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The Making Life Yarn Stash: Different Type of Yarn and What to Crochet With Them
Walk into the craft store. Take a stroll through the yarn store. Peruse the big bags of yarn at the thrift store. Search through the tote of yarn given to…
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How to Make Hand Dipped Beeswax Candles: Candle Dipping Basics
Do you want to go back to simpler times? A time when people made their own candles and lived in cabins heated by firewood? Well, I can’t promise you that,…
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How to Make a Dried Citrus Wreath
Want to make a lovely, minimalist, wreath with dried citrus fruit to hang on your door and spread holiday cheer (or really any time of the year just to look…
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How to Dry Citrus: and What to Do With It
Deck the halls… it’s winter (almost). The days are short. It’s dark when I wake up. It’s dark shortly after the kids get home from school. Am I the only…
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Granberg EZ-Rail Review 2021-2022
Don’t forget! Use promo code MAKINGLIFE at checkout for any Granberg purchases for 10% off! Last year, I posted about my Granberg Alaskan Chainsawmill. It was a guide that shared…
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How to Make Rolled Beeswax Candles
I don’t know when you will be reading this, but at the time of writing it, we’re right in the middle of the holiday season. I don’t know about you,…
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Crochet Basics: Everything You Need to Know About Crochet to Get Started
There’s been a pandemic, baby. People are trying new crafts. Making she sheds. Learning how to raise their own bees, and cutting down their own lumber. It’s like the wild…
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A-Frame Dollhouse DIY Inspiration
Once upon a time, we took two years to make an A-frame dollhouse for our daughters for Christmas. It took us so long to finish the project that they actually…
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Homemade Playdough With Natural Dyes
Here at the Making Life we’ve been making a bunch of playdough for our kids…and this time I wanted to try something new: making homemade playdough with natural dyes. I’m…
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29 Top Books For Girls (Ages 4-8)
This post is a little out of the ordinary for the Making Life, but I LOVE books and it’s been in the background of my mind that I would like…
