Linz, Hiiiiiii. You know what I’m excited to be talking about today. Eating healthy. Some people really get down on New Year’s resolutions and think it is arbitrary to make goals because it is a&hellip
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Letters: Maternity Leave Ramblings
Hey, Jess! I am currently sitting in my living room with a baby (my baby) on my lap. He’s asleep and I’m not going to move him. Partly because he looks so peaceful, but mostly&hellip
Letters: Missing you & the Internet
Oh hey girlie, I have missed you lately! Sure I’ve texted and snapchatted with you in the past two weeks, but there has been a lack of emails, Skype and Face-booking since my hard drive&hellip
Letters: Family History Obsession
Dear Jess, Thanks for all of the fun videos last week! They’ve made me think and laugh a lot over the last week. This week, I’ve been crazily fascinated with genealogy. This is something I&hellip
Letters: Video Mania
Dear Linz, Since we can’t live in the same state, I’m happy we are keeping up our letters series. Lately I’ve been spending my extra time entertained by videos on the internet. Here’s some that&hellip
Letters: Oh, Canada
Dear Jess, I don’t think I mentioned this before, but I’m away in Canada this weekend! The drive up was rather rainy, but the country welcomed us with a lovely rainbow: I’ve been to Vancouver&hellip
Letters: For the Love of Art
Dear Linz, I greatly appreciated your take on how to celebrate Valentine’s Day. I’ve decided to try incorporating The Daily Checklist into my routine. Which in part is about making time to do what is&hellip
Letters: Valentine’s Day Alternatives
Dear Jess, You mentioned yesterday that you have mixed feelings about Valentine’s Day. To be honest, I’m not terribly excited about it. The holiday is a bit like making a mini-batch of no-egg cookie dough&hellip
Letters: Birthday Addition
Do you remember during our last season of Fashion that Linz and I had a Q & A series devoted to our questions and ideas related to how to dress and express yourself with clothing.&hellip
At A Glance: Hops and Crops Festival
In September, Murphy and I traveled to Washington state to visit family and attend the Hops and Crops Brew Festival at Mary Olson Farm. Located in Auburn, Washington, the 1880s farmstead serves as a living&hellip
Makeover Monday: Dot Cards
I think we are all familiar with this routine at this point. I buy some sort of craft supply and then I can’t help but think of a million ways to use it. It’s&hellip
Adventures: Strawberry Picking
It’s the first Sunday in a new season, which means we are moving on to a new idea for our “Letters” series. Since this season is about nature we will be exploring ways in which&hellip
Challenge: Give Your Favorite Veggie More Love
While Linz and I have been living in other parts of the country we have enjoyed adding a letter series to the blog. With fashion we were able to help each other out with a&hellip
Craft Round Up: Celebration
It is time to say goodbye to parties, decorations, and notes of love. Adieu to appetizers, drinks, and sweet treats. Okay not really, but we are parting ways with the theme of celebration. As a&hellip
Book Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Channel Isles, Guernsey, St. Peters Port from Old UK Photos What do you think of the Book Review series here on Sweet Athena? I like the idea of incorporating books into the blog. Even in this digital&hellip
Hand Stitched Cards
While figuring out what crafts I wanted to try out for our retro theme I realized I was being pulled towards making things that involved embroidery floss. Seeing my theme within a theme I’ve decided&hellip
Can You Tell Me How To Get To….
If this winter is all about the par-tay, than let us not have anymore time pass before we talk about one of my favorite shindigs of the year. Last year I made reference to a&hellip
In love with snail mail
Letters, postcards, and packages, I LOVE them all! I don’t just find joy in receiving them either, I really do enjoy sending these things to people I know. I have decided to take it one&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.