Tag: crafty
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Dandelion Oil
I decided that I wanted to do something with skin care. So I heard about how Dandelions actually have anti-aging properties when used in skin care, as well as loads of other benefits. So first I had to dry them (which was in the previous blog post: Drying Flowers ) And now that our flowers…
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Preserve Nature’s Beauty: A Guide to Drying Flowers and Understanding Its Benefits
Flowers can be dried and used in many different things. Salves, Soaps, or even making teas and adding to bath salts or bath bombs. Many people will think about drying flowers as something hard and time consuming, but in reality, while it is time consuming, hard it is not. There are different types of ways…
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Homemade Applesauce
The thought of making applesauce from scratch I still remember was overwhelming. Until a friend of mine told me “Just think of it like making Mashed potatoes!” and then suddenly the thought wasn’t so scary. I never even thought about making applesauce from scratch until I had a constant supply of apples thanks to the…
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basic blanket repair
When Daniel and I first started living together, we stayed in a room that was basically the size of a small office cubicle. The inside wasn’t insulated, so we had a small heater we used for warmth, and we also had this very warm blue checkered blanket. You know how babies have a special blanket?…
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DIY Scrub
I’m not normally the type of person who is eager to make these DIY beauty hacks, and things. But a coworker was educating me on the benefits of a sugar scrub, and that sat in the back of my mind for a good few weeks until one stormy day I decided it was time to…
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Round Table Ranch Saga
When I first met Daniel, he said he hated ranch. For my sheltered self, that sounded insane! Who in their right mind hates ranch? So, me being the awesome girlfriend I was at the time, coaxed him into trying ranch at a place who knows how to make ranch. Round Table Pizza. Anytime I go…
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Food Storage
A while back my husband and I decided that we needed to clear out space in what we call our mudroom, that we have turned into our pantry. Our kitchen is on the smaller side, so it made since to us since otherwise the mudroom wasn’t going to get all that much traffic. 3 Harbor…
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Candle Making
When I was a kid, both my parents smoked. and my parents (mostly my dad) went through these phases where he’d make an attempt at making the house smell better by recycling candles. Any candles my mother would get from work as gifts would get melted down and placed in a large mason jar. Well,…