The winner of our first Sweet Athena giveaway is comment number 5 from Wandering Muse: Love the pencils!! I’m just starting The Hunger Games, but I’d have to go with one of the Harry Potter&hellip
Monthly Archives For February 2012
Foodie Friday: Jessica’s Blueberry Chicken
Rounding out our week of guest bloggers, we are delighted to have one of our favorite Oregon country girls, Jessica Stokke, share with us one of her best recipes for Foodie Friday. ~Jess & Linz&hellip
Guest Post: Liz’s Fabric Belt
As we continue with our week of Guest Bloggers, I am thrilled to be sharing a sewing tutorial with you from Liz. You may remember me gushing about her from her business turned blog, Dress of&hellip
Guest Post: Bike Love
Guest blogging for Sweet Athena today is Kara. An artistic woman, whose latest project involves making a documentary about her shift from car dependency to bicyclist. During our week of Oregon guest bloggers, it only made sense to&hellip
Guest Post: Megan’s Spring Tree
Today’s guest blogger is Megan, a dear friend and a very crafty lady making a new home for herself in Oregon. When I heard about Megan’s most recent project, involving a tree branch downed by&hellip
Guest Post: Crafty Mariko
Hello Sweet Athena readers! I am so excited to be guest posting today for the blog of two of my very best friends. My name is Mariko, and I blog over at Crafty Mariko. I’m&hellip
Bouncing Ball Creations Giveaway
We are happy to announce that we are having a very special week ahead here at Sweet Athena. For the next five days, we will be handing over the reigns of S.A. to some lovely Northwest&hellip
Chalkboard Vases
As ya’ll have gathered at this point, chalk board paint is on my mind. I just love how I am able to take objects that otherwise might be thrown away and create new and fun&hellip
Foodie Friday: Chai Biscotti
I am in love with chai tea. When ordering my coveted chai tea latte with soy milk at coffee shops it tends to be made with the tasty Oregon Chai brand. When coming up with&hellip
Oregon, my Oregon
A few days ago, Jess told me how she wanted to spruce up her apartment with bit of color. So, shazam! I painted her a colorful, geometric representation of our lovely state, Oregon. I was&hellip
Chalkboard Paint Hearts
As we know from last year, I am in love with creating Valentine’s Day cards that involve found objects from my house. This year was no exception and I used my new favorite craft obsession, chalkboard paint.&hellip
Foodie Friday: Red Wine Chocolate Truffles
Just in time for that well known lovey-dovey holiday, Linz and I wanted to share with you a chocolate treat we made featuring red wine. If you are not from the Pacific Northwest than you&hellip
Oregon!
Check out our Portland/Oregon-themed Pinterest board. It’s quite lovely.
Sew & Tell: Lengthen a Dress with Lace
When I was in Vegas this last Fall I bought and wore this cute number from H & M. As we all know, you can get away with a lot in Sin City. Upon my&hellip
Another Hand-Stitched Card
Inspired by Jess’ awesome array of hand-stitched cards and motivated by my newfound love of embroidery, I recently tried my hand at making my very own card. January and February are bursting with celebrations for&hellip
Banana Cake, Chalkboard Coasters and Birthday Fun!
I’ve come to love doing a special post just for Linz on her birthday. This year I decided to experiment with both a new cake recipe and a craft. For the cake I made a&hellip
Foodie Friday: Broiled Grapefruit
I am an unabashed lover of breakfast, as you probably know already. While I love making breakfast foods at home, my favorite weekend activity is going out to brunch. My very favorite location in a city bursting&hellip
Craft Cravings
Sometimes I get an urge to keep my hands busy, and I’ve been finding lately that nothing satisfies that craving like embroidery. There’s something very satisfying about doodling with needle, thread, and fabric. A few&hellip
Sweet Athena Freebie! February Background
1680 x 1050 / 1440 x 900/ 1280 x 1024/ 1024 x 768/ iphone/ phone It’s that time again! A new month means you can now fancy up your computer with some Feb-tastic wallpaper.I was&hellip
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.