Welcome to the Essential Resources and Tools page—a thoughtfully selected collection of helpful links, products, and services designed to support your creative lifestyle. Here, you’ll find trusted recommendations for sewing supplies, crafting tools, kitchen essentials, herbs and spices, gardening gear, and other household helpers. Whether you’re planning a handmade project, organizing your home, teaching a lesson, or simply looking for high-quality DIY tools, this page makes it easy to access everything in one place. Each resource has been chosen with care to help you live more creatively, efficiently, and joyfully. (I may receive a small commission from some items on this page. However, I will only promote products have have used and would recommend.)

Frontier Co-op is a member owned co-op that offers many diverse types of foods and products, clean snacks for the trail, plant-based bug spray that smells wonderful, or sunscreen that protects without the chemicals. They offer a full catalog of heathy products and have sales often. If you are looking for a more healthy lifestyle and have less chemical products in your home and/or body, check them out. They offer both Member and non-Member accounts, become a lifetime member/owner of Frontier Co-op for just $10. For this one-time refundable fee, you’ll get membership benefits and the most savings. 

GrowVeg gives all types of gardening information includinghow to double your harvests by pairing the perfect partners in your garden. Their newsletter gives lots of good stuff.

Harbor Freight is a fantastic place to find tools at reasonable prices. They offer their own brand of tools also and guarantee their products.

Jerry’s Artarama carries an excellent selection of art supplies from paints and mediums, canvases, brushes, easels, and frames to drawing and illustration products. They have fast shipping and offer special buys as well as monthly sales. 

Michaels is a well known craft and DIY supplier with an on-line appearance and brick and motar shops across the US. They provide everything from cakemaking and papercrafting supplies to custom framing. With the closing of Joanns Craft Store, they have added an extensive fabric line and greatly increased their yarn offerings. They offer discounts for military families, teachers/educators, and senior citizens. They also offer classes on a variety of subjects, both on-line and in-store. Their line of children’s crafting supplies is vast.

My Spice Sage offers an extensive variety of spices and herbs. The also offer a discount for your first order if you sign up for their newsletter. They also have “free shipping” specials. I have had great service and fast delivery in my dealings with them. 

If you are into creating with polymer clay or are interested in learning more about it’s uses and how to create with it, this is the store for you! They offer tutorials, a great list of products, and usually have a special. Be sure and check them out.

If you have ever thought about starting a garden or have one in the works, Seedtime offers all types of information including planning and inventory charts.

Vertical Spice offers great kitchen cabinet storage solutions. Their website gives lots of information on types of spice and kitchen storage as well as instructions on how to measure the area and installation instructions.