When looking for backpack essentials, we print the supplies list.
Grab the book bag and lunch box.
We even stock our pantry with snacks.
However, we often neglect preventative health when preparing for the school year.
This post will help you take back your year!Â
Whether researching the life blood of plants, sitting with a new Premium Starter Kit , or at old pro status, these essential oil hacks can make life much easier!
These essential oil hacks help with the basics of the toxin-free transition.
Get more bang for your buck making rollerballs with the use of rollerbottles!
Let’s dig into some of my favorite recipes!
I wondered if I would ever take advantage of the Essential Rewards program until I realized with Young Living I could save a ton!
(If you haven’t gotten your start to a toxin-free lifestyle yet, click here: Young Living Starter Kit )
After the second month using oils and learning there’s literally an oil to support everything, my husband and I took a look at my ever-growing list of products, oils, and oil blends and knew we needed Essential Rewards.
Why?
My budget-watching husband disagreed. No, Andrea. You cannot trade food and shelter for oils.
$50 per month. Now, THAT we can do!
I’m budgeting oils into our life AND you’re giving me some of the money back to use like cash on other oils on my list? UM…OKAY!
And you’re going to send me a free oil at 3,6,9, and 12 months? Alrighty!
And you’ll offer me more free product up to over $200 retail value each month on promotional items? Yesss….
And you’ll discount certain products, like our beloved Ningxia Red, in exclusive ER bundles? Ah!
Our family has been given thousands and thousands of dollars worth of free product!
We’ve got one squeaky, toxin-free homestead over here, y’all, and we didn’t even have to pay for all of it!
I love free things just as much as the next momma bear. But I love this even more. Our boys, including one spunky cancer survivor, are only breathing in and wearing goodness!
You can choose Essential Rewards.
The Wholesale Discount Premium Starter Kit with 12 oils, a diffuser, and a 24% discount will pop up, and you simply click the loyalty box.
Add in the Essential Rewards, and you’re looking at 49% back in your pocket just for making your home full of the most trusted non-toxic products on the planet, and save tons!
Essential oils education is key for this new, simpler and safer lifestyle.
The right education, that is.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m quite the Pinterest queen.
I mean, our boys wouldn’t eat a lot of nights if it weren’t for this handy little invention, but when it comes to putting something into the bodies of my precious babies down to the cellular level, I’m going to need a higher source.
Once you’ve got your Premium Starter Kit/Wholesale 24% Discount, how do you know if you are being educated the right way?
(If you haven’t started your toxin-free journey yet at a 24% discount, click here: Young Living Starter Kit )
There are a few clues that can help.
Young Living writes all of the content on their website/PDFs you find there as well as the blog. You can even ask questions on the blog and get an answer from someone at Young Living!
You can always do the following:
-Email productsupport@youngliving.com
-Call 1-800-371-3515
-Join a live chat via the link at the Contact Us section at the bottom of your Virtual Office
What is “ranked?”
Ranked means this person is working hard on growing their Young Living business by continuing their education and teaching others about the oils and products.
They are constantly a student learning from reputable sources as well as consistently trying new product. They are essentially a “product of the product.”
You will know you’re in a group with viable information when they post regularly, have a decent amount of members in the group, and if, when you match their facts with either of the first two sources, they check out.
This educational group is where I share what I have learned from Young Living and my upline leaders.
The same way we want news from worthy sources, we want to learn about our oils with a high standard for who is teaching us.
There’s just something about a DIY wooden headboard that makes the entire space of a master bedroom look cozy. Complete. Put together.
The only problem we had was choosing one that fit our style.
Oh, and that didn’t cost a fortune.
Thankfully, an idea came to mind after seeing some Pinspiration and watching some home renovation shows.
There was hope!
When I showed my husband what I wanted to create, he was on board.
Here are some of my Pinspirations:
I wanted something simple. Something that spanned the width of our bed but wouldn’t need any real upkeep. Something that would fit the space but would also fit changes in decor.
We decided this DIY wooden headboard was the answer. I’ve provided directions in case you’d like to make your own!
Directions:
1) Measure bed and choose desired size of headboard. It was quite the discussion. This is seriously why I love Pinterest. The fact that I can look at how the finished product could be is huge for me. I’m not exactly a conceptualizing kind of girl.
2) Gather materials and tools:
 We like to test a small piece of the wood we’re going to use and let it dry while we’re building to see if what we’ve chosen is what we want to commit to for the entire project.3) Lay out and measure your planks. We have a King-sized bed, so we measured its width and decided we would like about two inches on either side of the mattress to have the headboard go past it. Painter’s tape has been our friend in many times like these. We like to map it out on the wall and stand back from it to get a better idea of how it will look in our room. Pinterest is helpful, but every space is different. It’s better to be safe than sorry in this case!
4) Cut boards to length with circular saw.
5) Use three 2×4’s to mount the headboards to (these will go vertically so the headboards will be horizontal). Here’s how this should look:
6) Screw them together – make sure the screws you use are not too long and poke through the front but that they also go in far enough to hold everything together.
7) Sand, stain/paint finished boards.
8) Mount to the wall using Interlocking Flush Mount brackets
Our final product! We added this little sign
This is the link to our duvet. We found the denim pillows at Home Goods and the “love” pillow at Target.
Every time my husband makes something for our home like this DIY wooden headboard, I do know that he really does enjoy the craftsmanship in woodworking. However, I also know that a big part of what gets us through is that agape love.
I’m not easy to please with my Pinterest dreams and specific ideas, but he hangs in there with me and listens. He reads directions (sometimes not great ones) and works out the problems we encounter even though it can be frustrating. He gives me grace when I dream a little too big for the space and he loves me when what I want stretches him a little thin.
Thankful for this man and for our cozy little space in this fixer upper of ours.
