I ordered Acrylograph pens from Archer & Olive and had fun playing with them yesterday. BUT looking at the above, I’m sort of grossed out by it. I don’t think I like too much ‘decoration’ (or really much at all!) in my planning.
It was still fun to play, though!
Some of you asked about hand-lettering resources. I have a friend who is a graphic designer with expertise in typography (so cool, right?). She asked her lettering-expert friends who recommended the following 2 Skillshare courses:
1- Why We Letter: Designing with Friends of Type with Jason Wong and Dennis Payongayong
2- Creative Hand Lettering: Design Exercises with Image and Letters with Erik Marinovich
Then, several of you kind readers chimed in with recs, too, including:
3- Skillpop’s Handlettering Basics (new!). (Extra cool = the CEO commented and happens to be a BOBW listener 🙂 ).
I have not tried any of these but I plan to dive in soon.
I did not make banana bread yesterday. Cameron was all excited to make it with me, and I printed the Kitchn recipe (because it looked the easiest!) and then — we had used all of the eggs at lunch! Oops. Hopefully the bananas will survive until today and we can try again after I grocery shop.
What I did do: read a huge chunk of Big Summer. OMG it is very addictive!
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The colors on this pic do seem more bold than what you usually use.
I’ve been looking around at planners for a mid-year swap because I’m not making the most of mine (Ink + Volt); I do have very particular tastes. I ended up ordering a “Self Planner” which is undated (I generally don’t go for that) because it was only $10 plus shipping. Low cost experiment. Always interested in your pics and recs, though!
You could have probably used an egg substitute in a pinch (applesauce?) but I’m sure the bananas will survive to be used today! I use that Kitchn recipe A LOT, including chocolate chips, nutella swirl, nuts (the kids don’t like); sometimes we use GF flour (if I want to eat) and sometimes we use regular white flour (if I don’t). Report back!
I regularly use a chia egg, and it gets the job done. 1 tbsp chia (I quickly grind mine Ina magic bullet but it’s not necessary) + 3 tbsp water, wait 5 minutes.
Yes! You can do the same thing with ground flaxseed and water.
I googled alllll the subs but didn’t have applesauce chia or flaxseeds!
I have lived overseas for many years, including some places where I can’t get eggs. In a real pinch, 2T oil plus 1T egg can sub in as an egg. It isn’t perfect but it better than good enough! 😉
You can sub 1/4 cup applesauce for each egg in recipes for quick breads, waffles, pancakes, etc. (I used this substitution in buckwheat pancakes this morning, and it worked well.)
I loved Big Summer! One of the most satisfying reads of the year for me so far. And yes I was absolutely salivating during the banana bread scene.
Do you take your kids with you to the grocery store run? When my husband’s on call I have to do the weekly shop myself and its so hard to drag the kids with me plus feels unsafe (they are 5 and 18 months).
Freeze the bananas! It works, I promise.
This was what I was going to say. I would peel them first though.
You could also mash the bananas and either freeze them or keep them in the fridge until you are ready to make the bread. I do this all the time with our brown bananas. Our son’s favorite food is banana pancakes (1 banana, 2 eggs, dashes of vanilla and cinnamon). So I always mash them and then either freeze or refridgerate the mashed bananas until I”m ready to make a batch!
ooh good thought! we SOOOO rarely have leftover bananas (my kids & Josh eat them so fast!) but having them on hand for baking & smoothies would be great!