Dried flowers are wonderful for year-round floral arrangements. You can dry flowers by hanging them or by placing them in a box of desiccant, which better preserves the blossoms.
The possibilities are endless for your dried flower arrangement. Here are some guidelines to get you started.
An indoor fort is something that everyone can build and enjoy. The materials are available in almost every household.
Different combinations of herbs, seeds, flowers and spices will create amazing aromas and textures.
Color your raw wool in natural dyes made from herbs, flowers, berries, roots, leaves and bark that you collect yourself.
Blend a few common ingredients to make a natural, soothing lotion.
Candles set the mood. Whether you want romance, soft lighting or eerie effects, you can take even more pleasure in candles when you make them yourself.
Got plain old candles? Not anymore! Look around you - there are thousands of things you can use to perk them up.
Dipping candles is an art still practiced today. Dipping your own candles lets you control their thickness, color and fragrance.
Here is an activity that is fun for parties, parades or football games.
Tack rags help remove dust and other fine particles from the surface of objects. Use them before applying varnish, polish, sealant and stain.
Once you've finished covering the wire with dried herbs and flowers, you can form the wreath into any shape you'd like - a circle, a heart or a horseshoe, for example. Or you can wrap your pretty...
Turn some simple and fragrant herbs into a beautiful basket.
Create a holiday herbal display inside a clear glass ball using regular Christmas balls, moss, a few sprigs of partridgeberry and other herbal plants.
Lavender sticks are a traditional way of scenting your closets and drawers. Their fragrance is long-lasting, and they add a nice decorative touch when placed inside a gift box. Each stick requires...
Sprinkle herbal salts on your favorite soups and stews, or use them to enhance the flavor of tomatoes, potatoes, chicken and fish.
Preserve the beauty of flowers rather than letting them wither.
The easiest material to dye is wool, but cotton, linen and silk can also be dyed.
Use a simple box and a bit of ingenuity to make a unique Halloween costume.
Eliminate hard-to-reach cobwebs under beds, behind furniture or in corners with this handy device.
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