Aprons, an ulu knife and granola inspiration

I received an apron from the Feathered Nest Summer Apron swap. It came all the way from Alaska, along with an ulu knife! I have never used one of these before, but man does it look cool! It says on the package that you can skin a walrus, whale, caribou or fish with it as well as chop herbs and veggies and stuff. Wow! I am not planning on doing any of those things in the near future, except for the herbs and veggie part, but that is good to know. I cannot wait to chop up some herbs or something. The apron is fun, too, I just have never received a knife in the mail before! The apron is a cute little half apron with ruffles and two pockets. I like having two pockets on an apron. They are both very handy. Get it. Handy. Ha, ha, ha.

I also finished my apron for that swap, too. It is so cool...I did not want to send it. Good thing that I bought extra fabric! I'll just have to make one for myself. It even got the cool seal of approval from my husband! Now that is saying something. At any rate I used the Amy Butler half apron pattern again and the fabric is pink with surfboards all over it. I used brown trim and then did a lot of stitching in light pink in the brown to make it look like waves. It is so fun! I promise to post pictures...I have to figure out why my printer is not talking to my Mac. They use to be the best of friends and now it seems like they are ignoring one another.

I also had some inspiration while eating my delicious granola and yogurt for lunch today. I topped it with blueberries and a sliced up orange. I was munching away when I looked into the bowl and thought, wow, what a beautiful combination of colors! So I think my new kitchen at the new house will be inspired by the granola bowl! I guess you never know when or where inspiration will strike...sort of like lightning.