Summertime means iced tea! If you grew up on sun tea* then you know it’s one of the quintessential things that makes summer…summer. These DIY iced tea bags are a great way to use your favorite loose leaf teas to make refreshing summer beverages. Do you have one of those sun tea jars with the spigot at the bottom and a handle on the lid? If you’re like me, you… Continue Reading
Homemade Vanilla Extract {Make it Myself Monday}
I should have shared this post on making homemade vanilla extract with you about three months ago, but since Oh Sweet Mercy was just in its infancy I did not. So, I can only hope that this post at least inspires you to make your own homemade vanilla extract anyway so you’re always prepared. Three months from now, you might find yourself trying to stick to your New Year’s resolution… Continue Reading
Pumpkin: Getting the Most from this Glorious Fall Food
Recently, I posted a very easy DIY about making your own Pumpkin Puree and I hinted that we found uses for nearly all the parts of the pumpkin. Here’s all that we did with our $1.29 pie pumpkin: Made our own Pumpkin Puree a can of pumpkin at the grocery store can cost $2 or more. I got about a quart and a half of puree, so right there, we’ve already… Continue Reading
How to Make Taco Seasoning Mix – Healthy and Frugal!
This easy and tasty taco seasoning mix uses just pure spices from your pantry. No funky ingredients, you control the amounts, and your grocery budget will thank you. Every read the back of a packet of taco seasoning mix? You’ll probably recognize some of the ingredients. You might wonder why some of them are in there, like wheat flour! The rest you’d need a degree in chemistry to decipher. My… Continue Reading
DIY Planner: Revised and Improved for 2011-12
It’s that time of year again! Do you have your planner ready? Do you buy one already made or do you design your own? Last year, I learned that I can make my own planner very inexpensively. AND I could make it however I wanted. Determined to not end up with a bunch of pages unused because they just don’t suit my record-keeping style, I designed my own and took… Continue Reading