It snowed two Sundays ago and I could not have been more giddy. A simple day of dancing in the snow, taking pictures and making yummy soup while watching it all come down. The weekend…
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Winter Bucket List
I like that Linz did an update on the progress of her fall bucket list. If you asked me, I would have said I failed miserable this season, but when I actually look at it,…
Freebie! Warm and Cozy Wallpaper
1680 x 1050 / 1440 x 900 / 1280 x 1024 / 1024 x 768 / iphone4 / iphone5 / phone I don’t know about the weather where you are, but in my neck of…
Sweet Athena Freebie! February Background
To celebrate February, I’m offering up a background quite different from my usual monthly freebie: instead of strictly created on a computer, this background features one of my paintings. Here it is: flowery, optimistic and…
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…
Foodie Friday: Walnut-Breadcrumb Pasta with a Soft Egg
For today’s Foodie Friday, I would like to share a real “keeper” recipe we just tried out in our house. Fresh from Cooking Light’s January 2011 edition, “Walnut-Breadcrumb Pasta with a Soft Egg” is a…
Foodie Friday: Gibassier
Happy Christmas Eve! Today, we are taking a little holiday trip to Provence in baking the Gibassier. I first tried this fluffy pastry bread at the Pearl Bakery and quickly became infatuated with it. Anise,…
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…
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…
Sweet Athena Freebie! December Background (and our next theme)
It’s hard to believe, but Sweet Athena is already moving on to our next thematic season. From now through February, we’ll be exploring the concept of celebrations. We love parties. From invitations to decorations, games…
Warm & Fuzzies
What feels like forever ago (but was really just last winter), I found a lovely scarf tutorial at Curbly from Chris Gardner to use for my holiday gifts. The project requires minimal supplies (fleece, contact…
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.