Fika Friday

FRIDAY!!!!

 

 

 

Another throwback fika week, folks! This pic taken back on our honeymoon over two years ago, my how time flies! We had a grand ol' time in St. John, sipping coffee, going to the beach, and exploring the local eateries. Good times.

 

Can you guys believe that it's already September?! I am so excited for the Fall but also can't believe that summer flew by so quickly. I'm ready for pumpkin bread and spiced cider. And definitely ready for colder temperatures...it's been in the 100s here all week, bleh!

 

I started working on some crafty prototypes for the Lucia fair last night [starting earlier...lesson learned from last year's fair] and am excited about making new stuff this year. We're going to do two Lucia fairs, a month a part, so I need lots of inventory ready to go! I want to make more Lucia-themed items this year...any ideas?? I'm doing more ornaments than last year...trying out some new styles so we'll see how those look. Stay tuned!

 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!



Fika Friday

It's my favorite day - FRIDAY!!

 

I realize I've been a tad delinquent in posting these days. But I'm back! Life has been busy lately, but in a good way. My crafting buddy, Beth, and I just signed up to do the SWEA Christmas Fair again this December here in Los Angeles (Lucia festival!) and so begins the crafting! We're also thinking about doing another Christmas fair this year...2 in one season?! Are we crazy?! Yes. We definitely are a tad crazy, the good kind of crazy though.

 

 

 

 

This week, I made this homemade BBQ sauce and it turned out pretty fantastic. I did substitute the Worcestershire sauce for tamari but that was it. I also made these blueberry muffins for our to go breakfasts for the week. Also quite delicious. Other than the usual tom foolery, not too much has been happening here. Roller derby is still going great, and I finally picked out my name: Eleanor Throwsevelt, number 1933 (her first year as first lady). I'm loving skating so much!

 

 

So, for the Fika Friday. I didn't have an official fika this week [gasp!] so I decided to do a throwback fika from when Ryan and I were in Japan.

 

Fika Rundown:

 

Where: Tochigi, Japan

Who: Myself and Ryan

What: Japanese coffee and cake

Best part: Japanese cafes are the cutest. It's all in the details and this fika was no exception. Darling decor and delicious, cutesy treats!

 

That's all for now, folks! Happy Labor Day weekend!! :)



Fika Friday

It's my favorite day! Fika Friday! My favorite fika this last week was when Ryan and I went over to the city of Orange. We woke up early (for a weekend day), so we definitely needed a little mid-morning fika. Because it was pretty hot out, we decided to go fancy with our coffee drinks and get a couple of frappacinos! Yum!

 

 

 

I got a mocha one and Ryan tried the caramel crunch one - both were delicious!

 



 

Look at that cute little mug:

 



 

 

Ah yes, and we split this delightful cheese danish.

 



Happy weekend!!!!

 

Fika rundown:

What: Frappacinos + cheese danish

Who: Me + Ryan

Where: Orange, CA - while doing some serious antiquing

Favorite part: It was all pretty darn great