a handmade home
Learn to crochet this easy lemon peel stitch. Using simple alternating single crochet and double crochet stitches creates this lovely textured pattern. The Lemon Peel Stitch is an easy stitch that is simply comprised of alternating single crochet and double crochet stitches. This stitch is also known as the Griddle Stitch. In fact, my fellow crocheters at Daisy Farm Crafts refer to this stitch as
Learn how to print and bind this free 2020 printable monthly calendar with vintage botanical art for a thoughtful gift or to decorate your wall or desk! This is my third year creating and sharing printable monthly calendars featuring vintage botanical illustrations. In case you haven’t noticed, I seem to have a thing for these beautiful vintage botanical illustrations. What you probably don’t know, is
Learn how to preserve and display family heirloom recipes so they are a part of your home decor and serve as a reminder and inspiration. Recently, we obtained a copy of Grandma Baker’s Egg Noodles Recipe. My husband’s cousin actually has the recipe card that’s written by Grandma Baker. She took a picture of the front and back of the recipe card and sent it
Submit your favorite Christmas cookie recipe in the 1st annual virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange and receive a free cookie cookbook! Every year, one of the teacher’s in the high school where I work hosts a Christmas cookie exchange. Everyone pays a set amount, the teacher purchases all the cookie baking supplies, then we get together one evening and bake cookies. It’s a great way to
It’s amazing what a little ground ginger will do for your pear jam. This Ginger Pear Jam recipe is easy to make and doesn’t require pectin. I bet you thought I would be done sharing pear recipes with you by now, right? Afterall, I already shared my Pineapple Pear Jam and Pear Bread recipes with you. But, guess what? I have even more recipes to
Download these free vintage pine illustrations and add a touch of the outdoors to your home decor. There are 10 free prints to choose from. We recently took a little road trip to Maryland to visit our daughter who is stationed at NAS Patuxent. The fall leaves were just glowing in all their splendor. Our trip from Ohio took us to West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania
Biscuits made with baking powder and butter are pure comfort food and making Stand Mixer Biscuits just gives you reason to make biscuits more often! Ever since I won my KitchenAid® Stand Mixer (thank you KitchenAid!!), I’ve been baking up a storm. I’ve made these easy Stand Mixer Biscuits no less than twice a week for the past several weeks. There are purist biscuit bakers
Learn how to can Pineapple Jalapeño Jelly. This jelly has just the right amount of sweet and spicy. Plus, the free printable labels makes it perfect for gift giving! I told you a couple of weeks ago that I made Jalapeño Jelly for the very first time this summer. I had never even tasted Jalapeño jelly before, so I wasn’t sure if I’d like it
Learn how to DIY custom kitchen drawer organizer to easily and inexpensively transform your messy kitchen drawers into beautifully organized kitchen drawers! My husband has worked so hard the past few years renovating our home into our “little cottage in the suburbs” – as I like to refer to it. We have these beautiful new shaker style kitchen cabinets that my husband purchased through an
Learn how to can pineapple pear jam using fresh pears and canned crushed pineapple. Perfect for toast, biscuits or on chicken or pork. My husband’s father planted an Asian Pear tree in the yard (pictured above) beside their driveway many years ago. I had never even heard of Asian pears prior to meeting Lenny’s mom. I honestly didn’t have a clue what to do with these
Take the guesswork out of stain treatment with this free set of printable laundry care tags. Hang the tags in your laundry room for quick access! When our son is home from college, he does his own laundry. But, he’ll often ask me how to treat certain types of laundry stains. There’s nothing more frustrating than getting a stain on your favorite shirt! So, to
With a little bit of fabric, foam, sewing machine and staple gun, follow this step-by-step tutorial on how to upholster a bar stool for your kitchen. We’ve had these two plain Jane wooden bar stools that have mostly been taking up space. My husband recently completed our kitchen renovation and the only thing missing was a cute, comfy stool. While shopping at Hobby Lobby one
