Kids will love staging miniature pieces to create this whimsical Winter Fairy Garden. They may even lure some snow fairies with this fun winter project! Fairy Gardens are sweet, magical, and just plain fun. Anything that comes in miniature size is just a delight to look at and play with. Even for adults. Put it […]
Christmas Fairy Garden
Kids will love making this Christmas Fairy Garden to celebrate the magic and wonder of the holiday! It’s simple to create with fun Christmas miniatures and a small Rosemary plant. Christmas is full of such magic and wonderment. Fairy gardens are the same way so they make a natural pairing. This Christmas Fairy Garden is […]
How to Make DIY Seed Bombs – Recipe and Tutorial
These fun DIY seed bombs are a fantastic favor for weddings, baby showers, farm or garden themed birthdays, or just a fun hands on project for you and the kids. You can make seed bombs with just about any scrap paper from newspaper to colored card stock, making them easy to customize to your desired colors. […]
Pool Noodle Pumpkins and Activities for Kids
These DIY Pool Noodle Pumpkins are a fun fall craft to make with kids. There are also many ways for your little ones to use them for educational activities and games. Pool noodles are being discounted as summer comes to a close and now is a great time to grab up a half dozen or so […]
How to Make Peg Doll Fairies
Does your child like fairies? Here is a tutorial demonstrating how to make Peg Doll Fairies from small wood doll body pieces. My little girl and I love to make fairy gardens all year round in every theme that we can think of. It’s a wonderfully therapeutic, creative, and bonding activity. This time, we decided to try […]
Gingerbread Pumpkin Biscotti Recipe
This Pumpkin Gingerbread Biscotti Recipe is just in time for fall. Enjoy it with your favorite coffee or latte. Between, oh say September and February I am consumed with the flavors of fall and the holidays. Cinnamon, pumpkin spice, ginger, clove…yum. In my lattes, baked goods, savory dishes, and anywhere else I can possibly work it […]
Fall Harvest Fairy Garden
Create a Fall Harvest Fairy Garden for your child to enjoy this autumn! It is nearly fall harvest season! The same goes for those busy industrious fairies, don’t they deserve a pretty patch of land to work for themselves? My little and I set out to create a Fall Harvest Fairy Garden in an old […]
Homemade Pom Poms Tutorial
Here’s a great tutorial on how to make homemade pom poms using bandanas. We have been in full football mode in my house for weeks, ever since the first whisper of preseason started. My little girl and I thought it would be fun to make some homemade pom poms for when our favorite team was […]
Freezing Fresh Produce – Tips for Freezing Fruits, Vegetables, & Herbs
If you have an abundance of produce from your garden or you loaded up at the farmers market and need to preserve the freshness until it can be used up- freezing is a great way to go. I touched on this briefly in the first post of this series, How to Make Your Produce Last […]
DIY Reusable Sandwich Bag
This DIY Reusable Sandwich Bag makes it easy to be green, not to mention it makes you the cool mom when you make it in your child’s favorite colors, character, or sports team fabric. Grab your favorite fabric pattern; cotton, flannel, duck cloth and one of the coolest inventions ever: iron-on vinyl. You can have […]
Rustic Homemade French Bread with Herb Butter Crust
This Rustic Homemade French Bread can be made and enjoyed anytime you like with just a few simple pantry ingredients and not a lot of work. There is a bit of patience required for waiting for this yummy bread to rise, but I promise you that it’s worth the wait! You’ll enjoy every piece with it’s […]
Butterfly Garden Basics
Learn what it takes to attract beautiful butterflies to your yard with these helpful Butterfly Garden Basics. If you are looking to create a beautiful butterfly garden that draws in all sorts of winged wonders but don’t know where to start, you have come to the right place. With these Butterfly Garden Basics I’m going […]
Secrets of the Grill Masters
Summer may not officially start for a few more days, but the temperatures and summer spirit say otherwise. Besides that, grilling is a pastime that can be enjoyed year round, even with snow on the ground. Do you want to master your grill this season? Read these Secrets of the Grill Masters and get out […]
10 Garden Hacks for Better Produce
Growing your own produce is very rewarding and makes for a wonderful hobby that produces something you and your family can use. You will save money by growing your own produce, can avoid pesticides in your food, and get plenty of fresh air and sunshine. It does require a lot of work, but you can […]
Homemade Soothing Summer Face Mist
Dry desert air, salty beach breezes, ocean water, sweat, sand, and chlorine all the things we love about summer, but can wreak the most havoc on our skin. They leave it dry, itchy, and desperately in need of relief. You can go pay spa prices for mineral waters with a few other ingredients in them […]
Gluten-Free Fresh Breath Dog Treats
We all know that no matter how much we love our pet, their breath can really be horrid even with occasional brushing and vet checkups. I prefer to make my dogs treats at home because it is so easy and I don’t have to worry about where it comes from or what’s in it. So […]
Sensory Learning Tray for Kids
Aside from the fact that sensory experiences are just fun, they really help kids retain what they learn when they use their senses. I am always working on new ways to engage and encourage learning through play. This Sensory Learning Tray for Kids is a fun way to bring in a theme while your child practices pre […]
Carrot Cake Overnight Oatmeal
While I love the taste of good homemade carrot cake and count it among my very favorite of desserts, the flour, milk, and sugar do not like my waistline very much. Not willing to give up my favorite flavors but looking for a healthier way to enjoy it, I started looking for ways to incorporate […]
7 Secrets to Starting Seeds Indoors
Growing produce and flowers from seeds can save you a ton of money over buying seedlings ready to plant from a garden store. There are several reasons to begin your seeds indoors instead of outside. You can get them started earlier even while there is still frost on the ground. Keeping seedlings indoors also keeps […]
7 Tools Every Gardener Needs
Whether you are a beginner gardener or an expert, we all have tools that we can’t live without in our passion for gardening. Successful gardening doesn’t require a garden shed full of expensive tools, but to make your job easier and more efficient it helps to have a good assortment of basic gardening tools on hand. Here […]