No Heat Curls: Rag Curl Tutorial

Sweetie has stick straight blond hair.  So straight that it absolutely doesn't hold curls when I've tried curling it with a curling iron.  Any hair that actually curls, will be straight again within 10 minutes.  While this makes it super easy to do her hair on most days, she is sad whenever we have tried to curl it and it doesn't work.  We have been reading the Little House on the Prairie series and once it was mentioned that they used rags to make their hair curly.  I wondered if that would work for Sweetie and so we gave it a try.  It worked beautifully and Sweetie had curls that stayed ALL day!  Her hair was even still curly the next day!  It is super easy too, so I thought I would share with you how we did it.

All you need are strips of cloth about 6 inches long and 1 in wide and wet hair.  We've done it right after Sweetie takes a bath in the evening and I just cut up an old pair of ripped pants into our strips of cloth.

First, start by taking a small strip of hair and wrapping the end around one of the strips of cloth, right in the middle. 

Then continue rolling the hair around the strip all the way up to the head.  Then take the ends of the strip and tie a knot in it. 

Continue doing that with all of the hair until it is all tied up in the strips of cloth. 

If you want smaller curls, use smaller sections of hair and do more of them and if you want bigger curls, use bigger sections of hair.  Then go to bed for the night.
When you wake up in the morning, take out the strips, style your hair, and ta-da, beautiful curls that will hold for a long time!

Blessings,

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The Fruits of Our Labor

I think that it is finally time to put my canners away and start enjoying the fruits of our labor.

Top to bottom, left to right: Zucchini pickles, sweet relish, zucchini salsa, pears, apple pie filling, cherries, potatoes, beans, carrots, applesauce, jams/jellies, tomatoes, and tomato sauce.  Along with the berries, corn, pork, and beef that are stuffed into the freezer, I think we are set for the winter!

This year, Sweetie was a good helper and I had fun teaching her some of the basics of canning.  She calls herself the canning princess.

This year I also discovered these great reusable lids from Tattler and am hoping to switch over to them for all my canning next year.

What did you get preserved this summer to enjoy in the coming winter?

Tasty Tuesday - Caramel Corn

There is a great site that I love to read called Raising Homemakers.  They share all kinds of wonderful ways to spend time with your daughter and prepare her to become a godly homemaker.  Recently they shared a recipe for caramel corn that Sweetie and I made together this morning.  It was so easy and fun to do with her. It is also really good, so I thought I would share it with you too.

You will need 6 qt.of popped corn

In a sauce pan melt and stir:

2 c. brown sugar

2 sticks butter (salted)

1/2 c. light corn syrup

1/2 tsp. salt

Cook and stir occasionally over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Once it comes to a rolling boil keep it on medium and stir constantly for 5 minutes (keeps it from scorching). Remove from heat and add 1/2 tsp. baking soda and stir. Pour it over the corn (the bigger bowl to fold it in, the better!) and fold until coated.
Pour onto 2 ungreased cookie sheets with raised edges. Bake 200 degrees for an hour and gently flip over the caramel corn every 20 minutes.
Store in airtight container.

My Princess Bible - Review

My Sweetheart loves all things princess. She loves to wear dresses, dance, and pretend she is a princess. She even says she is going to be a princess when she grows up. So when I had the chance to review the My Princess Bible from Tyndale House Publishers, I knew Sweetie would love to read this one with me. And I was right! We have been reading it together before bedtime and she loves it and always wants to keep reading more! This book is written by Andy Holmes and illustrated Sergey Eliseev, who have been done a nice job putting this book together to teach young girls about women of the Bible. Each chapter is about a different woman and talks about a character trait that made her one of God's special princesses. At the end of each chapter there are two lines where you can insert your princess's name to encourage her to be one of God's princesses. For example the story about Eve ends with “________ is God’s special princess; ________ is sad when she does something bad.” I have enjoyed using this book with Sweetie as a way to help her become familiar with these important women of the Bible and how we can apply what we learn from them to our own life.

I received this book from Tyndale House Publishers for free for review and it is mine to keep.