Beeswax Firestarters- Easy DIY Homemade – Get your Home-Fires Burning

Making a fire is one of the simple joys of fall and winter.  Nothing makes that easier than beeswax firestarters. I got the idea for these when my friend Amy over at SecondAndEdgemont.com made some beautiful firestarters out of beeswax, sawdust, and a cardboard egg container.  Ever since I saw them I have been dying to…

Friday Finds – Rainy Day Crafts for Adults and Kids

Rain, rain, go away, no one likes a rainy day. Today is a dreary rainy day and there’s nothing better when stuck inside than to get crafty. Here are some great craft finds to help cheer up a rainy Friday, or any day for that matter. Continue Reading ….

Wordless Wednesday – Feathered Ferns

Making T-Shirts into Pillows

I was at a friends house the other day and saw this wonderful t-shirt pillow that her daughter had made at school, it was so simple I just had to try it. This is a great way for us to recycle some of the more beloved t-shirts in our house. All you need for this…

Water, Weed and Wait!

That’s what our greenhouse looked like on Friday but now our greenhouse is empty! That’s because over the weekend we moved all of our plants into the garden and finished planing any seeds that still needed to be sewn. Now we just water, weed and wait! Continue Reading ….

First CSA Pickup of 2010. aka Strawberries! Strawberries! Strawberries!

We had our first pickup at our CSA on Tuesday. For those of you that don’t know CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. You can visit Local Harvest for more information on CSAs and to locate one near you. Over the last 7 years we have been part of 3 different CSAs. This is its…

Spring Knitting

This cute reversable bunny/chick toy is from Spud & Chloe. The pattern is free and I was able to knit it up in just a matter of hours. I had intended to intention to give this as an easter gift but a sleepy me left it sitting out after it was knit and the girls…

My Adventure with Creating a Safe Reusable Sandwich/Snack Bag

I just recently got my sewing machine all set up in my bedroom. This is actually quite a process so once it’s set up I like to do as much as possible with it before I put it away. To follow up on my reusable lunch bags I decided to create a reusable sandwich/snack bag….

Great 100% Organic Cotton Baby Clothes and Mama Products from Sckoon

Great looking and affordable organic cotton kids clothes are hard to come by but Sckoon is changing that. Sckoon has some beautiful and colorful clothing for kids and great creative 100% organic cotton pads and underwear for mom. If we didn’t have a moratorium on purchases inplace because of our impending move I’d snatch up…

Last Farm Pickup

Our last trip to the farm yesterday was uneventful and unceremoniously quick which is unusual. It has been a slow summer for the crops with the unseasonal heat, deer and lack of rain our share has been meek. The food is most certainly not the only reason we have joined our CSA though. Helping to…