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How To Make Potpourri + Potpourri Gift DIY

How To Make Potpourri – There are several ways to make homemade potpourri. Dry flowers, roses, rose petals… Take the dried flowers keep them natural or add essential oils to add a fragrance to them… I live where it’s hot and dry, so this makes making homemade potpourri for gifts easy. But, even if you don’t live in a hot, dry climate there are easy ways to dry your flowers. I’ve listed a few resources for you below and ways to dry flowers. Affiliate links may be included in the post. By clicking the links for qualifying purchases we earn a small commission. This is at no additional cost to you. How To Make Potpourri Use flowers that are fresh-cut,...

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15 Greatest Closet Hooks

  1. BAMEOS BAMEOS Wall Mounted Coat Rack, Bamboo Wall Coat Rack Hooks, Coat Hat Hanger Hooks, 4-Hook Rail for Entryway, Bathroom, Bedroom,Closet Room, Kitchen (Brown) Multipurpose holds a variety of items perfect solution for organizing coats jackets hats baseball caps scarfs and dog leashes in your entranceway bedroom or closet 4 hooks hanger can also be used as your towel holder coat and hat rack key hook purse hook scarf hanger robe hanger clothes hanger and others Suitable for multiple placesthe 4 sturdy coat hooks and rustic style make this the perfect wall coat rack Add a touch of rustic beauty to your entryway hallway kitchen closets bedroom or anywhere else Wellconstructed and easy to assemblebameos mounted coat rack...

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Grain-Free Blueberry Pancakes

I grew up with a pretty incredible father and live with one, now, too. When Garth and I started dating at the age of nineteen, potential fatherhood wasn’t one of the qualities I chose him for. In fact, we’ve always driven each other completely crazy — we’re total opposites but equally stubborn — yet we have always been each other’s person, as if there was a contract signed on our hearts and our bodies were required to oblige. We don’t like the same movies or music. He likes sports; I don’t, with a passion that surprises some people. I cook, I make, and he cleans up. We literally have nothing in common except what we’ve built for ourselves during our...

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Another Extra Thick Cottony Soft Chocolate Chiffon Swiss Roll - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

I'm feeling happy lately.I'm starting a new job in mid-July.I'm going back to Singapore for the next two weeks as our winter holidays. It has been more than 2 years since I saw my family.And I baked a good cake.The addition of lemon juice and an extra egg can make this Chocolate Chiffon Swiss Roll Cake EXTRA thicker and fluffier ...without adding baking powder or cream of tartar! YAY!!! It's the cake that we always like!!! Asian Style cottony soft Chocolate Swiss Roll coated with chocolate sprinkles. I have made it extra thick with lemon juice and an extra egg. No baking powder or cream of tatar is required! Unlike the cottony soft Asian-style chocolate Swiss roll that I usually...

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Monkey Bread from Zoë François

Monkey bread is a gooey sweet pull-apart cake made from blobs of brioche dough coated in a buttery, cinnamony caramel sauce. It’s easy as can be to make from scratch in a loaf pan—and fun as heck to tease apart with your hands. Adapted from Jeff Hertzberg | Zoë François | Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day | St. Martin’s Press, 2018 This sticky sweet bread seems to be the creation of a toddler given how the loaf of rich, buttery, caramel-coated blobs of baked dough are a gooey adventure to eat with your hands. (The pull-apart nature of the bread is, incidentally, behind the naming of the bread.) It’s also satisfying as can be, both to...

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