glowing floating candle in a large glass vessel with fresh lemon slices and rosemary

Handmade Home

Where creativity meets comfort

Here you’ll find pressed flowers, candles poured in the kitchen, natural cleaning solutions, herbs hung to dry, and corners styled with intention and tenderness. Each handmade home project is an invitation to weave more beauty and intention into the fabric of your home.

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Large jar filled with homemade laundry detergent with a wooden scoop and clothespins next to it.

make eco laundry detergent

open dehydrator with dried apples slices inside next to granny smith apples on a kitchen counter

dehydrate apple slices

A trio handmade candles in tall sunny yellow candle jars on a sage green tray next to fresh rosemary and sliced lemons halves.

craft citrus herb candles

Creating A Handmade Home

Double wick candle in a sage blue candle tin ontop of wood boards next to a candle wick trimmer.homemade candle in a white bowl on wood candle stand

candles

bowl of lemonsfalling leaves autumn season

seasons

This easy melt and pour soap recipe for lemon poppy soap is full of zing!Robin eggs blue massage soap bars on a wood cutting board with a spoon scoop of Cambrian blue clay.

soaps

Natural wood cutting boards and measuring spoons with fresh lemons.

cleaning

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Behind the Lens

Hi, I’m Kristy

A best-selling author, natural magazine columnist, wife, mama, puppy wrangler — and serial DIYer obsessed with the seasons. I founded Life-n-Reflection to share my simple living notebook, helping others simplify and savor the everyday.

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