Parenting Contributors on ScratchMommy.com

Introducing Our Parenting Contributors – Part One

As the editor of the parenting section of ScratchMommy, I am so thrilled to be creating content with such an amazing team of writers. The parenting section will be a devoted space for discussing the challenges of parenthood, as well as sharing ideas on how to parent from a “from scratch” philosophy – wholesome, natural, friendly-to-the-environment, compassionate and forward-thinking. Ultimately, I …

Halloween Real Food Makeovers!

If you spend any time at all on Pinterest, no doubt you’ve seen all of the Halloween “food” ideas floating around lately. Yes, “food” is intentionally placed  in quotes, as many of these ideas are not really food…not even close. What is my favorite example, you ask? No problem…this one I found on Pinterest tops the list (cough, cough)… Kitty …

DIY Pumpkin Lotion (...perhaps to 'spice' things up in the bedroom!??)

Does This Pumpkin Make You Horny? (a DIY pumpkin lotion tutorial)

That got your attention, didn’t it? Want to really turn your man on? Put away the perfume and pick up the pumpkin. Huh!??? I recently read a study indicating that pumpkins make your man…well, ummm…excited. This study showed that the odor that most enhanced penile blood flow was (interestingly enough…) a combination of lavender and pumpkin pie. In fact, the combination …

Honey, Let’s Talk Honeysuckle!

Mmmm hmmm… It is that time of year. The time of the year when the sweet smell enters the air. You want to lick it. Yes, you CAN lick it! It is the tasty time of year for… Honeysuckle! Honeysuckle grew wild where I was born and raised in southern Indiana (and where I now live again). It was a …