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I love, love, LOVE shopping secondhand. There’s just something about purchasing an object that has its own past. Knowing that you didn’t pull it off a shelf that contained dozens of other identical items. It might not be one of a kind, but you can be pretty sure your next door neighbor won’t have it. When you start shopping at antique shops, estate sales, thrift stores, and yard sales, it’s
I know this isn’t the first post on the internet about making homemade laundry detergent. When I decided I wanted to make my own, I found literally dozens of them. But I’ve shared this recipe with so many people that I know, and it’s so simple that I can’t help adding my two cents to the mix. Homemade laundry detergent is inexpensive, non-toxic and super-simple to make. It only has
I love decorating for Christmas. I don’t go all out, but I have two big boxes of decorations I’ve collected over the past few years (and some that I’ve had since I was little) that go a long way toward transforming our living room, dining room and kitchen into a cozy little wonderland for the month of December. It’s fun to pack away the things I’m used to looking at
I’m a certain kind of Minnesotan. I don’t hate winter….but my honest-to-goodness favorite part of the cold weather is how very pleasant it is to cocoon yourself in a warm, cozy blanket with a hot beverage. More than any outdoor sport, I enjoy the scenery of a snow-covered neighborhood from the warmth of my snug home. Now, even if you’re not exactly like me in this way, you can still
Handmade Neighborhood is less than a week away, and I can’t think about anything else….and so, this week on the blog I will be giving you a preview of what I’ll be bringing to the sale! Today, I’d like to introduce you to some bright and happy pillowcases that are looking for new homes. They are created from beautifully patterned vintage linens and the edging is crocheted with machine-washable yarn.
I just finished reading a fantastic article about protecting your time from information overload. Read this excerpt, and tell me you haven’t thought this to yourself: I see someone else do something, and I think, “How interesting.” That becomes “If they can do it, maybe I could do it.” And somehow in my brain that morphs into, “and maybe I should do it.” And before you know it, you have a dozen
Oh, how I love the farmer’s market. While I was there last weekend learning how to string chili peppers, I ALSO got a great deal on a whole bunch of jalapeño peppers, and got to work on Sunday making hot pepper jelly. See that bowl? I had TWO of those, full of peppers. Here’s a shot of my progress cutting up the peppers and removing the ribs and seeds: That’s
I was at the farmer’s market this weekend and came across a table with several strings of peppers for sale. It got me thinking about the pile of peppers that were sitting on my kitchen counter. You see, I planted about two dozen mixed pepper plants (I got a bit carried away with the seeds this year). So in the last few weeks, I’ve harvested an overabundance of peppers from my
Everybody needs to clean their closet every once in a while. After a certain amount of time, who really knows what’s in there anymore? I hate that feeling…I want to know exactly what’s in there, and exactly where it is. Because it’s probably time to leave, and I don’t have extra minutes to dig through a pile. Which has been happening a lot lately. Thus, the mess. It’s a funny
Woo hoo, so glad you’re here at my BRAND NEW WEBSITE! Unfortunately, I published it rather quickly, and spent all my energy on the About Page. Read that, then the one about my event this weekend, then come back in a week for more.
