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Make It From Scratch Carnival #6

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The entries are in over at Stop the Ride for the Make it from Scratch carnival. There are all kinds of yummy treats and creative ideas to see this week. You can see my entry here. Munchkin and I had a lot of fun filling the planter boxes with plants that will hopefully turn out to yield yummy fruit. To find out how you can participate in the Make It From Scratch Carnival, head on over to Stop the Ride. Next week’s edition will be a Make It From Scratch for the 1st time edition which means that you will…

Make It From Scratch: Planter Boxes

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As I stated in my Frugal Friday post, I decided to use the wood that I had removed from the closets while working on updating the closets to make planter boxes. This year, we decided that we wanted to try to use the square foot gardening method. Now, my boxes aren’t truly square foot boxes as I used “scrap” lumber to make them. I also haven’t put the dividers in yet to make them a real square foot garden, but they are basically divided up into square foot sections. Here is the finished product. The two side boxes are tomato…

Make It From Scratch Carnival #5

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The entries are in over at Stop the Ride for the Make it from Scratch carnival. This week’s entries include anything from soup to main meals to desserts to yarn creations to cleaning help (and much more). You can see my entry here. Unfortunately, the weather didn’t want to participate this week, so we didn’t actually get to try out the bubble solution. To find out how you can participate in the Make It From Scratch Carnival, head on over to Stop the Ride.

Make It From Scratch: Bubbles

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If you saw my post about the Children’s Museum, you know that my daughter LOVED the bubble area the most. When we arrived home, she wanted to make big bubbles. Unfortunately, it’s pretty hard to make big bubbles with your standard bubble solution sold at stores. It’s just too weak. So off to the internet I went searching for the perfect bubble solution, when I came across The Bubblesphere. They have all kinds of information on bubbles and bubble solutions. So, I decided that this weeks make it from scratch entry would be our own bubble solution. Since I wanted…

Make It From Scratch Carnival #4

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The entries are in over at Stop the Ride for the Make it from Scratch carnival. This week’s entries include anything from ketchup to slime to cards to laundry detergent (and much more). You can see my entry here. My daughter loves these “new” pillows. Fleece is quite cozy. To find out how you can participate in the Make It From Scratch Carnival, head on over to Stop the Ride.