in the eye and say, I'm sorry, this isn't going to work. It's always when the money's running out, right, because you keep going until the money runs out. At the end, it's just you and one or two other people, filing papers with the state and packing up the boxes.
And that is not fun. I can tell you that is the worst moment of an entrepreneur's life.
BLOCK: Do you think in some way that failure is glorified in Silicon Valley?
FRASER: I do think failure is glorified in Silicon Valley. I believe that there's more talk about failure than there is tolerance for it. It's disappointing when you realize that it's much more painful than the happy talk makes it sound like.
BLOCK: Still, Fraser says her investors were there for her when she started up again. So we end our failure journey with a money guy at the venture capital fund Google Ventures, which plans to invest $1 billion in start-ups over the next five years. It's a place that revels in its nerdiness. Can we talk about the names here?
JOE KRAUS: Oh, yes.
BLOCK: This room is called...
KRAUS: Moria. Then we've got Rivendell. You'll notice every conference room here is "Lord of the Rings" themed.
BLOCK: Joe Kraus is showing me around the Google Ventures offices in Mountain View, where he is an investing partner. And he says the downstairs conference room can make entrepreneurs a little antsy. It's named Mordor.
KRAUS: Well, the dark lord, Sauron, which was the embodiment of all evil, resided and had his seat of power in Mordor, and so usually it implies destruction, darkness, the end of the world.
BLOCK: May not be where you want to be if you had a start-up, yeah.
KRAUS: You know, entrepreneurs are optimists, that's very, very true, but even they get a little nervous in Mordor.
BLOCK: But if they're nervous in Mordor, Joe Kraus says, it shouldn't be because they have failed.
KRAUS: I'm first and foremost far more interested in their current idea than what happened in the past, so I actually don't spend in the meeting with the entrepreneur a ton of time on what have they learned from their past experience. I'm much more interested in how are they thinking about their current business.
In my mind, the ones who have no fear of failure are merely the dreamers, and the dreamers don't build great companies. The people that thread the line between vision and being able to execute and having this healthy fear of failing that drives them, not paralyzes them, but drives them to be more persistent and work harder than the next person, that's a magic formula.
I think failure in the culture means you just haven't gotten your success yet.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #6: I would say failure is mandatory. It adds credibility to your story. You almost don't even trust an entrepreneur who hasn't failed before.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #7: Failure is as pervasive as weather. That's what it is.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #8: I think failure is required for success.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #9: I think failing is more than okay. I think it should be expected. It should be encouraged.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Failure is inevitable. Failure is productive and it becomes productive when you view your work as an experiment. So, failures are best when they're small and when there are lots of them in sequence, in service to a higher goal.
BLOCK: Perspectives on failure from Silicon Valley. Among the voices we've heard in this story - entrepreneurs Mark Goldenson and Sunil Rajaraman, executive Simon Rothman and venture investor Bill Davidow.
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Several months ago I met Jaime though my blog. Jaime lives close to me and her daughter had recently been diagnosed with celiac disease. Jaime desperately wanted help making foods her daughter could enjoy. Mostly... bread. Good gluten free bread.
You see, Madelyn loves mustard sandwiches. Yep. Just plain 'ol mustard slapped between two slices of bread. And the poor girl had missed her sandwich for nearly 6 weeks after being diagnosed. No bread. No sandwiches.
Soon after meeting Jaime, I taught a small gluten free baking class and showed her how to bake good gluten free bread. That small class and one little girl's desire to have a mustard sandwich began an immediate and lasting friendship. I now talk to Jaime several times a week. We often connect on Facebook and through email. She makes me laugh, she's learning how to bake, and she's hungry for more knowledge about anything and everything gluten free. This made us fast friends.
When Shauna (Gluten-Free Girl) sent a request out on her blog a few weeks ago asking for people to try several of her recipes from the new cookbook, I gladly volunteered! After meeting Shauna in Seattle it was evident to me how much she wanted to share her passion for good food! I emailed Jaime soon afterwards and asked her if she wanted to help me make Shauna's recipes. I said, "Let's have a cooking party!" Thankfully, Jaime jumped at the chance! She couldn't wait to get a sneak preview of Shauna' new cookbook: "Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef: A love story with 100 tempting recipes."
Sometimes stories are best told through pictures (even when you're a lousy photographer... Ahem...) Saturday evening our families gathered together for a gluten free cooking party. Here is our story of Dancing in the Kitchen with Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef.
