Hi all! I’m running my first ever polls over on the sidebar until Friday night. Just trying to get a feel for where my readers are. At first I thought I would do this for future post ideas, but then I thought, well, I actually have lots of projects coming up, and I’m going to […]
Save Some Cash–Cut Your Own Kids’ Hair!
Hair, hair, hair. Does it never stop growing and needing cut??? Fortunately, you don’t have to pay the salon for haircuts! I’m going to share with you a couple of methods we’ve used to save on the cost of haircuts. Here’s my son in need of one . . .First option is to find a […]
Soap Update and a Warning
The soap is getting slightly harder this evening, so I thought I’d try and get it out of the mold again. I will be lining whatever molds I use next time with butcher paper or wax paper or something–this is ridiculous! And here’s your WARNING: Never use a cheapo knife to try to pry soap […]
Soap Making Adventure Part One
I wasn’t going to post anything on soap making until I had it figured out a little better, but had such a good laugh at Lisa’s recent soap making experience (far too similar to mine!) that I thought I’d post how it’s going at this point, which is why it is Part One, and I […]
Embroidery for Generations
Embroidery has been around for ages. Really. Have you seen some of the fancy stitching on clothing from the 1700’s? What? You haven’t? That’s only my favorite clothing era, so okay, I’ll show you some. Click here for one example, and here for an amazing embroidered wedding gown. And embroidery was around before that as […]
Sunday Morning Emergency Syrup
Every Sunday morning we have what we call Puffy Oven Pancakes–I’ve also heard them more commonly called German pancakes. You know, 6 eggs, 1 cup flour, 1 cup milk all mixed up and baked in a melted butter lined pan. MMmmmmm. Well, maybe we don’t have them EVERY Sunday, but if we don’t I get […]
Gotta Love the Versatility of Home Canning!
We home can lots of stuff around here, but here’s one I’ve never tried before. My kids did this canning, but I’ll say right now, there are better ways than this to “preserve” your childhood memories! Keep preparing! Angela *************************************************************** Subscribe to my email newsletter for updates and special deals. Please be sure to follow
Wax Coated Cheese
Also check the Waxing Cheese Update posted 1/14/10 here. Did you know you can store cheese in your food storage without a refrigerator or freezer? Well, you can–at least that’s what I was told by a lady in the food storage know, so of course I had to test it for myself (remember the sprouted […]
Homemade All Natural Lip Balm
Here it is, the post you’ve all been waiting for (even though you didn’t realize it). The almost fully illustrated guide to making your own lip balm for WAAAYYY LESS than $2.50 a tube or whatever the going rate is. Start by eating some canned goods. Seriously. Just a small can–like a veggie can–we ate […]
Bread, Bread, Bread
I’ve been working real hard on a recipe from Chef Tess for sprouted wheat bread, and making slow progress. Mostly slow because if it doesn’t work I have to wait 2 days to get more wheat sprouted to try again! So in the meantime, here’s some pictures of bread that worked! The standard 6 loaves […]