🌿 I think lemons have been shortchanged. We talk about lemon cars as a bad deal. "When life gives you lemons" means things have gone sour. The thing is . . . I love lemons.
My favorite summer meal this year has been a fruit-filled spinach salad drizzled with a healthy homemade dressing.
For the salad, I usually top spinach leaves with shredded cooked chicken, strawberries, mandarin oranges, feta cheese, and pecans.
The dressing takes about thirty seconds to make and adds a nice zing. Just whisk equal parts fresh-squeezed lemon juice with EVOO and mix in some garlic, onion spice, and a tiny bit of honey or agave if you like a sweeter dressing.
Now, let's talk about the journaling.
I've been using a Moleskine Daily as my commonplace book / omnibook / everything journal since May. I grabbed this on a deep discount at TJ Maxx, so it's worth the effort of ignoring or crossing out the dates. I like having 365+ pages in one book.
This paper detests watercolor, but I can get away with quick ink and wash illustrations as long as I a) use very little water and b) don't plan to use the other side of the page.
Many thanks to @handgemalt at Instagram for the lemon drawing tutorial.
🌿 featured supplies
- Moleskine Daily | at Amazon
- FSC Certified paper
- 365+ ruled pages
- Choice of hard or soft cover
- Zebra Zensations Brush Pen | at Amazon | at Blick
- Archival, water-resistant
- Easy to control for beginners
- Also available in colors | at Amazon | at Blick
- Tombow Mono Drawing Pens | at Amazon | at Blick
- Comes in a convenient set of 3 sizes
- My favorite fineliners; tips hold up longer than other brands
- Instantly water-resistant; excellent for ink and wash
- Schmincke Horadam Watercolors | at Blick in Pans | at Blick in Tubes | at Jackson's
- Made by a trusted, longstanding family-owned company in Germany
- Expensive, but high quality
- There's no dye here, and a little pigment goes a long way
- Elizo Leather Journal Cover
- no longer made :(
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