Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills
A Paperback edition by Raleigh Briggs in English (Mar 1, 2007)
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Raleigh Briggs teaches readers how to craft a sustainable domestic life outside of consumer consciousness. And it's not as hard as some may think! This hand-drawn book of charming... Read more
Raleigh Briggs teaches readers how to craft a sustainable domestic life outside of consumer consciousness. And it's not as hard as some may think! This hand-drawn book of charming tutorials is both fun and accessible. It's full of simple skills that anyone can and should learn. From creating tinctures and salves to concocting all-natural cleaners to gardening basics, this book is great for anyone looking to love more simply and truly do it themselves.
Make Your Place Paperback edition by Raleigh Briggs
Raleigh Briggs is the best-selling author of Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills, and of several DIY zines. She lives with her husband and two needy cats in Seattle, WA.
Raleigh Briggs teaches readers how to craft a sustainable domestic life outside of consumer consciousness. And it's not as hard as some may think! This hand-drawn book of charming tutorials is both fun and accessible. It's full of simple skills that anyone can and should learn. From creating tinctures and salves to concocting all-natural cleaners to gardening basics, this book is great for anyone...
Raleigh Briggs teaches us how to craft a sustainable domestic life without relying on smelly, toxic, expensive consumer products. And it's not as hard as we may think! This hand written and drawn book of charming tutorials is both fun and accessible. It's full of simple skills that anyone can and should learn. From creating tinctures and salves to concocting all-natural cleaners and body products...
A spiritual sequel to Briggs' DIY handbook Make Your Place, this is a practical guide to prolonging the lifespan of beloved clothes, household objects and even the garden harvest. Packed with useful tips for mending clothes, drying herbs and meat, creating a more sustainable house, preserving a garden's harvest and many more ways to save money, become more self-sufficient and express creativity...
Raleigh Briggs, author of Microcosm bestseller Make Your Place, is back with another pamphlet on better, healthier living. This time around, she tackles soap-making basics, and teaches us how to create silky handmade soaps at home. How To Make Soap contains basic directions, recipes, a list of resources, and assorted tips and tricks to make your homemade soaps special. Raleigh takes a seemingly...
A guide to using plants in your environment for their medicinal properties! Cute illustrations from Giovanni Caputo and a generally fun vibe and feel! Includes healing cuts and scrapes, burns, rashes, sunburns, building a first aid kit, gut problems, aches and pains, bugs, bruises, bleeding, parasites, and a list of further reading resources!
Want to learn to make your own soap? Mend your torn clothes? Grow your own cucumbers? Carry your groceries and children on a bicycle? This four book box set teaches you the basics and beyond. Authors Raleigh Briggs, Robyn Jasko, and Elly Blue are your friendly guides to a new, cozy, sustainable life at home and in the world. Live your own revolution!...
A zine about how to clean your house while avoiding gross and dangerous chemicals! You get: a lesson about the value of DIY cleaning, basic ingredients, some sample cleaners, and various cleaners for various surfaces. What more could you ask for?
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