Sunset Country Cottage

DIY: Driftwood Wind Chime or Wall Art I love bringing treasures from the beach. I love collecting interesting pieces of driftwood and shells. I think most people do but most don't know what to do with their finds. I been wanting to create a beautiful piece with driftwood and shells - its a wonderful way to bring a little bit of the ocean into our homes. Here's a peek: I was inspired by the almost perfect concave shape of the driftwood. There's lots of versions of this wind chime/wall art using driftwood. I decided to make my own version with some of my beach treasures. Step One: Find the right piece of driftwood. Not too flimsy and long enough to attach at least five pieces of twine. Find a driftwood piece that's interesting and has the right shape. Here's the Materials you need: driftwood & seashells natural twine hot glue gun (not shown) scissors Step Two: Lay out your materials onto your work space and piece together how you...

We have slowly over the past year been switching our cleaners from supermarket bought ones, to homemade echo friendly ones. what i love about making my own clearners, that i know exactly the ingredients, and many of them can be made with only two to four ingredients, that you may even already have in your pantry. So here are some of the basic items you need to make the cleaning products: Baking Soda Vinegar Lemon/lemon juice  Borax Washing Soda Washing bar soap Dish washing detergent Essential oils Castile soap * Measuring cups/spoons Some of you might not like the smell of Vinegar, therefore that's when essential oils, such as lavender, lemon oil..can be added to the cleaners and the smell of vinegar disappears. RECIPES LAUNDRY DETERGENT - 1 cup of soap flakes ( i used pure soap), 1 cup of washing soda, 1 cup of Borax. I use two tablespoons for every load. * Note you can find all of these products at your local supermarkets in the Detergent section. FABRIC...