One of my favorite things to do in the kitchen is getting creative to use up leftovers and those foods that are past their prime. Next time you have some fruit that is starting to go, throw it together in this easy nectarine and pear crumble recipe! The other day we had a bowl full READ MORE
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Easy Homemade Bath Salts using Essential Oils
This week I tried making something new and it turned out to be the simplest project! A friend recently had a baby, so I decided to try some homemade bath salts to help with her postpartum wellness. I have been wanting to try this for a while, so I’m grateful an opportunity finally got me READ MORE
10+ Ways to Reconsider Reusing Old Clothing before Throwing it Out this Spring
Aren’t we all starting to dream about warmer weather and sunny skies? With the feeling of growth and new life always comes a desire to give new life to our home. Spring cleaning, organizing, purging. I always find my determination to live more like a minimalist revived around this time of year. But before you READ MORE
Woven Pine Needle Baskets
One of my and Carter’s favorite things is finding new projects to work on together. We’ve done wood carving, designed Christmas ornaments, painted with Bob Ross, and lately we’ve gotten into pine needle basket weaving! How did we get into this unlikely hobby? We came across the tutorial on YouTube and were immediately intrigued. This READ MORE
Warmth of Autumn -DIY Soy Candles with Essential Oils
Making diy soy candles with essential oils might be easier than you’d expect! Grab your wax, oils, and some recycled jars and you’re good to go! I know that autumn is all about crisper weather and the changing of seasons. But isn’t there also something so cozy and warm about autumn? I LOVE snuggling up READ MORE
Wax-Dipped Fall Leaf Garland to Bring Nature into your Home
We are absolutely loving fall time around here! On top of warm cups of tea and homemade soup, one of my other favorite things is the DIY leaf and acorn garland I have hanging up in our home. I LOVE making garlands from items found outdoors. Not only is it basically free (plus a few READ MORE
Meaningful Homemade Gift Ideas for Toddlers
If you missed it last week, I shared a bunch of awesome diy gift ideas for “crunchy mamas”. With the holidays approaching so quickly, this week’s post is sticking to the gifting theme. This time it’s all about your littles! Do you get tired of too many toys? Do you want to simplify your holidays READ MORE
Eco Friendly Gift Ideas for Your Favorite Earthy- the DIY Edition!
Nothing says I love you like something made with love from your own two hands. Seriously, I would choose something made by hand over an expensive gift any day. Why You Should Give Handmade Gifts On top of being oh so meaningful, it can save you money and be better for the planet to make READ MORE
The BEST Raspberry Freezer Jam
So lately I have been in a jam making phase. I had never even attempted to make jam (but always wanted to) until we had blackberries on sale for 50 cents a package! That’s like dirt cheap for blackberries. As we piled our cart with blackberries, I decided to give jam-making a try! At this READ MORE
Our First Birthday Party- Planning an Eco-Friendly & Minimalist 1st Birthday Party
I still can’t believe that our bitty boy is 1! What a year we have had with our sweet little man. We wanted to do something special for his 1st birthday, but Covid-19 has made it a little trickier to plan how we would really like to. We opted to do a family-only party (only READ MORE