Idea 10.26.10

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I am going to make this dog's hat. Too bad Spanky isn't around anymore, he would make the perfect model.

Golden Heart

Do you know what the best thing is about no longer working two jobs? Having time! And I have a little bit of time on my hands, well not really considering that I am getting married in less than two weeks, but I was able to "design" (I used a heart photo that I added color and text to) a blog header picture for Golden Heart by R.C.B. Golden Heart is a work in progress, but will soon be an up and running wedding planning business. Look for the blog soon!

I just love how easy picnik is to use, not to mention the fact that it is free.

More Garage Sale Finds

Well, since today is Saturday and I didn't have to work I decided to participate in one of my favorite summer pastimes...garage saling. When I was a kid  I used to spend the summers with my cousin and aunt and uncle and every Saturday morning my cousin and I would head out with a piece of peanut butter toast and our Scooby Doo cups in hand in pursuit of the latest finds at the nearby garage sales and estate sales. (And it wasn't always peanut butter toast, I was known to take refrigerated Baby Ruth bars with me, I'm bad, I know.) Those summers are what began my many vintage collections and sparked an interest in anything vintage related. Today was a pretty good day as far as garage sales go and I was able to find a bunch of cooking related items at a particular yard sale.

The lady whom I bought this book from told me that she learned how to cook reading through The Joy of Cooking. Being a vegetarian, I will not be able to make most of the recipes but it is still interesting to look through, and I love anything that has a story attached to it.

Yummy, I would eat this for breakfast any day! (I am a vegetarian who eats fish, I guess I am a fishetarian)

Sick!

I lucked out with a couple of darling deadstock half aprons.

I can imagine myself cooking a weirdy recipe out of The Joy of Cooking for dearest D. while wearing my little half apron.

We found some cute wine glasses at the same garage sale (dearest D. informed me he is not a hand model).

Oh, and I bought a ceramic yule log. It's never too early to start thinking ahead for Christmas. Ho, ho, ho!

Breakfast

I got the recipe for this nutritious smoothie from my sister, she is the yoga instructor of  Super Yoga Palace in Dallas, TX.

Super Yoga Palace Smoothie

1 Banana

A handful of spinach

Frozen pineapple chucks

Frozen strawberries

A splash of orange juice

Blend and enjoy.

Mmmm, breakfast! (Don't the green color scare you, these are so yummy and you can't even taste the spinach!)

Not a need, but a want

Last week while perusing design*sponge, which I like to peruse through quite often, I came across some shoes I would really like to own. They were featured in their living in: fried green tomatoes  post. I decided that I would like to live in Fried Green Tomatoes. Here they are from deliA's

I can imagine myself wearing them along with a 1940s farm dress with my hair up in victory rolls, jitterbugging the night away. These shoes are kind of like a time machine...

Dinner

I had a yummy dinner and I thought I would share it with everyone, by that I mean dearest D. and Kira :)

Vegetable roll with fried tofu dipped in rooster sauce.

Scrumdumptious.

Rooster sauce is magical. It isn't really called rooster sauce, but it is what I always have called it. You can buy it in the Asian section at the grocery store. It is good over noodles and used as a sauce for tofu. dearest D. was dipping his pretzels in it, which I think is a little sick-o. Eww, yuck!

Bunting DIY

After the sneak peek wedding post the other day, I was determined to make my own cake bunting. I have a a little stash of vintage fabrics that I've picked up from garage sales and this was the perfect project for it, it took so little material and the result is quite satisfying.

1. Pick out your color palette. 

2. Cut into little squares.

3. Cut into flags.

4. String onto thread.

5. Tie onto bamboo skewers and enjoy your handiwork!