Showing posts with label apples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apples. Show all posts

In the Kitchen: Maple Apple Cider



This week I'm sharing with you a special autumn treat from our Bittersweet Walnut Grove book series. Farm to Table isn't a trend for those us who grew up on farm! This refreshing Maple Apple Cider recipe is straight from the farm, published in Fall Thyme. It's so incredibly easy to make! Just add water to 3 simple ingredients and let it simmer while it fills your home with a scent of "Home Sweet Home". 



Download the Apple Jar Toppers


Supplies:



      Start with the Maple Apple Cider Recipe, then come follow the directions below to make adorable bottles to share or have at your next Autumn gathering! 


      DIRECTIONS:

      Fill swing top glass bottles with Maple Apple Cider. Secure swing top lids.

      Print apple jar toppers onto one sheet of white card stock.  Punch or cut jar toppers from card stock. Whole punch each jar topper and set aside.

      Using a heavy duty whole punch or a hammer and drill bit from your husband's tools punch a whole into the center of each cinnamon stick. Thread twine through cinnamon stick and jar topper. Tie onto  Maple Apple Cider bottles and serve.

      Find more seasonal projects and recipes in Bittersweet Walnut Grove's Book Series
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      Baked Apple Bath Salts


      Make Baked Apple Bath Salts



      What's better than satisfying a Fall craving with a big slice of homemade apple pie?... Soaking in a hot bath of Baked Apple Bath Salts without adding to our waistlines for another Fall Indulgence. This recipe is incredibly easy make and the fragrance is calorie free! P.S. If you loved this recipe than you'll lively crave Pumpkin Roll Bath Salts too! This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read full disclosure policy.

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      P.S. Make your own Apple Pie Spice, recipe by Bittersweet Walnut Grove


        Make Baked Apple Bath Salts

          DIRECTIONS:


          In a glass liquid measuring cup add mineral salt, baking soda, and apple pie spice. Stir to combine. Add vitamin E oil and stir well. Apple pie spice will give the bath salts a warm cinnamon color.

          Pour into a glass container and seal lid. To use pour a few teaspoons of bath salts into running bath water to circulate and release fragrances into steam. To use as an exfoliant, simply rub into skin with a small amount water. 
          Yields:
          1/2 cup

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          Fall Farmers Market: Photoshop Before and After



          Farmers markets in the Fall bewitch me! I could stare into a buckets of crisp apples or curvy squash long enough to make any farmer nervous. Piles of pumpkins and dried sunflower heads call out to me. Luckily I always bring at least two cameras along, so I can savor their enchanted. 



           
          Reduce harsh sunlight and apply a vintage photo finish with texture.

          Before and After Photoshop Tutorial:

          Apply an Exposure layer adjustment to reduce the exposure
          Antique Warm Texture / Multiply Blending Mode / 20%



          The Texture Twist Photo Challenge

          Scroll down to link up your photos with a Texture Twist
          - natural or enhanced



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          The Seasons: Whisper White



          Daydreaming under the heavy drapes of apple blossoms buzzing with honey bees is all a girl could on any given day.



          Photoshop Tutorial:

          Seventeen Warm Texture / Overlay Blending Mode / 20%
          Antique Cool Texture / Soft Light Blending Mode / 35%

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          The Seasons: Midsummer's Dream



          Apple Blossoms... "You had me at Hello"

          You may just see more of these here next month. I don't want to rush through my apple blossom captures. When everything turns green in summer, I dream of apple blossoms, red buds, and lilacs from spring.




          Photoshop Tutorial:

          Hazel #4 Overlay / Overlay / 60% Opacity

          The Texture Twist Photo Challenge

          Scroll down to link up your photos with a Texture Twist
          - natural or enhanced



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          Seasons

          Orchard Allure,
          I saved these last photos of the apple orchard for the Shades of Autumn Finale.  You just don't find light like this many places.  What is your favorite place you photographed this season?

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          In the Studio

          Look what arrived at the studio,
          You may remember my Apple Rhapsody print I shared with you a few weeks ago.  It was taken at the apple orchard I visited on our fall tour.  I choose Easy Canvas Prints for printing an 11x14 canvas.  I ordered it with a one and half inch wrap.  Did you know there is such a thing called the mirror wrap? Basically, it prints a mirror of your image around the border.  I think it great for landscape or art print like this! Have you tried the mirror wrap before?




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