The first thing we did was make Shauna's Crusty Bread from the cookbook. While I made the bread dough, Jaime made the chocolate peanut butter brownies for our dessert. I love Shauna's method of making crusty french bread. We allowed the dough to rise free form in a greased bowl while we started the homemade gluten free pasta. |
We used fresh eggs from a local farm to make Shauna's gluten free pasta dough. We made the dough by hand because I wanted Jaime to know what the dough should feel like. Not too wet, not too dry. Just slightly tacky. |
Meet Madelyn. The mustard-sandwich loving celiac daughter of Jaime. She was eager to help us roll out and cut the pasta dough. |
The best part of the whole evening for me was having everybody pitch in to make pasta. Families often love each other through cooking. Shauna & Danny's cookbook is one such story of loving each other through food. Making Shauna's pasta was a great way to bring everybody together to learn a new skill. Thoughts of future "gluten free pasta making parties" warms my heart! |
Sarah from Celiac in the City shared a tip with me for hand-rolling out the pasta. Use a straight-edge like this ruler to get straight lines and evenly wide strands of pasta. We cut the noodles using a pizza cutter. |
It took us over an hour to roll out all of the pasta (we made a double batch!) By that point everybody was hungry so we decided to make Shauna & Danny's Garlic-Almond Sauce with seared scallops. This sauce was really delicious. Bold flavors of garlic intertwined with the smoothness of extra virgin olive oil. This recipe calls for marcona almonds which I had never used before. A lovely thing about Shauna and Danny is that they encourage you to try new ingredients and techniques in the kitchen. |
Once our hunger was appeased with scallops and garlic almond sauce, we started prepping the ingredients for the main dish. Fresh pasta with Anchovies, Lemon, and Olives. |
The first instruction was to cook the pasta. It was beautiful. Jaime and I had to make ourselves stop eating the freshly cooked pasta right out of the colander. Homemade gluten free pasta a bit heavier than boxed pasta (especially when you make it by hand) so expect to have a filling meal! |
Madelyn helped Jaime zest the lemons. They also squeezed & strained fresh lemon juice for the pasta sauce. |
The girls decided they just wanted fresh pasta with butter. Can't really blame them there. The pasta was absolutely delicious by itself! As you can see, Madelyn was a fan! |
Next we made Shauna and Danny's beautiful sauce with olives, anchovies, capers, lemon juice, and white wine. The pasta's texture worked so well with the rich sauce. Personally I found the dish to be a bit salty with a lot of bold but competing flavors. The best part was learning the techniques to make the pasta and use it in a main dish like this with a basic sauce. I've truly been inspired! |
Who's hungry? |
We served Shauna's fresh crusty gluten free bread with our pasta. The bread was incredible. Plain and simple it's just great bread, gluten free or not! Personally, I think the cookbook is worth the cost for the bread recipe alone. The bread was my favorite part of the whole meal. |
Finally, for dessert... Shauna's Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies. Jaime made these to perfection. The entire crowd loved them. And to tell you the truth ...every one of those brownies was eaten! Every. Single. One. |
And Madelyn was one happy gluten free girl! |
Thank you so much Shauna & Danny for inspiring us to learn more, to use bold ingredients, and to get in our kitchens more often. We loved being a part of your story! |
Many thanks to Jaime, Jeremy, Madelyn, and Kendall for joining us at our cooking party! I hope this is the start of a brand-new tradition for our families! We loved cooking and sharing these recipes with you!
For information on how to win a copy of Shauna & Danny's cookbook, please visit the Gingerlemongirl facebook page. Details will be posted soon!
For more information about Shauna & Danny's cookbook, please visit them at Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef.


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Monday, June 6, 2011
Ten Favorite Desserts
Old-Fashioned Lemon Pudding
Blueberry Flognarde
Almond and Cherry Torte
Pumpkin Panna Cotta with Orange Caramel Sauce
Apfel Sahne Torte
Key Lime and White Chocolate Cake Squares
Lemon Scented Ice Milk with Berries and Wine Sauce
Lily's Lemon Sponge Pudding with Apricot Sauce
Lemon Mousse Parfait
66 comments :
- FLORY said...
All looks wonderful,and im sure its delicious!!
- June 6, 2011 at 12:17 AM
- Julie said...
10 desserts for me to drool over? Oh my...too delicious :)
- June 6, 2011 at 12:21 AM
- Foodiewife said...
I love roundups like these. The lemon pudding has been bookmarked since I first saw you post it. But the Apfel Kuchen really grabbed my attention! I cannot wait to make this for our annual Oktoberfest. Oh, how I wish my Mutti was here to have a slice of this. Lovely recipes, as always, Mary.
- June 6, 2011 at 12:46 AM
- Alessandra said...
