Each year, my kids and I choose one special dessert to make around Easter time.  Easter goodies this year: Chocolate Easter Cupcake Sheep! This year my kids asked me how I could make a cupcake look like a sheep.  It’s not exactly healthy, not at all…but we do not eat things like this too often. […]

It’s that wonderful time of year again, and although my kids want me to buy them toys, there are a number of other people in our life who would love to have Presents From Scratch.  Homemade gifts show you took the effort and care to make something for that person, and you can tell them that […]

I had a large jar with no lid (broken…boys…enough said) and a stack of pressed Fall leaves.  What to do?? Make an Autumn Glass display jar as a fun Fall craft of course! I saw a similar idea on Pinterest where someone had used dried flowers to decorate a jar, so we decided that we […]

Hot chocolate is a delicious treat for cold children coming in from playing in the snow.  I like having something on hand that has the type of ingredients that I can be happy about. Yes, there is sugar of course, but I want to be able to give my children something that does not have […]

My daughter decided she was going to paint some of my empty jars.  Of course her brothers had a great time joining in.  The wonderful thing is, they ended up being beautiful homemade holiday jars. I gave them 2 jars each and gave them paints and brushes.  We started out with Fall colors since this […]

I obviously like to keep things simple; simple and homemade as much as possible.  So you know that when I tell you these Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes are easy, that I am being serious.  They look like they are so difficult, yet were so fun and easy. My kids helped, which was fun, and then […]

Homemade Christmas gifts can show that you really put forth the effort to make something special for someone. Before I ever tried making my own vanilla extract, I received some as a gift and was thrilled.  I’ve also been given some great soaps in the past.  These are things that I had never made myself […]