{oooey goooey PIZZA DIP}

 

and so the story begins…

It all started with pinterest (as many many things do these days)

with this pin from this site:

 

- ahhhh glorious!!

We had a a recent Girls Night get-together so I hopped over to the grocery store to snag the ingredients and

of course

had to tweak it a bit to make it my own

= adding garlic, more tomotoes and more cheese

resulting in this:

 

 

 

yeah baby!

This is known as

Pizza Dip
around THIS cottage

(so the kids will chow down!!)

Apparently the title Caprese Dip is just wayyyy too fancy a name for them – but include ‘pizza’ in the name & they scarf it down!!)

 

it was good too!

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I shared with you before the exciting news that
Better Homes & Gardens

asked me to join them as a

PINNING PRO

I had added this pin as one of my new favs!

You can see the pin here

and the BHG Blogger Favorites Board here:

 

 

This is just one of the pins I added to the BETTER HOMES & GARDENS board

{which currently has 70,000+ followers and GROWING}

and it has been repinned hundreds of times – whoot whoot!

You Can FOLLOW the Pinterest Boards to stay up to date with
new additions!

but wanted to encourage you try out this recipe – I bet you’ll like it!

 

Enjoy!!

xoxo

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{TEACHER Gift - Thanks for the SWEET Year!!}

 

We

{Love}

our teachers!

So wanted to give a little end of the year treat

to say THANK YOU

for all their hard work!!

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I cheated a little bit and didn’t make it entirely homemade

{& I’m perfectly fine with that!}

instead I bought some really yummy caramel dip
from the grocery produce area

some apples

some cute little jars

and some packing supplies

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Put the caramel dip right in the jars

{I added a little bit of toffee bits to the top – mmmm!}

Cover the lid with a cute cupcake liner

tie with bakers twine

pop the jar and an apple in a cellophane bag

tie with more baker’s twine

and add a little gift tag

 

Here’s the tag I put together to add to the gift:

 

** This project was inspired by this yummy idea found here

 

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Northern Cottage + Better Homes & Gardens–an exciting new partnership!!

I’m thrilled to share with y’all that I’ve recently been contacted by editors at

Better Homes & Gardens

okay, so that was exciting enough but then…

they asked me to join them

as one of their partners (a.k.a a BHG PINNING PRO!!) in pinning GREAT RECIPES

both from BHG as well as featuring

favorite BLOGGER recipes!

{that’s YOU!!)

 

Check out the Pinterest boards here:

 BLOGGER RECIPE PICKS from BHG

AND

BLOGGER RECIPES WE LOVE

and now to make your mouth water, here are a couple recent pins….

click on the image to head out to the pin and

then to the source for the full recipe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{apparently I’m a carnivore this week with my pins from bhg!}

and here are some of my
favorite blog recipes
I found recently

(no meat in sight but berries galore!)

Source: purplechocolathome.blogspot.com via Northern on Pinterest

 

Source: centsationalgirl.com via Northern on Pinterest

 

 

Source: aprettylifeinthesuburbs.com via Northern on Pinterest

 

mmmmm!! Are ya hungry now?

This new partnership also means that I’m lurking and on the hunt for amazing recipes to pin! 

Thanks you, my awesome followers, for providing such great inspiration and source material to pin!!  You guys ROCK!

 Be sure to come check out & FOLLOW the boards
(click on the links below)

And

pin, pin, pin away!

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BLOGGER RECIPE PICKS from BHG

&

BLOGGER RECIPES WE LOVE

 

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Explore the other
NORTHERN COTTAGE
Pins and Boards here
{& follow along if ya like!}

xoxo

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THE TOP 5 PINNERS TO FOLLOW NOW!

 

Shut the FRONT DOOR!!

I was perusing blogland & saw a post from Donna

you know…

the Donna from Funky Junk Interiors

She posted about being named one of the

TOP PINNERS TO FOLLOW NOW

over at Styleist Home

I thought HOW COOL for her!!

She totally rocks and I’m thrilled for her!

So I hopped over to the list

outlining the

TOP 5 PINNERS TO FOLLOW NOW

and saw that NORTHERN COTTAGE is listed there too!!

See it? – SHUT UP!!

what a WONDERFUL surprise!

here is what they wrote about my boards
(I’m blushing!!)

Thank you Stylelist Home!!

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In Donna’s post about this article, she also mentions the
pinner extraordinaire –
Michael Wurm of Inspired by Charm

I feel like both of these guys are my bloggy buddies

and they’ve provided so much blog, pinning & creative

inspiration & encouragement

{I feel like we’re friends – even though they probably don’t really know who I am!  wink!}

We all joined pinterest around the same time {way back when}
I think there were like a few hundred pinners back then!
and look at what has changed!

you can see Donna’s Pin Boards here!

and Stylelist here!

and Michael’s here!

Enjoy Perusing and Pinning AWAY!!

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How to Make a WARM PACK (or soothing Cold Pack)!!

 

 

Spring is approaching & I see many blogs posting about things turning green and blooming and blossoming

but here

I look out the window

and see

THIS….

Beautiful – right?

but it is still…..COLD!!

So while many of you are skipping about in fresh new yummy green grass
{I hate you!}
and starting to dig in the dirt
{you stink!!}

we are shoveling, plowing and having hot cocoa
{I’d rather have lemonade!}

so… these little

WARM PACKS

are a welcome little treat after being out in the cold

 

I made them by stitching up a little bag

embroidering some

mmmmm……Toasty!

doing a bit of applique with some

TOAST and JAM

pretty cute, huh?

Here’s another version with some fun ruffles

and I added some velco at the open end

to hold another little bag made from extra cotton that holds rice

which can be:
{heated up in the microwave for about 30+ seconds}
OR
{stored in the freezer for a soothing cold pack}

 

this project was inspired by this lovely lady!
{go visit her, too – you won’t be sorry!}

 

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