Mhhh, I can see that you like lemon :-). Me too, maybe I'll choose the first, something that I could have every day!
Alessandra - June 6, 2011 at 1:05 AM
- Coleens Recipes said...
- June 6, 2011 at 1:43 AM
- Khadija El Mary said...
This Blueberry Flognarde looks amazing! Wonderful desserts collections, as always! Have a great Monday Mary,
Cheers - June 6, 2011 at 2:26 AM
What an outstanding top 10 list of favourite desserts Mary. Not sure how I would be able to single just one out to try.
:-) Mandy - June 6, 2011 at 2:42 AM
- Katarina said...
Lovely desserts!
- June 6, 2011 at 3:42 AM
- Maris (in Good Taste) said...
Amazing selection of desserts! i can't take my eyes off the blueberry flognarde
- June 6, 2011 at 4:12 AM
- Banana Wonder said...
I don't know where to begin but I like your love of lemony desserts! I wish I was your next door neighborhood :-)
- June 6, 2011 at 4:16 AM
- Food Glorious Food! said...
Wonderful looking desserts! My hubby is pointing a few of them hinting me to make them soon! Thanks for sharing!
- June 6, 2011 at 4:22 AM
I really need to move along from my standard chocolate cake each weekend - thanks for the inspiration :)
- June 6, 2011 at 4:25 AM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
I remember seeing some of these when they were posted. They all look delicious--especially the lemon ones. ;-)
- June 6, 2011 at 5:03 AM
- Linda Starr said...
the top two and my top two
- June 6, 2011 at 5:17 AM
- Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine said...
Wow every pictured I scrolled down to one better than the other, they are all marvelous! I llve that pumpkin panna cotta!
- June 6, 2011 at 5:34 AM
- Priya Suresh said...
Droolworthy and marvellous desserts..
- June 6, 2011 at 6:05 AM
- Clint said...
Pass the blueberry flognarde, please.
- June 6, 2011 at 6:26 AM
- Lynn said...
Mary, that apple torte looks amazing! Hope you get your computer back soon:@)
- June 6, 2011 at 6:39 AM
Wow, now we have quality and quantity! Wonderful!
I'll start with lemon mousse parfait, next will be blueberry flognarde, then I'll go on with... - June 6, 2011 at 6:44 AM
- Jeannie said...
The blueberry flognarde gave me the goosepimples just looking at them! The Lemon Scent Ice milk with berry and wine sauce is my favourite!
- June 6, 2011 at 6:54 AM
- Suman Singh said...
Wow, everything looks so perfect and delicious..love the key lime and white chocolate cake square the most..
- June 6, 2011 at 7:05 AM
- Deana Sidney said...
Mary, whenever anyone says bests or favorites my ears prick up... especially when it's you! Great little groups of sweets... hard to pick a favorite. Looking forward to trying a few!
- June 6, 2011 at 7:10 AM
- Diane said...
A perfect post for me at the moment. Visitors arriving later today and with only one day's grace more arriving on the 18th for 10 ten days..... It is going to be a chaotic June!! Take care Diane
- June 6, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- muppy said...
i like the sound of that pumpkin panna cotta....
- June 6, 2011 at 7:19 AM
- The Church Cook said...
I'll have one of each, Mary! :) These look fabulous!!
- June 6, 2011 at 7:44 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
They all sound delicious Mary.
- June 6, 2011 at 7:57 AM
- Lauren Hairston said...
Yum! Looks delicious! I haven't had breakfast yet, but you've got me ready for some dessert!
- June 6, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Carol @ There's Always Thyme to Cook said...
They all look fantastic, I think I would need to try the lemon ones first. Great roundup, Mary!
- June 6, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Your lemon scented ice milk is on the list for my new ice cream maker!
- June 6, 2011 at 8:46 AM
- Unknown said...
They all look so incredible, Mary. Good thing this isn't "pick one for your life"... I wouldn't know what to do :)
- June 6, 2011 at 8:56 AM
Did you say these were all no calorie, no fat, no carb, and would increase your IQ by 20 points? Cool!
- June 6, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- Stepmom said...
these all look amazing!!
- June 6, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Incredible selection of delicious desserts - all beautiful
Mary - June 6, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- Rita said...
This all look and sound like teh perfect way to end a meal; I was away from my computer for a few days and I just spotted you favorite meals; have to check that ou.
Rita - June 6, 2011 at 10:11 AM
- Jessica | Cajunlicious said...
These all look so delicious!
- June 6, 2011 at 10:34 AM
- Siggy said...
