There are some aspects of homesteading that are definitely more challenging for those of us who live in suburban areas with small yards, but if you have maple trees in your backyard and you have the right climate, then learning how to make homemade maple syrup is a simple process that’s easy for a suburban… Continue reading How to Make Homemade Maple Syrup: Tapping Your Maple Trees
Category: DIY projects
4 Times When It’s Best NOT to DIY
DIY projects have become increasingly popular the past few years (as anyone who has visited Pinterest lately is well aware of), and there are lots of great reasons to give them a try. They are a great way to customize things exactly the way you like them, and when you’re making things yourself, you can… Continue reading 4 Times When It’s Best NOT to DIY
How to Blend Your Own Custom Perfume Scent
Making your own natural DIY perfume is a great way to avoid the chemicals in many store bought perfumes, and it’s a great way for people who have sensitivities to the synthetic scents in regular perfumes to still be able to enjoy wearing a scent they love. And one of the best parts of making… Continue reading How to Blend Your Own Custom Perfume Scent
Energizing Citrus DIY Room Spray with Essential Oils
As I’ve mentioned before in my post about the importance of having a regular sleep schedule, I am definitely NOT a morning person. Mornings in the summertime are a little bit easier because at least the sun is shining brightly and the birds are singing outside my window, but during the darker times of the… Continue reading Energizing Citrus DIY Room Spray with Essential Oils
Victorian Homemade Tinted Lip Balm
Yes, it’s true. Women in Victorian America really did make their own homemade tinted lip balm. Even though makeup was usually frowned upon in Victorian society, enough women must have considered tinted lip balms to be acceptable for recipes for them to have been included in Godey’s Lady’s Book, the most popular lady’s magazine of the… Continue reading Victorian Homemade Tinted Lip Balm
Elderflower Water: A Homemade Hydrosol
I was snowed-in this past weekend with a blizzard, so I finally did something I’ve been wanting to try for a little while – making my own homemade hydrosol of elderflower water. I had never even heard of elderflower water until I found a section on skin care in Decorum, a guide on… Continue reading Elderflower Water: A Homemade Hydrosol
How to Make Homemade Yeast
For a long time, I had been confused about the subject of yeast. The only yeast I knew about was the little packet of active dry yeast or rapid rise yeast that I would sprinkle into my dough. But then I started collecting 19th century cookbooks and found recipes that called for “one gill of… Continue reading How to Make Homemade Yeast