One of my favorite herbal crafts is making lavender sachets. It is creative and relaxing and makes wonderful gifts from your garden. I dry my lavender buds after cutting from my garden beds. You can also purchase dried buds for crafting at local lavender farms or online herb sources. You can make your sachets any shape or size mine are simple small squares. Choose fabric that makes you happy or recycle favorite used clothing or vintage linens. Here are the simple directi

One of my favorite summer flowers and garden beauty ingredients is Sunflowers. This bright tall blooms just make you happy to look at! We should all be like a sunflower: Stand Tall, Enjoy the Sun and Make people happy! When it comes to natural beauty the sunflower is super useful as all parts of the plant can be used. The yellow petals can be used to create skin toners and hair rinses, the seeds are rich in natural oils and finely ground can be added to bath mixes or use

Treating yourself to a warm relaxing bath is one of the ultimate self care acts. Soaking in a warm tub relaxes both your muscles and your mind. But there are also some dos and don'ts to getting the best out of your soak. Here are some of my tips: Temperature: The ultimate bath temperature is just above body temperature. Too hot and it will zap your energy and also dry out your skin. Time: You hear about people soaking in their tubs for hours but in reality this is just

Soothing and treating your eyes with DIY eye masks is one of the easiest things to do using all natural at home ingredients and materials. I get a lot of questions from readers about eye care and natural treatments. Here are some simple tips and recipes: Puffiness: Under eye puffins can be caused by a variety of reasons: diet, allergies, or extra fluid in your system. To treat morning puffiness follow these simple steps: Splash your face with very cold water. With a very