Healing Salve

This year I plan on making more. Getting my business up and running again. I got out out my dried flowers that have been infusing in grape seed oil for sometime now and made a beautiful healing salve. Infused Calendula & Lavender with tea tree oil and essential oils. Perfect for healing/soothing eczema, dried skin/cracked skin. A great staple to have in our healing cabinet!

Beat The Winter Blues With Liquid Gold

I received this lovely quart jar of liquid gold from one of my sweet sisters at church. I have many plans for this honey this Winter and thought I would share some of the things I will be using it for. These projects are to inspire y'all to get your hands sticky and beat the Winter blues. They will benefit you, mind, body and soul. The benefits of honey are amazing! You can use honey for medicinal purposes, stress relief, sleep aid, weight loss, boost your metabolism, skin care, hair care, and so much more! It's amazing! You can eat it straight from the jar, use it in food recipes, make health aid concoctions, and beauty concoctions. Here is a list and their links of the few things I will use my honey for. Hope this inspires you too!

With Winter upon us, the dry cold wind and weather can really take a toll on your lips, face and skin...Try these fab recipes to nourish your body and give it moisture with healing properties.

 1. Honey Whipped Hand Cream ( I'd use it on my whole body)

2. Rosehip & Honey Anti Aging Eye Treatment

3. Honey Lip Scrub

4. Honey Lip Balm

5. Avocado Honey Face Mask

Winter also brings on the sore throats and sniffles...

Let's use honey to relieve some of your symptoms!

1. Homemade Cold Elixir

2. Homemade Honey Cough Drops

3. Garlic Honey Throat, Flu & Cold Remedy

4. Kick A Cold Honey Tea

When it's cold and dark outside, why not make a delightful hot cup of goodness and enjoy while reading your bible, a good book, watching your favorite show or movie...Snuggle down in a snugly afghan or quilt, curl up on the couch or your fave chair and sip on this!!!!

1. Honey Lavender Latte

2. Sweet Dreams Vanilla & Honey Steamer

3. Honey Cafe Latte

Stay Warm, Bee Happy!!!

We can get through this Winter together!

Farmgirl Therapeutic Foot Soak

Happy Friday y'all!!!

It's Springtime...Surely many farmgirl's and farm Momma's are busy busy busy in their gardens, tending to their homestead and taking care of the little's. Every hardworking Momma deserves a moment of relaxation if they can find that time to carve out for themselves. Perhaps at the end of a long hard day after putting the babes to bed, you can heat up the kettle with some warm water and fill a basin with a lovely foot soak....Pamper yourself for 10-20 minutes and breathe in the essential oils.

There is the perfect therapeutic foot soak that you can make at home and keep on hand for those quiet moments when you can just soak your weary feet without care. It's not only natural it is beneficial for your body and mind and it's easy to make....

~Therapeutic Foot Soak~

In a large mixing bowl put together

1 Cup Epson Salt

1 1/2 Cups Sea Salt

1 1/2 Cups Baking Soda

15 drops pure therapeutic grade Lavender Oil

15 drops pure therapeutic grade lemon or lemongrass essential oil

1/2 Cup Lavender buds ( optional)

Double or triple recipe....Give as gifts too!

Mix well and store in airtight container.

Add 1/4 Cup- 1/3 Cup salt mixture to soaking basin with warm water

Soak for 10-20 minutes Relax and Enjoy!!!

Hey there Farm Momma you deserve this! 

Please take time out for yourself...It is beneficial for your family and yourself to have a relaxed Momma and be a relaxed Momma. I know us Momma's tend to do a lot for the family yet forgetting about our well being....Trust me!!! Your life can be less stressful if you can just carve out a few minutes of quiet relaxing, reflecting moments to yourself. A homestead, household relies a lot on us Momma's....We can't function well or give our all to anyone if we don't get some sort of time to ourselves. It's good health for you and the family...When Momma is good...Everyone is good!!! And when Momma is happy everybody is happy!

