Archive Category: 'Household Tips'

• Homemade Lotion Bars: {Recipe & How-To}: Today’s feature is from Cathie Filian with this gift-worthy project to soothe chapped winter hands Make it: Gardener Lotion Bar: Smooth out skin’s rough edges with a homemade lotion bar. Perfect for gardeners, knitters or anyone who needs a little soothing care for their hands. This easy recipe is so good for the skin! The luxurious, soothing [...]
• Winter Detox: 12 Easy DIY Air Fresheners: Banish stale odors and beat the winter blues by freshening your home with scents of summery citrus, herbs & spices. Here are 12 easy DIY air fresheners that can help make that happen… 12 Easy DIY Air Fresheners Fragrance Bowls: Fill large decorative bowls with clean sand then top with citrus peelings, homemade potpourri, cinnamon sticks and [...]
• Growing Tomatoes: {Tip Sheet}: When To Plant: Plant seedlings in the Spring after all danger of frost has passed. You can either purchase seedlings at your local greenhouse or try growing your own by seed. Start the seeds indoors about 6 to 8 weeks before the last expected frost. The seeds will need plenty of light to prevent becoming [...]
• DIY Wrapping Paper & Ribbon Organizer: Today’s feature is by Centsational Girl with this tutorial for a handy DIY Wrapping Paper and Ribbon Organizer: This project took about two hours total from start to finish over the course of two days, but now I have this great little wrapping paper organizer and I’ve maximized storage in a place I wasn’t using before- [...]
• How To Build A $50 Greenhouse: {DIY}: Today’s feature is by the Door Garden with this diy tutorial How To Build My 50 Dollar Greenhouse: Now that I have a little bit of experience under my belt using my small greenhouse I see that this is a tool that I enjoy using and that can extend the productivity of my garden throughout the [...]
• 10 Quick Tips For A Shiny Bathroom: Apply a thin layer of lemon oil to shower doors. This helps keep soap scum from building up by making the soapy water bead up on the glass and slide on down the drain. Pour 2 tsp of lemon oil on a clean cloth then wipe the doors. Do this every other week for best [...]
• Growing Garlic: {Tip Sheet}: Garlic (Allium sativum) is easy to grow in home gardens and since it’s used so much in cooking (and in home remedies), why not try growing some this year to have a stockpile or two to enjoy (and some to share with family and friends too)! Growing Garlic: Tips & Info When To Plant: If you live [...]
• How To Measure Accurately: {Tip Sheet}: How To Measure Accurately There’s a trick to measuring syrup, honey or molasses to make sure you get all of it out of the cup or spoon. Grease the measuring cup thoroughly with butter, using a pastry brush. Pour off excess butter and measure sweetening required. Empty contents of cup into mixing bowl. You needn’t use a scraper [...]
• Grow $700 of Food in 100 Square Feet!: Today’s feature is from Mother Earth News with Grow $700 of Food in 100 Square Feet! If more Americans grew a little food — instead of so much grass — our savings on grocery bills would be astounding. The total value of the fresh vegetables author Rosalind Creasy grew in her 100-square-foot garden in 2008 was $683.43! Small [...]
• How To Remove Rust Stains: {Recipes & Tips}: Have a rust stain problem that you want to get rid of? Here are a variety of methods for removing stains from clothing/laundry, carpets, toilets & sinks, and a couple old recipes I found for removing rust from metal. Homemade Rust Remover Recipes & Tips Cream of Tartar & Hydrogen Peroxide: Mix together to make a [...]
• How To Grow Basil: {Quick Tips}: Basil is a great choice to plant both indoors and outdoors since it’s easy to grow and is useful in so many ways. It can be used in salads, makes a great pesto and seasons dishes like soups, casseroles and sauces. It is also a key ingredient in many home remedies (such as treating wasp [...]
• How To Cut Hair: {Tips & Resources}: I had an email from Melanie over the holidays asking if I had any tips or advice for cutting hair for family members and your own hair so I put together this guide for those of you that are interested. There’s a lot of information online and I picked the best resources I could find [...]
