After all the excitement of yesterday's post it's probably a good time to settle down with some scrapbooking today ... especially as it features a way to use Plundered Pages [which you can now buy in a real shop!!! Oh ... yes, I forgot ... I'm meant to be settling down ...].
With vegetables ...
In the past I've scrapbooked:
- our first homegrown tomato;
- our first homegrown strawberry;
- our first ,and only, homegrown squash ... and now it's the turn of ...
Not that it states 'Magic Beans' clearly on the label.
In fact, I don't think they had a label.
They're just something James picked up from a nursery and brought home ... in exchange for our prize cow. No .. hang on ... no, that wasn't James ... I'm getting him mixed up with someone aren't I?
Anyway ... I've eaten runner beans before, so wasn't expecting the treat that was awaiting us when we popped open the first ripe pod ... they're pink! Pink beans!! Pink!!
... imagine my levels of delight when I discovered that these magic, pink, beans ... well ...
... they turn lilac when cooked!
Look!!
They're the horse of every colour of the veg world!
Then, while I was trawling my book collections, putting together entirely unconnected Plundered Pages packs ... I came across a page in a 1980's annual all about a bean family[obvs] which inspired me to get these photos scrapped and use up that perfect illustration [above] and this ridiculously appropriate text:
If you don't hear from me for a while, who knows, I might be off having an adventure ... up a beanstalk ...
Julie :-)
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Oh you do make me smile Julie :D
ReplyDeleteAnd I love that ribbon threaded button!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful....you should see the potatoes we get here.....red, bright yellow, purple, orange.....a veritable rainbow of choices, none of them tasting anything very much like potato!
ReplyDeleteHmmm - we have multi-coloured bean *flowers* but I think that the beans are just plain green. Yours may indeed be magic!
ReplyDeleteI bought some black dwarf beans and was very excited too, but they turned green when I cooked them :( !!
ReplyDeleteLove your page, very distinct style that I love, especially with the plundered pages. The coloured bean one was a great find!
Ha ha this made me chuckle to myself because I can see me having the exact same reaction as you! Pink beans! What's not to love? Cute LO too!
ReplyDeleteI might actually be willing to eat purple beans.
ReplyDeleteHee hee! A great page and a brilliant story! Love your pink/lilac beans :)
ReplyDeleteWhen you get back down from your beanstalk, here's a comment to tell you how much I love your page :) And what serendipitous image and text finds!
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