Give a girl a camera...

and she'll want to take ridiculous photos ALL THE TIME. Such is my life right now. I made the decision to buy a semi-expensive camera with my graduation money. (That's right, I graduated from college!) I haven't really felt like writing recently, so while I could tell you about all that, I'd rather just show you a lot of pictures. Enjoy.

Whoop Whoop!

Have you heard of whoopdwhoop? You can list and swap handmade things! You earn and spend "whoops" in order to swap. Yay! You can sign up for it here.
These are the things that I currently have listed:

Multi-colored headband	Yellow headband/ear warmer
Phone or camera case	Leafy bracelet
Flower	Pack of 4 black and white postcards

Super fun times. Join me! What items do you have to swap?

What's a neckerchief?

I don't know, but I made one! It looks very hipster. That must be why I don't know anything about it. It was cool even before I made it.
I got the pattern FOR FREE on Ravelry, posted by Falling Stitches.
This was my first time ever using a chart! I must say, it was really easy! I loved it. However, I really need to get a row counter of some sort because it was very easy to forget which row I was on, and I did have to pull out an entire row once. Sad.

But I persisted! And now I have something amazing to show for it.

It's a scarf... that's a triangle!

I love the leafy look...

Again, here's the link to the pattern. Do it! It's worth it.

Also, don't forget to enter my giveaway over at Bettencourt Chase! It ends FRIDAY THE 13.

Headband Giveaway at Bettencourt Chase!

Anybody want to win an adorable knitted headband I made? Hop on over to Bettencourt Chase to enter the giveaway!

Even if you don't want to win, visit them because they are lovely!

Etsy things I'm loving

Sometimes I go into uncontrolling bouts of wanting things. I thought that Etsy browsing would be bad for my bank account in that I would spend uncontrollably. However, I've found that I am extremely hesitant to buy anything online. No idea why. It's so easy and my husband would never know. But it's true that I'm much more frugal online. But there is always a but.

Here are the things that are slowly chipping away at me... Oh beautiful things...

Jimbobart

Oh Hello Dear

RetroNaNa

Chick Hardware

Storybook Fibers

Hey, my birthday is coming up... next December... :)

Spectacular Vegan Sauces

As promised, I am posting the recipes for the two sauces I made to accompany the delicious asparagus and coconut curry my roommate and I cooked up on Monday. I have never made a sauce before so this was really exciting! And lifted my spirits quite a bit, since my baking has taken a turn for the worse as of late.

Vegan Peanut Sauce
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup water
a sprinkle of ground red pepper to taste

Mix it all up. Stir it with all your might! Cause that peanut butter isn't going down without a fight. (ooooh, a rhyme!)
This sauce came out a little sweeter than I expected. But when drizzled lightly over curry and rice, KAPOW! Awesomeness.

Vegan Lemon Aioli Sauce
1/2 cup Vegennaise
2 garlic cloves, minced (or 1 tbsp minced garlic from a jar)
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon basil

Mix it up!

This sauce went really well with our almond, garlic asparagus.

But really I just love opportunities to eat mayonnaise.

NOT a diet

I am absolutely, positively not on a diet. If I were, my body would immediately shut out all reason and demand cookies until I cave. However, I snack A LOT. Every 2-3 hours, I'd say. And I've come to the conclusion that there are probably better snacks to eat than cookies, crackers, bagels, carby carby mccarbersons.

So today begins my adventures in "healthier" snacking.

Today I ate a small portion of cottage cheese and mandarin oranges for morning snack (I don't eat breakfast.)

For pre-lunch snack, I had walnuts and dried cranberries.

Lunch was a bowl of hearty tomato soup.

After-lunch snack was possibly my favorite of the day: two spoonfuls of cottage cheese, 1/3 cucumber, 2 cherry tomatoes and pepper.

That's healthy, right?

For dinner, my roommate is making asparagus and some coconut tofu while I whip up vegan lemon aioli sauce for the asparagus and vegan peanut sauce for the tofu. Recipes for those sauces to come!