Detoxify your skin, buff away dead skin cells and discover radiant skin- DIY Detox Face Mask Made With Charcoal, Turmeric, Witch Hazel & Whole Milk Yogurt.

DIY Detox Face Mask Made With Charcoal, Turmeric, Witch Hazel and Whole Milk Yogurt

Detoxify your skin, buff away dead skin cells and discover radiant skin! I love me a New Years Party…the twinkling lights against the night sky, your best winter outfit, a glass of sparkling champagne or juice, and family and friends surrounding you. What a wonderful way to usher in the next year of life…but what about the 1st…the day after all the …

Effective Non-Toxic DIY Dusting Spray

Non-Toxic Citrus Dusting Spray

This non-toxic dusting spray is so easy and effective (and smells so yummy!), you have just got to make some. No fluff in this post…let’s just get right to the good stuff. Non-Toxic Citrus Dusting Spray 2 t organic almond oil or organic olive oil (I prefer almond oil) 20 drops organic lemon essential oil 10 drops organic grapefruit essential …

Bucket Dandelion Greens- Use plentiful dandelions in your home, for body products, and in food!- Scratch Mommy

How to Use Dandelion (for home, body, and food)

Dandelion, that sunny weed that is the bane of any perfect lawn seeking homeowner is so much more than something to be eradicated. In fact, dandelion is an herb with so much potential that it should be revered by the DIY homemaker. This amazing wildflower has tremendous medicinal, nutritive, and creative uses. Get started using every part of this ‘weed’ for body, …

Top 10 Essential Oils for Cleaning - Clove

Top 10 Organic Essential Oils for Cleaning

We just got finished with a renovation of the tub surround and plywood walls beneath the shower walls. Like any small project, it turned into a BIG project with many hours spent at the home store, driving back and forth, things not fitting correctly, drilling a hole in my finger, and the general confusion that tends to accompany such projects. After …

DIY Whole House Water Filtration System Installation - Scratch Mommy + Pelican Water

DIY Install Your Own Whole House Water Filtration System

Once you know something you just can’t ‘unknow’ it. Nope, knowledge really is power, and that’s a good thing! Since you have stumbled here into my little piece of the world wide web, I’m going to make a guess that you are on some type of healthy living journey. Perhaps your story is similar to mine, one where knowledge sends you down …

Learn about our favorite, top 10 essential oils for calming and relaxation - Scratch Mommy

Top 10 Calming Essential Oils (and how to use them!)

Essential Oils have been around for thousands of years, but many are just now realizing their benefits, including myself. Until a few years ago the only essential oil I knew of was tea tree oil. Thankfully a whole new world has been opened to me to support the health of my family naturally with essential oils. And although there are …

DIY Holiday Potpourri (scents for the home and to give as gifts!) - Scratch Mommy

DIY Holiday Potpourri (for your home and give as gifts!)

There is no other time of year with such a distinct scent as the Holidays. It is a sweet, Earthy, and a bit spiced scent that can transport you years back, while still exciting you for the joy of Holiday seasons to come. ‘Holiday’ is a scent that is loved so much it is replicated in commercial candles, warmers, diffusers, air …

DIY Carpet Freshener Powder With Powerful Cleaning Herbs - Scratch Mommy

DIY Carpet Powder (freshens, cleans, deodorizes, AND disinfects!)

Do you remember that time you spent four hours shampooing the living room carpet? …Nope? Well let me tell you, you’re lucky. Stinky, gross carpets are no fun, but cleaning them with toxic chemicals is no fun either. You can easily whip that carpet back into shape with this DIY carpet powder. When we moved into our first apartment it …

Lemon Balm Ultimate Guide

How To Use Lemon Balm (for body, home, and food)

Herbs are an amazing natural resource. They have a multitude of uses: they season our food, heal our illnesses, beautify our bodies, and clean our homes. Some herbs even do all of those in one lovely plant. Lemon Balm is one of these multi-tasking herbs. It’s also a bushy perennial in many home herb gardens giving plenty of abundance for …