Love at First Sight

I am usually not a J.Crew kind of girl, but after catching a glimpse of the new cover on my Mom's coffee table...I fell in love, madly in love to be precise. The cover image reminds me of all the TOAST catalogues I hold so dear. The cover image actually made it up on my Inspiration wall. Here are a few of my favorite new obsessions.

all images from the J.Crew site

Yeah!

I just went outside to water the garden, it is really hot here, at least for San Diego, and found my first cucumber of the season!!!! It is late, but my first round of cucumbers didn't take of due to the cloudy months of May and June, so I planted new plants about a month ago. I am so excited to finally have a crop of yummy cucumbers, they are mine and my husbands favorite! I am also posting a picture of my swiss chard, how am I going to eat all of this?

Well Hello There...

As the end of summer draws near and I await planting my winter crops I have decided to focus my attention on learning to sew. It has been something I have always wanted to learn. The independence of being able to sew your own things has always seemed so freeing to me. My Mom bought me Heather Ross's "Weekend Sewing" for my birthday, which can be bought from http://www.purlsoho.com/purl. The book is full of amazing pictures and ideas. I also totally recommend going to their blog http://www.purlbee.com/ for all the wonderful and inspirational images. For my first attempt I am going to sew cloth napkins, don't all girls need cute cloth napkins! My Mom also bought me the fabric for the napkins which is in the picture below. I am armed and ready with one of my Granny's many sewing kits. Wish me luck!

P.S. I promise to attempt to make my images better by using an actual camera...my I-Phone just always seems to be so much easier!