• 10 Flavor Boosters For Dieters: Cider Vinegar & Herb Infused Vinegars (See Multipurpose Herb Vinegar: Recipe). Watch commercial flavored vinegars for sugar content. Herb Seasoning Shakes (See 2 Tasty Recipes To Shake The Salt Habit, No Salt Seasoning Shake and Salad Seasoning Shake Recipe). Red Pepper Flakes (or powders like cayenne, chili and paprika). Salsa (Watch salt & sugar in commercial brands). Horseradish (Just [...]
• 11 Goals To Enhance Your Life This Year: I love the beginning of each new year, for me it’s always meant rejuvenation and an opportunity to look at new goals for personal growth and overall life skills that enhance daily life. By the end of the year it’s amazing and uplifting to reflect on all that you’ve accomplished, experienced and added to life [...]
• 11 Jam-Packed Tips To Help You Shine At Parties: New Year’s Eve is a big night for parties and if you’re a little apprehensive or nervous about the one you’re going to, here are a few tips and guidelines that can help you have a good time, make a good impression and develop a few social skills while you’re at it. I admit some are [...]
• How To Multiply & Extend Your Poinsettia: Thousands of homemakers received poinsettia plants this Christmas. These colorful plants, so fitting in holiday home decorations, sometimes become a problem after Christmas when blooming ends and many times they are thrown out. If you love filling your home with Poinsettias during the holiday season, here’s how you can get another blooming season from them. The poinsettia [...]
• Fragrant Home: 13 Simmering Pot Recipes: This is a lovely way to make your home smell warm and inviting. Just fill a pot with water, add your favorite ingredients and simmer all day. This also helps humidify the home a bit. The recipes below are just guidelines, you can use different amounts and mix up ingredients as you like. Experiment to [...]
• 42 Pampering Beauty & Spa Gifts To Make: Bath & Shower Treats Homemade Bath Jelly Recipe: Bath jellies can be made as luxurious home spa goodies or they can be packaged for the kids (set with toys inside). Great to give as gifts. How To Make Bath Bomb Fizzies: A great video showing step-by-step how to make fizzing bath bombs. Milk Bath Recipes To [...]
• Kitchen Q&A: Holiday Baking Edition: Do you know how to make a cookie place card for the holiday table? Or how to make colored sugar or shredded coconut for decorating baking? Do you want to learn how to make your own cookie cutters for fun, festive shapes? When is the best time to bake a fruitcake, right before Christmas day [...]
• Homemade Hand Balm Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Amber’s Ambry with this Hand Balm Tutorial: The recipe I use calls for a blend of beeswax, solid butters and liquid oils and is a modified version of a recipe I found online. The most important thing about the recipe is to maintain even amounts of liquid oils and solid butters. You [...]
• Jade Plant Care & Growing Tips: The Jade plant (Crassula ovata) is a succulent and is one of the easiest to grow houseplants–it can live for decades with the proper care (or maybe neglect is a better word). A native of South Africa, it grows naturally in dry conditions and has developed thick fleshy leaves to hold the moisture which it [...]
• Kitchen Q&A: What’s Half & Half Cream? (And More): This week’s Kitchen Q & A answers questions on why brown sugar gets hard, what the difference between evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk is, what half and half cream is and how to tell if that old bottle of spice you found is still ok to use. Kitchen Q&A: What’s Half & Half Cream? (And [...]
• Spider Plant Care & Growing Tips: Spider plants (Chlorophytum comosum) have long been popular as an indoor plant because they’re so easy to grow (both indoors and outdoors). If you’re looking for a lush, fast growing houseplant that’s fuss-free, this one’s for you. Here are a few tips for growing one in your home… Spider Plant Care & Growing Tips Plant Appearance: Green [...]
• Kitchen Q&A: What’s The Difference Between Artificial & Pure Vanilla Extract? (And More): Do you know how to tell if a bulb of garlic is fresh or how to keep apple slices from browning? Would you use olive oil in place of vegetable oil when baking? Or do you know what the difference between artificial and pure vanilla extract is? This week’s Kitchen Q&A answers these questions and [...]
• 12 Simple Beauty Hacks From The Kitchen: Olive oil can be used to remove eye makeup (use cold pressed extra virgin olive). Also see DIY Eye Makeup Remover Recipes. Pour a bit of sesame oil on a cotton ball and wipe gently across eye lids to remove waterproof mascara. Bring shine to your hair with a bit of honey. Mix 1 tsp of honey [...]