Does anyone else feel like their home is a little boring once they take down all their Christmas decorations? I’m not ready to commit to Valentine’s Day decoration, but was wanting to add a little…
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Happy 2011! There is a lot of talk of New Year’s resolutions and goals out there in the crafting blog world. Which always makes me happy to see people celebrating life in that way! As…
Foodie Friday: Mediterranean Greek Vegetarian Lasagna
Today is about comfort food with a twist. The love of homemade lasagna plus all kinds of things you love about greek food. The Culinary Review provides this easy, but a little time consuming (you have to…
Foodie Friday: New York Times Coffee Cake
Today for Foodie Friday I am excited to share one of my all time favorite food traditions. New York Times Coffee Cake. In my family we eat this every year on the morning of Christmas…
Hey Santa,
I’ll take the same thing I asked for last year. On this very day a year ago, I finished wrapping my Christmas gifts. Seems like we have a tradition on our hands as I again just…
Decorating for Christmas
Some may feel it is a bit late in the season to be putting up Christmas decoration, but I say nay to that. Decorating puts me in the holiday spirit and I’m happy to do…
Foodie Friday: Pizza
Today’s Foodie Friday happens to also be my birthday. It therefore seems fitting that we focus on the classic birthday party food, pizza. I started out with Cornmeal Pizza Crust from Martha Stewart. This crust…
Foodie Friday: French Lentil Soup and Apple Custard Pie
Clearly Linz and I love soup. This is the third week in a row with a soup centered post. I think Lindsey and I are just very into seasonal cooking and soup falls right into…
Foodie Friday: Barley Soup
This week’s Foodie Friday is all about keeping it simple and easy. I had a friend and blog lover come to visit me last weekend and I decided to have her show me one of…
A Makeover Story, Part One
Jess’ brother Stephen, pre-makeover Have you ever been really excited by something and you are not sure why? That is pretty much how I feel about dressing my little brother up in clothes. Ever since…
Dress of the Month
One of the coolest parts of working on this Fall Fashion Season here at Sweet Athena is that it has coincided with one of the BEST fashion experiences of my life. When I say best,…
Bling, Bling
Today’s shirt reconstruction is all about adding a little bling to your shirt. I tried out a tutorial from Still Dottie about re-ceating a beaded shirt from J-Crew. This project was one that was easy…
Fun with Felting!
Happy Halloween! Today for t-shirt reconstruction week it is all about working with felt. I think felt has a very homemade look to it, which I realize is not for everyone. I however love the…
The Simple Fix
It all started with a small stain on a beloved blouse and ended at one o’clock in the morning with Linz and I sitting around piles of tulle, fabric, buttons, and a “bloody” purple t-shirt…
Foodie Friday: Strawberry Shortcake Cake
So today I thought I would be super cute and clever and do a Halloween themed Foodie Friday. In my world that meant baking a Strawberry Shortcake Cake. How is that close to being Halloween…
Foodie Friday: Makin’ Whoopie (Pies)
With trends I often find that I can easily be out of the loop, until I realize said trend is everywhere I turn and ready to smack me in the face. This late blossom often…
Foodie Friday Trend: Magazines
When Linz and I were planning out our new format for this blog we knew we wanted to make sure that we were reflecting on what was important to us. It became clear early on…
The New Design of Sweet Athena
Aiming to keep things fresh and focused at Sweet Athena, we are pleased to announce that we will be adopting a new format for our blog! The Pattern Each season, we will announce a theme…
Crafty Wonderland’s Super Colossal Spring Sale and So Much More
This weekend I had the pleasure of not just going to Crafty Wonderland‘s Super Colossal Spring Sale, but to also bring along two of my favorite people, my mom and aunt. The ladies wanted to…
The Little Black Dress is All You Need
Today is the last day of a year long endeavor called the Uniform Project. One women was inspired to prove that we really don’t need to run out and buy the latest clothing items to…
jess + linz
Friends since middle school, we continue to inspire each other to be creative in our big, adult lives. Each season we take on a new theme to guide our crafting, cooking, and creating. We're up for trying anything, and things are bound to get messy. But that's just the way we like it.