Ready to add a festive touch to your holiday treats? 🎄 Try making these delightful Christmas pretzel treats today! … Read More Sweet & Salty Delight: Making Chocolate Pretzel Rings with Kisses and M&Ms
With a wonderful mix of flavors and textures, they create an irresistible treat. If you’ve been looking for a fast and crowd-pleasing dessert, please try these heavenly Seven Layer Cookie Bars! They’re incredibly simple to make, and the taste is absolutely amazing. … Read More Divine Seven-Layer Cookie Bars: Easy Holiday Dessert Recipe
A Heartwarming Family Tradition during the Holidays Chocolate Crumble cookies … Read More My Grandma May and Her Chocolate Crumble Cookie Recipe
Baking with toddlers is messy, magical, and full of sweet surprises. In this spring-inspired baking adventure, we dive into a toddler-friendly cupcake recipe featuring lime zest and colorful sprinkles—perfect for little hands and big memories. Learn how to turn your kitchen into a joyful learning space with easy baking tips for kids, fun family traditions, and heartwarming moments that go beyond the recipe. Whether you’re a parent looking for simple baking ideas or just want to create meaningful time with your child, this post is filled with inspiration for baking with kids.… Read More Flour, Giggles, and Sunshine: A Spring Baking Day
When you use essential oils to make your space smell nice, you’re not just making it smell good – you’re also creating a space full of happy memories.… Read More Emotional Memories: The Smell of Home through Diffusing
Each summer morning this time of year, I rush out in the morning with my mug of coffee to see what herbs and/or vegetables are ready for harvesting. I spend about an hour and a half out in my gardens after my husband leaves for work at 8:30 am. Sprinkled throughout my garden beds are small vignettes of various whimsy, and I chuckle to myself as I work. … Read More Of Toads and Herbs…
At Blue Willow Cottage, Christmas isn’t just a holiday—it’s a year-round pursuit of wonder, warmth, and meaningful memories. Through monthly planning days, a trusty red Christmas Notebook, and joyful moments like baking with little hands in the kitchen, we prepare to shine the light of love all December long. Let every act of kindness become a thread in the tapestry of a truly magical season.… Read More Creating Christmas Magic All Year Long at Blue Willow Cottage
Instead of wafting bacon aromas going into the bedrooms, the sound of the Fire Alarms and Black, Rolling Smoke awakened my slumbering family. … Read More Breakfast Bloopers at the Cottage
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