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Bringing Spring Indoors: Forcing Flowering Branches

by Marissa | Mar 5, 2014 | Gardening, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, MakingHome, PursuingBeauty, Tutorials, Uncategorised

I’m trying to keep a good attitude, really I am, but winter this year feels kind of endless. This from someone who usually loves winter. I don’t know, everything just feels kind of old, cold, and tiring. But there, I’m trying to keep my chin up. Look...

No Sew Cloth Menstrual Pads

by Marissa | Nov 10, 2013 | Health, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Sewing, Tutorials, Uncategorised

I’ve been using cloth menstrual pads for six years now. A few years ago I was organizing a pad making party to makecloth menstrual pads for a group of school girls in Uganda. It was somethingthat I shared on my blog and I am still getting emails from individuals...

31 Days of Nature Walk-DIY Chestnut Letters

by Marissa | Oct 11, 2013 | 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, Art, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, MakingHome, PursuingBeauty, Tutorials, Uncategorised

A few days ago I told you about our chestnut collecting adventures and that I suspected that we had actually found horse chestnuts. With a little leaf identifying, I conclude that they are horse chestnuts but must be a different variety than I am used to. They could...

Make your own Beeswax Tea light candles!

by Marissa | Feb 25, 2013 | GuestPost, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, PursuingBeauty, Recipes, Tutorials, Uncategorised

Every once in a while I disappear from this little space for a week or so. Most often, I don’t actually intend to but I am learning when to let things slide for the sake of something else. This past week was spent on a little getaway with friends. The two older...

Dill Pickle Popcorn Seasoning

by Marissa | Feb 15, 2013 | Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Recipes, Tutorials, Uncategorised

Popcorn has become a snack staple in our house. Sometimes I think that we eat it a little too much but it is seriously such a quick, cheap, and easy snack! Not to mention it is a relatively mess free option for traveling or when out and about.  And as interesting...

Pumpkin & Red Lentil Curry

by Marissa | Feb 8, 2013 | Cooking, Image-Update, Recipes, Tutorials, Uncategorised

Lentils are a relatively new addition to our family menu. Other than enjoying them in the dal that our friends made whenever we would share an Indian feast, until this past year, they weren’t legumes that I had cooked with much. However, they have become an important...
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