Learn how to affordably decorate your home using custom canvas prints. If you’re on a budget, decorating can be outside of reach. However, you can create gorgeous, gallery quality artwork for cheaper than you may think. Discover how to use popular images and designs, as well as your own photos, to decorate your walls without breaking the bank. Or create them to give as unique gifts throughout the year. Personalized…
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Fall Essential Oil Diffuser Blends Plus Other Natural Home Scents
Need a natural home fragrance to invoke the cozy warmth of fall? Explore this collection of fall essential oil diffuser blends along with other natural ways to scent your home this autumn. Fall Diffuser Blends to Naturally Scent Your Home There’s nothing better when the air cools and the leaves start to fall than the aromatherapy benefits of pumpkin spice. However, let’s not forget apple cider, salted caramel and all…
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Pumpkin Spice Essential Oil Blend Plus Ways to Use It
From skin care and soap to candles and room sprays, there are so many ways to use pumpkin spice essential oil. This post instructs you on how to make a pumpkin spice essential oil blend. I also provide some great uses for this amazing fall fragrance. If you’re ready to dive head first into autumn, then bookmark this page for cozy autumn recipes and crafts to try throughout the season.…
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How to Make Cinnamon Ornaments with Applesauce
Learn how to make cinnamon applesauce ornaments as an easy family Christmas craft. Use them to decorate your tree, as festive gift toppers, or as air fresheners throughout your home during the holiday season. These naturally scented Christmas ornaments have been popular for years. Not only are they easy to make, but they also smell wonderful. Try this fun homemade ornament idea for your own tree or to give as…
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How to Use Shield Essential Oil To Clean and Disinfect Your Home
Similar to Thieves essential oil, Shield essential oil also has uses for home and health. This natural blend of essential oils is made in house using high quality, organic oils and is perfect for cleaning, using topically or diffusing. Discover ways to use shield essential oil blend in your home for cleaning and disinfecting surfaces, tackling smelly laundry and to create a germ fighting hand soap for your family. Ways…
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How to Make a Resin Candle Holder with Dried Flowers
Learn how to make a resin candle holder with dried flowers. This decorative candle holder is made using epoxy resin and dried botanicals for a unique home decor item or homemade gifts. Candles are becoming increasingly popular as homemade gifts. A wonderful way to enjoy aromatherapy at home, the decorative resin candle holders on these DIY candles are what make them shine. Inspired by the hand poured soy candles sold…
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Winter Lantern Decor: DIY Winter Terrarium Home Decor Idea
If you’re looking for winter wonderland home decor to celebrate the season, this DIY winter lantern decor is the perfect way to decorate your home after Christmas. Winter Lantern Decor Need ideas for a winter terrarium? Looking for stylish winter home decor ideas after Christmas? This winter lantern decor is a beautiful way to decorate your home for the season. My DIY winter lantern is a cute and easy to…
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Winter Grapevine Wreath: DIY Winter Wreath for Seasonal Home Decor
Learn how to make a winter grapevine wreath for your seasonal home decor. This DIY winter wreath is perfect for your front door and features traditional, winter elements including pinecones, pine needles, eucalyptus, winter berries and faux spray snow. Handcrafted using faux floral supplies from the craft store, this winter wreath idea is perfect as a winter decoration for your door throughout the season. If you’re looking for gorgeous winter…
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Farmhouse Fall Wreath DIY: Modern Farmhouse Fall Decor
This DIY farmhouse fall wreath is a beautiful way to add autumn accents to your front door. Learn how to craft modern farmhouse fall decor with this simple, yet elegant fall hoop wreath tutorial. My fall decorating idea includes step-by-step instructions on how to make a modern farmhouse fall wreath, along with a video tutorial of the process. How to Make a Modern Farmhouse Fall Wreath This hoop wreath tutorial shows…
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Homemade Floor Cleaners And Other Eco-Friendly Swiffer Alternatives
