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    How to Make Lilac Jelly

    May 11, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Lilacs mean spring to me and I cannot get enough of their sweet smell! I knew I wanted to make Lilac Jelly. Last year after the lilacs were all done in my area, I saw someone post a recipe for a cake with lilac blossoms. My mind was blown because I did not realize lilacs are edible! Fast forward to…

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    Samantha
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    Homemade,  Recipes

    3 Creative Mason Jar Gifts: Recipes & Free Printable

    April 28, 2024 / 3 Comments

    I have received so many compliments on the Mason Jar Gifts that I gave out around Christmas last year. It was so fun to receive pictures of my friends and their kiddos baking these cookies and brownies together. I’ll be making these super easy gifts again next year and adding in my Oatmeal Cookie Mason Jar Recipe to the mix!…

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    Samantha
  • Canning

    How to Make Homemade Canned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling

    April 7, 2024 / 9 Comments

    If you love rhubarb and would love to enjoy it all year long, you need this Canned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling. Since I started making it, we started enjoying homemade pies and crumbles all year long. When you can the pie filling all you have to do to make your dessert is dump it in a crust or crumble and…

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    Samantha
  • Recipes

    Upper Michigan Pasty: The Ultimate Recipe for Authentic Flavor

    March 15, 2024 / 2 Comments

    My husband’s family has some roots in Upper Michigan (check out our thimbleberry jam recipe if you don’t believe me 😆 ) so I knew it was in my future to make a pasty. Pasties are like a Yooper delicacy that became popular in the 1800s. If you’re unfamiliar with a Pasty (pronounced pass-tee), it is like a big meat…

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    Samantha
  • Soap

    Unlock the Incredible Benefits of Tallow for Soaps and Skincare

    February 9, 2024 / 2 Comments

    If you’re like me, you were a little weirded out when you first learned about Tallow in Soaps or maybe even tallow in general. You want me to put what on my hands and face? 😆 When I started learning about all its benefits, I quickly got used to the idea and started really appreciating the knowledge. If you struggle with dry…

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    Samantha
  • natural ingredients, oats and honey soap
    Health,  Soap

    How Discovering Hidden Toxic Ingredients Led Me to Embrace Natural Soaps

    November 12, 2023 / 5 Comments

    Several years ago I started learning more about healthy living. This can mean a lot of different things depending on who you are. For me, it started with eating a little better to lose weight after having a baby (my first baby, who is 9 now 😭). As I was learning to look at labels I realized that there are…

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    Samantha
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    Health

    My Scheduled C-Section Story-Thanks to My Breech Baby

    August 5, 2023 / No Comments

    This post contains affiliate links. This will not cost you anything but helps us to offset the cost of running the blog. We only share products we are using and are items we would recommend to a friend. Thank you for your support! Click ‘HERE’ for more info. First of all, I went into this pregnancy NOT wanting to have a C-Section,…

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    Samantha
  • newborn cloth diapers
    Health,  Homemaking

    Review of GroVia All in One Newborn Cloth Diapers

    June 26, 2023 / 3 Comments

    We’ve been using the Newborn All-In-One Grovia Cloth Diapers for 6 weeks now and we love them! My daughter was born at 8lbs 14oz but by the time we got home she had lost almost a whole pound (yeah, we had a slight weight issue), so she wore them as a 7lb 14oz baby and is about 9lbs and is…

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    Samantha
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    Homeschool

    How to Make a Chocolate Rock Cycle

    April 17, 2023 / 1 Comment

    The Rock Cycle is something we study in the Montessori curriculum pretty much every year, especially in the lower elementary years because if you’re 6-9 year old is anything like mine (or any of my students) they are all pretty much obsessed with geology! This post contains affiliate links. This will not cost you anything but will help us offset…

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    Samantha
  • Canning

    How to Make Cran-Raspberry Jam using Cranberry Juice

    February 11, 2023 / 1 Comment

    I searched and searched to find a Cran-Raspberry Jam using Cranberry Juice and I had a really hard time finding one so I created my own! This raspberry jam with a little tart cranberry juice flavor in there is so good and just what I was looking for. I used to drink cran-raspberry juice when I was a kid so…

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    Samantha
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