Philip and Jenny Cain
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Gary the Gourd
Sep 26th
I thought it’d be fun to introduce Gary. He is a Cucuzzi Italian Edible Gourd, however, he would not be very edible at this size. Too tough. He is currently my largest vegetable in the garden. As you can see from the picture, he is 24″ long, but that does not include the curvature. Eventually, Gary will reach full size (about 3-4′) and turn white.
Newness
Sep 22nd
via Madison Guy
There are so many new things happening right now. Some big, some tiny, but all exciting! I apologize for the recent lack of posts. I’ve been super busy with jennycain.com. Speaking of which….
New Business
Watch out, world – jennycain.com is taking off! I’ve had a lot of success so far with my purses. Thanks to all my friends that have supported me! Saturday I sold my first purse on etsy to someone I did not know! Next in the works is that cartel coffee lab wants to sell my purses in their shops. There is one here in Tucson (formerly Avenue) and one in Phoenix. I’m excited for this next step!
New Computer
I am currently typing on our new iMac. It’s soooo pretty! Such a nice change from our old windows pc (ugh ugh ugh!!) This new addition is sitting on a desk in our…
New Office
(Not the best pic but oh well) We converted our guest room into an office. This has been a huge overhaul process of 3 rooms in the house. We’ve had to shift things from the old office/music room, the former guest room and my dressing room. Now the three rooms are a music studio, an office and my dressing room/craft room. The new office is mostly set, the other rooms… not so much.
iMacilicious!
New Trips
We have some fun new trips planned or in the works. We are visiting my dad in Hawaii in December. We found amazingly cheap flights out of Phoenix. Also in the works is a ski trip with our BFF’s, Neal and Connie. Obviously this is in the winter sometime, most likely the week after Christmas. Lastly, and this is still a huge maybe, but we hope to go to Asia this summer. Japan and China are a must. There are really no other details yet on that one.
New Yoga
I’ve found a great yoga class that I’ve fallen in love with! My friend, Bri, goes and I tried it Monday. Love. It was seriously the best yoga class I’ve been to. So I’m going again tonight, and am going to try to make it a regular routine!
New Hairs
I put some funk into my hair and had the ends died teal. Lovin’ it.
New Seeds
I planted my fall crop, and will soon have lots of new plants! Butternut squash, tetume squash, radishes, carrots, oakleaf lettucs, buttercrunch lettuce, spinach, red cimmaron romaine, red creole onions, white bunching onions, ruby queen beets, parsnips, turnips, broccoli, kohirabi, sweet peas, wild flowers, cilantro, dill, kentucky blue wonder beans, snap peas, Italian bush beans, bok choy, zinnias, and… I think that’s all. I’m currently getting a nice crop of okra, a second wind of Japanese eggplants, Mexican red torch sunflowers, zinnias, marigolds, jalepenos, sweet peppers, and gourds will soon be coming out my ears.
luffa gourd
New Performance
My good friend, Crystal Stark, asked me to sing backup vocals for her performance with the Pops Symphony Orchestra. It’ll be Sunday, October 3rd 7:00-9:00 pm. It is at Reid Park, and is completely free!
Tons of wonderful stuff happening! Thanks for tuning in.
Tucson Gem Show in September?
Sep 2nd
There is nothing better than sticking your hand in a bowl full of pretty jewels or stones and letting them cascade through your fingers. I love shiny pretty rocks! Maybe that’s where Belle gets it from…
We all know about the monstrous gem show that overruns Tucson in February. But I didn’t know there was one in the fall! My friend Natasha over at Fashionalities informed me of this upcoming J.O.G.S show. What interests me is that there are jewelry making classes. Hmmm… I do plan to add jewelry to my store someday. Some classes would sure help me with that!
So, if you’re up for going, lemme know and you’ll have a partner in crime!
Photo: “Jewels” by Cayusa. Some rights reserved.
Circa 1992 to Circa 2010
Aug 30th
Why, hello there, Grandma Dowling. Oh wait, that’s me. My grandma did wear a pair of glasses like those, though.
So this dress screamed ’90′s to me. It has shoulder pads, buttons all the way down, elastic waist, and a longer length. However, Phil saw it more like a 1950′s dress, so he made me dress up for this pic and did a little photoshoppage. I really do own those glasses. It’s hard to tell the design from above, so here’s a close up. This is what grabbed me:
Love the colors and the flowers!
I first removed the shoulder pads. Then I turned the neckline in a V. Next I removed the sleeves and gathered the shoulders into a cinch. Then I hemmed up the length. All in all, a very simply remake.
Phil wasn’t around to take a pic for me. My huge mirror tiles from Ikea came in handy.
I wore it to Rosa’s baby shower on Saturday and received tons of compliments. It was a lovely dress for a lovely shower.
<will insert pic with my girls from the shower here>