Are you looking for ways to cut costs while also helping the environment? Learn how to make homemade floor cleaners for mopping. Plus try Turbo Mops reusable microfiber mop pads. They’re compatible with your Swiffer, and are an easy affordable way to save on your weekly cleaning routine, while also reducing waste. This post is sponsored by Turbo Mops. All opinions are my own. It’s bad enough that cleaning your…
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Pumpkin Spice Room Spray Recipe with Essential Oils for Fall
Learn how to craft a DIY pumpkin spice room spray for fall. This natural room spray recipe is a great way to add a seasonal fragrance to your home. Plus it’s really easy to make! Keep reading to discover how to make a natural fall rooms spray with essential oils. Or try this recipe using a pumpkin spice fragrance oil. There are even ideas for ways to use my warm…
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Buffalo Check Pumpkin Decor for Fall: Easy Fall Decor Idea for the Home
Learn how to craft this black and white buffalo check pumpkin decor for fall! This pumpkin inspired fall decor idea for the home is an easy fall craft for adults. It’s made using a Dollar Tree plastic pumpkin bucket and pool noodle, buffalo check fabric, fake floral leaves and a foraged stick. Sewing has never been my strong suit. My mom, who was a home economics major in college in…
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Solid Dish Soap Bar Recipe: How to Make a Zero Waste Dishwashing Soap
Learn how to make a zero waste dishwashing soap bar. An eco-friendly solid dish soap bar recipe will not only help to save money, it also reduces waste and your impact on the environment. Like you’d expect from a liquid dish soap, this cold process dish soap recipe gives you plenty of suds, and it cuts through grease to thoroughly clean your dishes. Learn about the different methods for making…
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DIY Plaster Aroma Stones for Essential Oils (That Double As Kids Sidewalk Chalk)
Learn how to make DIY plaster aroma stones for a quick and easy essential oil diffuser. This easy DIY craft project is perfect for the kids to make for Mother’s Day gifts. Plus they can create extras to use themselves. Turns out these essential oil aroma stones actually double as kids sidewalk chalk. So it’s the perfect 2-for-1 activity when you need things to do when bored, or are looking…
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DIY Reed Diffuser with Essential Oils for Natural, Non-Toxic Home Fragrances
Wondering, how do I make DIY reed diffusers? It’s actually easier than you might think! Learn how to make a DIY reed diffuser with essential oils to naturally scent your home with your favorite, non-toxic fragrance. You can use any essential oil or essential oil blend of your choice with your homemade reed diffuser. It’s so easy! Simply Earth offers so many great essential oil recipes for health, home and…
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DIY Makeup Vanity Ideas for Small Spaces & Pampering Pleasure
Need to update or create a makeup vanity space in your bedroom or bathroom? Try out some of these creative DIY makeup vanity ideas for small spaces. Not only do they work in small spaces where you need them to, they also lend style and fashion to your favorite pampering space! After all, isn’t beauty also a form of self care? DIY Makeup Vanity Ideas for Small Spaces Pampering has…
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Dollar Tree Spring Decor: DIY Bird Craft Fragrance Warmer for Your Home Decor
Need inexpensive home decor ideas for spring? This easy Dollar Tree spring decor project for crafting a DIY bird craft fragrance warmer not only looks great, it’s also fun to make! Keep reading to learn how to craft this cute bird craft using materials almost exclusively from the Dollar Tree, for Dollar Tree spring decor that’s ready to decorate your home in just 20-minutes. Everyone I know has been sick…
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DIY Wax Melts: Easy Wax Melts Recipe with Beeswax
These easy DIY wax melts are a fun way to scent your home this spring! Inspired by DKNY’s Be Delicious Blossom® fragrance, these wax melts with beeswax are scented with a blend of ruby cassis, ripe pineapple, sweet rose blossoms and dewy fresh air. They’re then accented with cornflowers and colored with Granny Smith green mica powder. How to Make Affordable, Easy DIY Wax Melts for Home Fragrance Wax melts…
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Spring Cleaning Tips: How to Naturally Clean & Declutter Your Home
