Knitting Basics: The Yarn Hold

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First things first: a yarn hold is not a big cargo area in a ship all filled up with yarn. Teehee. Although that would be wonderful to behold, wouldn’t it? 馃檪 Behold… get it? *blushing* We are total word nerds. No, a yarn hold is simply how you hold your yarn as you work with your needles. You use a yarn hold for both crochet and knitting. Your yarn hold is important, but it isn’t always easy to sort out. You want to be able to hold the working yarn with enough tension that you can make a stitch, but […] Read more 禄

Chocolate Dragonflies

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Bugs. When they’re in your house they are a huge nuisance. Unless they are chocolate! We put together these chocolate dragonflies for our friends at Build A Menu. They are actually chocolate covered pretzels! We wanted to create a recipe that does not use hydrogenated-oil-filled candy melts. Our chocolate dragonflies do like to soften when the air is warm, so we serve them straight from the freezer. A fun summer afternoon snack! For the full recipe, check out our Chocolate Dragonflies at Build A Menu!   Read more 禄

How to Make a Doll Apron from a Tea Towel

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Okay, so this is crazy exciting! EEEEE! (sorry for shouting!) We are superdeeduperdee happy today to bring you our very first guest post on Blossoms and Posies! And while that is exciting in itself, having these two ladies on our blog makes us just feel all wiggly inside because they are two of our very favorite people in the whole wide world! – Abbie and Mrs. Brown Hi! I鈥檓 Ellen. Abbie and Mrs. Brown invited me and my mom to do a guest post here. So my mom and I are going to show you how to turn a small […] Read more 禄

Silly Dilly Veggie Dip

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Mrs. Brown: This dip is so fast to make, if you find out you are having visitors you can have the dip and a plate of fresh veggies ready in under 10 minutes! We created this recipe for our friends at Build A Menu. Josh did the mixing. Most of us thought it was perfect, Mr. Brown thought it was a little salty. If you don’t like much salt, it won’t hurt the dip if you cut the salt down! Abbie: I think it’s delicious! Josh: Great taste, and it’s sort of looks weird, and you don’t have to bake […] Read more 禄

Kids Love Green Smoothies!

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聽 Green Dinosaur Smoothie   We love green smoothies. Yes, they look like green slime. But isn’t that part of the kid appeal? 馃檪 For some. But at our house? At first I had to do some stealth green smoothie-ing. I concealed the green-ness of the smoothies in opaque cups with lids. Sneaky mama! After the children consumed the smoothies and ooh-ed and ahh-ed about how delicious they were, I had them look inside. Teehee! This was enough to convince the older two, but at the time our youngest was a toddler, so I had to come up with an […] Read more 禄

100% Whole Wheat Pancakes

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聽 MRS. BROWN: Whole wheat pancakes sound like such a good idea, don’t they? But how many times have you eaten a whole wheat pancake that felt like a brick in your stomach? Or like a dog’s rubber chew toy in your mouth? Eww! This recipe makes tender, delicious whole wheat pancakes every time. Just make sure you don’t over stir in step 3 and you’ll be crowned Pancake Princess after just one breakfast! ABBIE: I sort of messed these up when I first made them. They were way too thick. I’m pretty sure that I packed the flour into […] Read more 禄