I know, I know, there have been a lot of chalkboard designs around here. More perhaps than even soup recipes and embroidery projects, but one cannot help what one loves. So, here is my favorite…
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Foodie Friday: Roasted Strawberry Crostini
I love how fresh fruit can be used in just about every meal, including appetizers. Here is a simple fruit crostini involving a basil syrup, goat cheese and roasted strawberries from Confections of a Foodie…
Sew & Tell: Fishtail Skirt
Back in the cold days of winter I took a trip with Linz and some of our friends to La Paz, Mexico. I decided to convert this old skirt into a pretty item to wander…
Makeover Monday: Paint Chip Collage
There is a definite trend right now to use paint chips for a plethora of different projects. I am quite found of all the paint chips used to decorate walls. It feels playful to use…
Nail Design
You only have to own a pinterest account to know how trendy nail designs have become these days. I put painting my nails, let alone painting my nails with a fancy schmancy design on them…
Foodie Friday: Blueberry Dessert Pizza
This weekend Linz and I are going to be hanging out at one of our favorite places, our friend Jessica’s family blueberry farm. It therefore felt fitting that we should feature a blueberry recipe today.…
Makeover Monday: Chalkboard Candles
I am excited to say that we are going to be having a new weekly series on Sweet Athena for this Summer. As I am sure you have gathered this series is called, ‘Makeover Monday’…
Book Review: The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook by Kate Macdonald
When thinking of the theme of time, I think books are the perfect example. They allow a person to stop the time around them and be transported into another world, another era. My childhood was…
Foodie Friday: Chilled Cucumber and Apple Soup
Linz and I LOVE soup. That is made pretty clear around these parts when leaves start to change color, and a warm bowl hits the spot on cold days. But what about on these hot…
Welcome Back!
Do these snapshots of Linz and I help you guess what our next theme is going to be? Linz and I have been on hiatus for the last couple of weeks, but we are pumped…
Break Time
As I am sure many of you know both Linz and I are at big transition points in our life. Linz is gearing up for her last term before getting her Masters degree (Whoo-hoo!). While…
Foodie Friday: Dulce de Leche & Stout Trifle
There’s something pretty cool about trifle as a dessert: it’s attitude. Trifle is all like, “Yeah, I can dress up and be fancy if I want to.” But then, you turn around, and it’s saying,…
Foodie Friday: Boston Cream Pie
The weather has been a little funky around here and frankly I like it. Sunny days, warms days and dare I say it, even rainy days that I have enjoyed. There is something about a…
Sweet Athena Freebie! May Background
1680 x 1050 / 1440 x 900 / 1280 x 1024 / 1024 x 768 / iphone / phoneI wish I was on a boat.
Foodie Friday: S’more Experimental Baking
Sometimes kitchen experiments work out wonderfully. Other times they fail. Then there are the ones in between: they can’t be deemed full-out successes, but they’re not terrible. Today’s Foodie Friday dish is one of those…
Foodie Friday: Food Lover’s Cleanse
One of the fun things about doing this blog with Linz is that we do not often coordinate our individual posts and they are a surprise even to each other. I am just as excited…
Book Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
This is one of my all time favorite books! I want to make the book review posts a regular monthly series here on Sweet Athena and I thought AVM would be the perfect book to…
Foodie Friday: More Veggies, Please!
Sometimes New Year’s Resolutions suck. The New Year comes just after the Christmas whirlwind, when bank accounts are low, waistlines are expanded, and the weather is gloomy. I like the idea of NYR’s, but the…
Foodie Friday: Turkish White Bean Wrap Sandwiches
A few months ago Linz gave me a cute, slender book called, ‘100 Words for Foodies‘. A fun companion guide for anyone cooking in the kitchen and looking to learn some new culinary terms. Along…
Sweet Athena Freebie! April Wallpaper
1680 x 1050 / 1440 x 900 / 1280 x 1024 / 1024 x 768 / iphone / phone Can you believe that April is here? I’m all for it! Long live Spring! To help…
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.