Absolutely beautiful! What a feast for the eyes as well as the tastebuds!
- June 6, 2011 at 10:45 AM
- Lyndas recipe box said...
What wonderful desserts Mary...I've bookmarked several to try.
- June 6, 2011 at 10:46 AM
All I can say is WOW! I love dessert.
Karen - June 6, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- Lucie said...
Three words: apfel sahne torte. I'm swooning!
- June 6, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- Cheah said...
My choice is the Key lime and white chocolate cake squares!
- June 6, 2011 at 12:51 PM
- lena said...
love all of them!
- June 6, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- That Girl said...
That pumpkin panna cotta makes me long for fall.
- June 6, 2011 at 12:58 PM
- Cooking Creation said...
That blueberry flognarde is beautiful! Hope things are progressing well with your computer!
- June 6, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
These all look so good, but I want to try that lemon pudding!
- June 6, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- Catherine said...
Dear Mary, I know I would enjoy each and every one of your ten favorite picks. Have a wonderful day. Blessings, Catherine
- June 6, 2011 at 1:24 PM
- teresa said...
oh my gosh, i want a bite of each! i just love the look of that flan!
- June 6, 2011 at 1:50 PM
- Giulietta@Alterkitchen said...
A bunch of awards for you! :)
http://en.alterkitchen.it/2011/06/06/cherry-clafoutis/ - June 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM
- Emily Malloy said...
I will take 3 servings of EACH!
- June 6, 2011 at 2:12 PM
- shabs said...
Yummm!!! all of them look super delicious :D
- June 6, 2011 at 2:50 PM
- LittleAsianGirl BigAppetite said...
though I'm not sure how to pronounce it, the Apfel Sahne Torte looks amazing!
- June 6, 2011 at 3:36 PM
- Juliana said...
Mary, what a beautiful post...love the desserts in this round up and you just reminded me of some that I'd really like to try. Thanks and have a great week ahead :-)
- June 6, 2011 at 5:22 PM
- Sharon Lovejoy said...
Wow, where do I begin? I guess I should just print out the recipes and dig in.
All joys,
Sharon Lovejoy Writes from Sunflower House and a Little Green Island - June 6, 2011 at 5:28 PM
- Unknown said...
What makes me happiest is that almost all of these include fruit. Those are my kind of desserts. Now...where to start.
- June 6, 2011 at 5:35 PM
- Pity said...
wow! what a delicious selection, i want them all! cheers from london
- June 6, 2011 at 6:27 PM
- Kathy said...
What beautiful desserts!! I bookmarked a few I'd love to try! Great collection! I'm thinking the Blueberry Flognarde is going to happen soon!
- June 6, 2011 at 6:43 PM
- Chris's Gourmet Fashion said...
Wow what a treat. Beautiful photos too.
- June 6, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- Patty Price said...
These desserts really are remarkable and fun to see posted all together here. Makes me think about my top 10 favorite desserts, not a bad thing to ponder;-)
- June 6, 2011 at 8:18 PM
- Joanne said...
Mmm these have given me some great ideas as to what I want to bake for father's day!
- June 6, 2011 at 8:47 PM
- unhip squirrel said...
Wow... that pumpkin panna cotta looks amazing. I have always been intimidated by panna cottas. Perhaps I shouldn't be. :) I also recently saw a post for an earl grey panna cotta. People are doing such interesting things with them!
- June 6, 2011 at 10:32 PM
- Draffin Bears said...
Hi Mary,
Your dessert recipes all look delicious and thanks for sharing.
I look forward to trying a few.
Happy week
Carolyn - June 6, 2011 at 11:15 PM
- Miri Leigh said...
These all look wonderful- thanks for posting!
- June 6, 2011 at 11:37 PM
- Claudia said...
I'll start with that gracious cherry-almond torte and work my way through the lemon desserts and come back for more. Your choices are always enticing.
- June 7, 2011 at 8:32 PM
- Nami | Just One Cookbook said...
I can't choose which one I like. All look wonderfully delicious!!! But my eyes are glued to Blueberry Flognarde...
- June 9, 2011 at 12:18 AM
- CaSaundraLeigh said...
Hi Mary--
Just stopping by to say "hi" and that your recipes look absolutely stunning and delicious as usual. I've been SO busy on my end lately, typical summertime, but I can't wait to catch up on your recipes! :-) - June 9, 2011 at 8:48 AM
- Jamie said...
I thought it would be easier to pick out one to make... but there are about 6 I absolutely want to try!
- June 13, 2011 at 2:48 PM
- Food Safety Certification said...
