100+ DIY Projects to Make with Fruit Scraps ~ Ebook


100 + DIY Projects to Make with Fruit Scraps

{Recipes with Matching Labels}

An Old Fashioned "Waste Not, Want Not" Recipe and Resource Book

“Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.”
~ John 6:12b


If you love turning trash into treasure, especially when it involves filling the pantry, broadening the food menu, home decorating, natural cleaning ideas, nourishing bath and body care recipes, home remedies and so forth-- then this book is for you. All the do-it-yourself projects revolve frugally around the foundation of fruit scraps that you would generally throw away! 


What makes this DIY Ebook a bit different than most is that none of the recipes require the use of expensive essential oils (though they could be added to enhance some of the recipes--if you desire). All the products are made from scratch by tapping into the beneficial properties of the powerful fruit peels! As you have always heard (and now know) that there are more vitamins in the peel than the actual fruit, you will be gleaning the gold in these recipes!


The other neat part is that all of the shelf-stable projects come with matching labels. This makes it an ideal book for gift giving ideas as well! At least 100 of the recipes are shared with a full color photograph of each product.

Chapter Sections Included (with Introduction) from the Ebook:

"Bath and Body Care" Recipes
Featuring a variety of all-natural products to fill your powder room shelves such as
balms, bath salts, face care products, natural perfume, scrubs, easy to make soaps, oils, powders, etc.


After preparing pies, jams, fruit sauces and such, you are left with a heaping pile of peels and scraps. Though the chickens, livestock and compost pile may enjoy them, the prospect of filling your pantry shelves, medicine chest and bathroom cabinet instead may be a bit more exciting! If you feel strongly toward our Depression Era ancestors, then the wise saying, “waste not, want not” certainly resonates within you. With this in mind, our little project book is directed toward you, the one who sees a peel as potential and a scrap as an opportunity!

"Cleaning Closet" Recipes
Featuring a variety of toxin-free cleaning products to inspire a naturally clean home such as
recipes for all your housecleaning needs, laundry aids, kitchen solutions (i.e., produce wash), etc.


I am sure you have also heard many times in your life that it is the peel that contains all the vitamins. This is true in many cases and we will be gleaning all those beneficial properties in our recipes!

"Embellishing the Home" Recipes
Featuring a variety of projects to bring natural beauty and fragrance to your home such as
handmade potpourries, fragrant sachets and room sprays.


You will notice that the frugal projects shared in this book showcase many citrus fruits. I consider their varied uses a blessing! They are in season in the winter when many of our gardens have gone to sleep, and extra time is on our valuable homemaking and homesteading hands. You have permission to be creative and productive while hibernating in your cozy home! There are also many other projects included that are focused on summer and spring produce as well which will give you plenty of DIY pleasure all year round.

"The Kitchen Table" Recipes
Featuring a selection of products and foodstuffs to broaden your menus frugally such as
breakfast recipes, healthy beverages, snacks, desserts, syrups, etc.


You will also notice that many expensive health supplements you may be purchasing can be produced for pennies! We go directly to the pure source, the peel, and find our home apothecary has increased (and with very little funds).

"The Medicine Cabinet" Home Remedies
Featuring a selection of home remedies and food supplements for your health such as
medicinal and protective oil blends, salves, tonics, booster powders, immune support products, etc.


In addition to the easy-to-make projects, we also include matching labels (when they pertain) that can turn an ordinary item into a lovely gift! Or, they can simply enhance your own pantry and powder room shelves.

"The Pantry" Recipes
Featuring a variety of useful products that are “shelf stable” to fill your pantry shelves such as
make your own mixes, extracts, tea blends, seasonings, jelly, syrups, vinegars, etc.


Ingredients were carefully chosen in this e-book to reflect the most basic items we needed to accomplish the recipe properly while maintaining a budget. This means there are no recipes requiring expensive essential oils or a very random ingredient that you would never use again. If there is a rare item on our list, rest assured it will be used in at least a handful of our recipes (glycerin comes to mind here) to make the purchase worthwhile.

Final Chapter: "Miscellaneous Uses for Popular Fruits"
Featuring a variety of creative ways to use the most common fruit scraps.


There is also a section in many of the tutorials that give you ideas for when you are “feeling frugal” such as how to recycle items to make the project for pennies. We also share a “feeling fancy” idea, which can include luxurious additions such as essential oils and herbs. However, each project is first shared with the frugal foundational recipe in mind. For those that think that frugal can’t be fancy, I do hope this little publication gives you a change of heart.


