Jelly Belly Color

Our day is dark, dank, dreary, damp, depressing, and the rain is drizzling down. I try not to let it...but it deflates me. Like a football with no air...what good is it?

COLOR...COLOR...I NEED COLOR!!!

Into the kitchen I wandered. Tea boxes?...nah. M & M's?...only 2 colors...red and green. Swiss Miss Cocoa?...where's the Swiss Miss? Pop Tarts?...not enough pop in the tart. But...wait...wait...Jelly Bellies. They're hiding in the corner, but how much more color could you get than that?

My cheap thrifty side is about to step forward. The jelly beans are expensive. 7-15 dollars a pound, depending on how they're packaged. I buy a package labeled Belly Flops. A good sized package for 3 dollars. How come so cheap...you might ask.

Slap the beans into LARGE. Some beans have a piggyback bean. Some beans are fused together. ALL the beans didn't get the signature Jelly Belly imprint on them. In other words...THEY'RE NOT PERFECT!!

But...WHO NEEDS PERFECT? The colors are the same...the taste is the same...and I'm not serving them to a duke and duchess! Imperfect is OK!

I visited their website, and found you could make a self portrait out of their jelly beans. They also have jelly bean art of Marilyn Monroe, Prince William and Kate, George Clooney, and the Beatles. Among others.

I ran upstairs to brush my teeth and shave. I found my Christmas green sweatshirt. I donned my Stormy Krommer hat, and set up my camera.

Here is the result. The jelly beans must have been old ones...because they make me look old. And...what good did it do to wear my festive green...if they turned it blue?

Hope your corner of the world is bright and colorful.