Category: DIY

  • Best of 2012 – Coconut Oil Recipes

    Hi! I’ll be kicking off the “Best of 2012” series with one of my favorite oils: coconut oil. I can’t get enough of it, and I still have so many more recipes to show you! Flavored popcorn, home-made deodorant… but I shouldn’t get ahead of myself! Here are 5 awesome coconut oil tips, recipes and…

  • Skin Brightening Pineapple & Papaya AHA Mask

    I recently hit our local markets in search of fresh ingredients to make my Skin Brightening Pineapple & Papaya AHA mask. It smells amazing and leaves your skin rejuvenated and glowing! You have to try it. Head over to Aquila Style, where I shared the recipe! Click here for the recipe!

  • Homemade Christmas Decorations – Baking Soda Clay Ornaments

    I love love love this DIY. Can you say that about something you’ve made? Of course you can! These little clay ornaments are so simple and look so elegant strung up as a garland. Best part is that you don’t even need to buy the clay, because we’ll be making that too! Into the kitchen we go!…

  • Make Your Own Moss Garden

    This idea came to me the other day when I stepped out for some fresh air. With all the recent rain, the small patch of grass bordering our building had been blanketed in a sheet of moss. I found it so beautiful, it appeared almost enchanted like a miniature fairy garden…I got down close to…

  • Green Cleaning: Get the Free Infused Vinegar Mini-Guide!

    This is big news! The Straits Times is running a DIY series and has chosen our Infused Vinegar recipe to kick it off! The article was published this morning so, if you’re visiting from the Straits Times, a big hello and welcome to Little Green Dot! This natural cleaning recipe is the exact one we teach…

  • Turn Your Halloween Pumpkin Into Soup

    I love the look of a carved pumpkin on halloween, it’s a time honored tradition, but it feels a bit like a waste of a good soup. Me, I want to have my pumpkin and eat it too! I collected these creepy bugs from the Biodiversity Library and printed them out onto vellum paper, which is semi-transparent.…

  • How to Clean Your Chopping Boards, Safely and Naturally

    This week, Del and I taught our Green Living – Detoxify Your Home workshop to one hundred people!! That’s one hundred people who will hopefully return home, open up their cleaning pantry and really take a close look at the toxic, chemical products that they spray in their homes everyday. This recipe for How To Clean Your…

  • How To Use Your Coconut Oil

    If you live in Singapore I have news for you! 1. NaturaWorks is offering a 5% discount on their coconut oil! My favorite is by Nature’s Glory. It’s perfect for skin and hair-care recipes but also tastes great to eat! Get a bottle and get your discount! Use the code at checkout: GREENDOT5AUG 2. If you’d like…

  • Make it! Chalkboard Paint Jar Lids

    Hi! This month is all about organizing my home. I feel that when I have my kitchen in order, it makes preparing a meal a joy. One of my bottom drawers holds all of my nuts and seeds and I like to keep them in glass jars. I would have to lift each up to…

  • Ikea Hacking at home! Join the Mini Maker Faire!

    We all have that one piece of furniture that no longer seems to fit in. You bought it at a time when you had a need, and sometimes those needs change. You may be tempted to walk it down to the curbside for the karang guni man, and in the name of decluttering and simplifying our lives, this might…