- Stovetop Potpourri: An easy, affordable homemade giftDecember 7, 2018Stovetop potpourri is a beautiful, inexpensive, and easy homemade holiday gift that's great for friends, family, teachers, and more. Low-key DIY to the max.
- Easy Potted Herb CenterpiecesJune 27, 2016And now for something completely different: easy potted herb centerpieces for your next big event. In other words, food on the table that’s not for eating. What? Why?My first inclination is to feel about this topic the way I used to feel as a kid about erasers that smelled like cupcakes: how DARE you? How...
- Herb Salt + Spiced SugarDecember 22, 2015Every year the “last-minute holiday gifts!” emails start rolling in around December 10th, and every year my eye-roll gets a little more slow-mo, a little more epic. Last-minute? Please. I know a thing or two about last-minute, and kiddos, let me tell you that today through Thursday night is when last-minute happens. You still have...
- Easy Holiday Gift: Homemade SoapNovember 30, 2015I made soap. True story. You totally can, too.It was a lot like cooking. A lot. Chopping, heating, flavoring, mixing, pouring. Setting in the freezer to chill. I used Pyrex and a spoon. Poppy seeds. A baking sheet. The kitchen smelled like lavender, lemongrass, peppermint. I won’t lie: the hardest part by far was remembering not to...
- Happy Holidays from Umami Girl + Homemade Edible Gifts 2013December 24, 2013Happy, happy holidays to all of you, and thank you from the bottom of my pickled little heart for your continued readership in 2013. I can't believe that many of us have been together for more than five years now. You guys rock. I wish you all the love, joy and merriment you very much deserve.