Check out these helpful spring cleaning tips to learn how to naturally clean and declutter your home. Part of getting my home in order for spring, involves spring cleaning. This includes decluttering — and grudgingly tossing out those craft and soap making supplies that have hung around a bit too long. While spring cleaning is probably one of my least favorite chores ever, it doesn’t have to be a full…
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DIY All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils for a Non-Toxic Clean
Discover an easy way to make a simple DIY all purpose cleaner with essential oils. A safe, non-toxic way to clean your home, this recipe for a green friendly cleaner — and the essential oils to make it! — are part of the new Simply Earth Essential Oil Recipe Box! Read on to learn how to add this easy, 4-ingredient DIY all purpose cleaner to your cleaning routine. Plus discover…
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Essential Oil Ornaments: DIY Scented Christmas Ornaments for the Holidays
Learn how to make these DIY essential oil ornaments in about 30-minutes to add a natural fragrance to your tree this holiday season. These quick & easy ornaments can be scented with your favorite holiday essential oil blend and make lovely DIY holiday gifts too! Keep reading to learn how to make your own easy essential oil ornaments. Plus discover my favorite holiday essential oils blends and recipes! Making Handmade…
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Eucalyptus and Orange Essential Oil Blend for Health, Home & Beauty
This natural aromatherapeutic eucalyptus & orange essential oil blend recipe doesn’t just smell wonderful. It actually can be used in a number of ways for health, home and beauty. Learn how to make a simple eco-friendly linen spray & deodorizer, surface sanitizer, smoothing hair shine spray & diffuser blend for stuffy noses. As well as how to add this essential oil blend to your homemade soap & natural skin care…
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Ways to Reduce Plastic Use (And Easy Swaps for Plastic Products in Your Home)
Help reduce ocean pollution for Earth Day. Discover easy ways to reduce plastic use in your home. Simply swap out your favorite plastic products with these eco-friendly options for an easy transition into green living. If you’re looking for easy ways to reduce plastic use and go green, then check out these eco-friendly product swaps. Not only are these product substitutions environmentally friendly solutions, they also save you money over…
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Natural Cleaning Clay Recipe for Your Glass Stove Top, Countertops & Tile Floors
Learn how to make a natural cleaning clay recipe to clean just about everything! This DIY soft scrub cleanser is perfect for cleaning glass stove tops, granite countertops and even tile floors. As this natural cleaning product can be made with or without essential oils, this easy soft scrub cleaner recipe requires as few as 2-ingredients. Plus discover more simple, all natural cleaning products for essential oil cleaners you can…
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Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Eco-Friendly Lifestyle
This collection of eco-friendly spring cleaning tips will not only help you save time, but also save money! Discover the best spring cleaning tips for a non-toxic home. It’s that time of year again! Time to give your home an overhaul and clean everything and every room for the new spring season. Sounds daunting, right? You bet it is! Rather than try to tackle the task all in one go,…
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Creative Self Care Ideas To Kickstart Your Spring
Spring is a season of renewal. A fresh start. What better way to usher in spring than with self care? This collection of creative self care ideas are the perfect way to get your mindset where it needs to be. (And to finally tackle those New Years goals you may have fallen behind on!) By now you’re probably familiar with the term, self care. And maybe, like many of us…
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Treat Yourself This Valentine’s Day
Four unexpected yet easy ways to treat yourself this Valentine’s Day! (Because not every love affair needs to be about someone else.) I’m not the biggest fan of winter. Granted, snow is fun – to a point. But we’ve just not had enough snow to hoot and holler this winter. And that polar vortex that dipped super south this year? It left me huddled inside feeling the full force of those winter…
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DIY Wax Air Fresheners with Essential Oils – Unicorn Style!
