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Guest Post: Teaspoons & Petals

Today I bring you a guest post from Alexis Siemons, of the delightfully tea-centric blog, Teaspoons & Petals. A freelance writer, creative business consultant, and tea writer, Alexis propositioned me with the idea of posting on small measure several months back. I'd never done any guest posting on here before, love what she writes about ,and thought "why not?" And so, here's Alexis, sharing ideas

Seasonal Pancakes

Oh, man. Where does the time go? My "Small Measures with Ashley" post is up over on Design Sponge. This week I'm offering suggestions for seasonal foods to go with pancakes, beginning with my "Strawberry, Rhubarb & Orange Maple Compote." And, just so you know, this stuff is great on top of more than just pancakes. Pair it with some yogurt, or put it on some pound cake, or snuggle it in with some

Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking (+Giveaway!!!)

I'm the sort of gal that gets excited about reorganizing my pantry, takes pleasure in making a bed the right way (and I'm rather specific about this; I used to manage a B&B, mind you...), and wholeheartedly enjoys doing the laundry (even the bits of ironing, infrequent though they may be). I love anything related to the home, from cooking to cleaning to entertaining and decorating and beyond. If

And the Winner of "Tart & Sweet" Is...

Sarah, #4! Thank you immensely to all who commented (237 in total!!!). You are an inspired, and inspiring, group of folks packed with "can do" gumption! I'm off to teach my third "Backyard Chickens" class at AB-Tech in a few hours. Believe it or not, this marks only the 4th time I'll have been away from Huxley for more than, gosh, probably 10 minutes since his birth (the other three times for for

Tiny Treehugger

Turns out I was closer to 3-4, according to Mom. But, here's the proof!

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day, everyone! My "Small Measures with Ashley" post is up on Design Sponge. In recognition of the holiday, I've listed 25 of my favorite ways of enjoying the splendor of our planet. We've been humming along chez English, planting new blueberry bushes and blackberry canes, watching the peas tendril up the trellis, putting up hanging baskets with strawberry plants, messing around with

A Fungus Among Us

Like I mentioned yesterday, you "meet" the most amazing people on the internet (I should know, I met Hubs that way!). Nicole Fryling is one such person. Mama to Cedar and Sequoia, partner to Steve, postpartum doula, and extract manager at Fungi Perfecti in Olympia, Washington, she also doles out inspired pearls of wisdom on her blog Howling Wolf. I'm not sure exactly how Nicole found me, but

Border Patrol

I love the internet. I really, truly do. And I'm not ashamed to admit it because, oh, the places you'll go and, my, the people you'll "meet" whilst traversing its web. Like, say, Canada and its fine folks.I've long been enamored with Canada. From Vancouver Island's lush forests to Montreal's francophile flair to the Atlantic provinces craggy coasts (not to mention its puffins! PUFFINS, people,

Rurally Screwed (+Giveaway!)

I can't recall exactly how I came to Jessie Knadler's blog Rurally Screwed , but I've been coming back to it again and again ever since. A former Manhattanite who left the big city for love in a small southern Virginia town, Jessie is a new mom (baby June and I share a July birthday!), wife to Jake (who just shipped out to Afghanistan for at least a year), a writer with a killer wit and a keen

And the Winner is...

Mitzi! I plugged in #'s 1-171 in the random number generator widget and it gave me #2! Congrats Mitzi. I'll be sending Haley, Amy's publicist, your way for mailing contact info. And thank you so very much to all who participated. I'm hoping to make giveaways a weekly thing here on small measure. In fact, I'm doing another one today!