My new projects

Here are some of the goodies I’ve been sewing this week.

 

 

 

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FRESCHETTA Giveaway!

This post brought to you by FRESCHETTA®. All opinions are 100% mine.

Giveaway time! This one is really easy!

See that list of tutorials over to the right? Check them out and then tweet, Facebook, blog, or otherwise share your favorite WhatTheCraft tutorial somewhere on the net!

HOW TO ENTER: Comment on this post with a link to your tweet/FB post/blog/etc. for proof.

You can enter up to 3 times, but you must share a tutorial in 3 different places (i.e. you can’t tweet 3 times. You have to tweet, FB, and post a blog.).

BONUS ENTRY: Subscribe to my YouTube channel – include your YouTube username in your comment

One lucky winner will be randomly drawn from the entries and will win this snazzy bamboo cutting board!

It even swivels open to hold the matching serving utensils!

GIVEAWAY RULES This contest will close on May 10th at 11:59 PM EST.

I will randomly select one winner after the contest closes.

PLEASE make sure you include a valid email address on the comment form so I can get in touch with you if you win!

Check out @FreschettaSI on Twitter and “Like” www.facebook.com/FreschettaSimplyInspired on Facebook where they’re offering weekly giveaways of awesome prizes through the rest of 2011. They will also be offering a downloadable $2 off coupon on their Facebook page!

I had the opportunity to try one of the new FRESCHETTA® Simply…Inspired™ pizzas. No one had to ask me twice. I’m kind of a pizza fiend.

There are 8 tasty varieties available, and I had a hard time choosing. Harvest Supreme, with sundried tomatoes and spinach? Or Tuscan Farmhouse, with portabella mushrooms? But wait, then there’s Farmer’s Market Veggie, with zucchini and red onions! I’m drooling just thinking about it. I finally opted for the Classic Bruschetta. The garlic lover in me couldn’t resist.

It has a nice crispy crust, and I was impressed with the pesto flavor of the sauce. It’s an excellent match for the cheese. Mmmmm cheese.

The pizzas also come wrapped in a special FRESCH-TASTE SEAL™ package that uses 30% less packaging than a traditional frozen pizza box! Pretty cool.

GAH! Now I’m hungry.

Handmade Showcase: Double Rainbow

Two sets of handmade rainbow deliciousness, because double rainbows are always better.

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Handmade Showcase: April Fools

Here’s a little carnival and circus inspired fun to celebrate that Spring is here!  Cotton candy, ponies, elephants, Ferris wheels, and of course, everyone’s favorite: clowns!

Featuring members of the AttackoftheCraft.com Street Team!

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Garden Diary Part 1

Last time I started a vegetable garden was 3 years ago. Despite planting about 25 different kinds of vegetables, all I got were some carrots, lettuce and swiss chard. Not because I have a black thumb, but because the deer, rabbits, woodchucks, and raccoons with access to our yard decided my garden was their own personal buffet.

After thorough research, I found the only thing likely to keep all of those beasts out of my garden was a fence. A tall fence, because deer can jump.
Here’s what I’ve accomplished so far.

March 15th – Ordered seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. If I’m going to go to the trouble of growing my own food, I want crazy stuff I can’t find at the store. Like purple carrots. I grew them last time and they were indeed purple, and very tasty.

Last time I went crazy and bought about $100 worth of seeds. This time I limited myself to a few things that I really really want (like sweet corn and tomatoes).

 

March 28-30th – I used stakes and twine to mark where my fence will go, and then started clearing the area of the weeds and small trees that had taken over since I last used that part of the yard. Mostly wild blackberry bushes, which are, aside from poison ivy and stinging nettles, the most vile plant I’ve ever come in contact with. I’d already spent two summers clearing the area of thistle. I learned this lesson the hard way: cleared yard doesn’t stay clear. Once you get rid of one weed, another will take it’s place.
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