The Mini Pizza Battle – comparing three crusts

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We love pizza at our house. We sometimes make it from scratch, sometimes frozen (since we live too far out for pizza delivery), and sometimes we make miniature individual pizzas. We especially like minis for lunch. We have used many different bases for our mini pizzas, and thought it would be fun to taste test some of them next to each other. We didn’t expect a landslide victory but the verdict was unanimous! Read on… The Competitors We pitted three bread products against each other, fresh tortillas, pita bread and English muffins. The Process To keep it simple we just […] Read more »

How to Make Pumpkin Pie from Scratch {recipe}

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Pumpkin Pie from scratch - Blossoms and Posies

Pumpkin pie is a constant in our family holiday celebrations – neither Thanksgiving nor Christmas dinner would pass muster with Grandpa if there wasn’t a pumpkin pie! There have been years of store-bought pies. And an occasional store-bought crust plus canned pumpkin/evaporated milk filling pie, aka “homemade.” But then we discovered how ridiculously delicious scratch pumpkin pie is. Real butter in the homemade crust. Real pumpkin and cream in the homemade filling. Abbie’s father, a non-pumpkin-pie eater, became a true fan. He even commented on our post about pumpkin puree, “I got to have some of the pie that was […] Read more »

See and Sew: A Sewing Book for Children {giveaway}

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Sewing Book Giveaway - Blossoms and Posies

This week has been so much fun! We have one more giveaway to celebrate our official launch week, and it’s another cute one. If you are a girl who wants to learn to sew, or even a mom who has not learned the basics of hand sewing, this book is for you! Abbie says: “This book is wonderful if you are just learning how to sew. It explains very clearly and shows some important basic techniques. I also think it’s really cute!” Basic skills like threading needles and sewing on buttons are explained, both with text and pictures. Different stitches […] Read more »

Bird Embroidery Scissors and Bumblebee Tape Measure {a giveaway}

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Scissors and Measuring Tape giveaway

Today’s gifts in this week’s giveaway parade are adorable! In fact Abbie thought it would be just fine if we kept them. But instead we are going to give them to one of you! We both like to use tiny scissors like these when we knit. They get a nice close cut for trimming ends.  They are easy to slip into our project bags and take with us. And they are just pretty to look at. The bumblebee tape measure is practical as well as cute. The bee’s tail is actually the end of the tape measure. Just give it […] Read more »