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Welcome to the 52nd Make It From Scratch Carnival and This Wasn't In The Plan. If this is your first visit, look around a bit, you'll find links to recent posts and my archives on the left. If you like what you see, please consider subscribing either in a feed reader or through email. If you subscribe by email, your email address will only be used to send you my new posts. Now on to the carnival.

Last Thursday marked the one year anniversary of the Make It From Scratch Carnival. It's also my first time hosting a carnival of any sort, so this carnival is all about the number one.

'One'derous Things For You to Make

Learn all about recycling crayons from Laura at Seabird Chronicles.

Summer presents “a simple how-to for making paper beads” posted at Creative Mom Cafe.

M. Molly Backes shows you how you can “Make your house smell beautiful using ingredients you already have.” at her blog, Bittersweet: M. Molly Backes.

Looking for a practical gift? Suzanne McMinn presents “A fun, easy, fast recipe for making your own vanilla extract at home!”
posted at Chickens in the Road.

joanie presents Personalized paper dolls posted at Nini Makes. She says, “make personalized paper dolls of your children, it's easy and they'll love them”.

HowToMe presents How to Have a "High-Tech" Food Fight posted at HowToMe.

Looking for a way to reuse your plastic bags? Cindy from My Recycled Bags has an idea - Dishcloths with Plastic Scrubber.

'One'derful Recipes For You to Try


Visit Sunny at Dandelions and Daydreams to find ” A yummy cookie recipe for the one you want to give all your kisses to.”

GP says “Here in the Northwest.. cold is a condition... some hot oatmeal to warm us up” find a recipe for oatmeal at Innside Montana-Your Home at the Range.

Joshua Frank presents Brewza: Because Don't ya Just Love Beer??!! posted at Brewza: Because Don't ya Just Love Beer??!!.

Take a look at The Sojourner where Erica Burgan will tell you how she turned a gallon of milk into other dairy products and saved over $6.00 in the process.

New Old-Fashioned Gal thinks that "homemade flour tortillas are the best” Visit her post The Best Mexican Food Begins at Home posted at Diary of a New Old-Fashioned Gal and learn how to make them!

Natalie presents Cream Puffs posted at Crafty Natalie.

It's the battle of the brownies! Three posts this week include brownie recipes. This is the week to host that brownie tasting party you've always wanted to have.

Kristen presents I Love You Treats posted at GreenStyleMom. She says, “a little late for Valentine's Day, but always a good treat!”

Stephanie presents Fudgy Homemade Brownies posted at Stop the Ride!.

Silvia presents Fudge Brownies posted at Po Moyemu--In My Opinion. She says, "my daughter is 11 and loves to make this recipe! She has it memorized. :) The actual recipe is linked at the bottom of this post."

'One'dering What's For Dinner Tonight?


vh presents Real Food in 10 Minutes, Work-Free posted at Funny about Money.

Jazmin presents Sausage and tomato stew posted at A Renaissance Canuck.

Kate presents Our Red House: Basil Pesto posted at Our Red House.

Kris presents Just When I Thought I Was Out: CI’s Orange-Sesame Stir-Fry Sauce posted at Cheap Healthy Good.

A salad would go great with all the recipes above, so head over to the simple nickle for Cheap Eats: Recipes for Around $1 Per Serving: Creamy Cilantro Dressing on Salad. but, “BEWARE! This is the best salad dressing you've ever had.”

Baby needs some dinner too and Kelsey from Vanilla Joy - Family Fun and Education tells about making Homemade Baby Food.

And One Other Great Post You're Sure To Love


Would you love to have a garden, but you have limited space to work with? So does Thursday Bram, who says,“I'm trying to cook from the ground up: I'm working on growing some of my own food.” Visit Growing My Own Food...In My Apartment | Wise Bread posted at Wise Bread.


That's it for this edition, next week Stop The Ride! will be hosting.