This is a hand lotion that my mom bought me from a quilt shop. Apparently working with fabric a lot can make your hands dry, which is why they had it at the quilt shop. I don’t think I’m handling enough fabric to claim that as the reason, but my hands are dry because of […]
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Natural Heating Pad
As a former West-coaster, these past few days have been very traumatizing for me. If I had a dollar for every time I have thought to myself, ‘Why the heck do I live here again?’ I’d be a rich woman. Our apartment is in a big, drafty old house with very poor insulation. We’ver tried […]
Natural Cleaning Products
Method has this interesting ad on the internet for the holidays where you can wash away your confessions. You can also look at other people’s confessions.
It was through this ad that I first found this line of method products. We don’t have Target here, so I don’t know where they would sell them. It […]
Bath Salts
I made up another batch of bath salts the other night. These are incredibly easy to make, so there’s really no excuse not to make your own. They are also quite inexpensive to make, except for the initial investment of essential oil, which, if you buy a small bottle, should last you for many batches. […]


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