Embassy of Ideas No. 37

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Pull up a chair.

Let's chat about a few
interesting things.

But before we do....
I have 3 original abstract paintings
ON SALE
50% OFF
Yes indeed!

I'm making room for new work
and these beauties must go to new homes!

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COPYRIGHT 2007-2024 Patti Friday b.1959.

The Cake Cabinet

Growing up we had a curio cabinet in an everchanging prominent place in the formal family spaces. Maybe in the entry hall or tucked in a corner in the living room. During the holidays it was in the dining room. At night my Mom would flip on the long lightbulb inside to illuminate her precious collectibles. Antique porcelain serving pieces, sweet-faced Hummels, Royal Doulton figurines and Swarovski crystals set up on round mirrors. My Mom is gone now but her curio cabinet is still here. In fact, it is literally six feet away from where I am writing this, and her ashes are displayed on the bottom shelf. I am certain she would be livid knowing she was inside this dark wood display, but ‘we’ are uncertain what to do next. Sorry Mom. Forgive us.

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COPYRIGHT 2007-2022 Patti Friday b.1959.

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Let’s Do Cake

I’ve been thinking. A lot. ‘Let’s Do Lunch’ is so 2019. I’m ushering in ‘Let’s Do Cake’.

Oh yes. There will be cake! (and stories!)

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Peace Love Create Art Gather Cake,

Patti 

Photographer | Writer | Home Baker 

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Embassy of Ideas No. 13 - The Friday Collectors Newsletter

The only thing I want to say to you this week is that I am sending you good thoughts and virtually wrapping my arms around you so you know I appreciate you!

All week I have wondered if ART is relevant at all.  But you know what?  Look at the joyful Italians singing from their balconies!  Check out the complimentary virtual tours of the world's greatest museums and galleries - online crowds are gathering there!  People are trying social distancing and getting cozy with books.  ART means more now than ever.  I hope my posts on social give you some inspiration or meaning to our existence on this silly 'ball floating around a sun'! 

We are all hungry for beauty and creativity. 
I will continue to feed some of you.

Peace Love Create Art
Patti
xo

I am an Artist who carries a paintbrush, camera and notebook. Instagram: @pattifriday

Embassy of Ideas No. 12 - The Friday Collectors Newsletter

Photographer | Painter | Writer

Hello Friends!
This is....
Embassy of Ideas No. 12
A weekly newsletter for
My Collectors

Short.  Chatty. Conversational.

Things I want to share with you.
News from my gallery shop and studio.
Behind the scenes of my life.

Thank you so much for being here!

2019 was an incredible year for

travel for me. 
Two trips that have ignited brand new collections of original artworks
are Banff and Mexico. 
Mixed media photographs will be highlighted. Stay tuned!

“I go to nature to be soothed and healed,

and to have my senses put in order.”
- John Burroughs

“If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly,

I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away,
I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist.”
― Annie Leibovitz

Purple Rain is NOW AVAILABLE here

Peace Love Create Art Gather ....and Cake.

Patti 
xo

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Embassy of Ideas No. 6 - Artist Patti Friday Newsletter

Embassy of Ideas No. 6

Short.  Chatty. Conversational.

Things I want to share with you.
News from my gallery shop and studio.
Behind the scenes of my life.
We are all on a wellness journey right? 
A cake recipe?

PLUS!  I am sharing a brand NEW LE (Limited Edition) fine art photographic print!!! 

Thank you so much for being here!   

Hi Friend!
How are you?
July is here and
I am so confused!!!

Keto. Paleo. Whole30. 
No sugar No grains
No Dairy
No caffeine
No sugar
No meat
Low Fat High Fat
Vegan
Whole Food Plant Based!!!

Please please tell me what you do?

Until I hear....I am gifting you a good (smirk)
video for you to watch and learn from.

"How to Cook a Fucking Steak"

As we kiss Mother's Day Spring season goodbye until next year...um hello Summer girlfriend!!!....Do you have any item in your home that belongs or belonged to your Mother?  Interior Designers are sharing their keepsakes.  

Gluten-Free is a thing in my world. For real!
Several family members eat exclusively GF so cake recipes 
must deliver!  Great taste. No gluten.

From Anja Dunk (Food Writer and Cookbook Author):

"So thrilled that @guardianfeast have featured 4 of my (gluten-free) cake recipes today. One of the most interesting things I’ve noted after 15 years of catering for events is how the dietary requirements chart has changed over this timespan. Today the amount of gluten-frees is about five times to what it was when I started out. Dairy-free has grown at a similar rate, whilst plant-based requests have gone off the chart. For obvious reasons I take gluten-free baking very seriously and one of the most important things for me is that it goes unnoticed - a gluten-free cake should taste as good as any other cake. So, whilst these recipes in today’s paper are gluten-free, I hope they will be baked and enjoyed by celiacs and non-celiacs alike - These cakes are for everyone.  Chocolate fudge cake / walnut and poppy seed bundt / banana and buckwheat loaf / marzipan and raspberry layer cake.
Thank you to all involved in making these recipes appear on paper pages today." 

