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Foreign Feature

For the first time in my knowledge, one of my projects has been shared somewhere else on the “blogosphere.”  Evidently, my wood pallet room divider was featured on a Turkish website. Yes, that’s right.

Check it here. If you’re using Google chrome (like me) they’ll translate everything for you. If you aren’t, this is what they said,

“I found a very nice thing made of wood from the palette, beautiful screen Is not been …”

Yes, the translation is wonky, but they called it beautiful! :D

That post is definitely my most-viewed project to date; when we made the room divider I had no idea how popular using wood pallets in creative ways would be!

Filling the Blank Frame

As you know a month or so ago I filled up my huge, sad, blank wall in the dining room with a simple gallery-style placement of paintings and posters.

Well, as usual, my oversized empty gold frame was proving to be a challenge. I love the way it looks, but with the other, full frames on the wall, it looked, well, empty. THEN! I came across this inspiration photo on pinterest and within mere minutes, my problem was solved.

My empty frame became this!

The higher camera is a Polaroid my parents gave me for my 19th birthday and the other one is Doug’s Pentax SLR he uses when he wants to experiment with film photography. Better than sitting on the shelf, right?

Cucumber Salsa

Cucumber salsa is the perfect fresh snack for Cinco de Mayo! Actually, I had never even heard of this until about a year ago when my neighbors introduced us to it on a camping trip. I absolutely love it because it’s not spicy at all (great for those who are sometimes afraid of salsa), just crisp, fresh and refreshing! Great on tortilla chips or pita chips.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cucumbers, cut into chunks
1/2 package grape tomatoes, cut into fourths
White onion to taste (I know some people love them and some hate them)
Cilantro, salt, pepper, and lemon juice to taste
Splash of olive oil

Cut tomatoes, cucumber, and onion into chunks. Add cilantro, salt, pepper, lemon juice and a little bit of olive oil.

Divide mixture and pulse half of it in a food processor to desired consistency (see picture below).

Mix both together and enjoy! It’s especially good the next day after flavors have mixed.

Olé!!! Have a responsible and enjoyable Cinco de Mayo everyone!