A Cultivated Nest

20 Inexpensive Handmade Christmas Gifts

I started the Frugal Christmas Gift Guide a few years ago and will be continuing it this year (the other posts are linked at the bottom). Over the next few weeks I’m going to share some ideas for inexpensive handmade Christmas gifts that are cute and easy (or fairly easy) to make that I've found on Pinterest. So let's get started! Giving a handmade gift is a great way to celebrate ... Read More about 20 Inexpensive Handmade Christmas Gifts

Nesting Skills: DIY Dry Ranch Seasoning

The Nesting Skills Series is all about making your own versions for various store-bought products. Last week I shared a homemade brownie mix recipe and today I'm sharing a homemade dry ranch seasoning mix recipe! It's really easy and inexpensive to make your own ranch dressing mix. Not to mention that you don't have to deal with unknown ingredients or fillers! Plus these are ingredients ... Read More about Nesting Skills: DIY Dry Ranch Seasoning

My First Garden Project At The New House

One of my neighbors said that I can expect about 100 kids on Halloween! In our last neighborhood no one went trick or treating so this will be a (hopefully) fun experience. Anyway, I was going to change out one of the planters in the front of the house to fall flowers but I thought I'd do a little something special for the trick or treaters! So I made a Halloween planter but it'll be easy ... Read More about My First Garden Project At The New House

Nesting Skills – Make Your Own Brownie Mix

Here's a really ridiculously easy brownie mix that you can make at home instead of buying a boxed brownie mix. You can buy brownie mix really cheaply when it's on sale but at least in a homemade version you know what's in your mix and you can easily customize it to your taste! With the holidays right around the corner, this would also make a great gift that you can dress up with a ... Read More about Nesting Skills – Make Your Own Brownie Mix

SOLD! & We Have Moved

Hey all. My house has sold and we have moved into our rental! Here's what's new. The internet just got connected so I'm back in business. I'm working on setting up my office today so I should be back to blogging normally. We have been moving for the past 4 days!! We had 2 trucks and a crew of six move the main stuff and then we rented a U-Haul and made numerous trips ourselves. We have ... Read More about SOLD! & We Have Moved

Easy Homemade Cinnamon Syrup

Last year I started a Homemade Solutions Series and somehow got sidetracked. I'm going to start it back up since we're going to be in our new home next week and I'll finally have more time (Yay!) and making things from scratch is going to be a priority. So to start this series off (again) as Nesting Skills. I'm sharing a easy homemade cinnamon coffee syrup (although you could also use this in ... Read More about Easy Homemade Cinnamon Syrup