The Artist Notebook is a blog by Lake & River Studio, merged with Just Add cloth, featuring articles, news, latest works, and more.
Sweet Orange and Eucalyptus Lye Soap
It is funny the things we suddenly appreciate when facing a mini-apocalypse and life gets inconvenient. As I write this, we are slowly emerging from the first wave of the corona virus quarantine and recently...
Raising Fowl: Duck Brooder Versus Chick Brooder
Duckling brooders need separate wet and dry areas. Have you already already raised chickens from baby chicks, and want to try your hand at ducklings? It is a bit different, but not so much for...
Bacon, Egg, & Cheese Frittata with Tortilla Crust
Who has eggs!?! We have eggs!! With a mixed flock of 43 fowl, we have tons of eggs daily. If there was one thing we were never short on during covid quarantine, it was eggs...
Whole Wheat Rhubarb Muffins with Cinnamon & Ginger
Oh, the ever loved muffin. Lovely in it’s simplicity. Like clouds of shortbread and near impossible to screw up. Even a bad muffin is still a muffin. Or at least that is the opinion of...
Strawberry Rhubarb Yogurt Smoothie
Summer time rhubarb season is upon us and that means time for smoothie season as well. Last year, we ripped out half of our rhubarb and transplanted it further from the house and separated it...
Seasonal Rhubarb Scones
What time is it? Rhubarb time!! OK, those of you in non-frozen-tundra areas probably had rhubarb months ago. Rhubarb recipes are the epitome of early summer as far as I am concerned. And frankly, I...