Let’s face it. Sometimes stress happens. And telling ourselves not to be stressed . . . well, that might just make us more stressed! Instead, it’s good to have an outlet for the nervous energy that can go along with stress. And that’s where a homemade stress ball can comeRead More
How To Make A Reusable Grocery Bag
I’ve been using reusable grocery bags for several years now and I must say, once you start using them, they really are nicer than those flimsy plastic bags. They’re sturdier, hold more groceries, and reduce disposable plastic waste. I don’t always remember to bring them into the store with me,Read More
Quick Homemade BBQ Sauce for Meatballs
Today’s recipe is a quick little sauce mixture that I’ve relied on so many, many times over the years. I clipped this recipe out of a newspaper a long time ago, and it was actually two recipes: one for meatballs and another for homemade BBQ sauce to go with it. Read More
DIY For Dummies {Favorites Edition}
Homemade doesn’t have to be complicated. I’ve said that many times around here. And every summer I like to celebrate that fact too with my annual DIY For Dummies list – a gathering of some of my previous ideas that you can make with just two ingredients. Yes, if youRead More
DIY Toilet Cleaning Fizzy Bombs
I love to make homemade cleaners but I’ll admit that making simple sprays for general cleaning has been much easier than coming up with a good homemade toilet bowl cleaner. I’ve tried a couple different homemade liquid mixtures for toilet bowl cleaning in the past, but had a continuing problemRead More
Homemade Tomato Cage Bird Bath
Every year during the hot days of the summer I will almost certainly see some birdies hopping around the edge of my pool wishing they could find a way to cool themselves off in the water. Of course deep pool water is certainly not the right place for the poorRead More
What does “Homemade” mean to you?
Because I label most things here on my blog as “homemade”, I occasionally do some pondering on that word. What does homemade really mean? Does it mean different things to different people? Can we qualify something as “homemade” just because we somehow brought it to completion “in our home”? HereRead More
Healthier Homemade Molasses Cookies
The inspiration for today’s recipe came after I watched a video on the NutritionFacts.org website titled “The Healthiest Sweetener“. The video uses a bar graph to compare 12 different sweeteners including things like white sugar, honey, turbinado sugar, agave nectar, etc. I found it very interesting! It was no surpriseRead More
Make Your Own Baking Powder
Several years ago I noticed the label on my little jar of cream of tartar had some helpful tips on it. There were a couple tips about making angel food cake and making meringue, but it was the final tip that was more interesting to me. It was a simpleRead More
Homemade 1-2-3 Chapstick {Small Batch Recipe}
I’ve wanted to make my own chapstick for some time now but one thing was always holding me back. I didn’t need a recipe that makes 25 tubes of chapstick! Or even 12 tubes of chapstick! But those are the kind of recipes you’ll almost always come across in yourRead More
How I Earn Gift Cards with My Points
Because the “Make Your Own” crowd is also usually the frugal folks crowd who like to find ways to save a little money or make a little money, I thought I would share today one of the things I’ve been doing for several years now that’s a pretty simple wayRead More
Colorful Tie Dye Easter Eggs
Making Easter eggs is an annual tradition that let’s me do a couple of my favorite things – play with color and play with kids. The little ones always seem to enjoy the unpredictable surprise that each egg can bring as you work on it and truth be told, weRead More
Five Ways to Make Homemade Swiffer Covers
Do you love your swiffer but hate the cost of the disposable swiffer cloths? It’s a common frustration but there are a few homemade solutions that can come to the rescue. Here are five ways you can make your own homemade swiffer covers, all of which are pretty simple toRead More
No Discbound Punch? Try This DIY Hack!
For several years I’ve been using the Arc discbound notebook system for my homemade planners (and I’ve been creating free printable planner pages too!) One of the things I love about the discbound systems is that you can take papers in and out and rearrange them in any way neededRead More
Quick Cherry Salsa Recipe
One of the fun facts about my home state of Michigan is that it produces 75% of the tart cherry crop in the United States. In fact the lovely town of Traverse City in northern Michigan is known as the Cherry Capital of the World and is host to theRead More
Homemade Whole Grain Pancake Mix
Homemade pancakes are always a handy option when you need a simple, quick, and frugal meal. All you need are a few humble ingredients from the pantry and a bit of stirring and mixing. And although pancakes are traditionally a morning menu item, I think they can also be anRead More
Homemade Microwave Cleaner
For several years now I’ve been using this fast and frugal method to easily clean my microwave. In fact it’s one of those things that’s so simple that when I first wrote about, I debated on whether it was too simple of a strategy to even share! But so oftenRead More
Natural DIY Cinnamon Sink Scrub
If you like the idea of natural cleaners, you don’t have to look any farther than your kitchen cupboard for ways to make your own. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at the good job of cleaning you can do using some of the same ingredients you might use to bake aRead More
Make Your Own Oat Flour
In my quest to eat more plant-based meals, I’ve also been trying to add more whole grains to our diet. This has meant making some switches like trying to use more brown rice instead of white rice, eating oatmeal in the mornings, and replacing regular white flour with white wholeRead More
Homemade Cleaning Cloths
When it’s time to do the cleaning, what do you use to wipe your surfaces? Rags from old clothing? Microfiber cloths? Do you just grab the paper towels? There are lots of choices! I’ve always believed that the best things to wipe surfaces with should also be the most absorbentRead More
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