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, …

Learn how to use mint herb for your body, home, and as food!- Scratch Mommy

How To Use Peppermint Herb (for the home, body, and food)

Peppermint…that fragrant, almost extremely invasive plant in the herb garden is a miraculous botanical. This abundant and easy to grow herb has seemingly no end to its many uses, which is a very good thing considering how fast it spreads. So, how to use peppermint leaf herb that grows so abundantly? The multitude of uses for mint includes everything from …

DIY Rose-Infused Lip Scrub Recipe (plus a new DIY bodycare book to help inspire some DIY gifts) - Scratch Mommy

Rose-Infused Lip Scrub (recipe + new book!)

Every winter, no matter how much herbal tea I down, I always end up with dry lips. Sometimes, a good lip balm just isn’t enough and you need some exfoliation to get the job done. This DIY rose-infused lip scrub with its comfrey and rose is just what you need to soothe and soften lips. I actually put off making a …

How to do a dry scalp treatment (and 3 awesome deep moisturizing recipes) - Scratch Mommy

How To Do A Dry Scalp Treatment (With 3 Deep Moisturizing DIY Recipes)

The weather here in the midwest can be so finicky. One day it’s warm, then it’s freezing (like today)…brrrr. But the reality is, those warmer days are getting fewer and fewer and pretty soon there will be snow on the ground. Whether I like it or not, winter is here. With it comes rosy cheeks and dry, chapped skin. It’s …

Homemade playdough is super easy to make and when you DIY playdough yourself you control ingredients (and colors and scents)! - Scratch Mommy

Homemade Playdough (customize with natural colors and scents!)

What kid didn’t play with playdough growing up? I remember opening up a brand new tub of playdough and squishing it, rolling it, and molding it for hours on end. Growing up, I never thought about the ingredients that are used to make store bought playdough, I just new I loved the colorful stuff. However, once I became an adult …

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 …

Three Herbal Facial Steam Recipes - Learn to do an herbal facial steam, which is so easy and good for any type of face! Scratch Mommy

How To Do An Herbal Facial Steam (with 3 recipes!)

Sometimes you just need a little pampering. Sometimes your face decided to develop the Mt. Everest of pimples. Sometimes you have more blackheads on your nose than you care to count. All of these are excellent reasons to learn how to do an herbal facial steam. If an herbal facial steam sounds fabulous, that’s because it is. The steam feels …

Effective and easy DIY cleaning could not be more easy! This simple, non-toxic vodka disinfectant spray recipe packs a punch, and with essential oils you can customize, you can create the perfect scent.

Vodka Disinfectant Spray Recipe

There comes a time in every home when a little disinfecting is in order on top of the normal day-to-day cleaning routine. Some exposure to germs is good for us, helps build our immune systems, and keeps us healthier in the long run. However, there are times when we need to take a more aggressive tend toward cleanliness than the regular …

You will love this easy and soothing DIY Herb Infused Whipped Body Butter Recipe...and I'm pretty sure that you need it in your life!- Recipe on Scratch Mommy

DIY Herb Infused Whipped Body Butter

I have super sensitive skin. It can be a pain sometimes (quite literally), but it’s also forced me over the years to resort to super gentle, non-toxic skincare products. One of my current skincare favorites is this DIY herb infused whipped body butter.   Now if you’re not the DIY type, then there’s always the Pronounce Skincare lavender infused body lotion …

DIY Nourishing Salve for Aging Skin - Scratch Mommy

DIY Nourishing Salve for Aging Skin

One of my favorite songs, “Laughter Lines” by Bastille, was released when I was just shy of turning 40. I don’t normally take life-changing wisdom from rock bands, but these lovely lyrics really spoke to me, “I’ll see you in the future when we’re older And we are full of stories to be told Cross my heart and hope to …