Photography by @lizziemayson Food styling by @tamara_vos Props by @wilko_anna

The best books to read at every age, from 1 to 100

I have been absent from my newsletter since late May and I have some fairly decent excuses if you are willing to listen to them:  Travelled to Banff for a week (a.k.a. heaven on Earth) - Celebrated the birth of Twins!  (Grandbabe Population:  10)  PLUS I turned 60 - spent a glorious week with my Kuwait girl and her family at their charming summerhouse - then held sweet newborns for a week. PHEW!  OK!  So now you know the backstory. xo

How is your Latin lately?  Do you know what 'aut delectare aut prodesse' means?

Purple Rain is NOW AVAILABLE here

I wanted to also share with you that I am fine tuning my career by detailing my services and fine art offerings with you.  Perhaps you have a need or you know someone who does.  Remember that old Herbal Essence Shampoo commercial.  You tell 2 friends then they tell 2 friends then they tell 2 tell 2 and so on and so on? 

"Your heart beats approximately 104,000 times in a day and each one of those heartbeats is far too valuable to waste on comparing yourself to another. You were given your heart's unique rhythm to dance to your very own beat. Not to the beating of anyone else's heart. Just your own." — Nikita Gill

Peace Love Create Art Gather ....and cake.

Patti 
xo

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Embassy of Ideas No. 5 - Artist Patti Friday Newsletter

Embassy of Ideas No. 5

Short.  Chatty. Conversational.
A cake recipe.
Things I want to share with you.
News from my gallery shop and studio.
Behind the scenes of my life.

Thank you so much for being here!

Up first!  A message from Claire Ptak (Royal Wedding Cake Baker for Meghan and Harry) 

"Morning! So I created this delicious Citrus and Blossom cake for @sainsburys 150th birthday. It’s pretty cool and it’s available this week! The very first Sainsbury’s store opened in ‪1869 on Drury Lane‬ and sold just three items: butter, milk and eggs (key cake ingredients, so I’m obviously super into that!).
To help celebrate the milestone, I have partnered with Sainsbury’s to create their birthday cake—a Citrus and Blossom cake made using fresh lime, orange blossom water, and crème fraiche (they were also the first supermarket to sell crème fraiche in the UK!).

The cake is available in Sainsbury’s cafés across the UK throughout the 150th Birthday Week (‪20th – 27th May‬) for the special price of £1.50 per slice!" 

Claire's recipe is also online for those who want to recreate it at home! Link here.

Baking for Queen Elizabeth. No pressure at all!

I have been so inspired this past week by the cake Queen Elizabeth ate, the bursting colour of a spice company and the forever blue story of my paintings.  I know that other colours are going to be showcased in my upcoming series of artworks! Stay tuned. For now, there are 5 originals available in my gallery shop right now. 

I learned this lesson in a monumental way in the last 7 days.  
Do you agree with this quote?

Speaking of colour.  I'm a 'Summer'.  Do you know what you are?

Peace Love Create Art Gather ....and cake.

Patti 
xo


I am an Artist who carries a paintbrush & camera. Instagram: @pattifriday

Embassy of Ideas No. 4

Welcome to Embassy of Ideas No. 4 - My weekly newsletter!  

You may subscribe here.  I'd like that...alot!  Please join me!

Well Well Well!!! The sun finally showed her face here in Ontario and friends...let me tell you!  Everyone is much happier and friendlier!  I wanted to share a few things that I have been thinking about this past week. 

Do any of you wonder if you are eating the right way?  What eating style do you enjoy most?  I happened upon this book 'Mostly Plants' by Michael J. Fox's family.  It is all about flexitarian eating; mostly plants, occasionally meat.   This might best describe my way of eating.  I rarely eat meat but then all of a sudden I get a big ol' craving for a grilled steak, a roast chicken dinner or a low and slow cooked brisket. Sound like you?

How are you doing?  Did you have a good week?  Oh gosh!  It's the long weekend here!  What are you up to?  I hope you are surrounded by many people you love or are partaking in activities that make you super thrilled and rested. 

Now. Don't. Freak. Out.
What I am about to tell you is true.

I have never tasted quinoa that I can remember anyway.  I know for certain that I have never cooked it myself.  This past week I did and loved it.  Now I am on the hunt for all recipes - all things quinoa.   Like these crispy vegetable burgers.  

For the last few weeks I have been devouring podcasts.  The Goop Podcast has been entertaining and now I am asking everyone:  'Give me your fave podcasts to listen to!'  This might be an addiction in development. 

Could it be that Ms.Silverstreak is waiting for you? Only you!

I didn't actually bake a cake this week.  But I do have a recipe for you honoring this sweet little cake event:  A 2 year old that asks her Daddy for a rainbow cake and he brings one home!!!!  How cute is that? Right?

Here is your rainbow cake recipe.  

Peace Love Create Art Gather ....and cake.

Patti 
xo

I am an Artist who carries a camera and I help people feel better with my wellness business. Instagram: @pattifridayessentials