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If you are looking for a fun project to surprise your wife or if you are the wife and want to add to your wish or honey do list, consider this beautiful reproduction J & P Coats spool cabinet kit just introduced by Cottage Craft Works. This very easy to assemble kit, even for a...

The Family Grain Mill is $163. If you want drop my your address at info@cottagecraftworks.com and I will see what we can ship you one USPS.

Which mill are you interested in?

I carry The Family Grain Mill, the Grain Maker, and a couple other smaller ones. If you would like I can try to get you some shipping prices down to you. Here is a link to the page...

For those looking for a link to Keepers at Home Magazine, you can subscribe to the popular Christian based magazine for at home mothers at http://www.cottagecraftworks.com/faith-hope-family-keepers-home-magazine-p-606.html Cottage Craft Works is a direct distributor for Carlisle Press and...

With the start of a new school year and cooler days the fall season is beginning to emerge. Soon the long awaited apple harvest will be here. As we explore all the different ways to preserve and use this marvelous health packed fruit just the images and aromas are already well on many minds...

If you are like us, you may have moved to a new address, or have some stocks and funds stashed away for a possible rainy day fund. In the late 90s my in-laws purchase some shares of a company for a Christmas present. It was just a few shares, and a very nice jester. We decided to just take...

Why not use the shed for your paper products and other supplies and make room in the house for the items that will freeze? If nothing else build storage underneath your beds. The other option would be to section off a space in the shed and super insulate that area maybe with spray foam...

Ha, just think of all the things you can make with sugar, and even sell.

If you do large batches of dough, mash potatoes, cake batters and other items you need to mix, and don't have, don't want to use or have limited electricity, consider the "Little Dutch Maid Hand Crank Kitchen Machine" Formerly sold as the TROYCRAFT MIXER At $469 it is a bit expensive but...

Unless you are a strict vegetarian hunting to put meat on the table for your family is a large part of self-sufficient living. It is how our ancestries survived, it is part of our heritage and a necessity to obtain the skills and equipment to survive an economical disaster, either personal...

Did you know that the average clothes dryer is one of the most expensive home appliances to operate, consuming about 6% of a typical homes electrical usage? On average it cost between 32 to 41 cents per load of laundry in an electric dryer and 15 to 30 cents in a gas dryer depending on the size...

It has taken some time for us fully gather an appreciation and understand why people go to such expense and great lengths to attract and cherish a Purple Martin colony. We have to admit we are now hooked and have fallen in love with this extraordinary species of bird. When we moved into our...

If you are worried about the economy and world financial affairs, or just seeking to find a more frugal way to live, Cottage Craft Works now offers one of the most comprehensive selections of self-sufficient books, in fact over 200 quality books written by renowned experts. Select from a wide...

By my wonderful Husband Paul We have tried the ready made picket fences sold at the lumber yards but quickly realized those two narrow boards they use to staple them together are not much more than a temporary spacers to hold them together until you get them home, they are not even a full...

By Paul & Liz Stevens Like many we wanted to produce grapes, and like many that dream seemed to always end up in disappointment, as the grapes would come on and seem to just dry up before they matured. We did the typical 4 x4 post with wire strung between them, but after the first few years...

Where is the American Dream of still being able to make a living with handcrafted Products? It seems the American dream of making a quality handcrafted product and then being able to sell it is not as easy today, even with the Internet. No matter what the home based business person can dream...

GO GREEN, Build A Solid Outdoors Clothes Line. Its taken us many years of moving and installing clothes lines, before we finally figured out the secrets of building and installing substantial clothes line post. We have helped a few friends do theirs as well. Here is what we have discovered...

Victoro Food /Tomato Strainer Stand We love our Victorio tomato strainer, weve had it now for over 25 years, but after our first big batch of tomatoes, we got really tired of shuffling the pots around every few minutes. The problem is the strainer just does not sit up high enough to slide a...

Master Mix- Baking Mix Homemade Mixes Good Food . . . Faster Prepare and store your favorite mixes, then when you need a quick solution to surprise company or feeding your hungry family, reach for your mix to make your favorites . . . faster. This is the Master Mix-Baking Mix Recipe from our...