The stitch for week 39 of TAST was the Knotted Buttonhole stitch. There are many different types of knotted buttonhole stitch. We learned the version with the knot at the bottom.
I found this stitch to be easy and enjoyable.
This week the Bento of the Week (BOTW) theme at the Bento Blog Network is “Favorite Team”. I don’t follow sports but my 8 year old nephew follows several teams. He requested a Buffalo Bills themed lunch.
Container: EasyLunchBox
Sandwich: Wheat bread with Raspberry jam
Lettering: Carrot
Logo: Stencil, blue and red sugar
Protein: Almonds
Fruit: Kiwi football
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This past summer my in-laws celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a country barn dance. It was held at their farm and my mother-in-law self-catered a majority of the meal for 300 guests. I designed and created napkin bundles.
The napkins and plates were an elegant green/gray. I decided on corn and 40 as the two choices. I came up with two prototypes and let my mother-in-law choose.
For the 40 napkin ring choice I scanned in the napkin and modified this from Merriment Design. The design is a modification of a Martha Stewart napkin ring.
Prototype of 40 Napkin Ring
As you already know since at the top of this post is an image of the corn napkin rings, my mother-in-law decided on the corn.
Close-up of Corn Napkin Rings in Basket
I needed to make 300 paper circles. I first bought the Martha Stewart 1.5 inch circle punch. I had a lot of problems punching clean edge circles. Since I live in the countryside I had to drive an hour back to the city to buy another hole punch. I bought the Fiskars punch and was relieved when I got home that it worked great. It was easier on my hands and the result was a perfectly cut circle.
Left: Fiskars Punch, Right: Martha Stewart Punch
Instructions to make napkin rings:
1. Draw and color image of your choice.
2. Scan image and create a transparent background.
3. Create page of images (to print many at one time).
4. Print images onto card stock color of your choice.
5. Use Fiskars 1.5 inch punch to cut out circles.
6. Use small hole punch to punch holes on either side of disk. (See image below)
7. Thread ribbon through circle. (I used 1/8 inch ribbon – 10 yards on the roll)
8. Fold napkin with knife, fork, and spoon inside.
9. Tie napkin ring on napkin bundle.
If you want to use my corn napkin rings, just leave a comment and I will send you the file.
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In celebration of World Animal Day I am happy to join my fellow Bento Bloggers & Friends on an animal themed blog hop. Each blog is featuring a different animal themed lunch. Of course I choose lambs.
I am excited that this is my first time using EasyLunchboxes. My lamb themed bento is a quick and easy lunch to prepare.
Fruit: Kiwi
Vegetable: Cauliflower
Background: Wegmans Spinach-Garlic & Pesto Tortilla
Lamb Sandwiches: Arnold Pocket Thins Flatbread (Italian herb) with peanut butter and fruit roll-ups (facial features)
Grass: Sprouts
Click on the button below to continue on the hop and to Sarah’s (More than your average Mom) awesome Owl lunch.
The stitch for week 38 of TAST was the Drizzle stitch. I struggled with this stitch. It took me a LONG time to complete the few stitches on this sampler. I normally do not enjoy threading needles and this stitch requires re-threading as part of the stitch. I liked the cast-on part of the stitch but had trouble with getting my needle back through the fabric. I started with the milliners needle as recommended but I had more success without it. I tried different threads and had the most success with 2 strands of DMC. My biggest troubles were re-threading the needle and getting the needle back into the fabric after creating the drizzle.
But there are people who can successfully create beautiful work with the drizzle. I really appreciated this beautiful lamb stitched by Crazy Q Stitcher. Also check out the comments on this post for some beautiful examples of the stitch.
I made this for my 8 year old nephew. It was a simple and quick lunch assembled from breakfast leftovers (I added the pistachios for protein and crunch). It was not a cute lunch but my nephew thought it was delicious.
Fruit: raspberries
Protein: pistachio nuts
Starch: homemade mini sesame bagels with homemade apricot jam
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This week is the 1 year anniversary for the Bento Blog Network. In celebration I made this simple bento. I discovered Diana’s site about 6 months ago. I enjoy creating bentos to fit her weekly theme. Some of my most successful bentos were created for the Bento Blog Network weekly contest. Happy blogiversary Diana!
