Highly Recommended Candle Jar Supplier
September 15, 2010 – 2:48 pm | No Comment

Finally, you can order good quality glass candle jars with no minimum!  I’ve ordered from this website’s parent company, The Jar Store, for years, but my main complaint was always not being able to order …

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Mother’s Day Handmade Gift Ideas
May 2, 2011 – 5:33 am | No Comment

Mother’s Day is fun to celebrate for “makers” like us. We have the excuse to make all kinds of great products that we’d never make for ourselves.  If you can create bath and body …

The Best Tampon & Menstrual Pad Alternative (girls only!)
December 8, 2010 – 9:13 am | No Comment
The Best Tampon & Menstrual Pad Alternative (girls only!)

Even though I come from a very “green” family, all the women use the same old grocery store menstrual supplies – Tampax, etc.  This is one of those things that we just don’t talk about …

Vegetable Gardening: Hardening Off Seedlings
March 14, 2010 – 5:08 am | 2 Comments
Vegetable Gardening: Hardening Off Seedlings

As I get closer to planting my first successful vegetable garden, I discover more and more things that I don’t know about growing things. First off, you need a lot of plants for an …

Vegetable Gardening Advice For Beginners
March 1, 2010 – 8:24 am | No Comment

Gardening has issues. There’s always something wrong — unless you’re in some kind of plant paradise, you’ve either got bad soil, no sun, no precipitation, locusts, bunnies, squirrels, aphids, or mysterious plant diseases.
Every time …

Why grow your own vegetables?
February 26, 2010 – 6:41 am | No Comment
Why grow your own vegetables?

If you live in the city and have gotten all your food from the grocery story your entire life, you may be wondering what the benefits are of growing your own vegetables. After all, …

How I’m growing organic vegetables in the city.
February 22, 2010 – 10:23 am | No Comment
How I’m growing organic vegetables in the city.

Since I’m a nerd, I don’t feel right about doing anything new unless I read a manual or take a class about it. I like the security of having an expert or good instructions …

Bath Melt / Massage Bar Tutorials (links)
February 21, 2010 – 9:05 am | No Comment

Bath melts are not something that I make, but they look pretty easy. At their core, both massage bars and bath melts are just a liquid oil (or wax, such as jojoba) melted with …

Giant Foam Blocks — Fun for all ages
December 30, 2009 – 9:49 am | No Comment
Giant Foam Blocks — Fun for all ages

My son absolutely loves these blocks.
You see, he’s two, which is a naturally destructive age. And he lives for hitting and throwing games, even more than the average two year old. When he …

What Are Shower Steamers?
December 27, 2009 – 1:55 pm | One Comment
What Are Shower Steamers?

Over the last year or so, a few bath bombers have asked me about recipes for “shower steamers.” I have to admit, I didn’t know exactly what they were, being out of commercial bath …

Guilt-free time for parents of babies & toddlers (Signing Time review)
December 5, 2009 – 1:48 pm | 2 Comments

When I was growing up, I was friends with three girls — one my age, one my sister’s age, and one in the middle — and their parents didn’t let them watch TV. I …