Did you know that February is national bird feeding month here in the United States?! Winter is difficult for birds, especially during this time so helping to provide food, water and shelter is highly encouraged. Bird seed feeders can be…
DIY Seed Paper Valentines
Making seed paper is such a fun project that can be done with kids and it’s a great way to recycle used paper. I love the idea of being able to recycle the paper directly back into the earth. The…
DIY Natural Dyeing With Walnut Hulls
I’ve really taken a liking to natural dyeing because it’s non toxic and I love the earthy colors that are produced. There are so many factors that go into determining the final color and I’m excited to start experimenting again!…
DIY Hand-Dipped Beeswax Candles
Making hand-dipped beeswax candles is one of our favorite yearly winter traditions. They’re so much fun to make and can be made in a variety of lengths and thicknesses. We make several to give away as gifts year round as…
How to Preserve Autumn Leaves With Beeswax
Using beeswax to preserve the changing colors of leaves is one of our favorite activities during autumn. Here in Southern CA our season occurs quite late, but we are lucky to have a couple of places that we visit several…
DIY Wool Felted Acorns
Autumn for us means lots of nature collecting and collecting acorn caps to make felted acorns is one of our favorite traditions that we’ve been doing since Elliot barely began walking. We’ll be using a wet felting method to create…
