A Great Find: The English Tea Store

I am a huge lover of tea...from Darjeeling to chamomile to good old southern sweet iced tea and everything in between. So, you can imagine how excited I was to find this adorable little site, The English Tea Store. They offer teas and tea pots for sale. So many to choose from and tea lover will be ecstatic at the delights this wonderful store has to offer.

As I browsed their glorious site (which by the way is very well done and extremely user friendly and easy to navigate!), I discovered certain to be delicious fruit and Christmas cakes, countless teas and a great gift idea for the holiday season…or at the very least, a wish list for me…Christmas gift baskets and simply fabulous gift sets!

OK, back to the teas this place offers…I mean WOW! They have many tea brands, loose teas, tea pots, tea mugs and many tea accessories you may not have even though to use. A few that stood out for me were; well, being southern the iced tea items, tea sacks for loose tea, adorable honey pots, heirloom type items, and SO much more.

I also discovered the most adorable tea pots from houses to classic to oriental in motif. The skies the limit with this place. Happy happy am I and a soon to be customer for sure!

If you are a tea lover or even an occassional tea drinker, the English Tea Store is a MUST see.

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Moms Who Think – Great Cooking Resources

I found this awesome site for Moms recently, Moms Who Think. It is a huge website. They have tons of great articles, resources and tips. It really is a great site and worth checking out.

And for foodies…The best part is they have a nice section for cooking and recipes.

I love their easy recipes section. They even have easy menus! How cool is that??? While I was browsing their easy recipe section, I stumbled upon a very yummy looking Banana bread recipe. I love banana bread and this one looks not only easy, but delish! They don’t just give you the recipe either, there is a nice little article on banana bread as well. Very cool.

They have a lot more in their cooking section… One area I really liked was the Kids Recipes A to Z. There are a bunch of great recipes featured in there that would be fun to do with my daughters. I jotted a few down. I think I will do the Bunny Salad recipe first since I call my girls my little bunnies. YUM and FUN!

Like I said, I think you will like this site too. Easy to navigate and tons of great stuff for Moms and foodies! Just make sure you still come back to The Recipe Finder! LOL!

             

Centerpieces

This will be an ongoing feature that we will update as we get ideas and ideas are sent in! Check back!

So far, we came up with a few ideas for great centerpieces.

Centerpieces for All Occasions

For Christmas: Decorate a mini Christmas tree with silver or gold bows and beads for an elegant look. If your party is more homey decorate the tree with a string of mini pretzels, dried fruit, lifesavors, or tiny cookies. Use your imagination.

Instead of throwing away those broken ornaments…start putting them in a clear glass container and display as a center piece. You can place greenery around it or keep it plain if the container has an pretty shape. Every year you can add more broken ornaments to it.. It’s also a great conversation piece.

For Hanukkah: Put a Mennorah in the center of the table and place greenery around the base with golden colored beads intwined in the greenery.

Do you have a tip? Send it in!

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5 Steps to avoiding heartburn

1- Watch out for trouble foods that cause heartburn; alcohol, chocolate, fatty foods, mints, citris, coffee, and sodas. If you must have them take an antacid before you eat the trouble food.

2- Eating large meals can increase pressure on the stomach, which can cause acid to creep back up the esophagus. Try eating small, frequent meals.

3- Do not wear tight clothing around your abdomen.

4- Try not to bend over right after eating.

5- Wait a couple of hours after eating before you lie down.

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5 Secrets To Growing Beautiful Roses

BY: Abigail Baker

A rose is a rose is rose - and there are few things in the garden more beautiful. There are 5 secrets I want to share that will help you to grow healthy roses.

1. Sunshine: Plan to put your rose bush in a spot where it will get as much sun at least 6 hours of sunshine a day.

2. Water: Drops of water on the leaves can cause burning, and lead to black spot disease so always water from underneath, soaking the earth until it is damp but not soggy. It is better to water thoroughly once a week than lightly several times in the same period.

Beware if your Roses get too much water, they’ll drown. Water in the morning or at least four or five hours before dusk so that any excess moisture can be absorbed by the heat of the day.

3. Planting & Soil: As soon as the ground can be worked in the Spring, turn the soil to the depth of the spade. To the loosened soil add 1/3 to 1/2 as much again of composted humus like leaf mold, peat moss, or composted manure, together with coarse sand. Make sure to work the soil at least a month before planting.

4. Tidy, Tidy: Keep Roses healthy, it is important to gather up withered petals and leaves and pick off any live leaves with black spots. Prevent black spot – mix 1 tbs of baking soda with 1 tbs of liquid dish soap and 1 gallon of water together and spray your Rose leaves.

5. Prune: Always prune 1/4″ above an outward facing bud. Always use a sharp knife or hand pruners. Never prune in fall. Always cut off the suckers, they grow just below the bud union; follow them down to where they begin and carefully remove them to encourage strong new growth.

Roses are classified into types according to ancestry, bush type, and flower form and size – ask at your local nursery for the type you prefer.

About the author: Abigail Baker is webmaster and contributing editor for Country Mall Place at http://www.acplace.com/

             

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