Hello everyone! How are you? I'm up on the Studio 40 blog today with two 'delicious'
notebook pages, using
Vintage Glow collection. When visiting a tourist destination, the itinerary will most likely include recommendations of Gastronomic Routes: a tour of emblematic and significant places for the local gastronomic culture, and recommendations of the most diverse dishes. I really like Gastronomic Routes. To me, gastronomy is so closely linked to the culture of a country that we should always document the favourite dishes of our tourist destinations in our albums, and I think that
notebooks are perfect format for that! Let's see how I documented mine!
I recently visited
València, the third-most populated city in Spain on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Nowadays, the star dish in València's homes and one of the most outstanding dishes in Spanish gastronomy is
paella. To document the dish I used a large picture, according to the
notebook size, on one side. I cover the picture with a vellum page to soften colours and to decorate the page as well. I used very subtle decoration: a strip of
'Green' patterned paper, notebook size and a diecutted piece of white cardstock and a green
enamel dot.
I created a pocket when I stuck the photo, to add inside the pocket some interesting journaling about paella. Did you know that Valencian paella originated during the 15th and 16th centuries in the more rural areas of Valencia? This dish was born out of the peasants' need to prepare an easy meal with the ingredients they had at hand (rice, chicken, string beans, and others). Paellas were always cooked over a wood fire, especially orange tree wood.
The following pages showed a delicious and Valencian typical beverage: Orxata. It is made with sweetened tiger nuts and served ice-cold as a natural refreshment in the summer, often served with fartons (a delicate and spongy sweet pastry).
In the large picture you can see the orxata and some tigernuts in a basket. The pic is decorated with
transparent stickers to give a romantic touch.
The tag is made using the dotted side of the
PL cards (very useful, indeed) adding the journaling and decorations: a strip of
patterned paper and a diecutted piece of white cardstock and a pink
enamel dots at the bottom side and some tulle and thread at the upper side.
And that's all for now, friends! Hope you enjoyed this delicious post! ;) Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely week!
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