I planned to repair and reuse our bathroom vanity lights that had a wonky socket that wouldn’t stay lit for our master bathroom renovat...

One of my fellow renaissance festival performer friends, painted a set of wood peg dolls for her daughter to look like some of the character...

A Christmas Story is one of my favorite Christmas movies (I skip the problematic Chinese restaurant scene) because I was a kid living in the...

 Yesterday was the official start of the Fall Season and the weather decided to cooperate. With a 20 degree dip in temperature and overcast ...

One of the first questions I get when I'm wearing my Dutch clogs (called klompin. You can guess why) is are they a comfortable shoe to w...

We're celebrating Labor Day this weekend in the US which we traditionally consider the end of summer.  Our agenda is full of BBQs, gathe...

One of the funny things about being a historical entertainer is creating three layers of clothing and still be considered unseemly (by histo...

I'm in rehearsal for a show (all things being equal given the current health climate.) I'm hard at work breaking in my new ch...

Many parents are buying school supplies before their children start school (a few schools have already started!) It's much easier to tot...

The tomatoes on my plants started to ripen with a bad case end blossom rot last month because there wasn't enough calcium in the soil to...

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If you garden, one of the best zero waste ways to deal with food scraps is to compost them.  So what do you do when everything breaks down i...

I spent a good chunk of the week doing plant therapy, although you may call it gardening. I transplanted the sweet fennel that was outgrowin...

This is a big holiday weekend for our readers in not one but two countries! Today (1st, July) our Canadian neighbors are celebrating Ca...

 Lacey realized that all of the plants in our patio garden are herbs and vegetables and tries to sneak  snacks from the small pots whenever ...

How do you know it is officially summer? It is after Memorial Day? The lavender is starting bloom in my garden? The weather is warm and kids...

Last weekend was a long holiday weekend here in the US and my husband and I spent a chunk of it digging in the dirt. We want to add more col...

I fell in love with using handmade soaps after trying some I bought at a renaissance festival. Every year I'd buy a bar or five. I dabbl...

I have a bad habit of buying a piece of wall art and not framing it and hanging  because I want to paint a  wall, rearrange a room, or have ...

It's funny how you think you come up with a totally new and original idea for a craft or decor project to find out someone (or many some...