Fall isn’t all about pumpkin! With all the hubub about pumpkin spice lattes and other pumpkin treats, it can be easy to forget that other fall flavors exist. But they do, and one of my favorites is apple cider! You can get the delicious smell of apple cider and improve your skin at the same time with this DIY Spiced Apple Cider Sugar Scrub! The orange essential oil in this spiced apple cider sugar scrub is optional, but if you have it, definitely add it in! It smells wonderful, and is the type of essential oil that just makes you feel… [Read More]
15 Charming DIY Farmhouse Decor Ideas
Looking to add a little decor to your home? Do you prefer simple, sensible items, airy spaces, and just the right combination of luxe and rustic? Consider adding some farmhouse style decor to your space! And no, you don’t even have to live on a farm. We’ve found 15 DIY Farmhouse Decor Ideas to help you capture the farmhouse style and add charm to your home! Farmhouse style used to mean rural areas, building materials that were available locally, and a porch. The farmhouse usually had a formal area up front, and a business end (a functional kitchen where harvested produce… [Read More]
Orange and Comfrey Shea Butter Soap
Fall is starting! Already some of the trees in my yard are dropping their leaves, and a couple of mornings have actually been pleasantly cool. While I love the fall season, my skin isn’t that much of a fan. As the days get colder, my skin dries out faster. Rather than pay high prices for some natural highly moisturizing soap from the store, I decided to just make my own before the cold weather hit too hard! Here’s how to make Orange and Comfrey Shea Butter Soap (in a cute owl shape)! Making your own soap, using a suspension formula… [Read More]
DIY Garbage Disposal Cleaner
DIY cleaning products are one of my favorite things to make because I am saving money and keeping chemicals out of my home while serving a useful purpose. One thing that needs regular cleaning, and I don’t mean a quick rinse, is the kitchen garbage disposal. Even if you flush hot water down it every day, bacteria builds up and causes not so pleasant odors to occur. I like to make a double batch of this DIY Garbage Disposal Cleaner to keep on the counter to make it easy to freshen my disposal daily. No more garbage disposal smells and… [Read More]
DIY Liquid Dish Soap
If you have ever worried about the chemicals that are in your home cleaning products, then you have likely decided to try making your own. With items like sulfates, formaldehyde, and triclosan in many cleaning products, it’s no wonder so many have turned to making their own at home. Homemade cleaning products let you have control over the ingredients, as well as keep your cleaning costs down. One common cleaning item that we use daily is dish soap, and luckily, making your own DIY Liquid Dish Soap is really easy! When you make your own DIY liquid dish soap you… [Read More]
10 Creative Ways to Use Herbs from Your Garden
I love growing my own herbs! No matter where we’ve lived, I’ve always found the space for at least a small container herb garden. They’re just so easy to grow, so useful, and save me from spending money on the fresh “live” herbs available at the grocery store (which half the time, die within a week for me). But sometimes, I don’t use as many herbs as usual, or my plants are just extra prolific. Which is what led me recently to go looking for ways to use up my extra herbs. Here are 10 Creative Ways to Use Herbs… [Read More]
Honey Lemongrass Sugar Scrub
I know this looks good enough to eat, but this quick recipe is actually for a DIY sugar scrub, not food! But like a tasty dessert, this homemade sugar scrub smells delicious. It also leaves your skin looking great and feeling wonderfully soft. For a bright, refreshing homemade beauty product (or DIY gift) try my Honey Lemongrass Sugar Scrub! Like all essential oils, lemongrass essential oil comes with a lot of helpful benefits! It helps relieve muscle pain and body aches, kills skin bacteria, repels insects, and has astringent properties. Lemongrass also has a soothing and sedating effect for those… [Read More]
Marble Storage Jars Dollar Store DIY
I love using the dollar store for my DIY projects! Whether I’m organizing my home or doing a decorating project, my first stop is always the dollar store. So when I decided that I needed some pretty jars to store things in, I went right to the dollar store to get what I needed. Here’s how I did this Marble Storage Jars Dollar Store DIY! Everything you need for these DIY marble storage jars can be found at your local dollar store! I used pink, blue, and yellow for my marble coloring, but feel free to choose a different color… [Read More]