Ooooh! Really yummy and delicious desserts that deserves to be in the top 10 list!!!
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Manila card
Distress stains...Barn Door, Broken China, Mustard Seed, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Dried Marmalade.
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I started with 2 pieces of Manila card. frikkin love this stuff, it is my fave stuff to work on. My tag is extra large. These pieces are 6 x 81/4 in
When using the stains I always like to have spritzed the card with a little water first, as I prefer a blended effect. Always work on a Non Stick Craft Sheet.
The Distress stains are really fluid, concentrated dye ink, and so the colour doesn't dilute, but stays true. Press the bottle down onto the surface to release the ink,
Add the other colours. Don't worry about going over previous colours , the tops will clean.
Spritz over a little more water and tip the card up so that the inks blend into one another.
Take the 2nd piece of Manila and place over the first. Press down firmly to mop up all excess ink.
Both pieces of Manila will now be dyed.
Take kitchen roll and roll over the top to blot dry.
The non stick craft sheet will have the remains of any ink squeezed out.
Gently pick up a tag and press it into the ink. Dry with a heat gun and repeat as necessary, to build up the layers.
You can also add extra colour using your fingers to blend.
When everything is bone dry add a line of ink across one edge of the tag.
Immediately take a craft scraper and drag the ink down the tag.
Repeat at the opposite end with another colour.
Your tags should look something like this.
These are the colours I used in the background...Mustard Seed, Barn Door and Broken China.
Make sure everything is bone dry.
Spray lightly through a stencil.
Flip the stencil over and press to use up the excess ink, and form a reverse stencil.
At first you may not see much, as it is very subtle, but the shimmer will start to appear as it starts to dry.
Roll the kitchen roll over the tag to blot any excess.
The beauty of the Pearl Mists is that the colour is only from the mica particles and not from the solution. Most Mica sprays are suspended in a solution that is includes a dye ink. This will alter the colour of whatever you spray on. But with the Pearl Mists the background colour will always stay the same and just leave a shimmer.
Place both tags together and cut off a corner of both tags.
Turn one of the tags around and use the outline to shape the other side of the tag.
To add more layers I then used the new colours of Archival inks
and my Basic Backgrounds stamps.
Ink up the stamp a little unevenly
I designed these particular stamps not to be used with an acrylic block, just on their own. roll the stamp slightly and add to the tag.
This way you will get a slightly different image every time you stamp.
Add it to the tag randomly.
Repeat with the number stamp in a different colour ink.
Take the leaf border stamp
and ink with the Jet Black Archival ink
Stamp onto one of the tags.
Repeat as below
Take the border stamp and ink with Jet Black.
Stamp around the edge of the tag between the leaves. Stamp all around the edge of the other tag.
Stick both tags together with double sided tape. Take a black pen and draw a curved line at the top of the tag.
Take the birds from Bird on a Wire, and ink with Jet Black ink.
Stamp along the drawn line
Ink up the blending tool with Stormy Sky Distress ink
and apply to all the edges of the tag, front and back.
Stamp all the images as below, with black archival ink onto white card.
The Distress stains are fabulous for colouring in all your stamped images. Press each colour down lightly onto the non stick craft sheet to leave a little puddle of stain.
Add a puddle of water and wet your brush.
Dip into the puddle of stain and paint in your images.
I find it best to paint in everything in one colour before moving onto the next. This ensures that all the colours are dry and therefore won't bleed into each other.
Continue with all the other colours of Distress.
Colour in the leaves on the back of the tag.
Whilst the stain is still wet add a drop of the red onto the base of each leaf. Because they are still wet they will blend together beautifully.
These are the colours of Distress stains I used for painting the images.
Cut the images out and add them to the tag, as below.
Cut off approx 3in of the Ruler Ribbon.
and add to the top of the tag with the tiny attacher.
Add highlights to the top of each leaf with the white Posca paint marker.
This is the reverse of the tag.
and this is the front.
I hope this step by step has inspired you to have a go yourselves. If so please send me some photos of your tags,I would love to see them.
If you would like to own the actual tag from this step by step, then please leave me a comment on this post and I will draw a name at random. I have already signed it and will add your name at the top.
And on to Daily Outfit.
I have to say a big shout out to the gorgeous Anne Marie who has been so inspired by daily outfit, that she is transforming the way she dresses, and turned up for class today wearing a bright circle skirt that she had made herself. Way to go girlie, you looked frikkin gorgeous.
As I posed for today's pictures I didn't realise that I had little intruder with me.
Ha ha the little monkey.!!!
When I told her she had to pose for a picture for you all this was her reply, lol...!!!
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