Crafting
Best Gifts for Gardeners, Food Preservers, and Makers 2021
Each year I pull together a list of best gift ideas for the gardeners and food preservers in your life. This year, I am including other Makers too. We all have something in common; a love of “doing it ourselves,” of making something with our own hands. A sense of...
Making Soap from Slivers
Don’t throw away those precious soap slivers that are too small to use. Turn them into a new bar!
A New Twist on Old Christmas Traditions
Covid-19 has quashed our traditional holiday celebrations, so let’s throw out the playbook and resurrect some old Christmas traditions – with a new, modern twist.
Make Your Own Dried Citrus Wreath
Turn dehydrated oranges and grapefruit into an unusual, but festive, holiday wreath.
Gift Baskets for Soup Lovers
Another gift basket today - for the soup lover on your list. There is really nothing like a hot bowl of homemade soup in the winter. Here I've pulled some favorite soup, bread, and dessert mixes together for a festive basket. For this quick basket, designed for soup...
Gift Baskets for People Who Like to Can and Preserve
Making your own personalized gift baskets is like a fun treasure hunt. We pull together special items for each recipient, stuff them into a basket or other appropriate container, and wait for the kudos to roll in! Making a gift basket is like putting together a...
Tortellini Soup in a Jar
This Tortellini Soup Mix in a Jar makes a great gift anytime of the year. January is National Soup Month and we've been making soup and talking about soup all this month. Soup is a healthy, inexpensive meal idea that can usually be pulled together fairly quickly. But...
