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Mother’s Day 2023: Make a Stunning but Easy Mother’s Day Pamper Basket Today!

You can easily put together this gorgeous Mother’s Day Pamper Basket for your mom, gran or special lady in your life. Gather nine pampering items that you know the recipient might like, love or need, grab a card and some silk flowers and then watch the video. You can do it!

How to Pull Together a Tablescape or Centerpiece on the Fly

You can put together a highly personal or thematic centerpiece or entire tablescape with items around your home and garden by utilizing a few principles of design.

How to Make a Lambie Cake for Easter

Want to make a showstopping and meaningful Easter lunch or dinner dessert? Make a Lambie Cake! The children will love it and the adults will loooove how it tastes. It’s not hard to make and I give you all the details.

Easy 5 minute Origami Palm Leaf Cross for Easter – Palm Sunday

Let me show you how to make an origami cross from your Palm Sunday palm leaf that you receive at church. It’s easy! Just follow along with me on the video and pause at each step if needed. #palmsunday

Grow Free, Organic Green Onions Forever

Let me show you how to grow free, organic green onions year round! If you’ve been dreaming about starting a garden, here’s the easiest first project. You can do this even if you only have a patio or balcony on which to grow them.

How to Fill Your Garden Pots on the Cheap! #garden

Garden amenities are sky-high right now. This is how I fill my spring garden pots inexpensively.

New Year’s Day Texas Caviar

  Our New Year’s Dinner will be simple:  ham, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and Texas Caviar. My kids wouldn’t touch warmed black-eyed peas served in the traditional manner.  But…

A Powerful Way to Support Positive Emotions

Are you caring for your emotions as well as you do your body?  Did you know there many ways to purposefully redirect toxic emotions that contribute a negative impact to physical and emotional health. This article explores one very powerful way to combat this challenge.

Must-Have Winter Recipe – Powerhouse Thieves Tea with Manuka Honey

This immune system-boosting tea is just the ticket when you come in from work or running errands, tired, cold or wet.  To make it pack a one-two punch, add Manuka honey. Warm up with thieves tea often during the winter.

Valentine Shower Melts

Want a way to give a Valentine gift to grown ups and teens that is thoughtful, pampering and oh so easy to make?  Try some DIY shower melts that are quick and easy to make for pennies each!