Main: cheese quesadilla with green pepper lettering
Candle: pretzel stick, cheese, Wegmans fruit flat
Yogurt: plain Greek yogurt with sparkling sugar confetti
Fruit: sliced apples
Treasure Chest with Vegetable Treasure: French bread baked in a mini loaf pan, mini corn, peas, carrots, and peas & carrot necklaces
Skull: White chocolate with milk chocolate features (cheddar cheese under skull)
Pirate Monkey: White cheddar, Sargento ultra thin mild cheddar, Wilton candy eye, M&M, licorice, dried blueberries
Fruit: Pineapple, strawberries and grapes with pirate lingo picks
Every Blogger Buccaneer in this here Hop has a piece of the treasure map! You’ll need to “collect” each piece and put them together in the right order to find the treasure! You’ll want some parchment and a quill, to keep a log with each clue and each number, because there are 39 scurvy pirates running amok with 39 pieces o’ the map to collect! 37 pieces will guide you to the hidden treasure (by spelling out the URL where you can enter to win!) and there are 2 bonus pieces with the “secret passwords” to get two chances to win some pirate booty!
This here’s my piece o’ the map! Good luck, Mateys!
The Giveaway runs this week only, ending Sunday September 23 at Midnight EST.
Click on t’ Jolly Roger below t’ see t’ avast lunch Sarah o’ Zoe’s Lunchbox created.
This lunch was fresh from the garden (mine and my grandmother-in-law’s). The Lentil Salad with Feta Cheese is a typical summer staple for me. I added the crackers for an extra “crunch” factor.
Week 36 was a catch-up week. I was already caught up so I spent time stitching the baptismal stoles.
The stitch for week 37 of TAST was the Pistil stitch. I found this stitch to be easy and fun and expect to use it again.
This week the Bento of the Week (BOTW) theme at the Bento Blog Network is “Dance”. I made a stencil for the first three ballet positions.
Bento Box: ECO Lunchbox
Fruit: Apples with music picks
Main: Rice with carrots, green pepper, and tomatoes (vegetables fresh from the garden)
1, 2, and 3rd Positions: Kraft Three Cheese Blend (Parmesan, Romano, & Asiago Cheeses)
Ballet Positions Stencil
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I embroider Baptism stoles for my parent’s church. Several members of the church hand embroider these Baptismal garments. My parent’s church baptizes over 150 babies each year.
Candle and embroidered stole
Dove and trinity symbol stitched with variegated thread
Dove and paschal lamb
Shell and trinity symbol
Trinity symbol and dove stitched with variegated thread
I would be happy to hand embroider a stole, bib, or other christening / baptism garments for you. Please contact me to discuss details.
Patterns we use to hand embroider the baptism stoles
When I was a child my dad watched Doctor Who. I was often drawn into an episode but I don’t think I ever watched an entire show. I found parts of Doctor Who too scary to watch. I have not seen it as an adult but I am nostalgic for it and enjoyed making this themed bento.
I am happy to join my fellow Bento Bloggers & Friends on this Doctor Who themed blog hop. Please follow the hop button on each blog to see all of the Doctor Who themed bentos.
Doctor Who Lettering: carrot
Background: tortilla
Dalek: pumpernickel bread, wheat bread, silver Wilton color mist, angel hair pasta
Vegetable: crinkle cut carrots
Fruit: champagne grapes
Click on the image below to go to Molly’s Lunch Box to see Shannon’s awesome Doctor Who themed bento lunch.
The TAST stitch for Week 34 was the Linked Double Chain stitch. I was not fond of this stitch but I don’t think I like any stitch that involves the twisted chain.
I made this bento for my 10 year old nephew. It was his first day of 6th grade at a new school. My nephew enjoys math so I decided on a math theme. The carrots and cucumber are supposed to show an equal sign.
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My 8 year old nephew planned this bento. I gave him my animal cookie cutters and the mouse inspired him. His sister and I just helped a little with styling.
Background: tortilla
Mouse hole: red pepper
Border: Wheat thins and pepper jack cheese
Mouse: wheat bread and pepper jack cheese sandwich with Wilton Candy eye on a spinach leaf
Rainier Cherries
Mouse trap: Wheat thins and pepper jack cheese with pistachios
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My 15 year old nephew wanted to make a meal with edible bowls. This is the same nephew who when he was young wanted to make a dinosaur shaped bread that stood up. (we made it happen)
Since I am a vegetarian I required that this dinner be vegetarian. My nephew did almost all of the cooking. I mostly just gave some advice and helped clean as he worked.
