Flower Blanket
Medically reviewed by Christiana George Updated Date: December 15, 2022
When my daughter was a baby I had brought her to have her picture taken, but I was not happy with the results. So I decided to take matters into my own hands and try to take pictures of her at home. I had just bought a new DSLR camera, all I needed was some kind of background. One of the backgrounds I loved was a blanket of flowers. My first thought was, heck, I can make one of those!
So I went to the craft store and bought tons of huge pink roses. They felt soft and fluffy, so I thought they would be perfect for my daughter to lay on.
I bought a mix of dark pink and light pink roses. Then I started thinking about what to glue them to that I could drape over my reading chair in my bedroom to take the pictures. It had to be something flexible, but sturdy. Light bulb! I asked my mom if she had any vinyl tablecloths she could spare. It didn’t really matter the pattern on the vinyl side, because I was going to glue the flowers to the felt side. This one happens to be fall one.
Then I went to get my glue gun. I took all the roses off their stems and started gluing them one by one to the white felt side of the table cloth. I glued them a little ways apart to kept the feel of them soft an pliable. I needed my daughter to be happy and comfy when I laid her on it, not crying.
It was a pretty easy project and I received a lot of compliments on it. I even had a photographer friend ask where I had bought the blanket when she saw the photo because she was looking for one. She was impressed when I told her I had made it myself. It pays to be crafty.
Here is the completed project. I ended up taking some cute pictures of my daughter when she was eight months and used it again last year when she was four (she was jealous that I was taking pics of her baby brother, so I had to take some pics of her too). I am in no way a professional photographer, but I was very happy with my pictures and at least I can say I did it myself.
So if you are interested in making one of these blankets, here is what you need:
-1 vinyl felt backed table cloth
-several bunches of large soft flowers
-1 glue gun and some glue sticks
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Biscoff Caramel Pretzel Cookies with Pumpkin Spice Kisses
After using all that pumpkin pie spice in my recipes lately, I have really got a craving for it. So when I found the Hershey’s Pumpkin Spice Kisses at the grocery, I had to have them. They were all that and a bag of chips. Of course, I saved a few to use in this recipe.
The Pumpkin Spice Kisses have a strong flavor. I didn’t want my cookie to be too rich or too sweet. I used crushed pretzels to balance out the Biscoff and caramel. They worked great together before in my Biscoff Caramel Pretzel Bon Bons. I just adapted them into my recipe for Biscoff Oatmeal Double Chocolate Chips Cookies. I used a food processor to make the pieces small as possible. So there are no hard, crunchy bits.
The cookies were a perfect match for the kisses. The only thing I would do different next time, I think, is to chop up the Kisses and spread the pumpkin spice love throughout the cookie. Oh yeah!
Biscoff Caramel Pretzel Cookies with Pumpkin Spice Kisses
by The Sweet Chick
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10-12 minutes
Keywords: bake dessert biscoff caramel pretzels Hershey’s Pumpkin Spice Kisses cookie fall
Ingredients (24 cookies)
- 1/2 cup Biscoff Spread
- 1/4 cup caramel spread/caramel topping
- 1/2 stick (1/2 cup) Crisco Vegetable Shortening
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup crushed pretzels
- 24 Hershey’s Pumpkin Spice Kisses
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350º F.
In a large bowl or stand mixer combine the Biscoff spread, caramel, shortening, both sugars, milk, and vanilla. Beat at medium speed of electric or stand mixer until well blended. Then add egg and blend again.
In a separate bowl blend together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add this dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix on low speed.
Slowly add the crushed pretzels until all is well blended.
Using a medium cookie scoop, drop the balls of dough onto a greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
Place one Hershey Kiss in the middle of the ball of dough and press down until the cookie flattens a little and there is a slight indent when the Kiss is.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are a golden color. Then let cookies cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before removing and placing on cooling rack.
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