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I’m usually a yogurt and granola for breakfast kind of girl, but lately I’ve been running around so much in the mornings that I want something heartier. My favorite rib-sticking – but not heavy – breakfast is cheesy polenta (or grits, depending on what I have in the house) with scrambled eggs. It’s an easy […]

I’ve been having so much fun scavenging for items for my etsy vintage store, jenandjake. I unearthed a large stash of vintage crochet patterns. Most are of doilies (a friend and I joked about starting a theme park called “Doilywood”), but one spectacular book features crochet necktie patterns. Can you imagine making your man a

Vintage leaves plate I’ve opened a new etsy shop, Jen and Jake, to sell some of my vintage finds. Here’s a peek: Set of four plastic trays These trays are so unusual. They’re just big enough for a sandwich, and the drink slot is padded with spiral paper. TWA coffee mugs This set makes me

A shoe print! Not a bird! It’s my latest print, and it’s four whopping colors. This image was the inspiration for my latest print and I wanted to capture the vibrancy of the colors but in a flat, four-color print. My secret? Gold ink. I mixed in a little gold with the yellow and the
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