A Traditional Bunny Cake, Fun and Easy to Make! Spring is such a fun time. Lots of gardening, hatching chicks on the farm, and baking for special spring get-togethers. After a long winter, it's fun to find fresh, fun desserts to make for your family and friends. A cake that immediately comes to mind when I think of Spring and Easter is the traditional bunny cake! This easy-to-make bunny cake was created and popular in the 1970s and continues to be a cake that many still make today. The original cake was decorated using shredded coconut. There are now many different variations of this cake. My Grandma and Mom both have their own special ways of making a bunny cake, and here is how I ...
Vintage Inspired Bunny Cake!
Kitchen Scrap Gardening!
Tips For Regrowing Some Kitchen Scraps! More and more we are looking for ways to save money, especially in the kitchen! Whether it's a recipe that goes a bit farther or trying different ingredients to fit into your budget, being frugal in the kitchen doesn't mean boring, not-so-tasty meals! One step you can take is to regrow some of your favorite ingredients! Yep, that's right, kitchen scrap gardening! There are actually a lot of different options when it comes to items you can actually regrow. Let's take a look at some that grow quickly and easily! Green Onions Green Onions are so very easy to grow and are our personal favorite. When cutting your green onions for a recipe leave ...
Mason Jar Hydroponics
A Wonderful Start To Growing Hydroponically! Gardening is such a fun adventure, whether you have a giant garden in your backyard or a few small plants in your kitchen windowsill, nothing is better than something you have grown yourself. All you need is some soil, plant nutrients, and seeds, and you are good to go! I've always loved the journey of growing, from flower to herbs, and everything in between. Throughout the years I've tried many types of gardening. Square foot gardening, container gardening, Lasagna gardening, you name it, I've tried it! One method I've always been fascinated with is hydroponics. The idea of growing with just water is just so very interesting. There are ...
Film Photography at Home – Developing with Coffee!
Give Your Film Photography a Homemade Touch! It's no secret I love photography. There is something so special and unique about capturing a moment in time. Photography is such a huge part of life, and I totally stumbled upon it by accident. As a part of my photography adventure, I have spent a lot of time learning more about film photography and developing my own film at home. There are many great services still available to develop your film for you, but as a DIY-er, I just had to learn to develop my own film at home. Developing film at home isn't hard at all. With some simple supplies and a good place to work, you can develop many rolls of film on your own. The biggest downside of ...
Maple Balsamic Salad Dressing
Such an Easy and Delicious Salad Dressing to Make! While looking for a replacement for white sugar, I found that maple syrup is a great substitute! We are big fans of maple in our house, so the change over was not hard at all. A little maple syrup in your tea, on a cold morning - yum! Looking for something different, I discovered a love for Maple Balsamic Salad Dressing. My problem was that I would buy a whole bottle, and then the poor salad dressing after a few weeks was pushed to the back of the fridge. I came across a few variations of maple balsamic salad dressing recipes, and I always like to create my own! It’s a very light dressing, you can mix up how much you need for your ...
Homemade “Pudding” Puffs!
Make Your Sweetie These Easy and Delicious Treats! There is nothing better than a sweet way to end an amazing meal. Dessert does not have to be super complicated to be really tasty! With all the busyness of life, it's really good to have some simple dessert recipes on hand. Homemade Pudding Puffs are a fun take on cream puffs. All you need is simple ingredients, and in no time you will have an impressive but easy-to-make dessert everyone will love! To make your own batch of pudding puffs, you will need 1 cup of water, ½ cup butter, 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 4 eggs, and 2 cups of your favorite pudding. Chocolate is a great pudding option! You can choose to garnish your pudding puffs ...
Homemade Relaxing Lavender Eye Masks!
You will be relaxing in no time with these quick and easy lavender eye masks! One of my favorite herbs in the garden is lavender. Lavender is so very hardy, has a wonderful calming smell, and the flowers are so beautiful. The last couple of years I was blessed with a large harvest of lavender flowers. The flowers are dried for various uses around the homestead. From soap to lotion bars to beeswax candles, the uses are many! A quick project I like to make with the dried lavender is lavender eye masks. This project sews up in less than 15 minutes, and you will be relaxing in no time! To make this project you will need dried lavender (we used about 1 cup or so of dried lavender ...
Homemade Ramp Butter!
Create an amazing spread using fresh and simple ingredients. Spring will be here soon in Ohio and it's such a great time of year. The flowers come up, garden prep is on the mind, our poultry brooders will be full of new babies, and wild edibles will start to appear. The one thing I think about all winter long is when will we harvest our first ramps. Ramps are wild leeks and are so amazingly versatile. During the Spring we harvest ramps and preserve them in various ways including pickling, and drying to use throughout the year. An easy way to preserve ramps is to turn them into ramp butter. This "compound butter" can be spread on your favorite bagel, to add some great flavor to ...
Blast From the Past Crafting – Yarn Octopus!
Create this fun, easy, and vintage craft! I just love crafting, it is one of my very favorite things to do. I’m always exploring new ways to be creative. I have a deep passion for vintage crafting. Simple, easy, fun crafts to create that don’t require a ton of expensive supplies or tools like the Yarn Octopus! Growing up we did a lot of crafting and made lots of really fun trips to our local craft store. We made so many great projects as a family, and yarn projects were my favorite. I remember learning how to make a yarn octopus, and it was one of my most favorite crafts. My mom talks about making yarn octopuses when she was young, my grandma made them, and they are still fun to make ...
A Trip to the ’80s – Hot Buttered Cheerios!
Let's Revisit A Recipe from the 1980's! When I think of the ‘80s I think of big hair, neon colors, and Saturday morning cartoons. Granted I was pretty young when the ’80s were over, I do still remember some of this decade. One thing that has always stuck with me is growing up in a simpler time, and I’ve always been drawn to recipes from when I was growing up. One vintage recipe I discovered recently was hot buttered Cheerios. At first, I thought there is no way that will taste good, but I was wrong! It’s a simple and easy treat, that is fairly cheap to make. A box of plain Cheerios cereal, some butter, and salt - poof you have a snack great for watching your favorite ‘80s movie. Did ...