Ramblings of a Christian Mom
I found this recipe for air drying modeling clay at Growing A Jeweled Rose and had to share. It turned out so well! You Need: 2 cups baking soda 1 cup cornstarch 1-1/2 cups water You Do: Whisk together your ingredients in a medium saucepan. Stir almost constantly over med-high heat. After several minutes, it will bubble and [More...]
I love cushy baby blankets. They're soft, warm, just overall cozy. They make great gifts and they work up quickly. I know there are tons of tutorials out there for crocheted blankets but I thought why not add one more to the web. For my blanket I used a 10mm hook and 3 strands of worsted weight yarn. Really, you can use whatever you want. [More...]
Did you know that it's super easy and cheap to make your own OxiClean-like stain remover spray? There are only 2 ingredients! You just need some washing soda and hydrogen peroxide. If you have ever made your own laundry detergent, you likely have washing soda on hand. It's different from baking soda. You can find it in the laundry aisle of [More...]
I really wanted to make myself a woven wrap that would be thin enough to use for a hot summer but strong enough to hold a toddler, or even preschooler, if need be. I did some research and decided to order some osnaburg fabric from ebay. Osnaburg is a cotton weave; thin but strong. The fabric I got was nice and soft, especially after I washed it, [More...]
I don't trust my toddler to walk nicely and stay close when we go for a walk, so if I need to walk with all 4 kids Josiah goes in the stroller and Gabriel is in a carrier. With our cold winters here, that makes things tricky. Gabriel is big enough now that even the huge coat I wore at the end of my pregnancy isn't large enough to go around both of [More...]
A stretchy wrap, such as a Moby, is a great way to get used to learning how to manage the huge amount of fabric in a wrap. With a stretchy wrap, you can easily wrap yourself before putting the baby in; with most non-stretchy wrap carries, you need to wrap the baby in with you. As with all the other types of carriers, there are pros and cons with [More...]
I love baking with pumpkin but canned pumpkin is so expensive! I decided to try cooking up a pumpkin and pureeing it myself this year. I was a bit unsure of how to go about it. The whole process turned out to be really easy! There are several ways you can cook up a pumpkin. You can use the microwave, boil it, roast it in the oven, pressure cook [More...]
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