Category: Useful Tips

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

Christmas Simmering Spices
Today’s recipe is just for simmering and smelling.

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!

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…

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…

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.

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!