This April marks an exciting moment in Sweet Athena history, it is the two year anniversary of our blog! To celebrate all the food and craft adventures Linz and I have experienced here, we decided…
Our Seasons
Foodie Friday: Rainbow Pancakes
If you remember back in February I was enchanted by the idea of a rainbow cake, I’m still very much in love with these beauties, but I have found another rainbow goody to adore as…
Foodie Saturday: Chocolate Mochi Cake
Though a certain work situation kept me from posting a “Foodie Friday” yesterday, I’m deciding to go ahead and share the recipe. Let’s call today “Foodie Saturday!” The inspiration for this dessert came from the…
Foodie Friday: Chocolate Cherry Brownies
I’m off today to the coast, for a bachelorette party weekend. What better snack to bring along than a chocolaty baked good with cherries no less. These brownies were easy to whip up from 101 Cookbooks,…
Foodie Friday: Candied Orange Peel
For this week’s Foodie Friday entry, I wanted to share with you the quick and simple glories of Candied Orange Peel. Impressive because of its beauty, this stuff can be thrown together with ingredients you…
Foodie Friday: Pucchi Pucchi
Happy April Fool’s Day! Today I feel is a fitting day to talk about some cold, hard facts about my feelings on food. The truth is I like some strange food combos. So silly are…
Foodie Friday: Poems
I’m going to do a little something different this Foodie Friday: no recipes, but we’re still going to have fun with food. How? With a couple of delicious poems. This first one is by one…
I Should Have Known Better
This is how it started (in my head): “Sweet Athena is food-themed for Spring. Awesome. So I guess I should try out all of the food-related projects and recipes I’ve been bookmarking for years. That…
Let’s Get Saucy: Honey Mustard
One of the best aspects of having a food-themed season here at Sweet Athena is the opportunity to talk “favorites.” While I’m a fan of experimenting with new things, there’s something special about trying out…
Sweet Athena Freebie! March Background and Theme Announcement
This month’s free personal desktop wallpaper is a crush on citrus fruit, which ties in nicely with our next seasonal theme. Is anyone else ready for longer days, flowers blooming, and more frolicking outside? We…
Birthday Brunch Bash
Sweet Athena Linz turned an adorable 26 this month and of course we took that as an excuse to boogie on down with friends. Our inspiration was Linz’s love of eggs and a recent article in…
I Heart You!
Valentine’s day is quickly approaching and we have yet to mention the celebration of love, candy and hearts here at Sweet Athena. I guess this particular holiday gets such mixed reviews from people. I feel…
Happy Birthday Linz!
Vintage Sugar Cube made this 6 Layers of SexyToday is Sweet Athena Lindsey’s birthday! Hooooo-RAY! I am excited to celebrate with her later this weekend, but as for today I cannot get my mind off…
Can You Tell Me How To Get To….
If this winter is all about the par-tay, than let us not have anymore time pass before we talk about one of my favorite shindigs of the year. Last year I made reference to a…
Enjoying Winter
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…
Etsy Birthday Fun for Kids
With Dale’s birthday down and mine on the way, I’ve been thinking back to the days when realbirthday parties existed. You know, the kinds based around a cartoon (TMNT, for example!) or creatures (bugs!) or…
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…
Ring Around the Rosettes
As promised, here are photos of my Felt Rosette Wreath! Actually, much of this project’s credit goes to my husband, Dale. This was his brainchild after seeing the Styrofoam wreath shape at JoAnn’s. He even…
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…
History Lesson and a Felt Pomander
Back in the day, people used to carry balls of perfumed materials called pomanders to ward against infection, or to smell better at the very least. Then weddings took over. Now, pomanders are pretty balls…
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.