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
Tag: Recycling
15 Cozy Ideas for Upcycling Old Plaid
So I know it’s not fall yet, but I feel like people are already getting excited about cooler weather, pumpkin spice, and sweater weather. I’m not ready for winter, but I am definitely a fan of fall. One of my favorite things is pulling out all my plaid flannel shirts (Proud to say that they 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
Upcycled Baby Food Jar Vases
We still have baby food jars coming out our ears. Because we currently get baby food from WIC, I have continued to feed it to Peter even though he does great eating solids as well. As a result, we have so many empty jars! Its been fun to come up with lots of baby food READ MORE
DIY Seashell Wall Art Craft- DIY Nature Display
I have always LOVED collecting seashells along the beach. I always dreamed of a romantic stroll on the beach while collecting seashells- yes, it’s on the bucket list I made in high school 😉 . I also think that seashells might be the BEST free souvenirs you can take home with you. Plus.. they carry READ MORE
Unique Homemade Gift Ideas for Dad
Father’s day is fast approaching! I’ll be honest. Carter and I are not huge gift givers! My favorite place to find gifts is at the thrift store… nothing better than finding the perfect gift secondhand and for an unbeatable price! This year’s father’s day gift is definitely second hand… 😉 But what if you can’t READ MORE
How to Make your own Beeswax Candles
So I decided a few months ago to get into candle making. It had never crossed my mind, but you know what finally gave me the idea? Baby food jars! We had so many cleaned out baby food jars and I just didn’t know what to do with them all! Then the idea came to READ MORE