Our holiday gift guide for those who do the shopping! If you’ve been following along by now, you know that our home is 80% handmade. The food, the clothes, the toys, the decor, you name it. If I can make it, I will. BUT there are a few things that I leave up to those […]

A Farmhouse Gift Guide | Simple Pleasures and Little Treasures

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Learn how to make a basic envelope-style pillow cover by up-cycling a sweater! AN ENVELOPE STYLE BACK Whether I am making a rectangular or square pillow cover, I usually make all my pillow covers the same way with an envelope style back. In this sewing lesson, I am going to show you how to sew […]

How to Sew a Pillow Cover | How to Sew | Lesson #5

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In lesson #4 of ‘how to sew’, we will be focusing on how to sew a basic straight hem. We are continuing our Simple Sewing Series today by showing you how to sew a hem. If you have missed any of the other posts, make sure to check out this free course where I show […]

How to Sew a Hem | Lesson #4

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Our garage is small and I needed a workbench that could double as a permanent space for my larger tools and nice big working space. As with most things that get to take up space here, this workbench needed to be versatile, double functioning and efficient in space. (This post may contain affiliate links which […]

How to make a Flipping Workbench | Video Tutorial & Plans

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I’ve had my share of dried out pots and non-thriving plants in my raised beds. This year was the year everything received lovely drip irrigation! What is Drip Irrigation? Drip Irrigation (also called trickle irrigation) is a process of watering plants and in my opinion, is one of the best practices for home gardeners. In this […]

How to Quickly Install Drip Irrigation for your Raised Beds

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