Category: Special Interests

Healthy Skin Tips and Recipes for the Winter Months – Keeper of the Home

Do your skin and winter have issues with each other?

 

Natalie Klejwa shares her tips for healthy winter skincare.

 

“I’m from Minnesota. It isn’t exactly the North Pole, but it’s getting awfully close. Most of us up here are well acquainted with the dry skin woes, including eczema, cracked and bleeding knuckles, flaking facial skin, cuticle cuts, chapped lips and rough, hard, dried out feet. It’s not pretty.”

 

Get her tips here: Healthy Skin Tips and Recipes for the Winter Months – Keeper of the Home

 

Although you can certainly comment on the post over at Keeper of the Home, if you’d like to talk about it ~ or similar topics ~ in a Hope Chest context, feel free to come back and comment here!

 

Definitions: Thankful (#1)

Thankful

Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it. . . .

 

Source: A 1913 dictionary.

Find out more . . . about definitions at The Hope Chest.

 

Easily solve common sewing machine problems ~ free mini-class

Correct common sewing machine problems in this free class presented by Baby Lock. Don’t let broken needles or skipped stitches ruin your sewing!

 

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Get it here: Easily solve common sewing machine problems | Craftsy

 

Learn Stamping Techniques in Craftsy’s Class: Spectacular Stamping

Are you a paper crafter? Or want to be? Check out this free mini class from Craftsy:

 

FREE mini-class: Advance your paper crafts with innovative stamping techniques! Join Inkadinkado Ambassador Joy Macdonell & go beyond the basics: Learn Stamping Techniques in Craftsy’s Class: Spectacular Stamping.

 

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Understanding Thread Tension (micro post)

Have tension problems? Yeah, me too.

 

Or just have problems with your sewing and you don’t know why? It might be the tension!

The first step to solving thread tension problems is understanding how thread tension works in the first place. Here’s an article from Threads explaining it: Understanding Thread Tension.

 

Learning How to Sew?

Here’s a lengthy “learn to sew” series you don’t want to miss!

 

Some topics covered:

  • Choosing a sewing machine
  • How to stitch
  • Tips for accurate sewing
  • Make a skirt
  • Interfacing fabric
  • How to insert a sleeve
  • Sewing with stripes

And lots more in between all of those!

Get it here: Tilly and the Buttons: LEARN TO SEW.

 

If You Learn to Knit: Things You Can Knit for Your {Future} Baby

If you learn to knit, here are some of the things you could make for your babies!

 

If You Learn to Knit: Things You Can Knit for Your {Future} Baby

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Are Your Candles Safe?

Do you love candles?

The flickering light. The homeyness. The fragrance. The romance.

 

For all they have going for them, they do have drawbacks. Are your candles safe?

 

Everyone loves a nice smelling home, and candles are an easy aroma source! But did you know there are lots of toxins in candles, filling your home with more than just a nice fragrance?

 

Find out more: Toxins in Candles: Sad, But True – Keeper of the Home

 

Although you can certainly comment on the post over at Keeper of the Home, if you’d like to talk about it in a Hope Chest context, feel free to come back and comment here!

 

11 New Craftsy Classes You Might Be Interested In

 

See below (or check out all the latest additions here).

 

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Heads Up: Craftsy class sale ends today! (9/27/15)

‘Love of Learning Sale’ with 550+ online classes for $20 and under! This sale ends 9/27/2015.

 

Social Crocheting

 

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