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| Lemon Balm |
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| First, Pick all the herbs you want to dry out |
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| Sometimes there are some bad leaves in the bunch |
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| Just set all those aside in a pile. We don't want to use bad leaves for tea/cooking |
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| Wash all your herbs. |
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| I used mini clothespins, that I already had, to hang the herbs on a ribbon to dry. You can also look online at different ways to dry out herbs. I wanted the most natural, instead of using a dehydrator or oven. (You lose a lot of the oils in the leaves when using those methods.) |
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| Voila! Let them dry out for a few days. They will feel dried out and crunch when they are ready to be put into an airtight container! |
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| Make sure your container to keep your herbs is clean and completely dry. You can get these small jar's that have a rubber seal for $1 at a craft store like Joanns. |
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| Start taking down your herbs and pull off the leaves from the stem. |
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| Place inside your container :) |
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| Lemon Balm Herb |
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| I inherited this little glass serving dish from the woman who lived here before us :) Lemon Balm is sitting next to my Organic Cinnamon Sugar |
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| Boiled some water in my kettle |
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| Poured hot water in cup |
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| Added just 3 leaves |
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| Let it steep for 3-5 minutes (depending on the strength you want) |
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| Remove leaves.. |
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| Enjoy a perfect cup of tea! |
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| Took cabinet doors off. That hinge will not budge so please ignore it for now ;) |
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| All this had to be peeled off.. |
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| Painted all the shelves white! |
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| This cabinet had lots of hole underneath the sticky paper...don't know why? |
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| I sanded everything down for a smooth painting |
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| I like to make painting a little fun ;) |
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| before |
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| after the first coat it already looks waay better! |
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| The white makes the kitchen look and feel so clean! |
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| I am planning (eventually) to get awesome clear glass canisters to hold our few items that are stored in our cabinet. They will hold: Cereal, Oats, Graham Crackers, Chips, etc. |
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| on the left counter: no-bake cookies ;) perfect saturday treat! |
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| I'm thinking of some like this... |
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| Before |
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| Progress |
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| Safe for HE Washers, Effective on all fabrics & all water temperatures. No phosphates, chlorine, or other unpleasant ingredients that could harm the environment. |
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| No streaks. No Ammonia. Biodegradable. Planet Friendly. |
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| Soil, Grease and Grime are gone with no harmful chemicals left behind! Even the spray bottle is recyclable! (Or you can buy the concentrated refills for cheap and use the same bottle!) |
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| Because I have cheap frames..they tend to have a crack look here and there. See the little black line on the bottom? |
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| I tackled it with just some hole filler! Works like a charm! I had to do several parts of the frame to make it look "flush" with the side |
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| It's a start.. |
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| Can't wait to make that chalkboard! :) |
