Can Cozies on Pedalr

I made some can cozies for the bike site Pedalr this week. Basically, these things do the following list of stunts:

1. Look awesome

2. Keep your drink colder than your hand

3. Class up the lowliest of brews

4. Remind you which can is the one you were drinking out of

5. Adjust to also fit around bottles

6. Double as super sick wrist warmers

Also noteworthy, cozies are made fully from repurposed vintage textiles and scrap fabric, and the designs are hand screen printed. Check out my Pedalr store here.

Custom cozies are also available through special order by contacting me.

Friday Night Dinner

I saw a photo of this burger on the internet the other day that was topped with a fresh cherry slaw and I can't stop thinking about it. I mean, I'm thinking about slaw in ways that never occurred to me before. So when the boys requested grilled turkey burgers for dinner tonite, I made these tiny sliders topped with roasted corn and pepper slaw. They were so adorable stacked up on the plate with grilled onions and avocados and baby greens from the back yard, so I took a picture.

R is R Logo Screen Print

Today I'm working on a screen so I can print my logo onto stuff if I feel like it. (Original logo design by the great Troy DeShano.) I do all my screen printing using this by-hand process you could possibly call "quaint," and the results have a definite handmade feel to them, which I personally really like. I might not be done with this one yet...I haven't decided how polished I want it. When it's ready though, I'm sure I'll be printing this on everything in sight. Like across the top of the dog's head perhaps? Yes.

Button Handbag

I'm spotlighting this handbag from my Etsy store because I'm really digging this color right now. It's such a great fabric too, with this subtle texture for the more tactile-obsessed ones among us. I love how it looks next to those big vintage buttons. This particular bag design has been really popular this summer; Moss Envy carries a line of R is R bags I developed for them based on this original pattern. More details here....

Delicious Salsa

I went on family vacation last month and never got myself out of summer mode. Summer in Minnesota is so amazing though, you have to soak it up while it lasts. So in the spirit of perfect summer evenings, I'm giving you the recipe for the only thing I want to eat this season: fresh salsa. Definitely not reinventing the wheel here, just fresh and simple deliciousness. Right now the peppers are coming from my backyard garden (Hungarian wax peppers and sweet banana peppers), and hopefully later this season so will the tomatoes and onions.

Fresh Salsa

3 large tomatoes
1/2 yellow onion
2-3 hot peppers (depending on their heat and how hot you like your salsa)
1/2 bunch cilantro

Chop everything, toss it in a bowl with:

kosher salt, to taste
1 lime, juiced

I love this with literally EVERYTHING, most notably piled on black beans or huevos rancheros.

Save the Date: Moss Envy Grand Opening

Here's the disclaimer: this post is probably a few days early, but maybe for the first time ever I'm planning ahead. Early tomorrow I'm leaving Minneapolis for a few days to spend some time in nature with extended family. There will be kids galore, a lake, a cabin, and no internet. So I'm preemptively announcing this big news: items from Recycling is Rad's vintage textile line are now available at Minneapolis' newest conservation-minded retailer, Moss Envy.

Moss Envy's grand opening is happening this coming Saturday, June 19, at their St. Louis Park location (in the Whole Foods shopping complex). There you'll find more R is R purses like this one, plus eco-friendly clothing, gifts, home goods, baby gear, bath and body, and furniture. Check out their site to learn more about the store and the super rad couple that run the place, Tina and Ryan North (previously of Re-Gifts and Twin Cities Green fame): www.mossenvy.com.

I'll still be in the aforementioned forest, so I won't be able to get out and show my support, but you should go. You know, help keep it real in the Twin Cities. Click HERE for directions and more info.

Pedalr

This week I listed some of my messenger bags on a new site I discovered (and by "I" I mean "my gear-blogging husband"): Pedalr. It's bikes, bike gear, bike culture, all under one roof, and anyone can sell their bike-centric wares there. Basically Etsy-for-bike-nerds-only. So, it's awesome. Go check out my shop there and see for yourself: http://www.pedalr.com/profiles/180.