Amber Bartek

Amber is a believer, a homesteading Mama, and illustrator/owner of Cloud9 Design. She blogs about homesteading, and living simply at Cloud 9 Design.
10 Things Pa Ingalls Taught Us About Life

10 Things Pa Ingalls Taught Us About Life

The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong. —Laura Ingalls WilderCharles Ingalls, or Pa, as his children lovingly called him,...

10 Things Ma Ingalls Taught Us About Life

10 Things Ma Ingalls Taught Us About Life

If wisdom’s ways you wisely seek,Five things observe with care,To whom you speak,Of whom you speak,And how and when and where. —Caroline Ingalls, Little House on the PrairieCaroline Quiner Ingalls, beloved Ma to her five children, taught us many lessons on mothering,...

DIY Lemon Verbena Feed-Sack Sachets

DIY Lemon Verbena Feed-Sack Sachets

Oh, I do, Pa! And you should just see Miss Beadle. She’s the nicest lady in the entire world, and she smiles all the time, and she smells as good as she looks. I came right out and asked, and she says she wears something called lemon verbena. She’s the prettiest lady...