Recipe and Design Striking Silhouette
Instant Watermelon Pops
Start with a prefect summer ripe watermelon and add your own special twist to it.
Ingredients • • • • • • •
Watermelon wedges Flavored salts Freshly ground pepper Local honey Fresh lime juice Ground red pepper Torani Flavored Syrups
Preparation: Cut a 1-inch slit into the rind of a just-cut watermelon wedge, and insert a wooden stick. Serve pops a variety of ways: Sprinkle with flavored salts and freshly ground pepper, drizzle with local honey and fresh lime juice, dust with red pepper, or add a splash of your favorite Torani Syrup. Virginia Willis, Southern Living AUGUST 2012
This quick and easy technique turns everyday items into pop art. Scour your office, workshop, and garage for small but heavy items, such as keys, washers, nuts, and bolts. We used wooden clothespins for the piece pictured here.
What You Need: • • • • • •
Spray Paint (any color that appeals to you) Paperboard Assorted odds and ends (clothes pins, washers, nuts and bolts ,etc) Frames Picture hangers Hammer
Instructions: Step 1: Spray paint comes in tons of colors, textures, and special finishes, so this is your chance to get creative! Set your silhouette item of choice on a sheet of white paperboard, then lightly coat the board with spray paint. Step 2: When the paint is dry, remove the silhouette item from the board. Step 3: Put your new print into your favorite frame, then hang on the wall. Courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens.com