During the photo shoot I came up with the idea of adding a sage leaf to the soup. I ran out to my herb garden to get a leaf. If I had planned ahead, a sage leaf pan fried in butter would have been great.
The Parmesan cup recipe is here from Food and Wine. My nephew designed the salad: romaine lettuce, mandarin oranges, toasted walnuts, and Wegmans Raspberry Vinaigrette.
The bread bowl recipe is from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe. The soup is a Potato Cheddar Chowder from Vegetarian Times.
Salad in Parmesan cup
We had a lot of trouble with edible bowls for the ice cream. We tried the balloon dipped in chocolate idea. Our balloons stuck to the chocolate. There was no way to separate them. So we gave up on the chocolate bowl and tried a cookie bowl. Nephew found a chocolate chip cookie bowl recipe and directions from Michael Ruhlman. We also struggled with this. We tried a few times without success. The cookie tasted amazing but we could not release the bottom of the cup in one beautiful piece. Our ice cream was served in the cookie rings. Not exactly a bowl but it looked cute and tasted great.
Black Raspberry ice cream topped with whipped cream served in a cookie ring
This was an ambitious meal but a great activity for a teen nephew and Aunt.
The TAST stitch for Week 33 was the Pekinese stitch. It is a simple stitch but I struggled with threads and ripped out a lot of stitches. It was not my first time working with the Pekinese stitch.
Pekinese attempted several years ago
I made this especially for Fancy Sandwich Friday at Beneficial Bento. It is raining this morning so I could not get good photos.
I assembled this meal quickly with food I had in the house. My husband went out in the rain to pick the cherry tomatoes from our garden. I used my new puzzle Lunch Punch for the first time.
Sandwich: wheat bread, peanut butter, homemade low sugar raspberry jam, cheddar cheese, dried blueberries, and tortilla (to eat with the cheese bear).
Vegetables: green pepper and cherry tomatoes
Fruit: peaches
We made caramel popcorn, cheese bread, and cookie pops for a bake sale at my in-law’s church.
Caramel Popcorn
My husband made his family’s favorite caramel popcorn recipe.
Ingredients
3 quarts air popped popcorn
1 1/2 cups peanuts (optional)
Cooking spray
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
Method
Place popped corn and peanuts (if using) in large paper bag.
Coat 2 quart microwave-safe bowl with cooking spray. In prepared bowl, combine sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt. Microwave on high 3 – 4 minutes, stirring after each minute until mixture boils. Stir and microwave 2 minutes more. Stir in baking soda.
Pour syrup over popcorn in bag. Close bag and shake well. Microwave on high 1 1/2 minutes. Shake well. Microwave 1 1/2 minutes more. Shake and spread out to cool and separate.
Caution: Microwave cooking times will vary depending on your microwave. Be careful when microwaving popcorn and syrup together as it will burn if left in too long.
Cheese Bread
Sunset Menus & Recipes for Vegetarian Cooking, 1981. I think that this bread is best toasted and buttered.
Cookie Pop
I followed the recipe and directions from Claire K Creations.
My baking did not go as planned. It was 90 degrees with 88% humidity – not ideal baking weather for a kitchen without air-conditioning. I wanted to wrap a box in bright paper and stick the pops into it but I could not guarantee that they would not wilt. Some of the cookies did not end up firm enough to send to the bake sale.
They tasted great. At the bake sale they put the cookies in a mason jar. They sold fast!
This lego themed lunch was fun to make. My 8 year old nephew thought it was fun to eat.
Lego Bricks
Lego Man with Shield
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The TAST stitch for Week 32 was the Algerian Eye stitch.
I enjoyed this stitch and expect to use it again.
I continue to experiment with edible backgrounds for my bentos. I make a lot of American food bentos because that is what my nieces and nephews will eat. Many of my bentos contain some type of sandwich. I love the look of a full Japanese bento but it is more difficult to obtain with a sandwich. My goal is a background that looks nice and the kid will eat.
Benefits of putting food backgrounds under a cute sandwich.
