The House of Kent

An eclectic blog of many things! If you are interested in sewing and fiber arts, creative and crafty living, healthy cooking and life in the Lone Star State of Texas, read on and enjoy!

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Tea for Tuesday - March on

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A continuation of last week's Daintee gift tea promotion ,  this week's tea boxes are Earl Gray and Organic Peppermint Earl Gr...

Blogging A to Z Challenge - D is for Diamond

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Welcome back to the Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2016!  This will be interesting and fun trying to interpret healing crystals and gemsto...
Monday, April 04, 2016

Blogging A to Z Challenge - C is for Citrine

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Welcome back to the Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2016!  This will be interesting and fun trying to interpret healing crystals and gemsto...
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Saturday, April 02, 2016

Blogging A to Z Challenge - B is for Brazilianite

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Welcome back to the Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2016!  This will be interesting and fun trying to interpret healing crystals and gemsto...
Friday, April 01, 2016

Blogging A to Z Challenge - A is for Amethyst

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Back to watercolor for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2016!  This will be interesting and fun trying to interpret healing crystals and...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Thursday Tea Time - Traveling Texas

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This week - Tea is For Texas Farmers' Market Series - "Texas 'Dirty' Chai" from the Independence Coffee Co. Pric...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Watercolor Wednesday - Sheepish

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Suffolk Sheep Watercolor 13 3/4" x 10 1/4" This was a lot of fun to paint.  Actually from a grainy black and white photocopy. ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Tea for Tuesday - Breakfast Time!

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This week's Two Teas Tuesday from Australia - Breakfast Teas! Dilmah and Daintee - English Breakfast Teas The Daintee tea was part o...

Garden Update - New plants and flowers! Put up Purple!

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Some days you can just hit it right in the Lowe's clearance section. . .after weeks of coming up bupkus, we walked out hands full of pre...
Monday, March 28, 2016

Milkweed Seed Pod Monday. . .

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Actually snapped these photos yesterday before the storm winds blew in.  My neighbors love me!  But so do the monarch butterflies and ...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

Happy Hoppy Easter - Peep Out

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Fun with making watercolor Easter greeting cards!  Paper used was Bristol Smooth, which helped make fun edges. 5" x 3 1/2" ...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

March Monarch Madness

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We've been seeing Monarch butterflies flitting about in this spring-like weather and subsequently, more caterpillars munching on asclepi...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Texas Bluebonnet

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Texas bluebonnet in Sonora, Texas.  Some sources say when the white part of the flower turns red, it has been pollinated by a bee.
Friday, March 11, 2016

Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash Blues

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Winsor & Newton Blue (Red Shade) (My apologies to all those who landed here because of The Clash) In my naiveté purchasing watercolo...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Thursday Tea Time - "...not later than a quarter past four." ~ C.S. Lewis

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This week - Twinings English Afternoon Tea   Price:  $3.39  Central Market, Kroger, HEB Size:  20 individually wrapped tea bags C...
Wednesday, March 09, 2016

Watercolor Wednesday - Still Standing

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Light and Shadow 9" x 12 1/2" Lots of good lessons learned here.  Most importantly, when doing a still life and you are seated...
Monday, March 07, 2016

Painting Triad

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Painting with O'Keeffe John D. Poling 1999 ISBN:  0-89672-381-X 759.13 I hate to even tag this with the "Good Books" l...
Sunday, March 06, 2016

Sunday Sketchbook - Wheeee-l!

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I have been going to Open Studios each week, and we have been watching Ken Hosmer's DVD series, with the opportunity to learn new techni...
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Saturday, March 05, 2016

Figging

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All of our gorgeous weather has encouraged an early leaf out on our Celeste fig tree.  (Bonus ladybug)
Thursday, March 03, 2016

Thursday Tea Time - Gone Girl

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When I visited Baton Rouge a few years ago, I found two interesting spice/coffee/tea places -- Red Stick Spice Company and Highland Coffe...
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