Yesterday Rosy boxed up several hundred books that we had in our living room to exchange with others that were waiting patiently in our storage room for a time like this. Among the ones that were being packed away I noticed this book.
The Prairie Girl's Guide to Life
It's filled with a host of instructions, written in a very pleasant engaging way on how to do anything from, making candles and perfume, growing a garden and preserving food, baking pie and bread, to almost anything you could think of to live a more simple life.
I found it interesting and thought you might too. If you would like to have a chance to own this book leave a comment telling me something that you would like to learn how to do. It can be anything at all from boiling water to sky diving.
I personally would love to learn how to crochet. So far I have been terrible at any attempts I have made at it.
As always if you want a second entry place a link to this giveaway on your blog and come back and leave another comment telling me you did.
I will be choosing a winner using random generator on Monday October 10th.
Disclaimer: The only compensation I receive from doing this giveaway is the warm fuzzy feeling I get to be able to give someone this book.
Oh! I hope your random generator likes ME this time! Will go now and leave a note on my blog for this.
ReplyDeleteI have also tried several times to learn to crochet. Love the lacy looks you can get...other people can get. But the thing I am going to try to figure out how to do this winter is to sew my own book/journal covers. :) This looks like a great book!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting book.
ReplyDeleteI think I would like to learn another language.
As a child I watched my mother hook rugs. Beautiful scenes done in wool. Sadly she never gave me one so I would like to learn how to do it myself !
ReplyDeleteRandom Generators don't like me much however. :( does sound like a very interesting book.
That's just the kind of book I have always loved! Thank you for offering it in a great giveaway. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThere is so much I want to learn how to do! Right now I would really like to learn how to do hand embroidary. I would love to have some handwork to do at nighttime.
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I've never tried to crochet, but I have knitted... and determined that I'm not very good at that either.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I'd love to learn how to sew. My mother is fantastic at it, but never really had the time to teach me.
Hope I win!
Oh Cool - This is a book I have wanted to get and just haven't been able to. Crocheting is something I would love to learn how to do. I have tried a couple of times and I am hoping that maybe the 3rd time is a charm. Thanks for your generocity in having these cool give aways! Lisa :O)
ReplyDeleteI remember looking at that book thinking it looked like it had a lot of fun and interesting ideas. I have always wanted to become a good bread baker. I can make bread now but I'd like to improve!
ReplyDeleteI would like to learn how to can my own fruits and veggies. I would also like to become a better cook! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI feel like this is a book I should own!
ReplyDeleteIf I dont win it I think I will certainly look into purchasing it:)
I love to many things, but my favorites are baking and knitting.
Both are very calming to me:)
Thanks for this fun giveaway!
There are so many things that I would like to learn! I want to become better at spinning right now. Thanks for the opportunity to win this book!
ReplyDeleteI posted on my blog about your giveaway!
ReplyDeleteAnd I think I would like to learn how to spin yarn and also to quilt:)
Have a good weekend!
I loved the last book we won from you! Thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteI think I would like to learn how to learn how to can pickles that are crunchy. :)
I think my girls and I would enjoy this book.
ReplyDeleteI would like to learn to make my own soap and laundry detergent. I would also like to learn to quilt, and spin wool into yarn.
I will post about this giveaway on my blog (ourhomeschoolingpilgrimage.blogspot.com) next.
Blessings,
Tammi
dandtdearing [at] earthlink [dot] net
I hope to start a garden next year, so learning anything on that topic would be great for me!
ReplyDeleteI would love to make a braided rug! treevt80 at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteAmong other things, I would like to learn to make a flaky, delicious homemade pie crust (goodbye Pillsbury!) and I would love, love, love to learn to speak French!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
I can crochet a little, but would love to learn more stitches and I would also love to learn how to knit.
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn a lot of things about living the simple life. How to make my own soap and perfume to making candles and how to have a good garden.
ReplyDeleteI hope I did it right. I posted this contest on my blog. broughttoyoubysandi.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI would like to learn how to make soap from making the lye to the finished product.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the adorable book. I want to learn how to make perfume or maybe the call it toilet water,(they use too). too many bad chemicals in todays perfumes. thank you for the give away.
ReplyDeleteAlecia E.
greatdane@citlink.net
I would love a chance to win this book it looks awesome. I look forward to your blog daily. I am going to Indiana Amish in a few days and love the area so much!
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Calligraphy!
ReplyDeleteThere is so much i'd like to learn...but quilting comes to mind!
ReplyDeleteI would love to be able to crochet and also would love to do quilting . I have done a few simple type quilts but love the look of so many of the patterns. I would like do the more complicated ones.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the book. Sounds like a great one.
Karan
What a fun book to have! I know my daughter would love it.
ReplyDeleteI would like to learn how to knit and crochet. So far all I can do is cast-on.
I love to learn how to build things or fix things. Wonder if your book teaches that! It sounds lovely, at any rate.
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn how to preserve food properly. Apart from making jam or maybe chutney, this is a skill I don't have.
ReplyDeleteI have put a link on my blog to your giveaway. Cx
I love to crochet and I have knitted as well. I like to sew. So, I would love to own this book.
ReplyDeleteNext on my list... I want to learn how to make bar soap with lye. And maybe relearn how to crochet or knit!
