Eggplant and Chartreuse

Sunday, July 24, 2011

yum!

I just have to say, I made some delicious gluten free blueberry crepes this morning. I melted the blueberries down and filled the crepes. They just completely soaked it up. It was just tasty!

Saturday, July 23, 2011

I decided to make another apron with the leftover scraps. I switched the prints so that the brown polka dot would be the main print, and the blue the accent print. Not sure what I'm going to do with this one yet . . . I might have to keep it :)

Friday, July 22, 2011

Birthday Apron

My little cousin is turning 7 in August. She loves baking and makes her family call her "Chef Natasha" when she's in the kitchen. I thought it would be fun to make her an apron for her birthday! I'll post pictures next month with her wearing it when I give it to her. :)

Neck strap

Bottom trim

Cute fabric up close

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Garden Update number-who-knows-what!

I found a solution to my zucchini/squash problem. . . gave a bunch away at work today! ha.

I am very excited, because the broccoli, eggplant, corn and peppers are finally growing!

The sunflowers are officially taller than me, and stink bugs have effectively taken over my zucchini and squash plants. Giant masses of them. Clumped together. Mating. They are disgusting, and I HATE them, but there is no way to get rid of them since it is a community garden! Ugh. I get so grossed out because I cant reach down to pick a zuch or squash without nasty big black bugs crawling all over everything.

ANYWAY, I went out there this evening after I went to the gym and took some pictures with my phone. Not the best quality, but you'll get an idea!

Just waiting for the millions of tomatoes on each plant to start turning red!

There are 2 pieces of corn growing on this plant!

Proof that the sunflower is at least 6 inches taller than me.

Baby eggplants . . . that sort of look like bats or something creepy.

Just to show how big the corn is getting

Some little peppers!

Bad quality, but that circle is the top of the broccoli head!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

I think I'm turning green, oh yes I think I'm turning green, I really think so!

I am up to my ears in zucchini. Last week, I made a delicious ratatouille that took about 3 zuch and 2 squash. When I got tired of that, I decided to make a zucchini casserole, thanks to one of my future SIL's for giving me a delicious recipe. Unfortunately that only took about 2 of the zuchs and 1 squash. I still had so many piling up that I decided to make some zucchini bread, which is currently in the oven, but that only took 1 zuch! Next will be fried zucchini one of these nights for dinner. I am now out of ideas! Help! :) I am going to turn green soon!

Monday, June 27, 2011

Garden Update!

So I just went out to water the garden this evening and got so excited because everything is getting so big! The pictures are bad because I just used my phone camera, but I just wanted to give an update on the squash, zucchini, sunflowers, and strawberries!!!!

Mmmm squash!

They were so yummy!

Mmm can't wait to fry up some of this in a few days!!

Don't laugh, this is right after I got back from the gym. But this is how tall the sunflower is! A month ago it was a tiny little plant.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

gardening, sewing, and other things.

After I got off work yesterday, I decided to explore a little town nearby for a bit. Since Jon wasn't able to visit this weekend, I decided I'd go look for some new tennis shoes (cross trainers) and stop at a nursery I'd seen before. It seems like whenever you're not looking, you find something. Whenever you are looking, it is the hardest time finding whatever you're looking for! My shoe hunt yesterday was exhausting. I went to 4 stores before I finally found my shoes at the 5th store. I tried them on and fell in love instantly. My feet were happy.

I did stop at the nursery, somewhere in between that shoe search as well, and found my new favorite flower! They are called Portulaca, aka Moss Rose. Apparently they spread quite a bit. I would love to have those in my yard someday. I bought some and think they are just the cutest little things I have ever seen!I also bought some yellow marigolds to put in my flower box that hangs off the side of my deck, and another big succulent to add to my deck collection.

When I got home, I went out to check the garden and found a jungle instead! The sunflowers are almost as tall as I am (Ok I'm not tall or anything, but come on, it's exciting!), we have 13 squash and 6 zucchini growing and about 5 cucumbers, 4 tomatoes, strawberries (that are super yummy), and herbs that were like trees! My cilantro was like a giant bush, so I chopped quite a bit off, along with some rosemary and chives. I used the rosemary and chives in some delicious chicken I made for lunch today, and have yet to use the cilantro, but I'm thinking about making some salsa tomorrow. The cilantro is SO fragrant, I think it's going to be very tasty.

After I stopped by the farmers market today to help take down my work's booth, I decided I would go play with some puppies or kittens at the humane society since I am missing my Charlie so much. Not one dog was half as cute as him, but I did find this little gem. If I was allowed to have cats at my apartment, I would have taken this two month old baby home today. She was the sweetest.

As I'd been sitting at home today thinking about what I should do with myself the rest of the day, I thought it would be fun to sew something, but thought I was all out of material. However, I looked in my sewing box and found a random piece of scrap I'd found at a thrift shop, and started researching easy sewing patterns. I found a pattern for a purse (it's really a satchel) and decided to go for it. I thought it would take up at least a few hours, but nope.. I banged that thing out in less than an hour somehow!I've impressed myself each time I start a project with how quickly I finish it!