Homemade Puff Pastry

There’s no reason to fear puff pastry. It only contains 4 ingredients (including the water) and the major effort is waiting for it to chill several times before you can make it into flaky croissants, crisp palmiers, or delicious fruit turnovers, to name a few....

Hunka Heat Therapy Love

We have a pile of these and use them every night. Not so much because we’re sore, but becuase they feel so good and make us sleepy.Heat Therapy Bags3-4 cups field corn*8″ x 20″ Not-cute cotton inner bag material8″ x 24″ Cute cotton...

Mama, my syrup is crunchy!

What happens when you’re making syrup for your kids’ pancakes and you let the the stuff cook for, like, ever? MAPLE CANDY. I had never done this before, but when I poured it into the bowl we spoon from, it wouldn’t ‘pour.’The kids...

No-Sew Rag Wrist Purse

WOW, that’s a bad picture. I swear the purse doesn’t glow like that. Anyhoo, if you have only one of those giant-necked, perfect-fit Old Navy tees and you wanna recycle it. Here’s your project. 1. Refer to this post and this post for detailed...

Pickles and Printable: Stretching Your Seed Stash

Some folks collect and store their own seeds. Some folks buy and store their seeds. But, what you do not want to do is buy new seed every year if you don’t have to, right? And most of the seed you buy this season can be kept for 3-5 years!Materials Needed:TBSP...