The Humbled Homemaker

May 1, 2013

5 Homemade Toothpaste Recipes

May 1, 2013 By Erin 14 Comments

I won't beat around the bush with this: I don't make my own toothpaste. Now, homemade toothpaste is on the very long list of things I want to try making one day, but I haven't made it there yet. I still buy mine. (And I'll tell you why at the end of this post.) But you don't ever have to buy toothpaste! For the day when I do try my hand at homemade toothpaste, I have been gathering homemade toothpaste recipes. I'm excited to share those with you today! Check out these 5 recipes for homemade toothpaste: Image by Red and Honey Awesome Homemade Toothpaste with Clay and Coconut Oil @Red and Honey: This one looks VERY similar to my favorite toothpaste--Earthpaste. Homemade … [Continue reading...]

Apr 30, 2013

Resources to Prepare Your Child for School

April 30, 2013 By Erin 4 Comments

resources for preparing your child for school

Little Girl will turn 5 in about 6 weeks. Therefore, I've been thinking a lot about the resources needed to prepare my child for school. As it stands right now, we have decided to "red-shirt" her (watch for a post on that early this summer!) and wait until fall 2014 to officially start kindergarten. My husband and I believe in preserving her childhood for as long as possible and feel that she will be even more prepared if we start her at 6 rather than at a young 5. We are still deciding on which schooling option we will take. We are leaning toward a hybrid home/Christian option called a university model. In this model, children attend school 3 days per week and are schooled at … [Continue reading...]

Apr 29, 2013

WIN a Healthy Living eBook Library!!

April 29, 2013 By Erin 91 Comments

Disclosure: I am personally sponsoring this giveaway. I purchased these ebooks to give away. I have included affiliate links in this post, which means if you happen to purchase one of the books I will receive a small commission. Thank you for your support! Many of you will remember that about 6 months ago, I participated as an author in an eBook bundle sale very similar (but much smaller) to the current The Ultimate Homemaking eBook Library. My eBook, Real Food, Real Easy, was one of around 30 eBooks in this bundle. Several of you wrote to tell me you missed out on that sale after the fact :(, which really stinks, BUT back then I bought an extra bundle JUST to give away...and then … [Continue reading...]

Apr 29, 2013

The Secret I’ve Been Wanting to Share…!

April 29, 2013 By Erin 5 Comments

Disclosure: I have included affiliate links in this post, which means I will receive a percentage of sales bought through my links. This helps keep this site running and support my family. Thank you so much! I only like to tell you about great deals, and I believe this is one of the best!! I can hardly believe this day has arrived! Last week, I alluded to The Ultimate Homemaking eBook Library, a MEGA bundle of resources that goes live today--for one week only. Behind the scenes, Stephanie at Keeper of the Home and I have been working extremely hard on recruiting who we believe to be the very best authors and the very best resources--both eBooks and eCourses--in the blogging world! I … [Continue reading...]

Apr 25, 2013

A Non-Toxic Alternative to Nail Polish for Mommies & Little Girls

April 25, 2013 By Erin 3 Comments

Non-Toxic Alternative to Nail Polish for Mommies and Little Girls

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. I was compensated for this post, which helps me run this site and provide for my family. All opinions are 100% mine. A few weeks back, Marisa, a Jamberry Nails consultant, contacted me about trying the company's line of stick-on, non-toxic nails. In case you didn't know, I'm not very "froo froo." I'm not tom boyish at all, but I just don't get my nails done that often. Besides not wanting to take the time to paint them, I often think: What are all the chemicals in these nail polishes doing to my body? And that's one reason that, even though I have three little girls, I have rarely painted their nails (maybe just once--and only for my … [Continue reading...]

Apr 24, 2013

How to Organize an eBook Library

April 24, 2013 By Erin 12 Comments

In yesterday's post, we talked about how to read an eBook even if you don't have a Kindle or other eReader--and I made the announcement of our upcoming The Ultimate Homemaking eBook Library Sale. So, today, I thought it would be appropriate to give some tips on how to organize an eBook library. I am not naturally organized, so this, like everything, is something I've had to develop over the course of several months. Make folders. The above screen shot is a little sneak peek at how I've organized my The Ultimate Homemaking eBook Library. I've created a folder with the library's title, and I've then created a folder for each category of the library. Much like in a brick-and-mortar … [Continue reading...]

Apr 24, 2013

How to Read an eBook Even If You Don’t Have a Kindle

April 24, 2013 By Erin 20 Comments

If you've hung around my site very long at all, it's no surprise that I absolutely love eBooks. I started buying and reading them about two years ago, and I've never looked back. Although I've been a bookworm since, well, birth, in recent years my bookshelves have become so crammed that I've simply run out of room for more books. If you had asked me a couple years ago if I would ever transition to reading via a Kindle or other eReader, I would have laughed. Nope, not me! I would have said. I like the feel of a good paperback in my hands, where I can flip the pages and highlight and underline and fold down the pages. Besides, I love the smell of old books. But I changed. And … [Continue reading...]