We don’t need a guy to remind us how awesome we are just because it’s Valentine’s Day. However, sometimes it’s nice getting that extra bit of reassurance from our friends. Remind your BFFs how magical they are with these unicorn DIY wax air fresheners for Galentine’s Day. Scented with natural essential oils, these unicorn wax air fresheners are perfect for musty closets or to use as drawer sachets. Or hang…
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Homemade Laundry Stain Remover Recipe for Laundry Stains & Delicates
No one wants to deal with dirty laundry – and especially not laundry stains. This homemade laundry stain remover recipe is a great way to tackle your tough laundry chores. Keep reading to learn how to make a natural laundry soap that makes stains vanish. Plus it’s perfect for handwashing your favorite delicates! How to Remove Tough Laundry Stains Naturally Around five years ago I was inspired to create a…
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Simple Essential Oil Recipes for Home, Health & Beauty
Creating simple essential oil recipes for your home, health and beauty is easier than you think. And it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money. Keep reading to discover how you can get started making your own products at an affordable price with no special equipment to buy! There’s a universal truth about soapmaking. And it’s not really one we’re aware of until we actually devote ourselves to becoming…
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Alcohol Ink Ornaments DIY (Video Tutorial for the Holidays)
Alcohol ink ornaments are not only a beautiful way to decorate your Christmas tree or winter wreath, they’re also incredibly quick and easy to make. Keep reading to learn how to make your own DIY alcohol ink ornaments. Plus a fun video tutorial on how to make alcohol ink ornaments from my fellow friend, artist and teacher, Hillary Hardison. Alcohol ink ornaments are so beautiful. So I assumed they would…
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Handmade Holiday Gifts & Ideas (Your Etsy Gift Guide for the Holiday Season)
If you need ideas for handmade holiday gifts, then you’re to love this year’s Etsy gift guide! Not only is there something for everyone on your list, but I’ve also met and/or purchased from quite a few of these amazing crafters. So you can shop with confidence with any one of these creative small business owners. I love buying handmade. Every since I discovered (and went a little crazy) buying…
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Easy Ways to Wrap Gifts (And Holiday Gift Ideas They’ll Love!)
With the holiday season right around the corner, what better way to make that time less stressful than to plan ahead? Save time by preparing now and working on your holiday gifts in stages. Plus learn easy ways to wrap gifts – even at the last minute – so you look like you had it together all along! I remember as I got older, that my mother always seemed to…
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Homemade Cleaner Recipes with Essential Oils
I love essential oils! They’re perfect for all types of uses, not just making bath and body products. I also use essential oils to create my own homemade cleaner recipes with essential oils. However, I don’t always have the time to create my own products. I mean, life can be crazy sometimes, right? Honestly, there are days I feel like I can’t catch up much less get ahead. Add in…
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No Carve Pumpkin Decorating Ideas for Fall
If you’re ready to decorate with pumpkins for fall, then be sure to check out this amazing collection of no carve pumpkin decorating ideas! These handmade fall pumpkins are exactly what your home needs! Whether you’re buying seasonally inspired pumpkin fall decor for your home, or you simply need some inspiration for your own DIY no carve pumpkins, you’ll love these handmade fall pumpkin ideas! I loved carving pumpkins a…
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Frugal Laundry Tips to Help You Save Money & Go Green!
You’re going to love this collection of frugal laundry tips to help you save money and go green! Because let’s face it. Laundry products can be expensive. This is especially true when you’re skin can’t handle the cheaper, synthetic and highly fragranced detergents and fabric softeners. So how can you save money and go green with naturally derived laundry products? Keep reading to learn how to get my favorite green laundry…
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Spring Flower Craft Projects To Welcome Spring Into Your Home
Are you decorating your home for spring, looking for a weekend DIY or simply want to show off your unique spring style? Then this collection of spring flower craft projects is the perfect starting point! What are you waiting for? Check out these spring flower craft projects now and welcome spring into your home! I’ve included spring flower craft projects for decorating your home, recipes for flower inspired bath and…
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Spring Entertaining: How to Prep Your Kitchen for Guests
Learn how to transform your kitchen for spring entertaining with this collection of eight easy life hacks and cleaning tips to get you started! You’re going to love these spring cleaning tips & tricks! Plus discover the perfect eco-friendly cleaning products to help with the task. Transform Your Kitchen for Spring Entertaining Lately, I’ve been drooling over all the bright, clean kitchens on Instagram. Even though a full kitchen makeover…
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Uses for Witch Hazel Extract for Skin Health (Plus Recipes)
Learn about the powerful herbal properties and benefits of witch hazel for skin care. Plus discover ways to use witch hazel extract with recipes you can make at home! What Is Witch Hazel? Witch hazel is a medicinal plant with a long history of use. This flowering plant is in the family Hamamelidaceae, with three species in North America and one each in both Japan and China. Also sometimes called…
