Living La Vida Holoka

Planting Lowbush Blueberries in Our Garden

September 8, 2023

Let’s talk about native plants and planting lowbush blueberries from Plant Addicts in our garden. This edible plant is great for pollinators and blueberry lovers! Thank you to Plant Addicts for gifting me with a Lowbush Blueberry plant in exchange for this post. All opinions are 100% my own. For the past year or so, I’ve been not-so-subtly hinting that we should extend our garden. While our small fenced in garden has served us well over the past decade, there…

Stylish and Affordable Distressed Runner Rugs

September 6, 2023

These 15 vintage inspired Stylish and Affordable Distressed Runner Rugs will add a warm and cozy touch to any room or hallway in your home. This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. My husband gave me a gift card for my birthday. I used part of it on Amazon, buying things on my wish list, but also purchased a few things for our home. It never fails. Every year,…

Easy Vegetable Dumpling Soup

September 4, 2023

This Easy Vegetable Dumpling Soup is a comforting vegan dish loaded with veggies and frozen vegetable dumplings in a flavorful vegetable broth. This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. As soon as the calendar turns to September, I immediately start craving soup! Now if you know a thing or two about September in New Jersey, the temperature doesn’t always get the memo that it’s almost fall. But while I…

Braided Mushroom Puff Pastry

August 31, 2023

This Braided Mushroom Puff Pastry is filled with a buttery mushroom, garlic, onion, white wine, and mozzarella mixture. It all gets wrapped in a golden and flaky braided crust. This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. Puff pastry is really having a moment. Isn’t it? And while this flaky dough is currently trending, it never really stopped being trendy in our home. I have used puff pastry in so…

Halloween Clay Pot Toadstool

August 29, 2023

This Halloween Clay Pot Toadstool project gives one of summer’s cutest crafts a fun spin for spooky season! Paint this terracotta mushroom in festive colors and finish with a jack-o-lantern face. This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. One of the cutest crafts I’ve seen this summer is terracotta toadstools. The toadstools are made with a clay pot and saucer. The pot is painted white while the saucer is…

Botanical Herb Fragrance Diffuser

August 24, 2023

Use garden herbs and flowers, essential oil, water, and rubbing alcohol to create this Botanical Herb Fragrance Diffuser. It’s a natural – and pretty – way to fill your home with calming scents. This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. Years ago, my cousin gave me a really pretty, herb filled fragrance bottle from one of her trips to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was basically a diffuser without the reeds…