Yummy Indian Food Post.. GO
6/26/07

The other day
Aidan and I finally got around to making some Indian food from the cookbook we got at the
One-of-a-Kind Show last time around. It's called
Daksha's Gourmet Spices - cookbook three.
We made Cauliflower Potato Curry and Veggie Pakoras... SO GOOD. Had to modify the recipe a little bit... but everything turned out well. We made it two nights in a row. Both nights I tried to make the tamarind chutney.. both times came up crappy. Maybe next time? I don't know.... 1/4 cup of lemon juice + 1/4 cup of water made it SUPER runny and WAY too lemony. I want to try making the garlic naan bread next!
Tonight I'm going to make the boyfriend a pair of shorts so he can show off his skinny white legs (he hasn't worn shorts in years!), water the garden again, try to convince said boy to make a veggie pepperoni pizza and go for a jog.. think I can do all that? I'm going to try!
xo
PS: I love that Mozilla checks your spelling as you go!
PSS: Thanks to everyone who came to the show on Sunday!
New Sewing Room Pictures, Show Tomorrow!
6/23/07

Show Tomorrow!
The Ladyfest Craft Show is happening tomorrow afternoon in Kensington Market (during a Pedestrian Sunday) at the Kapisanan Philippine Centre (right across from the Boat, at Dundas + Augusta). There will be music during the event and the entrance is pay-what-you-can. There's also going to be a raffle in which Pink Olive will have an item. So if you're in the neighbourhood, please come by.
I cleaned up my sewing room (again) last weekend.. it seems like it's always getting so damn messy! I'm blaming it on the size of the room :)
I made some additions as well. (Click the images to see larger sizes)
I love the
Mac Plus parade in the hallway leading up to my sewing room (which is in the back of our house and was previously an underused office/room-that-leads-to-the-deck)

Here's the biggest wall and the door that leads to the deck. I love leaving that door open on nice days!

Here's a shot when the door is closed. I think I'm going to make some curtains for the little window on the door (off-white eyelet material?)

My main workspace. I just put up that little shelf for my ipod/speakers/pins/pens/etc and rearranged the entire thing so I could hang my lovely spool holder (which now, thanks to a trip to my mom's house is totally full of new spools of thread)

Here's another shot of the long wall - I've hung up my craft show sign that I made and added some hooks from Home Depot to the wall to display my things

Oh and the ultimate gift.. Here's the story:
Thursday night I came home from work and went out for a jog (yes, I've started jogging... mostly walking haha) and came back, had a shower/etc. I was watching a bit of tv and talking with
Aidan for about, oh I don't know... forty-five minutes or so.. And Aidan says to me, "Oh I picked up your laundry from downstairs for you" (referring to some fabric I had washed). So i went to go take a peek and fold it up and what did I find?

The boy bought the girl a serger!!! (and kept it a secret ALL DAY from me!)
It's a
Janome MyLock 204D and I think I'm in love. I've only had a chance to play with it a bit and I'm trying to figure out the tension/threading (4 threads.. ah!) and everything, but
I LOVE it.Now I'm going to go get some lunch and start/continue to work on some things for tomorrow's show.
Labels: sale, sewing room, show
PinkOlive.ca site Launch... Finally!
6/12/07
+ items on Etsy
+ upcoming Sale/show in TorontoWelcome to the launch of PinkOlive.ca! ((It's about time, wouldn't you say?))
For those of you that do not know me personally (and well, I guess for those who do as well).. What have I been up to? Well, I've just finished my third year of University at Ryerson University in Toronto, ON. (
more about me here...) So that mean's I've been super busy this year.. But I'm trying to re-organize and bring my online presence back!
I'm hoping to blog at least once a week this summer (when I actually have time to make crafty things and sew) and hopefully I will have a bit of time next year too (although it will be thesis time, and let's just say that will suck up a lot of my energy.. although it will be crafty-sewing-design related, so I'll post the details as they come!)
In addition to launching the new website, I'd like to announce that Pink Olive will be at St. Stephen's in-the-fields Church this weekend. More about the event can be found out by clicking on the poster or checking out the event on Pink Olive's google calendar here
After this weekend I should be able to add more items to the shop (pinkolive.etsy.com), so sign up for the mailing list (at the bottom of the page) if you wanted to be notified when things are added.
Thanks for visiting the new website!
Labels: etsy, sale, show, website