A Handmade Life

This is the time of year when I dig out my knitting (and then wonder where on earth I left off on many projects).  I have a few projects on ...

The other day I finally got around to making some Elderberry Elixer.  I first heard of this on  Flow of Love's blog  here and really w...

I'm a big fan of herbals and consider it the most effective way of healing for myself .  My body responds well to herbs and herbal medic...

Yesterday a friend and her family came over and we made an attempt to use the apples we had picked last week.   We had some lunch and then ...

We celebrated our Thanksgiving weekend with a little bit of everything including a little bit of good company. A little bit of apple dryin...

Since we've got lots of apples on hand I thought I would dry some this year.  I would prefer to use my solar dryer but I just don'...

I've had the chance to go to some thrift stores a few times over the last two weeks and I've found all kinds of goodies.  Thrifty Th...