Happy Hearts At Home

Now that I make my own yogurt with my hand dandy Salton yogurt maker , I have begun to substitute yogurt for oil and butter in baking recipe...

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Need a giggle? Stephanie has the cutest Family Circus moment at her blog, Adventures in the 100 Acre Woods. HT to Diana for the pictures.

While this leaf birthday card/letter isn't the most sophisticated birthday card, it was perfect for all of us to work on, especially the...

Some of my favorite vintage Little Golden Books were illustrated by Eloise Wilkins. I found this book, Baby Dear(1962) at a thrift today for...

I had linked to a craft site last year for this idea , and after seeing this, MJ of Making do with the not so new was then inspired to crea...

I'm really loving Vitacost.com. Their prices are so inexpensive, and shipping is a flat fee of $4.99. I've ordered from them before ...

I've been using a PedEgg for quite a while now, and it works much better than a pumice stone or a foot file. The results are as good as ...

1920 advertisement for a nose shaper in a teacher's periodical. Just some of the funny(weird) advertisements I find in vintage books ove...

Here are few quick and easy homemade dishes and desserts we had this week: Pollo Loco(crazy chicken) An excellent tart and spicy chicken. ...

Built with natural and recycled products for just 3,000 pounds(about $6,000) and a lot of sweat equity, this little home reminds me of a Hob...

More common in California, New Mexico and Arizona, straw bale homes are inexpensive to build, green, sustainable, super insulated, sturdy, a...

Columbus Day is Monday, 10/13/08. From a 1920's periodical, Primary Education : Click on images to enlarge and print the two page lesso...

Click here at Art Projects for Kids blog for Contour Leaves instructions. HT to Berry Patch for this one. Other autumn/fall projects off...

These are vintage labels found over at the Library of Congress which are free to use. Click on images to enlarge and copy. More here.

Very helpful vintage advice for baking short cuts at Tipnuts.