Salmon burgers for supper

Wild caught salmon were on sale at Publix so I (Drew) opted for them over the farmed-raised fillets from Chile. I found the recipe on epicurious when Amanda graciously let me pick out two of our meals this week, of which I also get to make. I cut the salmon into small cubes, then made patties using the mixture in the recipe. I ate mine on a wheat bun with chipotle mayo and Amanda has her's on a bed of wild rice. It was delicious and we had two patties left over to freeze and eat next week.



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Peacock Picture

Hello Again!

So, I realize two posts in one day may be slightly ridiculous, but I've made lots of progress on the crafting front in the past few days and wanted to share. It should be mentioned that most of my ideas come from my super-crafty mother. She seems to have much better luck making our ideas come to life.

On a trip to Thomasville last month, my mom visited a favorite fabric store downtown, Trolly's. The fabrics are beautiful, but way expensive! However, they usually have a table of discounted fabrics and a large box of $1 sample squares (which is where we spend our time). She purchased about 7 or 8 different squares, many of them in a peacock pattern with varying colors.

When I came home for a long visit this weekend we were looking at the fabrics trying to decide their fate. She mentioned that one particular peacock fabric with blues, greens, and browns would match the colors in my house. Agreeing with her, we set out on a brainstorming mission to determine the best use of the small square (well, more like a rectangle). Mom suggested we frame the fabric, something we've seen frequently on our favorite website craftgawker.com. We rushed to Hobby Lobby with only a few minutes to spare before they closed. Much to my dismay, I was not able to find a frame that I liked and complemented the fabric. Once again, super-mom suggested we just paint a frame...great idea, and one that I never would've come up with on my own :)

I purchased an 11x14 unfinished wooden frame (sorry I forgot to take a picture before I started painting). This week at Hobby Lobby the frames were on sale for 50% off, so I was able to get this for $5.50!

We had brown acrylic paint leftover from wedding projects, so that's what I used for the base coat. I also bought a champagne color for the top coat.

I painted the entire frame dark brown, then used a dry brush technique to apply the lighter color to the frame.

I then found a piece of cardboard, measured the inside of the frame and cut (I'm glad I measured because it was not exactly 11x14!)

After that, I simply cut the fabric and placed it in the frame...

Tada!

I'm off to craftgawker to find my next project!

-Amanda

Family Vacation!

Hello All!

  Drew & I have decided that we're terrible bloggers, as we've had a hard time remembering/finding the time to give updates on our very exciting, very busy life :)

Our latest out of town adventure was a trip to the beach with my parents. I was fortunate enough to spend the entire week in Destin; however, Drew was only able to join for a few days later in the week. It was a blast nonetheless!

I spent most of the week reading. I was able to read five books in our seven days!

We also rented bikes for the week and rode to and fro on two wheels!

We also enjoyed great seafood...

and wonderful time with my parents!

All in all, it was a great week...filled with many laughs and sweet memories.

It should also be noted that I dominated at family Scrabble!

-Drew & Amanda

The Lake Is Drying Up

 I figured since the lake wasn't going to last much longer, and my fishing partner bailed on me, I might as well fish Twin Lakes on Saturday morning. Daddy and I had gone for a few minutes the night before and not had much luck since we didn't feel like walking to the deep stuff. All of the fish are stacked up in what's left, but are still concentrated on the ledges right off the flats in the really deep holes. I caught three bass and a Jack on a Carolina-rigged Key Lime Pie Zoom trick worm. Once I found them I caught the three bass in less than an hour. I had to wade about 40 yards from the bank just to be able to cast into the deep holes. Here's some photos of what's left of the lake. It's probably still more than 20 feet deep in the big hole, but that's a lot of fish going into one small area. Hope we get a monsoon soon.

This is facing Twin Lakes Drive

This is facing the Kangaroo on the bypass

Hank & Toby enjoyed an afternoon swim.

Daddy was a good supervisor, but didn't catch anything the night before.

Gamakatsu didn't play around on this one.

Sew Much to Learn!

Hello family & friends!

Drew and I have decided to use this blog to chronicle our adventures as newlyweds (mine crafty his probably more related to hunting and/or fishing). We hope that you enjoy our stories :) 

As some of you may know, I have recently embraced craftiness and have a laundry list of craft projects on my to-do list for the summer. Once Drew introduced me to craftgawker I was obsessed! I finished up a few projects (with the help of Drew who is much better at executing my ideas than myself); however, my newest adventure is going to be sewing! Keep in mind I haven't even sat in front of a sewing machine since my days of creating Beanie Baby sleeping bags as a kid. This should be an interesting adventure to say the least. 

I have inherited my Nannie's Singer Touch & Sew Deluxe Zig-Zag Sewing Machine. I hope I can make her proud by putting it to good use.

I read through the instruction guide (copyrighted 1964) and just practiced sewing straight lines back and forth...

I've done a little research on local sewing classes and have added it to my summer to-do list! Here's hoping for success!

Welcome To Our Blog

If you've found this blog you're obviously really bored or family or friends of ours. Since we constantly e-mail family and friends on all of our latest accomplishments, crafts, things the dog tore up and fish which are caught. We've decided to just post it on a blog to share with all our friends at once. We've been happily married for a little more than a year and love living in the small town atmosphere with big city commodities in Thomasville, Ga. We hope you'll become a follower and check back regularly for Hall the updates.

Best,
Amanda & Drew