The Art of Home-Making Mondays ~ Please Join Us ~ Link Up #76

When preparing aromatic "logs for the fire you will need only one drop of essential oil per log and only one oil-log per fire. Surprisingly perhaps, this one drop will be enough to provide an aromatic boost... You can use any old wood that happens to be around, but the fire will smell like the wood from which the particular oil was extracted. Simply put 1 drop of a “Firewood” oil onto the log and leave enough time for the oil to soak through before putting it on the fire. The essential oils are inflammable so unless the oil has been given time to soak into the wood a little, you might see more sparks than you bargained for! It is a good idea to prepare several logs at the same time and use them as needed." 

FIREWOOD OILS:
Sandalwood
Frankincense
Cypress
Myrrh
Cedarwood

~ Valerie Ann Worwood, The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

There are so many wonderful features in the making of a home. This is a place where I would love for you to share your love for anything home-related. Homemaking, homeschooling and homesteading are all a part of the lovely art of home-making!

~~Please link up posts in the spirit of Titus 2 and Proverbs 31 (such as recipes, godly encouragement, DIY's, frugal living, child-raising, medicine making, preparedness, gardening, home decoration, school lessons, sewing, crafts, etc).~~ You are welcome to share as many posts as you like!

* Please visit a few of our features from last week's link up: *

1. How to Make Pretty Tea-Time Cards by Beautiful Girlhood ~ This idea is so sweet and simple. I just *love * it!

2. Make a Hoop House to Extend Your Growing Season by The Homesteading Hippy ~  This really works wonders! We did this with peppers and couldn't believe the results.

3. Impossibly Easy Vegetable Pie by Julie's Lifestyle ~ I am always looking for easy to make "egg" recipes for our farmhouse menus. This one fits the bill perfectly!

4. Time Machines by Lilac Cottage Homemaker ~ Travel back into homemaking history with Kelly's antique cookbook collection. I really enjoyed seeing her chest of goodies!

5. The Most Important Thing You Can Do by Dr. Michelle Bengtson ~ Excellent encouragement for those heartbreaking seasons in our earthly life.

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On to this week! For the sake of our readers, please link up appropriate and wholesome home-related articles and leave out any giveaways, advertisements, etc. Thank you for understanding! I can't wait to see what you all have to share! 

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This post may be shared with some or all of the following link-ups: The Art of Home-Making Mondays, Modest Mom Monday's, Monday's Musings, Make Your Home Sing Monday, Good Morning Mondays,  The Scoop, Titus 2sdays, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Roses of Inspiration, Tuesdays with a Twist, Raising Homemakers, Wise Woman Link Up, Homestead Blog Hop,  Wow Us Wednesdays,  Coffee and Conversation, Homemaking Thursdays, Home Sweet Home, Our Simple Homestead, From the Farm Blog Hop, Front Porch Friday Blog Hop, Awesome Life Friday Link Up, Simply Natural Saturdays and Clever Chicks Blog Hop. Thank you lovely ladies for hosting these.