Experiment: Cheesemaking!

My mom got instructions to make homemade mozzarella cheese.  She tested the recipe out, then I came over to make my own cheese.  Fun Stuff!

1 gallon of milk heating after citric acid and rennet were added.

Slowly waiting for curds to happen.

Curds and whey!

Separating the curds from they whey.

Big old lump of curds.

Stretching the cheese after salt's been added.

Still stretching.

Mozzarella balls cooling in ice water.

At the end, after the cheese balls were done cooling, I packed them up in zip-lock bags with a touch of olive oil and a few herbs (oregano, basil, garlic salt).

Final result?  YUMMY!

New things

108 bead count mala, wooden beads, aquamarine marker beads, "Hope" tag

54 bead count mala. Blue dyed imperial jasper beads, wood offset beads, 

aquamarine guru and marker beads. "Life" key.

108 bead count mala, wooden beads, dyed blue imperial 

jasper marker beads, bronzite guru bead, "Life" tag.

Key... jump rings... blue ceramic beads.. leather cord.

keys, jump rings, blue agate bead, "Listen" tag, leather cord

All can be found on my Etsy site.

Artful Play

And I am stringing them all on hemp cord...

Love Mala

108 count, "tigerskin" jasper beads, metal offset & guru beads, blue green jasper marker beads, metal "Love" tag.

Morning Malas

Early morning creativity.  Two new malas.

Breathe Mala -- 108 count, wood beads, metal offset beads, tiger eye marker beads, metal "Breathe" tag.

Simplify Mala -- 54 count, wood beads, metal offset beads, tiger eye marker bead, metal "Simplify" tag.

I love this!

Wood Mala 2

Wood beads, unakite marker beads, unakite guru bead, strung on copper beading wire, green tassel.