A Handmade Life

Well...things have been a little...erm...hectic around here and it seems it has been some time since I've visited here.  Thank you to th...

It's been a bit of a frazzled week around here - restoration workers (still!) in the basement, dental issues, sickness - but there was a...

Last week I finally picked up the needles to finish this shawl  that I had started back in November to use up a bunch of odds and ends out o...

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 ...