This was my father's day gift to Mr Beeper--3 handmade linen handkerchiefs, embroidered along the edge with Beeper's own words, in his own writing (sort of--I mean, half his writing, half mine, really, since Beeper doesn't yet know how to write --you see, I wrote the words in yellow marker that he dictated to me, and then he traced over them.)
The note really happened first--as its own initiative a couple of weeks ago while Mr Beeper was away on a camping trip. I just offered to help Beeper write a note to Mr Beeper for father's day and he eagerly took up that task--dictating word for word what you see above with no input from me, then tracing over my writing in a variety of felt tip maker colors (everything is multi-colored in Beeper's world lately, every thing he writes or colors looks like a rainbow threw up on it--which I only mean in the most loving way because I do think it is friggin adorable).
And then I had this totally seperate kind of stupid idea that I would make Mr Beeper a tie--yes, a neck tie, even though Mr Beeper only has occasion to wear a tie like once a year. But it seemed so Father's Day appropriate and then I actually saw a tutorial on how to make one on
The Purl Bee. 
But good sense finally overcame me and I realized I should make him something he could actually use--because Mr Beeper is above all other things practical and sensible (hence the reason why I own a Volkswagon Jetta today and not the Mini Cooper that I
really, really wanted--but that's another issue...).
So, handkerchiefs. The marriage of Beeper's sentiments, and my handiwork--in a rainbow of colors, ala Beeper mode. Perhaps it does not seems so sweet to sneeze into something made so lovingly for you, but I don't care because when I decided to make these I only envisioned Mr Beeper keeping one of these in his pocket, hidden there much of the day, unearthed for a sneeze (and if you knew Mr Beeper, he is sneezey--allergies), but then the unexpected smile the sight of these words might bring to him, the little lift of love from me and Beeper, wherever Mr Beeper might be. Happy father's day, B. We sure do love you.
This is my June Toy Society Drop. He was made from the Peanut, the Wee Elephant pattern, designed by Hillary Lang (of the lovely Wee Wonderfuls) in the book Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson. (and I love that book. Everything friggin thing about it screams LOVELY. And I might add that I don't even quilt--if that means anything to you.)
I decided to do my June Toy Society drop tonight en route to the grocery store, while taking the Greenway--a cross-city biking path here in Minneapolis. So, I stopped here, on the Martin Olav Sabo bridge over Minnesota State Highway 55. It is one of my favorite parts of the Greenway and despite the climb to get up the bridge, one of my favorite parts of the ride when I am heading that direction. So, Peanut the Wee Elephant ended up here.
Moored somewhat precariously to a piece of wire cabling, looking down over the Sunday evening traffic. (yes, this is evening in Minnesota in the summer--it stays light here until 9:00pm during the summer months. And yes, Beeper is in the Burley bike carrier there--happily reading comic books, oblivious to his mama leaving toys around town at random)
And so we bid adieu to my sixth drop on behalf of the Toy Society as part of my year long commitment (read more here and see all my earlier toys I made and dropped here) to make a monthly drop. (And no, you need not make such a ridiculous commitment if you are interested in dropping something you made yourself for the Toy Society--you need only do it once really. I'm just spaz and have an achievement orientation that likes to rear its ugly head and command me to do things like this...I suppose this has something to do with why Mr Beeper likes to call me Hurricane Holly--a force of nature to be reckoned with)
Just a few images from our Father's Day camping weekend.
I am suddenly hellbent on making cloth napkins--not just a set, but a whole friggin buttload of them. And why not? I mean, we can lessen our paper towel useage, and cloth napkins are so much lovelier. They are what our grandparents used growing up, are friendlier to our earth, and are so, so much lovelier. 
So, I have this plan to make cloth napkins all summer--different materials, different styles, some simple, some a bit embellished. And this is where I began...
I chose reproduction 1930's feedsack patterns (many of them from the Aunt Grace line--you can find some fabrics from this collection at 
And while I love the look of ric-rac, I also hate working on it because I always seem to sew it in wopperjawed. But this is the solution I found:
Do yourself a favor and bake a batch of these tomorrow morning. So simply delicious--and full of lovely whole grains without being a sad, dry lifeless thing. You don't even need to consider butter on these (although if you are me, you might be really tempted to put some peanut butter on these...but that's just me)--they really are soft and luscious as is with just enough gooey melty chocolate inside and a not too intense banana flavor. 
And that step in the recipe instructing you to toast the oats?--Don't skip it (although you could, if you really wanted to)--it give the oats such a lovely nutty flavor that complements both the banana and chocolate. 
Right click on or highlight the recipe card above to copy and save it to your own computer. But I was wondering--do you prefer I put recipes up in this format? Or would you rather I created a link to a pdf file of the recipe that you could click and download? Or neither?--just write up the recipe in the blog entry? Let me know what you think...I aim to please. 
This is one of my favorite summertime sandwich-meals. You know, for those nights when you come home and have no idea what in the hell to cook, and also you don't really feel like cooking anyway so you want something, quick, tasty, easy--and in an ideal world, sort of healthy. This is where this little wrap sandwish comes in for me...
1) Whip up some fresh guacamole and slather onto a tortilla.
2. Top with a handful of sprouts
3. Shred some sharp white cheddar on top
4. Saute some boneless chicken breast and toss that on top of everything. Wrap it up, baby, and enjoy. Dinner, done, 15 minutes flat.
This quarter's maagazine is dedicated to the alphabet. How rad is that? The alphabet? Is there anything cooler? Really. I love the alphabet.
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