Author: Beverly

Beverly Leestma is the author of The Make Your Own Zone, a website dedicated to a creative and resourceful lifestyle enriched with homemade alternatives to the usual store bought products.

Gift box with brown paper tied with string and greens

DIY Gift Wrapping Ideas

homemade pillow covers in holiday fabric

Make A Christmas Holiday Pillow Cover

Utensils in a folded napkin

My Favorite Napkin Folding Technique

Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

Homemade slow cooker candles made in a crockpot

How To Make Candles Using A Crockpot

How To Make Inexpensive Homemade Fire Starters

How To Make Inexpensive Homemade Fire Starters

A jar mix to make homemade play dough

DIY Play Dough {Jar Mix Gift Idea}

printing your own planner pages 2 sided

How To do 2 Sided Printing For The Fillable Planner Pages

frugal advice from olden days

Frugal Advice From 1829

homemade dusting spray in a spray bottle with a cleaning cloth

Homemade Furniture Dusting Spray

holding a bottle of DIY hand sanitizer

Homemade Hand Sanitizer {Just A Bit Thicker}

a smoothie made with banana, pineapple, and turmeric

Turmeric Smoothie For Inflammation

A rubber duck on a baby shower diaper cake

How To Make A Diaper Cake Centerpiece

make your own planner using a disc bound notebook and free printable pages

Free Printable Planner Pages {PDF Fillable}

How We’re Using Our Fresh Blueberries

How We’re Using Our Fresh Blueberries

Banana bread mix gift jar

Banana Bread Mix In A Jar

Homemade Microwave Chex Mix

Homemade Microwave Chex Mix

DIY planner page using Getting Things Done principles

Make A “Getting Things Done” Planner

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