Category: Useful Tips

  • Mom’s Cleaner

    Mom’s Cleaner

    Here’s a natural, homemade cleaner that will make your whole house smell wonderful.

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  • Christmas Simmering Spices

    Christmas Simmering Spices

    Today’s recipe is just for simmering and smelling.

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  • Homemade Gifts 2016

    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!

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  • Elixirs for Xmas:   Homemade Lemon Extract

    Elixirs for Xmas: Homemade Lemon Extract

    Believe or not, I think my family and friends are getting tired of getting the obligatory jar of jam for Christmas, so this year I wanted to do something completely different. Elixirs for Xmas will be a brief series here at EE, prior to the holiday season. Why so early? Because all of these infusions…

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  • Elixirs for Xmas:   Homemade Vanilla Extract

    Elixirs for Xmas: Homemade Vanilla Extract

    I love to make homemade gifts and usually work at it throughout the year, especially with canning up summer’s bounty.   To “mix it up a bit” (pun intended), I decided to make a few elixirs and extracts to give as gifts this year, too. If you’re planning on giving homemade vanilla extract for Christmas…

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  • DIY Body Lotion

    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.

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  • Pre-Spring Cleaning

    Pre-Spring Cleaning

    We did some pre-spring cleaning last weekend and our cabinets and windows are sparkling. Read on for some homemade cleaners that really work!

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