Take care!

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Maw's Homestead Coffee & Cacao Brown Sugar Face Scrub

Coffee is a staple on a farmgirl's homestead! Have you ever thought to use it on your face though? It's true...You can and it has some nice benefits too! The caffeine in coffee improves circulation in the skin, it stimulates and exfoliates as well as tighten the skin. 

And who doesn't love the smell of coffee grounds? 

This is a pretty simple recipe you can throw together and give to your Maw this Mother's Day. All you need is ground coffee, brown sugar, ground cacao, jojoba oil,

 Peppermint Essential Oil.

Put 1/2 cup brown sugar in a small bowl then slowly add 1/2 cup Jojoba oil. Measure out and stir in 1/4 cup coffee grounds and 2 Tablespoons ground cacao. Lastly add 10 drops peppermint essential oil, mix well. Store in air tight glass containers. Give as gifts! This will be perfect to use on your face in the morning to stimulate your skin and maybe even wake you up!

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Easy Farmgirl Goats Milk & Lemon Soap Bars

I made a batch of easy Goats Milk & Lemon soap bars over the weekend. Thought this might be a good idea for y'all to make yourself for Mother's Day or just simple gifts in general. Of course you can use it for yourself too!!!! This is so easy to make!!! pick up a package of heat and pour goats milk soap base, a lemon, lemon essential oil and some flax or poppy seeds. I used half the package of soap base....Follow heating instructions on package. Then I added dried lemon peel & 40 drops of lemon essential oil, ( if you want yellow soap use yellow soap colorant) I wanted mine white...Just looks pretty with the lemon flakes) mix well, pour in soap molds and sprinkle flax seed or poppy seeds on top. Let cool and harden. I used a rectangle soap mold so had to cut my bars. 

You can use any soap mold you desire for this project!

It is so simple to make! And smells so good you could almost eat it...

But don't really eat it...Ha Ha Ha!!!

Soap making is really fun...Enjoy!!!

Farmgirl Lemon & Rosemary Gardeners Scrub

With Mother's Day coming soon...I thought I would share some delightful homemade gift ideas that you can make for that special Momma or Gardener in your life. I will share more ideas later. First let's make some Gardeners Scrub!

Ingredients List:

~Zest of 1 large fresh lemon

~Juice of 1 large lemon

~Leaves of 4 stems fresh Rosemary

~1 1/2 C Kosher Salt

~1 1/2 C Epson Salt

~1/4 C Organic Coconut Oil

~1/2 C Natural Liquid Soap ( I used Mrs. Meyers Orange)

~10 drops lemon or Lemongrass Essential Oils

Instructions:

~Combine softened coconut oil with juice and zest of 1 large lemon until smooth.

~Add liquid soap and leaves of Rosemary, Mix.

~Add Epson Salt and Kosher Salt, combine well.

~Personal preference: If you want the texture to be more liquefied add a bit more soap. If you want it more coarse add more Epson Salt....Add sparingly until desired consistency.

~Add 10 drops Lemon or lemongrass essential oil

~ Pack into a small jar with lid. 

~Decorate jar, add twine, etc....

~ Just add a bit in your hands, scrub& lather them like soap, rinse and dry!!!

 Now you have a delightful gift for a Gardener or 

Momma in your life for Mother's Day or any occasion!

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My Barter Goods

In one of my last posts I mentioned I found a young homesteader gal to barter goods with. I love the idea of bartering and sharing your homemade, homespun goods in exchange for other peoples homemade, homespun goods. I am excited to be shipping off my barter to her. I will also e baking some goodies for her, her husband and three littles. Off it will go to Texas next week after Easter.

I made her handmade soap, salve and sending my vanilla bean pear jam. I hope she will like the goodies...I can't wait to get her handmade goodness in return. Maybe I'll try bartering with others who are interested in sharing homemade. Don't you just love the idea! Will share more about that soon.