These homemade frozen dog treats are made for a fraction of what you pay in the store. Your dog will come running when you open the freezer! I remember the first time I ever saw “doggie ice cream” in the store. I remember thinking “well – THAT’S ridiculous!”. But the more I thought about it,…
How To Make Homemade Milk Bath |Great Gift Idea!
This homemade milk bath recipe will leave your skin feeling soft and supple, refreshed and invigorated! It’s so easy to make and would be a great gift! One of my favorite ways to relax is to take a nice hot bath. When I was a child, I always wanted bubbles and my children love bubble…
Homemade Pumpkin Sugar Scrub
Just 4 ingredients are needed to make this fabulous pumpkin sugar scrub. This scrub will polish and moisturize your skin – and with a wonderful scent! It’s that time of the year again – when we start adding pumpkin to everything! What started with people just enjoying a pumpkin spice latte “morphed” over the years…
Homemade Lip Balm
Lip balm is something that I always have within reach of me. I am slightly addicted to it. My lips tend to chap easily all year long (and I know that much of it is because I have a tendency to lick my lips – don’t do that if you can help it!). I have been…
Homemade Body Scrub with Lemon and Honey
This homemade body scrub will gently exfoliate your skin, while also deeply moisturizing it. The lemon scent will invigorate you as well! Over the past few years, I have really enjoyed making making more things from scratch. I am now making my own lip balm, my own homemade body butter and I made my first…
How To Make Homemade Body Butter
We have been making many of our own cleaning products in our house lately and I decided that it was time to move on to making our own personal care items as well! This homemade body butter was remarkably easy to make and can be customized using any scent or combination of scents that you…
Homemade Foot Scrub and Soak | Coconut Lime Foot Scrub!
Summer, sandals and flip flop weather is coming – are your feet ready? While I love going to the salon for a pedicure, it’s not exactly cheap and I am always trying to extend my pedicure as much as possible! One of the worst things that I do to my feet (and I know that…
Make Your Own Homemade Bug Repellent Lotion Bar!
If your family lives in a wooded area or near a lake, then you know all about critters like ticks, chiggers, mosquitoes and the like. Having bug bites all over your arms and legs after a day out hiking is no fun. This simple Homemade Bug Repellent Lotion Bar is a great substitute for the…
Top 10 Gardening Rules That You Should Never Break!
Gardening is a science and growing plants, flowers, plus fruits and vegetables is essential to our survival. In the past, gardening techniques were passed down from generation to generation. But these days, not everyone gardens and some of those rules of what you should and should not do have been forgotten. Here is a list…
How To Green Your Laundry Routine
Laundry is one of the biggest ways we impact our environment. There are chemicals leached into our water supplies that are potentially damaging, running the machines themselves are often huge drains on our energy resources and the amount that we do each week really can make this all add up. If you are trying to…
10 Uses For Vaseline
There are just so many uses for Vaseline (petroleum jelly) – from removing your eye makeup (or even making new makeup) to curing dry feet, manicures + more! Vaseline (petroleum jelly) has been around for almost 150 years and is a staple in many households. Like baking soda and vinegar, Vaseline (or the store-brand petroleum…
Make Your Own Window Cleaner + More DIY Cleaners!
This homemade window cleaner costs pennies to make and can be used for so many other things besides windows – cutting grease, countertops and more! If you have been following this site for a while, you know that I have been getting in to a more natural lifestyle, from using essential oils, to making my…
Mindi has been blogging since 2008 sharing her best frugal living tips, recipes and more. When she isn't writing, she spends time as an unpaid cook, maid and chauffeur to her 3 children!
