Handmade Christmas Ideas For Everyone On Your List – Part 2 {Easy & Frugal}

Do you love the idea of a handmade Christmas but dread the thought of a bunch of unfinished projects? This week I’m sharing easy, simple gift ideas that EVERYONE will love and ANYONE can do! Yesterday I covered edible gifts . . . now we’re going to talk about luxurious salts, soaks, balms, lotions, potions …

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How To Make Homemade Lotion With 3 Simple Ingredients {Video Tutorial}

Lesson #1 from my first job, Bath & Body Works . . . Do not climb the stockroom shelves like catwoman. Ever. Lesson #2 Those luscious looking photos are meant to distract you from cancer causing dioxane and formaldehyde in shower gels and lotions with unpronounceable ingredients. But is the solution homemade lotion??? That’s waaaay …

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Handmade Christmas Ideas For Everyone On Your List {Easy & Frugal}

Point. Click. Can you hug the internet? If anyone figures out how please let me know. This holiday season I’ll be pointing-and-clicking my way to gifty goodness without ever setting foot into a mall. And as a mom of young children – think navigating a stroller through the morass of people, leaving a line you’ve …

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Gobble! Gobble! A Special Message . . .

When Daniel and I were newlyweds we decided to create meaningful and unique holiday traditions. Here’s one we’d like to share with you. It’s our official Thanksgiving greeting, usually given as soon as we arrive to the feast. Happy Thanksgiving!!!  

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Foodie Black Friday Sale!– Skip The Crowds and Get 40% Off Deals for GAPSters, Healthy Holidays, Rookies and more!!

Happy Thanksgiving, ya’ll! If you haven’t seen our family’s special message to you, check it out here. This year I am very grateful to have checked another goal off my bucket list . . . I was invited to join Real Food Media! If you’re not familiar with them, RFM is a blog network that …

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More Recipes for a GAPS Thanksgiving Feast

So, as you may have already concluded from my three day posting frenzy, I ♥ Thanksgiving. Who doesn’t? I mean, it’s a holiday about food. Er, I mean giving thanks. For food. And farmers. And family. This year is trickier than most, though, and it’s not just because my sister lured our mom to Colorado. …

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Grain-Free Gravy {GAPS, Paleo & Primal}

This peasant-style gravy is easy to make and soooo rich in flavor! And not that you needed another reason to love gravy, but it’s packed with minerals and collagen (which reduces cellulite and wrinkles – hey! hey!). Note: Though not as heavy as traditional gravy, this recipe will thicken a bit as it cools to …

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Honey Glazed “Sweet Potatoes” with Homemade Marshmallows (GAPS, Paleo & Primal}

↑↑↑This Is Not My Photo↑↑↑ That one over there of me picking through glass shards to rescue my ‘tatoes? Yep, that’s my photo. I**may** have gone a little overboard in my kitchen this weekend and things got a little cramped. Too many casserole dishes + minimal counter space = fewer dishes to worry about. Humpty …

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