Clamshell Tea Lights
These little clamshell tea light candles will burn brightly for 10-20 minutes. They’re a great way to use clamshells left over from summer cookouts. You will need: Empty clamshells halvesBeeswax or another type of...
Author: The Woodland Elf
Making a Dream Catcher
Today was the Granger Homestead old fashion fun day, but unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate. It was basically a steady rain, so about 1:00 many of us packed up and went home to dry...
Turkey Feathers
Coincidences have an odd way of occurring sometimes. My cousin had a baby at the end of last week and it’s tradition that I usually make a dream catcher when a new baby is...
Lavender Bottles
Wow, is it Friday already? Holy moley, tempus fugit (time flies). Well, this week I noticed that the lavender was on its last legs, so I thought it was time to snatch some before...
Flower Preservation: Air Drying
Air drying is one of the easiest, least fuss methods of drying flowers. Basically all you have to do is hang the flowers upside to air dry them. There are many types of flowers...
Dying Queen Anne’s Lace
Queen Anne’s Lace, also known as Wild Carrot, must have one of the longest blooming seasons of any flower in the blossoming world. It’s a familiar summer sight, as the large, white blossom line...
Take A Break From Your Phone…
It’s important to sometimes just take a break from technology. We give our other muscles a chance to rest, but sometimes we forget the most important ones, our brains. That muscle needs to rest...
Flower Preservation: Silica Crystals
Air drying is probably the most common method of drying flower. And it’s definitely the easiest. But many flowers don’t take well to air drying. That’s where silica crystals come in.
Flower Stripping
I do a lot of things to make my living, but probably what I spend the most time doing is my flower bouquets. I make these for the local farm markets and this is...
A Country Farm
A country farm is without question the greatest place in the world for a crafter to live. Perhaps being a country girl myself makes me a bit biased, but for the crafter, there does...
