Category: Crafts
Cutting Board Conditioner
Here’s a great homemade gift. I’m also recapping Christmases past….
Christmas Simmering Spices
Today’s recipe is just for simmering and smelling.
“In My Kitchen” November 2018
Along with a bit of kitchen gadgetry, I am sharing a craft that would be perfect for holiday gifts.
Homemade Gifts 2016
Here’s this year’s round up of our homemade gifts: infinity scarves, yard dice, cedar cacti planters, money boxes, cookbooks, book marks and dog biscuits. Oh, my!
Memory Boxes
Keep track of all the joy and happiness that 2016 will surely bring. Make a memory box to keep track of all the new year happenings.
Gift Ideas
No Christmas posting theme here this year. Things are just too hectic, but the Ghost of Christmas Pasts is visiting today. Here are my gifting-themed posts from 2010 to present.
Farolitos: DIY Decorating
So I am starting my own game of Christmas CLUE with you today. Clue #1: Today I am posting very difficult instructions (facetiously typed) for farolitos or luminaries to decorate your driveway or front step. Clue #2: On Christmas, I will post about the New Mexico state cookie. Intrigued? Have any guesses as to why…
A Reindeer Barbershop Sextet (or root beer pack to go)
I feel obligated to again share with you, dear reader, as we embark on another Christmas gift giving season that I am an often ungrateful gift recipient. (For more on my Bah Humbug attitude, click here.) I have received some scary pig teapots…,some lovely wine glasses…, lots of cat-themed items, regifted towel-sets (that…
Make Your Own Gift Bags and Go Retro
I become even more retro and vintage at Christmas time. I think as I get older, I enjoy more retro stuff. Er…or maybe it is me that is actually become more vintage. Anyhoo, I found some old forgotten sticker paper in our office/guest room and I went nuts printing vintage images for packages…
DIY Body Lotion
Is your skin still trying to recover from the harsh winter? Try out this super-simple recipe for a do-it-yourself, super rich lotion.