Heirloom treasures are one of the most precious things that can be passed down the family line, especially when family members are represented through the years. This embroidered tablecloth can be made and used at the holidays, and will serve as a precious memory of past holiday gatherings. Handmade Holidays has pretty much been my theme for 2020, and I have really been ...
HANDMADE HOLIDAYS
How to Make Fig Wine at Home {Step-by-Step Instructions}
Summer is the season when many delicious fruits are harvested. Sometimes the windfall more than provides more than enough jam, frozen fruit, fruit leather, and other fruit products until next harvest. A great way to use up all of your extra figs is to learn how to make fig wine at home. A few years ago, we were invited to a friend's farm to harvest figs from her huge tree. ...
How to Make Strawberry Wine Step-By-Step
There's little more satisfying than filling your plate or glass with something you made with your own hands. Even better if it's something you have grown on your homestead! Making fruit wine is one of those satisfying activities, and this one yields the best flavor. This post will teach you how to make strawberry wine with store bought, or home-grown berries. If you ...
Easy Packaging for Your Homemade Skin Care Products
It's great to know how to make homemade skin care products, but sometimes the options for packaging that are available in our kitchen don't quite cut it, especially if we are planning to give away what we make. The right packaging makes all the difference in whether or not we and others actually use what we've made. If you want to get into making your own homemade skin ...
How to Make Your Own DIY Sugar Scrub
Spa and body care products can be super expensive, and the truth is, some of them are so inexpensive to make at home and they don't take long at all! This DIY sugar scrub will take 15 minutes tops, and you may already have everything you need to make a batch for yourself, with some extra to give away as holiday gifts! This scrub would be a really nice addition to a bath ...
How to Bottle Your Homemade Fruit Wine {4 Ways}
Making homemade wine is an excellent way to use up a burgeoning fruit harvest, and it's easy! This is step five in my fruit wine making series, and in this step, you will learn 4 different ways to bottle the wine you worked so hard to make. Steps for Bottling Your Homemade Wine Before we get started, you'll want to choose a bottling vessel. There are a few good ...
How To Make And Can Super Easy Salsa
If you love salsa, but don't have all the ingredients needed to make it from all fresh, you will love this recipe! It tastes great, has a lot less prep time, and comes together in a snap! Here's a recipe for making this delicious condiment and instructions on how to can salsa! Part of the goodness of having a tomato harvest is that you can make so many different products ...
How to Make Homemade Strawberry Jam {Safe and Easy}
It's strawberry season and the fruit is fresh, sweet, and delicious! Making wine, syrup or just eaten raw, they are a wonderful summer treat! But don't forget to bring summer to the table with homemade strawberry jam--fill your shelves for the year! Homemade Strawberry Jam is Super Easy Making jam is a great place to start if you are new to canning. It's quick and ...
How To Make Soap For Beginners {Crock Pot}
Are you dying to learn soap making, but are afraid of doing it wrong? Tired of buying melt and pour soap just to avoid using lye? This four ingredient recipe is so easy, and can be made by a beginner, cold or hot process, and even in a crock pot! Perfect for getting your feet wet! You definitely don't have to forego soap making if you are afraid of doing it wrong. All you ...
How to Make the Best Salsa {Recipe for Canning}
Summer is a fantastic time for not only eating delicious salsa made from your huge tomato harvest, but for canning salsa too! This is the best salsa recipe for canning, and is wonderful to make for your shelf every year. It has been tested and found to be safe when you follow the given instructions, so you don't have to worry that you'll mess up! Part of the goodness of ...
How to Make Fruit Wine at Home: Second Ferment
So far, we have gathered our tools for the wine making process, made the mash for the first ferment, and this week it's time to transfer our wine to a 1 gallon jug for the second ferment! Are we having fun yet? I know I am! Despite the fact that I am 72 days sober on the day I'm writing this article, I really do enjoy making wine. We grow chardonnay grapes here on our ...
Wine Making Process: How to Start an Easy First Ferment
Do you grow fruit on your homestead and are not sure what else you can do with it? Has your family eaten enough of it that they are ready for it to go out of season? Are you jammed and jellied out? Why not try wine making? In this post, I'll take you through step 2 in the fruit wine making process, which is starting the first ferment. ( Didn't catch step 1? Read it ...