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Frugal Ways to Celebrate Love and Nourish Joy
My husband and I got married just a few days before Valentine’s Day. Originally we had scheduled the wedding for just after Valentine’s Day, and my husband being the Dutchman that he is, was excited...
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18 Uncommon Uses for Baking Soda
Photo Credit [dropcap]B[/dropcap]aking soda is one of my favorite frugal items to have around the house in great quantities. It has obvious culinary uses and it’s also great for cleaning, absorbing...
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Baking Soda and Vinegar Volcanoes
Photo Credit [dropcap]B[/dropcap]aking soda and vinegar volcanoes may be the quintessential science experiment for kids ages 4- 12 – and for good reason! It’s absolutely fun and can be done with...
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Easy, Natural, Homemade Cat Treats
Photo Credit We talk so much about nourishing our own bodies with good food that we sometimes forget that our pets’ digestive systems and overall health depend on the nourishing food we give them too!...
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Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs
Yup – it’s officially spring. My mother found the first buttercups of the year, my daughter is picking cherry blossoms to take to school, and the weather vacillates between heavy rain and bright...
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Spiced Sesame Seed Candy
Photo Credit In our house, we affectionately call this candy “Concoction,” because for years I kept tweaking the recipe and it didn’t really have an identity. But it’s a family favorite, and in my...
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Conquering Clutter: What To Do With Kids’ Artwork
Our two oldest children are both artists. (Honestly, whose kids aren’t?) My husband and I find it fascinating to watch each of them create, because even as very young children, they have two very...
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Fluffy Rose & Rhubarb Honey-Sweetened Marshmallows
Photo Credit Rose & Rhubarb Honey Guimauve Okay, okay… so calling marshmallows as we know them by their original French name - guimauve - might be stretching it a bit. “Confection” is probably...
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Educational Resources for Young Adults
Photo Credit We’ve talked before about the joy it is to teach our children. Giving our kids opportunities to grow and to develop strong roots is a wonderfully humbling and exciting responsibility....
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Kids in the Kitchen: Apple & Oatmeal Crumble Bars
Photo Credit Every kid should be in the kitchen. Yes, it makes a mess. (A big one.) Yes, it’s slow waiting for kids to measure, dump, stir, and find ingredients. Yes, it sometimes causes bickering...
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How to Make Crayons
I thought making crayons was going to be a simple project. But after the 15th batch in an effort to get the recipe just right, I was fully willing to admit that it was neither as easy nor as frugal...
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How to Travel Well (and Cheaply!) as a Family
Since it’s the first “official” weekend of the summer, I thought this would be an excellent time to pull this useful post out of the archives. It’s a look at how we can both save money and teach our...
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Ideas for Summertime Hospitality
One of our most beautiful callings in life is to show hospitality, no matter our age or season of life. And summertime is a particularly wonderful season for showing hospitality because there are...
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39 Essential Resources for EVERY Mother
Have you ever wished motherhood came with a manual? I sure have. I remember well those early days when we brought our first child home from the hospital. She was so tiny! She was amazing and snuggly...
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5 Seasonal Recipes Your Kids Can Make
In our homeschool, one of my seven-year-old daughter’s favorite classes is Cooking Class. Yes, it is a big official name for an activity that most of the time is merely her helping me make dinner. But...
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How to Make a Santa Lucia Crown (with Candles!)
Growing up, I LOVED Santa Lucia Day, the Swedish celebration of light in a very dark time of year. We didn’t do much to celebrate it, but as the oldest daughter in a part-Swedish family, I loved how...
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Gingerbread Play Dough
Since play dough factors in heavily in our homeschool (our two preschool-aged kiddos play with play dough for hours while I work with their older sister), I make a lot of homemade play dough. And when...
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How to Make Your Own Brown Sugar
On your real food journey, have you ever missed having brown sugar in the house? Like many, once our family started on our real food journey, one of the first changes we made was to avoid heavily...
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Homemade Cheerios
Like to make your own healthy pantry staples? My new paperback, The DIY Pantry, has 150+ easy recipes to nourish your family and avoid preservatives and food additives! Ah, Cheerios. The ubiquitous,...
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DIY Rainbow Loom
Today’s (very brief) post comes to you courtesy of my almost-eight-year-old daughter, who has been recently introduced to the current rainbow loom phenomenon. At least, I assume it’s a phenomenon,...
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