Sunday, April 22, 2012
It's almost my birthday, I needed a dress
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Polka Dot Phase
Cleaning out my closet last fall meant giving away all my favorite clothes. They did go to a good home, to my friend Lauren, who will probably wear them until they are worn out. But that doesn't help with the fact that I gave away my favorite polka dot dress. This meant, I needed to make a new polka dot dress!
The fabric came from the "bargin" section at Jo-Ann's. This was one of those finds that you have to know what you want to make in order to make it work.
Yes, it has pockets. Since the fabric is super stretchy, the pockets are more for light weight stuff, like chapstick.
There are a lot of pleats. 30, to be exact. I don't like making pleats, not one bit. You know what I like even less? Pleats on a super stretchy light weight fabric.
The pleats did make it drape beautifully.
The fabric came from the "bargin" section at Jo-Ann's. This was one of those finds that you have to know what you want to make in order to make it work.
Yes, it has pockets. Since the fabric is super stretchy, the pockets are more for light weight stuff, like chapstick.
There are a lot of pleats. 30, to be exact. I don't like making pleats, not one bit. You know what I like even less? Pleats on a super stretchy light weight fabric.
The pleats did make it drape beautifully.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
What's for dinner tonight?
Something about being home without the old people for a few hours makes me want to cook!
In reality, my grandparents had a dinner thing to go attend. By "Thing" I mean "some event for some person at a restaurant I don't like, with people I don't really want to eat with, where I can't eat anything on the menu". So, Ashley came over, and we cooked.
Pot Stickers or Fried Won Tons
Ingredients:
1 to 2 tbsp olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup green onions, chopped
1 to 2 cloves garlic, minced
1 to 2 tbsp ginger, grated
1 carrot, shredded
6 to 8 mushrooms, minced
1 cup napa cabbage, finely chopped
1/2 cup bean sprouts
2 tbsp tamari sauce
1 to 2 tsp toasted sesame oil
1 package rice paper wrappers (or if you can find or make won ton wrappers that are gluten free)
water
1. saute onion, garlic and ginger in olive oil for about 5 minutes
2. add veggies, sesame oil and tamari to saute mixture. cook for about 5 minutes. remember to stir.
3. Put together your pot stickers! Put about 1 teaspoon of the veggie mixture in the middle of a wrapper. fold into a dumpling/ravoli shape. Seal the edges with some water.
*the less excess water in the veggie mix when you put it on your rice paper, the better.
4. steam or deep fry, depending on if you want Pot Stickers or fried won tons.
*if steaming, You might want to put a leaf of the cabbage down on the steaming surface so they don't stick.*
-You can add other things to your veggie mix, spices, veggies, meat, tofu...ect. I usually just open the fridge and see what I have to choice from.
-If you do add other stuff, chop/mince it up! (for meat, like pork, put it through the salad shooter or food processor)
-Most won ton and dumpling wrappers have gluten in them, which is why I used rice ones. I've done this before using the regular wrappers, and they turn out great as well. I've also made my own (it's just like making pasta) and they also turned out great. However having a friend who can't have gluten and having short notice about her being here tonight was limiting the options down. It's all good though, I like to experiment in the kitchen.
In reality, my grandparents had a dinner thing to go attend. By "Thing" I mean "some event for some person at a restaurant I don't like, with people I don't really want to eat with, where I can't eat anything on the menu". So, Ashley came over, and we cooked.
Pot Stickers or Fried Won Tons
Ingredients:
1 to 2 tbsp olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup green onions, chopped
1 to 2 cloves garlic, minced
1 to 2 tbsp ginger, grated
1 carrot, shredded
6 to 8 mushrooms, minced
1 cup napa cabbage, finely chopped
1/2 cup bean sprouts
2 tbsp tamari sauce
1 to 2 tsp toasted sesame oil
1 package rice paper wrappers (or if you can find or make won ton wrappers that are gluten free)
water
1. saute onion, garlic and ginger in olive oil for about 5 minutes
2. add veggies, sesame oil and tamari to saute mixture. cook for about 5 minutes. remember to stir.
3. Put together your pot stickers! Put about 1 teaspoon of the veggie mixture in the middle of a wrapper. fold into a dumpling/ravoli shape. Seal the edges with some water.
*the less excess water in the veggie mix when you put it on your rice paper, the better.
4. steam or deep fry, depending on if you want Pot Stickers or fried won tons.
*if steaming, You might want to put a leaf of the cabbage down on the steaming surface so they don't stick.*
-You can add other things to your veggie mix, spices, veggies, meat, tofu...ect. I usually just open the fridge and see what I have to choice from.
-If you do add other stuff, chop/mince it up! (for meat, like pork, put it through the salad shooter or food processor)
-Most won ton and dumpling wrappers have gluten in them, which is why I used rice ones. I've done this before using the regular wrappers, and they turn out great as well. I've also made my own (it's just like making pasta) and they also turned out great. However having a friend who can't have gluten and having short notice about her being here tonight was limiting the options down. It's all good though, I like to experiment in the kitchen.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
I took a little vacation and gave away some coffee mugs
Dinosaurs, I love dinosaurs.
I also love color!
And I love my friends' kids!
Don't worry, the boys were just drinking water.
I went on a little weekend get-a-way trip with my absolute favorite person. Now, a normal person, on a normal vacation gets to do stuff like relax. I don't. I spend it driving, being in awkward family situations (a few of them), and worrying about what's going on at home. I even spent some of my driving time on a conference call for a mural project in Philly.
It was wonderful to see my friends and spend a tiny bit of time with them. Even though I spent the whole weekend with my best friend, I swear I barely got to really talk to him. That's the price of only seeing him at holidays though. Next time, maybe. The weekend is far behind me now, and the hardest part, the leaving, was just as difficult as usual. I'm back in New Jersey, the only place I can't seem to really get away from. Everything happens for a reason though, so when everything here is wrapped up, I'll know the reason, move on with my life and hopefully things will work out.
I also love color!
And I love my friends' kids!
Don't worry, the boys were just drinking water.
I went on a little weekend get-a-way trip with my absolute favorite person. Now, a normal person, on a normal vacation gets to do stuff like relax. I don't. I spend it driving, being in awkward family situations (a few of them), and worrying about what's going on at home. I even spent some of my driving time on a conference call for a mural project in Philly.
It was wonderful to see my friends and spend a tiny bit of time with them. Even though I spent the whole weekend with my best friend, I swear I barely got to really talk to him. That's the price of only seeing him at holidays though. Next time, maybe. The weekend is far behind me now, and the hardest part, the leaving, was just as difficult as usual. I'm back in New Jersey, the only place I can't seem to really get away from. Everything happens for a reason though, so when everything here is wrapped up, I'll know the reason, move on with my life and hopefully things will work out.
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