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DIY Glass Spray Bottles Using Recycled Bottles
Sometimes you can recycle glass bottles and turn them into DIY spray bottles by adding a nozzle. Here are a couple of sizes that I found would work.
Semi-Homemade Body Lotion Mixture
This recipe has been around for a few years and is popular not only because it’s a quick and easy semi-homemade way to make your own lotion, but also because…
DIY For Dummies (Just 2 Ingredients!) – 8th Edition
Welcome to the 8th edition of my annual DIY for Dummies list! Every summer during my vacation week, I like to take a quick look back at the previous year…
Healthier Homemade Coleslaw Dressing
Back in the early days of this blog I published a recipe for “Make Your Own KFC Coleslaw” that was an easy DIY copycat of that fast food favorite. We…
DIY Notepads and Padding Compound
One of my favorite ways to have some small scratch paper around for notes or lists, is to cut a piece of 8.5×11 paper into four pieces (I cut the…
7 Things I Don’t Make
It’s no secret that I like making things. I’m a collector of recipes and ideas and I’ve always found it enjoyable and satisfying to experiment and try new things. Knowing…
Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe
I’ve been trying to make the switch to brown rice, which is going much better now that I’ve switched to my new method that has turned out to be the…
How I Cook Brown Rice
It was only a few years ago that I had never cooked rice at all. I was a potatoes person and maybe occasionally used Minute Rice, but other than that…









