Spiced Wine Sachet Is A Cozy Beverage

December 17, 2025 Looking for the Light1 Comment

This is a great hostess gift, great for parties, or makes an inexpensive gift for someone at the office.

You will need

Tea sachet/Cheesecloth

Spices

Dry red wine

Pot/Slow cooker

Orange slices

Honey/Sugar (optional)

To make

For a cozy beverage to have by your side, fill the tea sachet (or a square of cheesecloth) with cloves, star anise, cinnamon sticks, and peppercorns to simmer in some wine. Or attach these sachets to a bottle of wine for a holiday gift.

To make spiced wine, pour a bottle of dry red wine into a pot or slow cooker, and place the sachet into the wine. Add a few orange slices and simmer on low, do not boil, for about 45 minutes. Sweeten the wine with a few tablespoons of honey or sugar, if desired.

Serve in mugs with garnishes like cinnamon sticks or star anise.

Melinda

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Willow and Sage

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Throat Got You Down?

December 7, 2025December 7, 2025 Looking for the LightLeave a comment

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Magnolia Issue #10

Throat Soother

1 large lemon

Ginger root, fresh 2″ knob

Turmeric root, fresh 2″ knob

2 cinnamon sticks

1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar

1/2 cup honey

Slice

lemon, ginger, and turmeric paper-thin using a mandolin or sharp knife. Layer slices in a half-pint jar. Break cinnamon sticks lengthwise into several pieces and tuck them in jar. Add apple cider vinegar.

Pour

Pour honey into the jar, covering the other ingredients. Place jar in the refrigerator. The honey becomes thin syrup and read to use in 12 hours.

To Use

Stir up 1/4 cup into a hot tea or water: or take 1-2 tsp. syrup each hour as needed to soothe sore throat or cough. Shake the jar occasionally. Keep Refrigerated for up to three weeks.

BONUS Grannies Recipe

Mix equal parts honey, whiskey and lemon. Refrigerate in a pint jar, leave a spoon in and take a spoonful or two every time your throat needs it.

Super Bonus Gramps Recipe

Keep the bottle of Black Velvet on the nightstand, when you wake yourself up coughing, take a sig.

Melinda

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DIY Pressed-Flower Gift Tags

September 20, 2025 Looking for the Light3 Comments

What a way to decorate your gifts and people love it when you go the extra mile.

You Will Need

Rolling pin

Air-dry clay

Glass/or cookie-cutter

Pressed flowers

Toothpick

Scissors

Twine

Wooden beads

To Make

Use the rolling pin so it is about 1/4 inch thick

Press a glass or cookie cutter into the clay and remove excess clay around it

Gently place pressed flowers on the clay circle using a rolling pin very gently to press the flowers in.

Use a toothpick to create a hole in the clay

Let it dry for a couple of days

Cut a length of twine and insert it into the hole

Add a bead, tie the twine, and then tie the twine in a knot to finish

This is a simple and inexpensive way to decorate any gift.

Melinda

Reference:

Willow & Sage by Stampington

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Ideal Essential Oils For Hair Care

July 31, 2025 Looking for the Light3 Comments

Dry Hair

Lavender

Rosemary

Ylang-ylang

Rose

Chamomile

Geranium

Parsley

Rose

Sandlewood

Hair Loss

Lemon

Chamomile

Lavender

Thyme

Calendula

Frankincense

Peppermint

Sage

Rosemary

Hair Growth

Ginger

Lemon

Peppermint

Cedarwood

Tea Tree

Grapefruit

Cypress

Lavander

Rosemary

Enjoy

Melinda

Reference:

Stampington

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Hydrating Beard Oil

July 30, 2025 Looking for the LightLeave a comment

You Will Need

3 TB jojoba oil

3 TB argon oil

2 TB olive oil

6 drops rosemary essential oil

6 drops oine essential oil

6 drops lavender esstential oil

3 drops sage essential oil

2 drops lemon essential oil

2 drops spruce essential oil

Dropper bottle

To Make

Mix all ingredients together, and add to a dropper bottle. Use daily after showering to help moisturize the skin and takme the hair.

