This month’s food styling post is all about how I conceptualize and work through ideas. I’ve been making these Instagram banners for 3 months now. Like most ideas, this one…
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Home & Garden Category
Browse dozens of posts on how to keep your home and garden in tip top shape on BetsyLife.com. Cleaning and organizing tips. Garden planting and harvesting guides and tips, as well as garden friendly recipes and troubleshooting. Plus, ideas on how to style your home and great deals on home decor items. Find an answer to every home and garden question.
Crispy Spiralized Zucchini Nests
Spiralized zucchini, breadcrumbs, cheese and herbs come together simply to make these crispy nest fritters. The perfect vessel for a runny egg. A great light summer recipe, that comes fresh…
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Bacon Pasta with Grilled Zucchini & Roasted Tomatoes
Bacon, pasta and grilled vegetables make for a tasty and seasonal summer recipe. Take your garden harvest, throw it on the grill, and combine it with bacon (truly makes everything…
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Complete Guide to Spring Cleaning Success
What exactly is spring cleaning in relation to general housekeeping? At what point does regular cleaning turn into the seemingly more massive task that is “spring cleaning”? For me, spring…
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Welcome To My New Home
Welcome to my new home in the Longfellow neighborhood of Oakland, California I know Betsylife has been unusually quiet on the recipe front lately, but as you all know I’ve…
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Want to Make Amazing Coffee Drinks? Here’s How.
One of my mottos in life is “Coffee is always the answer”. If you know me well, you’ve probably heard me say this on more than one occasion. If you’re…
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Greatest Cleaning Tricks Ever!
Spring time is for fresh beginnings, which is why the idea of spring cleaning is so popular. What’s better than a fresh and super clean house? I’ll admit that I…
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Easy Cucumber Salad
Easy Cucumber Salad. Vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper, herbs and vegetables. There’s nothing fresher than that. Cucumbers are one of the top 5 quintessential summer vegetables am I right? They’re…
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How to Make Your T-Shirts Feel Vintage Soft
Want to know how to make a t-shirt soft? There was a time in my life where I wore only thrift store vintage t-shirts. You know the ones. They are…
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Cute garden idea!
How cute is this? Strawberry plants planted in colanders! It provides the perfect drainage for these spring berries. I saw this idea in Southern Living magazine and was instantly drawn…
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Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Ok, maybe not SOOOOOOOO Christmasy
Herby
What a friendly and summery way to test out my photo posting abilities than with a pic of Herby, my windowsill herb garden. I learned from my pal Jen, to…
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