Ivory’s Seed Stitch Tute

There has been a bit of confusion about my pattern for the seed stitch trivets, so here’s a pictorial tute of the stitches.1. Ch 252. Single crochet in second chain from the hook. (Where the silvery one is poking)3. Note that there are two single crochets and...

Easiest Cream Cheese

Frankly, there are about 385 million ways to make a basic cream cheese, but this is the one that I think is most accessible to the average W-mart shopper.Easiest Cream Cheese1. Buy a quart of plain, active culture, one ingredient yogurt. Even if it says ORGANIC, still...

Homemade Liquid Soap

**I have toyed with taking this recipe off the site.  It is problematic.  Originally, I thought I had used KOH, but I was mistaken.  Since I thought I was using KOH, I used way too much lye(3.375 oz), but the dilution process seemed to eliminate that.  I use this...

Perfect Scrambled Eggs

Having tasted delicious scrambled eggs and then been unable to recreate them myself I tried to figure out what I was doing wrong. A little research into the way the French do it and I was on my way. Nothing fancy here, just a little patience.And of course butter.Basic...

Quick Stick Deodorant

In the DIY world of home health and beauty products, deodorant seems to be the the most feared replacement. Stinking is NOT OKAY in our culture, right? But aluminum crammed in your pores cannot be good for you, and it seems in recent years that store-bought deodorant...