I bet the man in your life with a beard will love the beard oil.

Melinda

Reference:

Stampington

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Flower-Power Facts

July 29, 2025 Looking for the Light4 Comments

This post is one you may want to print to keep for your DIY Folder.

Calendula

treats blemishes; heals skin; reduces inflamation

Chamomile

relaxes nerves; soothes dry, rough or sensitive skin; diminishes puffiness; neutralizes irritants

Daisy

reduces the apperence of dark spots and hypermentation

Dandelion

treats warts; eczema and skin disorders; protects against UVB damage and harmful photoaging, combats acne

Geranium

encourages cell growth; balances hormones; reduces breakouts irritation , inflammation and skin infections

Sunflower

prevents premature aging; protects the skins outer layer

Ylang-Ylang

soothes redness; treats acne causing microbes; balances oil production

Jasmine

unclogs pores; hydrates; softens skin

Enjoy!

Melinda

Stampington

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14 Ways To Use Dehydrated Lemons

July 28, 2025 Looking for the Light11 Comments

This is a great idea and the uses are endless.

Display in a potpourri bowl

Use a place of a shower steamer

Create a dried lemon garland

Amplify a face stean recipe to open pores

Combine with Epson salt for an energizing bath soak

Pair with fresh or dried ingredients in a stovetop simmer pot

Attach to fresh lavender or rosemary wreath

Create a floating candle display

Hide as a surprise inside a homemade bath bomb

Add to gift tag or packaging

Tuck it into a wax sachet to refresh

Immerse in a milk bath

Savor in a summer dough bowl candle

Embed in handmade soap bars

Enjoy.

Melinda

Reference:

Stampngton

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Easy To Make Calming Essential Oil Blends

July 22, 2025 Looking for the Light5 Comments

This combination smells lovely and helps to soothe anxious feelings. You can keep one in your purse to have on hand throughout the day.

YOU WILL NEED

Carrier oil: fractionated coconut oil/grapeseed oil/jojoba oil

Glass roller bottle 10-ml.

6 drops lavender essential oil

6 drops orange essential oil

6 drops patchouli essential oil

4 drops frankincense essential oil

TO MAKE

Add the carrier oil to the glass roller bottle. Add essential oils to the bottle, and shake to combine.

Melinda

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Willow and Sage by Stampington

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Blogger Fav Slow-Cooker Banana Bread Oatmeal

June 28, 2025June 28, 2025 Looking for the Light4 Comments

This is the perfect year-round recipe and it’s so easy to make.

This recipe is from True Comfort by Kristin Cavallari, all the recipes are free of glutens and refined sugar.

What You Need

2 cups gluten-free rolled oats

4 cups full-fat coconut milk

2 bananas sliced

1 teaspoon pure vanilla

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Pink Himalayan salt

2 TB pure maple syrup

Serves six

How to make

In a slow cooker, combine oats, coconut milk, bananas, and 2 cups of water with the vanilla, cinnamon, and a big pinch of salt. Stir together, and cook on a low setting for 8 hours.

In the morning or when it’s ready to be served, add maple syrup to the oatmeal. Stir to combine and serve warm.

Melinda

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Wrapped With Wax Paper

April 28, 2025 Looking for the Light2 Comments

A jar of homemade scrub or infused oil, or bath salts, is a superb gift in itself, but making your own aesthetically pleasing packaging to it elevates the gift even more.

You Will Need

Wax paper

Glass jar: small

Twine

Driend Lavender srpig

Mini-clothespin

To Package

Fold a piece of wax paper so it’s almost square. Place the folded wax paper on top of a small glass jar and secure with twine. Insert a dried lavender sprig and secure with a mini-clothespin.