Winter is a sad time for your feet and hands. The drier air and the cold temperatures drain the moisture from your feet and hands, while the decreased temperatures and dampness can bring on pain and fatigue. Arthritis flares up in the winter, with the changes in humidity and barometric pressure, too. Using this amazing …
I love making things from scratch. I also love reusable gift boxes, bags and totes. So this morning I decided to make a gift box from scratch. The one I made was small, but they really can be made the same way in any size. I decided to decorate mine in newsprint pieces because I …
The cold and flu season is nearing rapidly. If we get a cold where we have stuffy noses, or coughs, I want to be ready. In the past, I would use the OTC name brand vapor rub to help relieve symptoms. Of course, after learning what the ingredients in the OTC rub were, I wanted …
Apple Cider Vinegar has many health benefits, from being used as an energizing tonic to a healing elixir. It’s a completely natural product, with all the benefits of apples PLUS the added benefits from being fermented, which include acids and enzymes. Here’s some ways I like to use apple cider vinegar: as a hair rinse, adding …
This was our old bathroom mirror. Sad looking, really. It was a 3 part medicine cabinet with mirrors that was rather brittle. Most of the mirrors broke off the hinges, and this was the only mirror left. We propped it in the corner on the sink in order to be able to see ourselves, but …
This is a guest post by my cool pal, Laurie of Common Sense Homesteading. Papercuts and slivers are small wounds that hurt way too much for their size. I’ve learned to patch up the paper cuts with liquid bandage, which usually helps quite a bit. Working in the garden and around the woodpile (often without …
Learning how to knit is a fun, relaxing hobby. Learning how to knit your own socks? Genius! You not only get the fun of knitting itself, but you get socks! Making your own socks can result not only in higher quality, but longer wear. You can choose the yarn you want to work with, the …
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What is tallow? Well, it is the product of what happens when you render beef fat. To render tallow means that you have melted it down, and “extracted” the fat. It removes any leftover stuff in the fat, and makes it smooth, creamy, and easy to use. You are basically changing the composition. Rendering it …
Detergent for the dishwasher has two components that I don’t like: the trash and the chemicals in the average dish detergent. Even the ones that are “natural” are chock full of things I don’t want my family possibly ingesting… Like what’s in this detergent: Ingredient Purpose Water Consistency Sodium Carbonate Water Softener Sodium Silicate pH …
Trying to find a knife rack that holds knives by the stove instead of in a block? I thought, “no problem…they are everywhere, right?” Wrong. I found this out as we were doing our kitchen makeover, and got really frustrated. NO ONE had a magnetic knife strip. NO ONE. I thought about ordering online, but …
