Want beautiful & FREE garden & indoor plants? Regrow kitchen scraps like mango seed, avocado pit, pineapple top, lemon seeds, ginger, lemongrass, & more!

This DIY facial toner with rosemary and mint is the perfect addition to your summer skin care routine. Homemade facial toner helps control oil and fight summer acne!

These ingenious home handy hacks and solutions to common problems are simple, smart and straightforward for DIYers.

This easy method for coconut milk yogurt is vegan, paleo and keto. Use my guide to make simple coconut yogurt, from scratch, no yogurt-making device needed.

How to make a sewing pattern bigger or smaller - sewing pattern grading - make a sewing pattern a different size

This easy DIY sinus and headache balm is an all-natural remedy that helps relieve stuffy noses, allergies, and headaches.

I quit eating lunch meat when I learned about nitrates, but when I learned how to cook paper-thin slices of turkey at home, homemade lunch meat was on! You will also save money! Make the best homemade white sandwich bread and a side salad and you have a tasty meal!

The best time to go to sleep can be determined by astrology. Here is the ideal bedtime for each zodiac sign base don specific sleep needs.

In this post, we provide an explanation on how to add humor to a novel.

There's cheesemaking, then there's sustainable, natural cheesemaking. Here's what you need to start making cheese from sustainable ingredients today.

Sewing tricks from professional seamstresses. Your sewing is about to get easier and more efficient. Grab a project to test them out!

Here are some of the most important lessons I picked up in my first year of sewing. This isn't an exhaustive list, but these are some of the things that I struggled with or that confused me at first. These tips and tricks should help a beginner who is just learning to sew.

Make the most of common yard weeds by using white clover for food and medicine with these easy tips and recipes.

Sleeping with onion in socks has many health benefits. It is a remedy that has been around for thousands of years. So, read the article to find out more.

How to wash walls fast, the painless way. This cleaning method saves so much time, energy, & takes most of the stress out of washing painted walls. Learn how to clean and disinfect walls the easy way.

Learn how to make a cayenne salve for natural pain relief. This is an age old recipe to help ease the pain of sore muscles and joints. Natural herbs and oils.

These homemade vitamin C gummies are a great way to save money on your kids' vitamins & skip the sugar that is sometimes added! A win-win for healthy kids!

This pine needle cough syrup is beneficial for soothing for a dry and scratchy throat and helping to tame coughs.

Skip the chemicals in store-bought fertilizers! Use what you've got to feed your potassium-loving plants with this banana peel fertilizer!

There's no shame in using humor to cope.

Browse free vintage patterns, retro hair tutorials and affordable vintage clothing. Enjoy diy fashion crafts and classic style inspiration

Charming, fun, and yet just the right amount of salty, curse words from the 1950s have a certain extra somethin' that many modern day insults seem to lack. Our four letter words and other caustic phrases get the point across, and they certainly have…

In almost ten years that I’ve been teaching people to knit, I noticed that most beginner (and not just beginner) mistakes happened because of the lack of understanding how the knitted fabric is created. The skill of understanding what happens when we make a stitch, what kind of stitch it is and how it interacts […]

There are many ways to make homemade DIY Neosporin. In this article, we cover 3 recipes using store-bought and foraged ingredients.

Coco Chanel, a renowned fashion icon of her time, once wisely remarked, ’Dress shabbily, and they remember the dress; dress impeccably, and they remember the woman.’ This statement carries with it a timeless truth that resonates through the ages. It’s difficult to contest her insight because clothing plays a pivotal role in shaping our image and how we are perceived by others. In a world where first impressions are often the only chance we get to make, our choice of attire becomes a potent tool for self-expression and communication.The significance of clothing in our lives goes beyond mere aesthetics; it’s a reflection of our personality, values, and even our mood. Each outfit we choose has the power to convey a different facet of ourselves, whether it’s the confidence exuded by a perfectly tailored suit, the comfort of well-worn jeans, or the elegance of a classic black dress. Our clothing choices can speak volumes before we utter a single word.

Nourishing, simple, and very frugal is the best way to describe this simple, from-scratch homemade beef stock recipe!

Have you ever wanted to try Homemade Egg Noodles but thought that you needed fancy tools and equipment? Guess what, these egg noodles are not only easy but that taste absolutely amazing

If you like this post, you should also check out Homemade Febreeze and Homemade Green Window Cleaner. Wouldn’t it be great if everyone had the time and energy to dust all the surfaces in their home on a daily basis? It would be pretty awesome. But, unfortunately, it’s not gonna happen. So the next best...Read More »

We can learn a lot about being frugal from 1940s housewives. Their wartime efforts can often still be applied to our lives today to help us save money. I share a lot about 1950s housewives

Fabulous collection of fast and easy sewing tutorials. Great for learning to sew and beginners.

The fresh needles and buds of Pine, picked in the springtime, are called “pine tops.” These are boiled in water, and the tea is consumed for fevers, coughs, and colds. The needles are also diuretic, helping to increase urination. This recipe combines pine tops with dried peppermint and catnip for relief from sinus and lung congestion.

Acorn nut butter, or a creamy spread made from acorns, is an easy acorn recipe that just about anyone can make. Acorns are an abundant woodland food source, and growing peanuts (or almonds) is tricky

Magic Erasers really are magic against many forms of dirt and grime. Here are 9 unique unique magic eraser uses around the house. Say goodbye to dirt and scum.

Ever need buttermilk for a recipe and don't have any? Does going to the store with the kids to get some sound like torture? Now you can make it in 5 minutes at home!

Easy stovetop potpourri recipes for fall, winter, Christmas, spring, summertime or any time of year! Excellent gift ideas!

A step by step tutorial on how to double knit for beginners. Easy instructions (plus a video) showing you this simple colorwork technique.

Edible pine needles make very tasty cookies, drinks, and syrups! Get all of the foraged pine needle recipes you need here.

At some point you’ll need to fix a dropped stitch. It’s an unfortunate fact of knitting, as certain as death and taxes. You’ll recognise a dropped stitch by a long tear in your fabric and a wayward stitch at the bottom. When this happens, don’t panic! As frightening as a dropped stitch looks – […]

Lemon curd is always great, but why stop there? This posts features 12 different fruit curd recipes (and some really amazing photography!!)

When a project requires steep increases, the pattern will instruct us to cast on a certain number of stitches at the beginning of a row. At first, it might seem confusing, because we usually cast on stitches when there are no stitches on the needles, not when we are already halfway through the project. Despite […]

A healing and soothing salve using the powerful herb Lemon Balm!

The top knitting in the round tips and tricks. From joining in the round and knit decreases in the round. All the top tips for every skill level.

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This recipe is 100% compliant with the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol.

Quilting for Beginners teaches newbies how to quilt from the basics, start to finish. This 5 part series walks you through each step of quilt making.

Cuts, scratches and simple burns don't stand a chance against this DIY healing salve. Made with antibacterial and antiviral ingredients, it's perfect for your holistic medicine cabinet.

My most recent addition to our natural arsenal is homemade cough syrup -- made with one of my favorite kitchen gadgets, the Instant Pot!

Vegetable broth is a necessity in vegan and vegetarian cooking, and a great way to add in an extra bit of flavor to grains and otherwise bland components. And what better way to make it than with ZERO WASTE!