A Handmade Life

One of the things I find very helpful in keeping our household orderly  (along with menu planning ) is to have a well-stocked pantry .  I al...

I was going to patienty wait a month for my peppermint soap to cure before starting to use it for making laundry soap , but then I was looki...

We had a birthday here a little while ago...a two cake birthday. ;-)  That means one cake on the day our family celebrated and one cake on t...

Sometime ago a friend told us about a special drink her son had made - a fizzy, lemon drink.  I knew E would be interested because he loves ...

I've been wanting to make a batch of soap for my husband. He likes citrus-y smells so I thought it would be fun to use some dried and gr...

Yesterday was just the kind of day I like - a day for puttering.  A slow start to the morning. Coffee in the sun room.  S busy with a wood p...

While I love my felted sweater hearts... I really love chocolate hearts from Annegret's (our local chocolate maker). And...I really, ...