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How to: Gingham & Stripes Sourdough
From Picnic Day to Painted Bread: My Gingham + Striped Sourdough Loaf Guide 🎨🥖 Sometimes the best ideas come from flops. I had an overproofed loaf sitting on my counter, and to give it some kind of life, I scored a sunflower on each side and an “S” down the middle. It looked okay, but…
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the art of the pivot
From flop to flat lay I had this vision in my head. One of those beautiful, slow-living moments pulled from the pages of a storybook. I imagined using the flowers we gathered as a family to make hand-printed fabric. Something soft and cottony, covered in botanical silhouettes. Something I’d sew vintage lace around the edges…
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🍐 Cozy Brown Sugar Spiced Pear Butter (Small Batch)
A slow-simmered, velvety fruit butter that tastes like warm autumn mornings and spiced toast by the fire. This small-batch pear butter uses ripe Bartlett pears, brown sugar, and a comforting blend of spices. It makes the perfect gift jar or refrigerator staple. ✨ Why You’ll Love It: This recipe is: 📝 Ingredients: 👩🍳 Instructions: 🫙…
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homemade playdoh
It’s a Different Kind of Dough DayHomemade Play Dough with Natural Food Coloring There’s something special about homemade play doughs squishy, and full of color made from real plants. On slow home school mornings or cozy creative afternoons, we reach for this activity again and again. It’s simple, gentle on little hands, and full of…
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Pepper drying the old fashioned way
🌶 Threaded Garden Ristra A humble take on an old-world method. This year, I tried drying peppers for the first time and true to form, I stitched together a ristra using what I had on hand: red embroidery floss, a sharp needle, and a handful of cayenne and garden peppers. Traditionally, ristras are made with…
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