Looking for a paint stick craft for St. Patrick’s Day? It’s your LUCKY day! Way back in December, a friend of mine gave me a bunch of paint sticks – you know the 12-inch paint stirrers you can get by the handful in the pain section of your local hardware store? She had picked up…
Dark Chocolate Granola
I got totally hooked on making my own granola during the fall when I made the MOST AMAZING chewy cinnamon raisin granola bars and then a short time later I made TRULY ADDICTING pumpkin seed granola. Where has homemade granola been all my life?! When I was brainstorming what I wanted to make…
Easy DIY Ginger White Tea Cocoa Butter Soap
Learn how to make this easy DIY Ginger White Tea Cocoa Butter Soap with just 3 simple ingredients! During this past year, I discovered how easy and rewarding it is to make my own skin care products. When I was talking with my sister months ago, she mentioned that she had a favorite lotion that…
Winter Wonderland Peppermint Playdough
Nothing keeps little ones busy and works on fine motor development like playdough. Make your own, add some delicious holiday scent and a little sparkle to really put it over the top with your kids! Peppermint adds a fresh new aspect to homemade playdough and involves yet another of your child’s senses in on the…
Thanksgiving Craft: {Give Thanks} Wooden Blocks
One of my goals for this new school year was to make more crafts….and so far I have failed miserably. I love to be crafty, even though I am not the most talented crafter out there. But despite my lack of talent in the crafting department, I do enjoy being creative. It’s therapeutic for…
Halloween Candied Popcorn
I love an excuse to make sweet treats. And Halloween is such a perfect time for making all sorts of treats. This past weekend, I made this Halloween candied popcorn just for fun. It happened to be our elementary school’s annual back to school picnic and fun run, so I brought it along as…
Skillet Apple Crisp #CreativeHOP
‘Tis the season for apples and apple recipes! Apples were always my favorite fruit, but I’ve been allergic to them for the last 16 years or so (it’s a long story…something called oral allergy syndrome). Since I can’t eat many of the fresh fall fruits that I used to love, and since I can…
DIY Shea Butter Lotion Bars
Curious how you can make your own shea butter lotion bars? I’ve become totally hooked on these DIY lotion bars, and I KNOW you will, too! Mother’s Day is coming up soon…and so is graduation and Father’s Day and a ton of family birthdays. And a family wedding. In other words, I have entered the…
DIY Easy Mint Sugar Scrub {+ Printable Labels}
Whether it’s cold and dry where you are…or it’s hot and sandy…I don’t know many hands and feet (and elbows and knees) that couldn’t benefit from a little sugar scrub. There are so many awesome scented beauty products out there, but I’ve been discovering lately how much I love to make my own homemade…