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Homemade Peppermint Liqueur

December 19, 2014

How to make a naturally flavored homemade peppermint liqueur using fresh mint leaves, perfect for holiday gift giving; with printable label.

Despite the fact that we have a pretty well stocked bar in our kitchen for entertaining guests, to be honest I rarely drink alcohol. I enjoy the occasional glass of wine if we go out to dinner, but other than that, most alcohol doesn’t appeal to me anymore. The holidays, though, are a bit of an exception….

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19 Comments / Filed In: Beverages & Smoothies, Recipes
Tagged: Christmas, gift ideas, liqueurs, paleo, peppermint, vegan

Easy Gingerbread Soap Recipe

December 6, 2014

How to make an easy gingerbread soap, a perfect DIY holiday gift!

Lately I have been having a lot of fun making up new holiday soap recipes. Christmas is the perfect time for making up a holiday soap because soap makes such a practical DIY gift. People are so impressed when you tell them you made the soap yourself. If they only knew how easy it was!…

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36 Comments / Filed In: Christmas, cleansers, soaps, & gels, Holidays, Make it Yourself, Soap Making
Tagged: bar soaps, Castile soaps, gentle soaps, gift ideas, soaps

DIY Easy Solid Perfume

November 28, 2014

Making this easy solid perfume is probably one of my favorite recent projects. I’m not the only one who loved it, though… I had some friends over last weekend after having made my last batch, and they were curious as to what I had made in those cute little aluminum tins. When I showed them…

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70 Comments / Filed In: Face & Body
Tagged: gift ideas, perfumes

Homemade Lavender Sachets

November 20, 2014

How to make homemade lavender sachets, decorated with lavender flowers, and great as gifts. They're easy and perfect for non-artists because you decorate them by hammering flowers on your cloth. ;)

How to make homemade lavender sachets, decorated with lavender flowers, and great as gifts. They’re easy and perfect for non-artists because you decorate them by hammering flowers on your cloth. Lavender is one of my favorite scents, especially lately, now that I have gotten rid of most of the artificial scents in my house. Ever…

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1 Comment / Filed In: Arts & Crafts, Make it Yourself
Tagged: gift ideas, herbs, sewing

Homemade Pure Vanilla Extract

November 13, 2014

How to make homemade pure vanilla extract. featuring printable labels. Not only can you save money by doing it yourself, but you can also customize it to get the flavor you want.

Anybody that has been baking up American recipes for a while knows that we use vanilla extract a lot! Let’s face it, vanilla extract shows up in almost every baking recipe ever written. Here in Spain, though, vanilla use isn’t as commonplace. I have never actually even seen pure vanilla extract for sale in the…

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12 Comments / Filed In: MIY Pantry Basics, Recipes
Tagged: gift ideas, liqueurs, paleo, vegan

DIY Marble Photo Coasters

November 10, 2014

Several years ago, before my son was born, I worked for a few hours each weekday at a friend’s nursery school to help them out at the start of the school year when things were overwhelming. Working at a nursery school requires a lot of patience. I often wonder how they all keep up their…

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1 Comment / Filed In: Arts & Crafts, Christmas, Make it Yourself
Tagged: gift ideas, upcycling

5-minute Easy DIY Coffee Cozy from a Sock!

April 22, 2014

Warm up with a hot beverage without burning yourself with an easy DIY coffee cozy can be made from a mismatched sock in around 5 minutes! You can also make cup cozies from polar fleece scraps or other knit items.

Warm up with a hot beverage without burning yourself with an easy DIY coffee cozy can be made from a mismatched sock in around 5 minutes! You can also make cup cozies from polar fleece scraps or other knit items. By now you should know that I love to repurpose things. You may have also noticed…

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4 Comments / Filed In: Arts & Crafts, Make it Yourself
Tagged: gift ideas, sewing, upcycling

How to Sew a Notebook Cover

January 15, 2014

How to Sew a Notebook Cover - Oh, The Things We'll Make!

Reading and writing can be so much more fun when you’re using a cute, removable cover. Learn how to make a book cover with fabric, quickly and easily. Starting this blog has been quite the experience. These last few months I have had fun making new things, eating new foods, and sharing those things with…

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2 Comments / Filed In: Arts & Crafts, Make it Yourself
Tagged: gift ideas, sewing

Sugar & Spice for Somebody Nice: DIY Brown Sugar Lip Scrub

December 9, 2013

This DIY brown sugar lip scrub (and/or DIY brown sugar body scrub) is super simple to make, and makes a nice holiday gift or stocking stuffer, especially if you use my free printable labels.

This DIY brown sugar lip scrub (and/or DIY brown sugar body scrub) is super simple to make, and makes a nice holiday gift or stocking stuffer, especially if you use my free printable labels.  With the coming of winter and the cooler weather, my normally very oily skin starts to develop dry areas that need…

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5 Comments / Filed In: Christmas, cleansers, soaps, & gels, Make it Yourself
Tagged: Christmas, gift ideas

Holiday Gift Ideas: DIY Photo Flip Calendar

November 29, 2013

Today I’m going to show you another homemade gift idea, an easy homemade photo flip calendar. I have made photo calendars in the past, but none were as easy or as nice looking as these. During our last trip to IKEA to buy some furniture for the house, we came across these flip photo frames…

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5 Comments / Filed In: Arts & Crafts, Christmas, Make it Yourself
Tagged: Christmas, gift ideas, photography, printables

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Hello, I’m Tracy!

I love making my own natural products like soaps and lotions and my own pantry items like yogurt and salad dressings.
Why do I do it? Sometimes to save money, sometimes because it's healthier, but I always love having control of the ingredients!​ My goal is to show you how to make those things too, and why you'd want to! I also am here to try to help you out when you need it!

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