Blueberries under letter sandwiches
Celery sticks and spinach under a Zebra sandwich
Lettuce under a torch quesadilla
Blue tortilla chips under a Saturn bagel
Popcorn under an airplane sandwich
I have tried and would recommend the following backgrounds:
I have tried and caution against using the following backgrounds:
If you have suggestions for sandwich backgrounds, please leave a comment.
Thanks!
For this vacation themed bento I made a bread canoe. Canoes remind me of summers at our family property in the Adirondacks (Hamilton County, NY). I love canoeing on a calm lake in the morning or evening.
Canoe: French bread with cheese lettering (see below)
Paddle: pretzel stick with chocolate
Lake: blueberries
Trail mix: Wegmans Berry Pistachio blend
Adirondack Pack Basket: carrots, chives, cucumber (see below)
Supplies used to make a carrot basket
Carrot basket tutorial
Supplies:
Method:
Start by cutting carrot strips with a mandoline slider. These will be the vertical strips for the basket. Pin vertical strips to the cucumber.
Cut carrot strips with a vegetable peeler. These will be the horizontal strips for the basket. Start at the bottom and weave carrot strips horizontally. Keep weaving strips until you get to the top of your vertical strips.
Tie a long chive around the top edge and carefully remove pins. Insert shorter chive pieces for the basket handles.
I only made one basket. It was very fragile but was fun to make and eat.
Bread canoes after baking
I made my french bread dough and tried different size canoes. I followed a similar method as my alligator. I sprayed aluminum foil with cooking spray and pushed into bread before second rise and baking.
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This is not a cute bento but it was delicious. I love the combination of pasta, blue cheese, and beets.
Two of my nephews (in one family) have birthdays a few days apart so they have a combined birthday party with family.
The theme this year for their 8th and 12th birthdays was Wild West / Gold Rush.
My niece painted signs on cardboard which looked great! They had signs with their family name and population, Shooting Range, Chuck Wagon, and Muddy Waters (gold panning pool).
Sign painted on cardboard to look like wood
We set up a shooting range using the paper target idea from Apple Falls. The target on the wooden barrel are tin cans balanced on a thin board.
Cans target practice
Another activity that was a HIT was panning for gold. It was a warm day and many party attendants enjoyed playing in the water searching for gold.
Pool filled with sand, water, and gold (spray painted rocks)
Results from panning for gold
When we had a family planning meeting for this party, my younger nephew came up with the idea for a Wanted poster with his Uncle on it. I found an old photo of the Uncle that I thought fit with the theme. My 15 year old nephew designed the poster.
Wanted Poster
I created this TNT candy favor using these directions from Allie Makes via Jean’s Crafty Corner. I made a few changes. Instead of Rolos and white rope, I used SweeTARTS and white chenille pipe cleaners. I already had the wooden box.
For dessert we had a nice selection of delicious sweets.
Dessert Table
The inspiration for the gold bags was this from One Charming Party. In order to keep down costs we decided not to do an iron-on label because we needed to make a lot of bags. My sister-in-law and niece sewed the bags out of muslin. They created a bag template to fit a plastic zip-lock bag. My sister-in-law hand painted the labels on the bags. They tied the bags with jute string.
Caramel popcorn with gold bag
Linked to: Show and Tell Saturday’s at Be different Act Normal
The TAST stitch for Week 30 was the Oyster stitch.
I think that I eventually understood the stitch but it is not my favorite.
This lunch was for my 10 year old nephew. In my constant quest to find interesting backgrounds, I used caramel popcorn this time. I think it was my first and last time. It is not healthy and is a bumpy background. Also in this case the background is distracting. But my nephew loved it.
Rings: tortillas with blueberries, black raspberries, dried cherries, dried pineapple, and snow peas
Background for Rings: Crunch and Munch Caramel Popcorn
Torch: cheese quesadilla with flames drawn with Wilton Food Writer
Background for Torch: lettuce
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The TAST stitch for Week 29 was the Basque stitch.
This is another new stitch that I enjoyed learning. I can see myself using it for borders and other uses.
The city that never sleeps does not wake up early on Saturday morning. I had some time Saturday morning before leaving NYC for my Great Aunt’s 80th birthday party on Long Island. I decided to go to the Union Square Greenmarket.
Once again, I had fun walking around this market. It was plum season and many varieties were available. I bought many and enjoyed trying so many different types. I am sorry that I did not take any photos of plums.
