Category: DIY

DIY Upcycled Plant Hanger

There’s still lots of snow on the ground in Edmonton, but I am itching for Spring. I can feel it in the air. I started some seeds for my backyard garden, but I am desperate to do some real planting! So – I thought I would make some more plant hangers for my indoor plants and propagate more of them!...

How to Choose Healthy Cleaning Products

It’s common for people to feel that bleach and conventional germ-killing cleaners are good strong cleaning products. But at what cost to your health? Studies are now finding that cleaning chemicals are likely to damage your lungs. People who work as cleaners and use these products all the time have a greater decline in lung health – “comparable to smoking...

The Only DIY Lip Balm Recipe You Need

Making my own lip balm is one DIY that is SOOO worth the time. Why? Because it is SO easy, and it is SOOOOO much cheaper than buying it! I have a few different lip balm recipes on my blog, including my everyday moisturizing one, gingerbread, chai, and chocolate mint. But then I thought – I don’t really need a...

DIY Chai Lip Balm with Essential Oils

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll see a lot of photos of chai because I LOVE chai. So when I was thinking about a new flavour for lip balm, I thought – yum – chai! I realized I had all the essential oils I needed so I played around with them a bit to get the right ratio. Here’s...

My Most Popular Posts of 2017

I don’t often do a roundup of my most popular posts every year, but I thought this year was an interesting one. I think it says something about what you’re interested to find out about – DIY, living greener, and real life. I’ve been blessed to have you along on this journey with me. I hope that I can continue...

Perfect Easy DIY Gifts for Everyone on Your List

I never thought I’d love DIY as much as I do now – and the key for me is that any DIY I do has to be SUPER EASY with very little time involved! These perfect easy DIY gifts are great for everyone on your list. I will be giving them out to friends, family, my daughter’s teachers and group...

DIY Outdoor Spray with Essential Oils

I love spending time outside in my garden during the spring and summer months. What I don’t love is getting eaten alive. Thankfully after some experimentation, I’ve settled on a great DIY outdoor spray with essential oils that allows me to enjoy the outdoors annoyance-free! Young Living’s Purification blend contains lemongrass, rosemary, melaleuca alternifolia, myrtle, and citronella. Powerful stuff! The R.C....

Celebrate Earth Day with my FREE eBook: Detox Your Home & DIY Guide

Happy Happy Earth Day! I want to celebrate Earth Day with you by giving you a free copy of my eBook Detox Your Home & DIY Guide! I first released it in November 2015, but have updated it and added more recipes (hurrah!). This little book summarizes a lot of what I’ve learned over the course of my green journey....

My DIY Beauty Containers List

I’ve shared my DIY skincare supplies list with ingredients that I use in my DIY beauty products, so it’s only fair that I also share with you where I get the containers I use as well! I try to use glass as much as possible for my DIYs with essential oils. Infinity Jars are what I consider the gold standard for...

Skin Loving DIY Body Butter with Essential Oils

I’ve made a few DIY creams since starting to dabble in the world of DIY beauty – it’s been really fun to experiment and customize my own products! I’ve been making my own creams and body butters and playing around with different combinations of essential oils. I think I have a good winner here! This recipe uses the same base as my...