I always wanted to make a potato stamp as a kid.
I had a crafty-making-stuff type of book. Which I would scrutinise for hours and hours looking at each and every page, planning what I would try to make next. Things like walking stilts, a phone from two cans and string, and those enticing potato stamps.
I made them once, and was fairly underwhelmed by the cross I had carved out. I did a few pages of painted crosses and that was about it. Back to scrutinising the next page as to what I could make next.
Far too many years to count later, and it’s time to revisit. Although this time it’s away with you potato stamp and hello bok choy. No carving necessary this time. Just chop off the leaves, (a little stir fry for dinner I think) leaving a one inch or so stump for your stamp. Give it a generous lick of paint and there you have it, a bok choy stamp.
Brydie, that’s brilliant!! No-one wants to eat the bit at the bottom anyway!
And such a perfect rose…
You are so creative! I had one of those books as a kid – kept trying to teach myself morse code and handsew capes..
ahhh morse code. It still intrigues me
That’s great! I’m going to buy bok choy immediately.
Just shape your rose by pulling a few of the outer leaves off Debra.
it’s gorgeous brydie..home made cards are always so much nicer than bought ones..
Oodles nicer if you can find the time to do it.
When the weather was terrible in NZ (pretty much all the time) and we were bored senseless, my mother would get the potatoes out and we would carve into them, then dip them in paint and stamp onto butcher’s paper. I’d have never thought to make them out of bok choy. Very pretty! xx
We always had a steady supply of butchers paper too growing up. A huge roll that weighed a tonne!
Beautiful! I carved a dolphin stamp out of a potato as a teenager and stamped the timber struts of my walk in wardrobe. I was that kind of a 14-year-old.
A dolphin! Now that is a whole lot more exciting than my old cross potato. I wish I had had friends like you when I was 14.
That is gorgeous and very inventive of you.
There are lots of vegetables to play with
Brilliant! This is so wonderful creative, and your stamp is gorgeous. What a lovely new use for bok choi!
I did try a lettuce stump as well, but it didn’t work as well.
This is too cute! And it just proves you don’t need heaps of money to get crafty. Ingenious dear lady!
Definitely don’t need lots of money to do stuff. Recycled gift paper, swapped ribbons, cardboard bits that were to be thrown away, a little paint, and the butt end of your vegetables
that is brilliant – I have had a yen to do potato stamps with sylvia in one of her craft sessions – must buy some bok choy and get out the paints
No chance of cutting your finger off while carving this one Johanna
How very clever and crafty you are.
Keeps me out of mischief Karen.
Beautiful and so straight forward. I too also tried out potato stamps when I was younger and was disappointed with my carving skills!
Easy huh Ada.
Very cute stamp. a food lover dream appliance!
You’ll never look at your vegetable offcuts the same way
Perfect rose! So lovely indeed!
Any news on the mixer front? My microwave blew up this week and I’m thinking of a convection type- any ideas?
Mixer plans are being worked on! I’m a little nervous, and a little excited. I’m still not 100% sure though.
Microwave help is unfortunately out of my league… I press start and wait for the bing
Great idea!
I have to disagree with the first comment… the bottom can be delicious. I usually include them with the rest of the plant in whatever I am cooking but your post gave me some interesting ideas for just using the bases as an ingredient!
Wow! So simple, so easy, so effective – so far from any thought I have ever had!!! Love it! *eyes off the fruit bowl* Wonder what else I could use… – Kara xx
Great idea! I’ll have to try it next time I’m making gift cards.
I love this idea!