It was summer so no dogs in clothing but I was interested to see a dog with pack bags carrying produce. I happened to take this photo when the owner was trying to prevent her dog from fighting with another dog.
Dog with pack bags
I enjoyed taste testing tea at the Tweefontein Herb Farm stall. It was 2$ a cup or 1$ if you have your own cup. The woman said taste as many as I like and then fill up with the one I wanted.
I sampled:
I decided on the Lavender and Applemint and loved it so much I later went back to buy another cup. The Ginger and Cayenne stung my throat. I thought about the time when my husband accidentally drank coffee with salt instead of sugar.
Click on photos to enlarge.
Carrots and Radishes
White and Purple Eggplant
Herbs
Flowers from The River Garden
Freekeh and Whole Spelt Berries from Pure Cayuga Pure Organics
Garlic
Sunflowers and Peaches
Hand dyed yarn from Catskill Merino Sheep Farm
Tomatoes
The TAST stitch for Week 28 was the Up and Down Buttonhole stitch.
I loved working with this stitch and expect to use it again in the future.
My 13 year old niece and I made this bento lunch. I used a cookie cutter to mold the sticky rice butterflies.
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The TAST stitch for Week 27 was the Bonnet stitch.
I experimented with this stitch and did not quite get it. I think that the top row is the furthest from being correct, but it is my favorite.
Many years ago, I found this idea from Be*mused for a care package gift certificate. It is a perfect gift for a high school graduate planning to attend college.
I first used the care package gift certificate a few years ago. I created a simple gift certificate and used cookie stickers to decorate. The recipient surprised me by redeeming the certificate only 2 days after arriving at college!
This year I attended a graduation party for a brother and sister. I could not find cookie stickers so I used brownie stickers. I put the certificates in graduation cards.
Front of certificate
Back of certificate
Thank you to everyone for your kind comments and for entering my first giveaway!
The winner of the napkins is #1 – Mary Lee.
The winner of the bento is #26 – Rina.
Mary Lee and Rina, I will be in contact to get your addresses so I can send your items to you.
The TAST stitch for Week 26 was the Palestrina stitch. I am very far behind. Hopefully I will complete some catch-up stitches this week.
I enjoyed working with this stitch.
Today is my blog’s 1 year anniversary. I started this blog as a class assignment for a masters course in Social Media. I went against advice to have a single topic blog because I wanted one place to document my interests. I hoped that others would be interested in what I wanted to show.
My blog has many focuses but this year embroidery and bento’s are important themes. So I decided to giveaway two items.
Embroidery: Martha Stewart Napkins for you to embroider with a monogram (alphabet chart included)
Bento: Large Lunch box Bento 2 tiered plastic lunch box set with 4 removable inner pieces. It is pink as pictured above.
Please indicate in the comments which item you would like to win (embroidery or bento). International entries are welcome. Please make sure that I have your email address so I can notify you if you win. One entry per email address.
Of course I would like more followers but personally I often don’t enter contests if there is a requirement to follow a blog or like in Facebook. If you want to become a follower of my blog I will be happy. But if you don’t, that is fine also.
The contest will end on Wednesday July 25 at 8 am EDT.
I created this for my nephew a few days before his 4th birthday. This bento lunch was themed to match the activity we did that day. We went to Hidden Valley Animal Adventure. They have trolley rides where visitors can feed animals such as zebras from a cup.
When I returned my nephew to his parents. They asked him what we did. He said, “I ate a zebra sandwich!”.
Zebra: Peanut butter sandwich cut with a horse cookie cutter. Eye: Wilton candy eye Stripes: Fruit by the foot
Cup: Starburst candy (softened a few seconds in the microwave and then shaped)
Background: celery sticks and snow peas (I know that this was wishful thinking that he would eat it all but I wanted a background)
Striped Cookies: I used these cookies.
Raspberries
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My sister-in-law held her son’s 4th birthday at her parent’s farm. The invitation for this party mentioned trains, cars, tractors, and trucks. This was a family party with about half adults and half young cousins in attendance.
My contributions to this party:
Watermelon: I used these directions from the National Watermelon Promotion Board.I decided to make the numbers out of card stock instead of watermelon. I was a little nervous since it was my first watermelon I carved. But I have plenty of pumpkin carving experience and I have carving tools so this was easy.