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted to learn to keep bees. Thank you for writing your blog. I love hearing about your family.
ReplyDeleteSo many things to learn but what has been on my list of late is scented waters for perfumes and essential oils for many things...
ReplyDeletePlease enter me in your give away..
~~Peace & Love & Healing & Blessings~~
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ReplyDeleteI would love to make a basket from the willow branches on my willow tree
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this book, and learn how to quilt a sampler and all sorts of other things! :-) Thanks for the chance. :-)
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn how to boil and peel eggs properly, so I don't destroy half the egg when I take the shell off.
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I would love to win this book! I also would love to learn to blow glass! That is one thing I have never done and I think it is so fascinating and beautiful! Karin
ReplyDeleteI want to learn how to make a pair of moccasins. I have the prairie dress, now I need the footwear to match.
ReplyDeleteI added a comment to my blog. Hope to win this book, it's right up my alley. (Wonder where that saying came from?)
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI would like to learn how to make soap, which I am sure the book covers. I also want to start my own blog, but I don't know where to start! I would appreciate help from anyone out there in blogland who cares to give me some tips and to "hold my hand!" I have the name picked out, but that is all.... Thanks, everyone!
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I would also like to learn how to crochet, as well as cook foods from some different cultures.
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Can things without poisoning my family. Sew a quilt by hand. Calligraphy. Lots on my "learn to do" list! Thanks for the chance to win what looks like a cool book!
ReplyDeleteI would love to add that book to sit beside my "Housekeeping In Old Virginia" from the 1880's. As for what I would like to do -- I've been blessed in learning to sew, crochet, knit, super-user in various softwares, travel, take flying lessons ... what I really need to do is trust my Lord to provide all (and I do mean ALL) of my needs, to be as Paul wrote: Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. (Philippians 4:11 KJV)
ReplyDeleteThat book looks right up my alley! I want to learn how to tool leather and make braided rugs. If you want to learn to crochet, my friend Dana has just begun a free online class on her blog called "Crochet School" at www.craftyminx.com. It's very clear and detailed! Thanks so much for sharing your book!
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn how to make a huge rug for our cabin! Thanks for the opportunity to win this!
ReplyDeleteI would like to learn how to make lye soap. I have been saving my used grease and hope use it in the soap.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
I am hoping it picks this entry! Thanks for giveaways!!!!
ReplyDeleteI would like to learn how to make bread with yeast. I'm great at baking quick breads in a loaf pan (banana, zucchini, carrot, lemon cake etc), now to learn the REAL THING with kneading, rising etc!
ReplyDeleteWildflower, check out Rhonda Jean's Down to Earth blog at: www.down---to---earth.blogspot.com for everything you need to know about making soap. Her tutorials are great as are her homemade cleaning products.
Cheers from Cape Town, South Africa (from a sad Springbok rugby supporter as we lost to the Aussies today in the quarter finals of the Rugby World Cup)
I would like to learn to knit; my previous tries have resulted in some pretty unidentifiable things!
ReplyDeleteWhat a special book. My grandmother tried to teach me to crochet.
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn to knit. I do many things but this is on my life sometime in the future. I love your blog.
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn more about soap making. I've used several "melt and pour" recipes, but would love to learn the true process!
ReplyDeleteI've learned to can and crochet some recently. The next thing I really want to learn is how to make soap! I've seen this book and would love to win a copy. I have 4 girls and am sure we could learn many new things. Thanks for the chance and enjoy your warm fuzzy feeling!
ReplyDeleteThis book has been on our wish list for quite some time! Sure hope I'm the winner, my daughter will love it (me, too) :-p
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway - would love to win the book. I do so many crafts from sewing to cross stitch and can not knit. Would love to learn how to knit!
ReplyDeletelooks interesting! i'd love to learn how to make candles.
ReplyDeleteI would like to learn how to can vegetables!
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn to crochet and can food.
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn to knit and crochet or even to just sew. I've taken classes and just cannot get the hang of it. All 3 of my daughters do beautiful work..go figure:)
ReplyDeleteThere is an Amish Market in the town I am from and I love all the fresh meats and veggies.
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I want to learn to tatting! I love crocheting but oh knitting makes me crazy!
ReplyDeleteI have wanted recently to learn to Kayak. Hoping that is in the book, and I can learn hints. Otherwise I am sure there is plenty for me to learn in the book! Thank you, pick me!
ReplyDeleteDonna
Omgosh, I would really, really, really like to get this book. I am enamored with anything related to country living and pioneers!
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I, too, would like to have this book. One of the skills that I would LOVE to have is the skill to make bread without a recipe. My grandmother always made homemade bread and could do it just by "feel". I am not that accomplished, but try all the time. Hope you have a great day
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn how to make soap. It's been on my list of homemaking skills to learn for some time now. This book looks so cute. Would fit right in with our homeschool unit of Little House on the Prairie!
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn how to sew. Being a newlywed (our first month together today!) I realize how much I would use this skill to adorn our new home.
ReplyDeleteI am determined that this is the winter I learn to knit. I've had a tradition of starting to crochet when the weather turns cold, but I don't need anymore afghans currently, so hopefully that will give me time to practice knitting.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds great!
I would like to learn how to can and preserve things.
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