4th of July Apron Giveaway Courtesy of Savy Suzi

July is just around the corner Apron Goddesses!!!! And that means that you need an apron for the 4th of July. Suzi, my sometimes co-anchor Apron Goddess, wanted to make an apron for this holiday and offer it up here on TAG. So here are some pictures of the fabric combinations for this reversible half apron which sports our countries patriotic symbols and colors.



I am of the strong opinion that Suzi successfully paired the appropriate celebratory fabric for this apron. She chose a white fabric speckled with blue and red stars for one side and dark blue fabric with larger sized stars patterned in a flag motif for the other. The stripy sash finishes off the look and can be tied in the back or front.

Now this is me wearing this lovely apron and holding the cupcake Suzi brought over to accompany it to my house. Suzi knows all too well that I am a sucker for baked goods. If you could read my mind here is what I am thinking,

"This here little cupcake equals the calories burned by walking 58 minutes.... Damn, do I really need to eat these calories. This is a serious decision. It's late at night. I might as well just tape it to my buttock. Or I could Velcro it to my thy I guess. Decisions, decisions, hmmmmm..."

Here is the reverse side of the apron for you to see. I am once again holding the cupcake, but with a different happier point of view. The giant hamster spinning the wheel in my head is shouting,

"Oh, screw it! Just eat the f-ing cupcake. I will just have to walk an hour tomorrow. See! Now you feel better. Right?? Yes. Of course. Eat the cupcake. It can't really hurt you!!"

Now that you have seen both sides of the apron on a live human and know the proper deduction method for eating a cupcake at 10 at night, you can rationalize that you probably want this apron.

So to enter the giveaway for the Patriotic Apron made by Suzi at Savy Suzi, head over to her site for a visit and say hello. Then come back and leave a comment about what you are planning to cook for the 4th of July.

For five extra entries blog about this apron giveaway leaving your permalink in the comments.

And ten bonus entries are yours if you send in a photo of yourself wearing an apron. It's just that easy. When sending a picture please include the name of your blog and screen name in the e-mail message. I will write up your apron-ography in the weeks to come.

Get your charcoal ready and good luck!

Suzi Strawberry Goddess

Meet Suzi from Savy Suzi! Our new spokes model for strawberry's and aprons!

Suzi is my sister in law and has been trying to win an apron since this blog has been in existence, and laments that her turn will never come...

But I maintain that these are random drawings and IF I were to start giving aprons to my cronies, I would loose my validity and my conscience would plague me!

So Suzi keeps sending me her pictures which I can post at my will and make up the story as I go! Even with all her extra credit her lucky number has yet to be drawn.

The story behind Suzi Strawberry is simple.

In our town, strawberry season starts in April. We are blessed with a strawberry shack that sells the sweetest, juiciest, yummiest, berries that grow. No seriously.

The three boys who call Suzi MOM!! or Mom, as the case may be, devour strawberry's like they are the only edible food group in the universe. They go through a six pack flat in under two days.

I think the boys resemble a hungry pack of fruit-a-tarian wolverines. Or something like that. When I come home from the grocery store and unpack various fruits and food stuffs, I will see her boys meandering toward my house and start to hide food. (They live next door) Sorry Suzi, sometimes I just HAVE to. I mean they are capable of eating twice my kids in one sitting.

Anyway, you can go send your sympathies to Suzi at her blog Savy Suzi and complain to her how you have not won anything either.... There is one other Apron Goddess (you will just have to visit her to find out who) with at least six aprons now and has a hanging organizer for them too! I expect she and Suzi can comiserate on their misfortune together.

Apron Goddess is Fabulous in Floral

To enter TAG's drawing for the Caroline apron by Practically Necessary CLICK HERE.

Our first volunteer victim to display her apron goods is simply Suzi. She is wearing a lovely red flowered apron made by Jesse Steele. (I am trying to get them to sponsor TAG too!) Suzi has cheerfully paired the apron with a red shirt in the Christmas spirit.

Suzi is a busy mom with three kids (4 if you count her husband). Between driving carpool, doing endless laundry and keeping her kids from exterminating each other, Suzi has her hands full. She even gets up at 5 in the morning to make lunch for her husband. (Does he really deserve it??)

This action shot in the kitchen exhibits Suzi opening a bottle of apricot preserves to garnish a delightful cream cheese hoerderve for the holidays.

Suzi's cooking specialties include beer can chicken, enchilada bake and hootycreek cookies. Also she makes a mean beerrita. (And that's a margarita crossed with a Corona for those of you uneducated drinkers out there.)

Suzi has only just began her journey into the sport of blogging and her first post is at Savy Suzi.

Send me your picture in apron greatness! You will get an extra 10 entries into the current apron drawing. Just email me a few lines and your photo and I will post your story with a back post to your blog if you have one.