Race car watermelon
Train: I used this idea (scroll down) from ID Mommy. I changed the engine and added numbers. I could not find black card stock so I used a combination of construction paper and card stock. Since my nephew was celebrating his 4th birthday I created four cars and numbered them. We filled the train with cheese, crackers, trail mix, and pretzels.
Engine and first car of snack train
Entire train (before it was filled)
Tractor: My husband came up with the concept and created this vegetable tray tractor. We forgot to take a photo of the finished tractor. The dip container was in refrigerator when I took photo. We put the cherry tomatoes around the dip container to serve as the wagon.
Green Fendt vegetable tractor
Noodle Race track: I found the directions for the track here at My Little Gems. We just balanced the tracks on a chair. The kids enjoyed playing with this! I decided to keep the tracks separate to allow for flexibility of play. It was a cheap and easy party activity.
Race tracks balanced on a chair
Finish line
Contributions from others:
Car jello
Traffic light fruit on chocolate and cinnamon graham crackers
Traffic light celery
Flatbed truck cake (side)
Flatbed truck cake (back) The license plate has the birthday boy’s age and initials.
The stitch for week 25 of TAST is the Cable Chain Stitch.
While my version may not be as beautiful as more accomplished stitchers, I enjoyed playing with this stitch.
My 13 year old niece and I planned this bento. I am proud of her concept and planning. She even created a grocery list for me!
Picnic blanket: rice and red pepper
Grass: snow peas
Watermelon: red pepper, chocolate sprinkles, green bean (rind)
Blue Cooler: apple coated with lemon juice and blue sugar
Ants: chocolate sprinkles
Jam Tarts: raspberry and grape
I used a wooden berry basket and added a wooden cover (my husband cut some craft wood to fit). I took apart a dollar store basket to create a handle. My handle is temporary but you can add a staple to make it more permanent.
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When I found the Felt Road patrol kit post by Kristen at Make the Best of Everything, I knew it would be perfect for my nephew’s 4th birthday. I decided to keep my kit simple and did not add the road signs or instructions. I bought a plastic box to hold the kit but forgot to take a photo.
My husband and I made this kit together. He came up with the idea for drawing the templates. (see photo below). He taped two carpenter pencils to a paint stick. Our pencils are 5.25 inches apart from center to center.
Drawing a road piece template
Cutting out the felt road pieces
Painting lines
The entire kit
To make your own kit, see the Felt Road patrol kit post by Kristen at Make the Best of Everything.
This week the Bento of the Week (BOTW) theme at the Bento Blog Network is “Beach”.
My inspiration was Maine vacations my family took when I was a kid. I loved to walk the beach and find sand dollars. This is what the Maine sand dollar looks like.
Sand: Near East Parmesan Couscous
Sand Dollar: Monterey Jack Cheese and Wilton Food Marker
Ocean: Blueberries
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This week the Bento of the Week (BOTW) theme at the Bento Blog Network is “4th of July”.
My 11 year old nephew and I came up with this red, white and blue theme for this lunch. We worked together to make the lunch (my nephew made the sandwiches).
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This week the Bento of the Week (BOTW) theme at the Bento Blog Network is “Hot”.
While brainstorming the theme I thought about three interpretations for hot.
I decided to incorporate all three interpretations for hot in this bento.
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A few days ago my 11 year old nephew and I went hiking at the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama, NY. We walked the Swallow Hollow and Onondaga trails. This was our second time visiting these trails. Our first time was in June, 2009. Both times the trails were abundant with wildlife. This visit we saw turtles, frogs, blue herons, many birds, dragonflies, deer, and a mouse. I highly recommend a visit to this wildlife refuge.
WARNING: Be careful walking the Onondaga trail. There are many animal made holes near the water section of the trail. Try not to step in a hole while enjoying the beautiful views and wildlife.
Click on photos for a larger view.
Swallow Hollow Trail Sign
Entrance to Swallow Hollow Trail
Boardwalk section of trail
Empty shells
Green cattails
Turtle on log
Onondaga Trail Sign
View from Onondaga trail
Frog in water
Deer on trail
Frog (my nephew took this photo)
The stitch for week 24 of TAST is the Buttonhole Wheel. I tried the Buttonhole Wheel during week 2 Buttonhole stitch. Since I did not need to make a page for my sampler, I created a bookmark. It was a fun little project.
Eclectic Lamb 
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