Cut the toxic additives in your laundry and make your own DIY lavender laundry soap. Not only does it smell good, you'll feel better knowing what's in it.

DIY Lavender Laundry Soap

Have you met Kylie of Everblossom yet? Not only does she have an UhMaaaZing blog dedicated to natural living and DIY galore, she’s been rocking out Scratch Mommy’s social media since January as the Scratch Mommy Community Manager. We are over the moon and filled with joy to have Kylie in our Scratch Mommy family. Kylie’s passions lie in living a …

Music affects people in different ways. To me, country music makes me a better mama because it allows me to be light-hearted after a long day of work.

How Country Music Makes me a Better Mama

I’m completely aware of the irony: music that esteems pretty girls, getting drunk, and getting drunk to forget pretty girls is supposed to make me wiser, more empathetic, and a guide to growing souls? Perhaps you think, instead, that I like the sentimental country songs, the ones that talk about true love, family values, the USA, and God himself. Actually, …

Scratch Mommy wants to help you countdown to the holidays with DIY New Year Countdown Calendar and a DIY Christmas Advent Calendar tutorials.

DIY New Year Countdown Calendar and DIY Christmas Advent Calendar Tutorials

Let the countdown begin… Ah, the excitement and beauty of the Holidays! Every day more and more decorations go up. There are beautifully sparkling lights on the houses, both inside and out. And the look of wonder and amazement in our children’s faces is something to be cherished forever. Once December 1st rolls around I love to be able help …

Not a fan of the way collard greens taste? You'll be pleasantly surprised with this recipe on how to cook collard greens (aka they taste amazing).

How to Cook Collards

‘Tis the season for fresh greens either from your garden, local farmer, or store — lots and lots of greens. To be honest, I’ve never been a huge fan of greens because they always had a funny taste to me. Maybe it’s because I’m from California and my mom never made things like cornbread and greens. However, now that I …

Meet our new, very talented Real Food Contributors for the Scratch Mommy E-Magazine!

Introducing our Real Food Contributors – Part One

As the Editor in Chief and Editor of the real food section of Scratch Mommy, I am so thrilled to be creating content with such an amazing team of writers. The real food section will be a devoted space to make your mouth water and want to eat the screen. Hehe, no but really. We’ll use the finest, wholesome, most natural and organic …

The true flavors of fall come together perfectly for these maple roasted butternut stars. They are really easy to make and the kids love the fun shapes!

Maple Roasted Butternut Squash Stars

Fall is upon us. Cool sweater weather. The smell of smoke rising from a flue…or from an evening campfire. Leaves the colors of the rainbow dance above my head and crunch below my feet. And fall food? Yummo! My Momma’s spicy chili, a crock pot full of grass-fed meat and fresh root veggies from the tired garden, and (of course) …

Cookie Cookbook Review & Powdered Icing Recipe

Seriously? Just Eat The Damn Cookie! & a homemade icing sugar recipe

Ooooooo, do I have a treat for YOU today! Well, perhaps I do. Let me first ask… Do you like cookies? Haha…who am I kidding!? Between the toddler, hubs, and I, we actually go through a lot of cookies in our home. There are plenty of *real* food cookies that I have learned to make that not only give me …

Hi, Hello, How Are You? (It’s good to be back; want some free stuff)?

Yup, it’s been a while, friends. Oh, how I’ve MISSED this! Other than my obligatory *Mostly* Homemade Monday blog hop posts (which I do enjoy very much), I haven’t written an actual blog post in…well, let’s just say a little while. So, truly, it’s great to be back. So…what have I been doing? Well, quite a lot, actually. No, I have …