Heartfelt Holidays: Keepsake Handprint Plate

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If you are still looking for a homemade gift idea, check out the decoupage project I did this last week! I am so thrilled with how it came out! First, if you need a tutorial on decoupage, remember I posted […]

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Heartfelt Holidays: Homemade Salsa

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Every summer I make homemade salsa and can it. I use fresh tomatoes from our garden which are so good! Litsa is sharing her mother-in-law’s salsa recipe which is always a big hit. Obviously it is too late for homegrown […]

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Heartfelt Holidays: Renewed Crayons

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Mr. B came home from his sitters house the other day with some molded crayons. His sitter had recycled old crayons and made them into Christmas tree shapes! I loved the idea so we made some of our own this […]

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Homemade Vanilla Extract Update

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Back in September I told you all how I was making homemade vanilla extract to give as Christmas gifts. I bought the little brown bottles from Amazon with a swagbucks gift card I earned. This weekend I filled the bottles […]

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Heartfelt Holidays: Chocolate Dipped Marshmallow Hot Cocoa Stirrers

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Since we made homemade hot cocoa this year I wanted to make something to go along with it for gift giving. I found candy cane striped straws at the Dollar Tree (12 ct. for $1).  They are perfect for making […]

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Heartfelt Holidays: Angel Bells

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Several years ago I made these little Angel Bells. I saw the little clay pots at Michaels a few weeks ago and decided to make them again. They are easy to make and are a cute addition to gift baskets! […]

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Heartfelt Holidays: Homemade Ranch Seasoning

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My family loves ranch dressing and dip. After reading the labels on the ranch packets and discovering they contained MSG, I decided to come up with my own ranch seasoning recipe. It is actually very easy to make your own […]

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How to Make Birdseed Ornaments

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After seeing how much birdseed ornaments cost at Red Envelope, I decided that we would make our own! It turns out that it is not very hard at all. These are great little outdoor decorations and make cute present toppers. […]

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