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Red, White and Blue Nachos

It’s July and we’ve got red, white and blue on our minds. The Fourth of July is in just three days, and we have parties to plan for! How about some Red, White and Blue Nachos? We created a quick snack for our friends at Build A Menu that would work perfectly for an Independence Day celebration. Did you know that there are only three foods that are naturally blue? They are blue corn, blueberries and blue potatoes. And, well, sometimes they look sort of purple. But we are partial to those natural colorings, as you may remember, so even […] Read more »

Knitting Basics: The Knit Stitch

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So you want to learn how to knit? Yay! We love to knit. Mrs. Brown: It’s pretty much constantly hot in Texas. When I first started knitting, it seemed a bit odd to be making wool socks or hats when it was hot enough outside to cook an egg on the sidewalk. But then I realized that it would be impossible to actually knit all the items I wanted to give as Christmas gifts if I waited for the few weeks it was cold out. Now I give thanks for air conditioning and knit year round! You too can knit […] Read more »

Roots for The Journey – A Music Review and Giveaway

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(This is a review of the music CD Roots for the Journey by Yancy. If you click on the link for the CD and buy it, our family will get a small portion of the sale. It’s called an affiliate link. That means we are the ones who told you about the CD and Yancy thinks that’s cool so she’ll give us a bit of the money. But it won’t cost you anything extra. Also, Yancy let us have this CD for free so we could listen and tell everyone what we think about it. Oh and that was our […] Read more »

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? 🙂 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 »

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 »

How to Make a Doll Apron from a Tea Towel

By Abbie and Mrs. Brown · 5 Comments

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’m 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 »

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 »