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How To Make Homemade Watercolor Paints
Make a frugal homemade set of watercolor paints with this simple recipe that uses ordinary ingredients. You can make an assortment of colors of your choice using food coloring.
What To Do About Clumpy Hard Borax And Washing Soda
Have you had a problem with your borax or washing soda turning clumpy, or maybe even so hard you can’t break it apart? I did too, and here’s my preventative…
Homemade Toilet Bowl Cleaner
Over the past few years I’ve discovered that it’s really pretty simple to make your own cleaning products, and they work great too! But there’s one homemade cleaning product that…
3 Homemade Popcorn Seasonings
Homemade food gifts are fun to make and give, and many times they fall into the category of sweet treats like cookies or candies. But sometimes it’s nice to have…
Homemade Gifts: Southwestern Dip Mix
Update: This recipe was updated to a smaller batch size that I now prefer for gift giving. The smaller size makes 7 tablespoons and fits nicely into a 4 oz…
Make Your Own Greeting Card Envelope
One of the interesting things that’s happened to me as I’ve become a well seasoned homemaker is that I’ve built up little supplies of things around the house to solve…
DIY Evaporated Milk
When a recipe calls for a can of evaporated milk, did you know there’s a quick and easy substitute you can use instead? This little trick will let you make…
My Homemade Version of Uncle Ben’s Rice
Very seldom do I buy a package of the flavored rice mixes in the store anymore, but when I do it’s the Uncle Ben’s Long Grain & Wild Rice original…