A Puppy for Every Day of the Week

I've always thought I would fit in so well in another time period. Not sure which one I would prefer but there are just so many great things about the simplicity and industry in times past. I'm thinking I would have love the early 20th century.
The great thing about now- you can take the best of times past, but with the loveliness of an indoor toilet.

Lately I've been working on dish towels. The kind my grandma has always had around her kitchen, with a different theme for every day of the week, and I love the quirky kitchiness of them. I don't know if I can bare to use them but they are great to look at!

To make your own: Days of the Week Embroidery, they have dogs, cats, little girls, fruit, etc. Very cute.

So here are my first three...
(they are folded to just show the part that is embroidered)

Art and a quick salad

Something to brighten up our tucson backyard.
You like? I love! I love creating. I always wanted to be an artist but alas I don't have the skill. I do however have the love. Hence my past major of art history. I do love knowing I can create something happy, something bright and something I love, even if it will never be a masterpiece. I'm far closer to getting there in my cooking than my painting, and that is even still a far off dream.

My advice- don't hold yourself back!


And a quick recipe:
As you know a radish and cucumber salad often graces our table. Last night I mixed it up with some jicama and lime zest. Mix the zest and juice of one lime and 2 T greek yogurt, as well as salt and pepper. Mix with your thinly sliced veggies, a mexican mixup on an enJOY classic.

JICAMA- do you eat it? When I was five we moved back from California to Alberta. I was proudly a californian girl with a californian accent and a veggie in my lunchbag that's name started with a J but you could have sworn started with an H and I was loving life. Mix it up with carrot sticks and celery in your kids lunches. Lots of vitamin C and packs a delicious crunch.

because food is the main thing but not the only thing

About 60 percent of my thoughts are focused around food. The mixture of necessity and passion cause that. But every once in a while I attempt to tunnel that kind of focus on other things. If you know me you know I come from a family of some pretty amazing quilters, and while I would never presume to say I was in their league but I have learned a great deal from them, and continue to learn a lot. And you know you have something good going when somehow you can work the quilting into the world of food (which is not often, believe me). This week though I made a table runner that I love and makes it so my table look oh so fab with or without food on it.


On a less food related note, I just finished the most complex quilt I might ever attempt (big thanks to mom who helped every step of the way) and I just need to show it off cause I am in awe of it. It's like the wedding cake of quilts.

What do you do to let out the creative juices outside the kitchen?