Happy kitchen-crafting,
JES

* To see a sample of our Ebook recipes and to get your set of free printable tabs, VISIT HERE! *

PDF Download with Printable Matching Labels HERE

or

Visit HERE for the Kindle Version on Amazon 
(though the PDF download is more user-friendly for the printable labels)

51 comments:

  1. Jes, so happy to have stumbled upon your blog site with a link that was on the Nerdy Farm wife blog! I just ordered your Ebook,but too late realized I should have (meant to), clicked on her affiliate link to buy the Ebook. I hope you can give her the credit for my purchase.
    I adore your blog and what you're about :)
    Blessings,
    Heather

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    1. Thank you Heather and no worries! You did order through her affiliate link. I checked the records through E-Junkie and it shows you under Jan :) I hope you enjoy the book! Love, JES

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  2. Oh good! Thank you, I'm really looking forward to your book :)

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  3. Jes I've just purchased your ebook and cannot wait to delve into it further. It looks fabulous! Love, Mimi xxx

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    1. Thank you so much Mimi! I hope you enjoy the book! :)

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  4. JES, I purchased your ebook through Paypal yesterday (10/2) and PP did not redirect me back to your site to download, and I did not get a receipt with access to download. Can you help me out? Thanks, email luthcon-jag@yahoo.com

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    1. Of course! Sending you an email now! Let me know if you want me to delete these comments since your email is shown...

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    2. I just sent you a download link! Please let me know if and when you receive it! :)

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  5. Jes, is PayPal the only method of payment you accept? We don't use our account much and we have forgotten our credentials to get on PayPal. Thanks, Paula in Kansas

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    1. Hi Paula, thank you for the interest in our Ebook! From what I was reading on the hosting website, you may be able to purchase through Paypal WITHOUT a paypal account via a credit card in some instances. It may be worth a try... If not, you can email me at pleasewritetojes@hotmail.com and we can see if we can work something out... Hope this helps! Love, JES :)

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    2. Thank you I was able to use my credit card. Can't wait to start reading this one.
      Paula

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    3. Wonderful! I hope you enjoy it! :)

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  6. Jes Would love to had a printed copy of your book!
    Sue

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    1. I too would have preferred a hard copy book as opposed to the Ebook I purchased. I'm the old-fashioned type who likes a book on the counter to look at for directions. I don't think I will print it using my printer, as it would likely use tons of ink. I'm wondering if I could go to a Print shop and have them print it from my download, for a reasonable amount...I'll look into it.

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    2. Hmmm.. that is good to know. It just seemed too expensive to self-publish a book with that many full color pictures. I also thought that with the labels, the eBook gives more convenience for individual printing. But I too usually also prefer a hard copy! I did take a flash drive with the file to the local printer shop and had a copy bound because of that very thing! I don't know that there will be a next time but if so, I will look further into a hard copy. Or perhaps if I ever expand the book, I can do so with a hard copy offer as well. Thank you so much for sharing your feedback. I really appreciate it :)

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    3. That's understandable Jes. So if you don't mind my asking, what was the approximate cost to have the shop make you a copy?
      Thanks,
      Heather :)

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    4. Hi Heather, the local printer's shop charged $17 for a black and white bound copy... Another reader mentioned she just printed the whole thing on her printer. I really don't know what is less expensive. For kicks, after our last "conversation", I plugged in the numbers on the Amazon print shop and the book would cost $20 to print NOT counting fees, royalties, etc.. It would have been quite pricy once all was said and done to do it independently. Probably around $35 and who is going to pay that? I sure wouldn't! :) In the meantime, I think the Ebook format is the frugalist option... Let me know what you end up doing and how it turned out! :)

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  7. Hi Sue! Thank you for your interest! It just seemed that with the color photographs, it would be too expensive to do a print version. I do know that some of the ladies are printing them and binding them which is what I am planning to do also for my daughter and myself. So sorry about that! That would have been fun!!! :)

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  8. i'm not sure if anyone else has had this problem. i am trying to purchase the e-book and i make it all the way to where i enter my paypal password. then it says logging into paypal and the whole right side of the screen goes blank. i can see my order summary on the left side, but there is no button to complete the purchase. what should i do???

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    1. I think I remember having that issue...I believe I had to just hit the "back" button a few times or refresh my screen and it eventually behaved.

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    2. Hi there! This is a new problem and seems to be either a computer or paypal glitch? No one else has complained of it. Perhaps reboot the computer and try again later. I am sure it will work again in the next 24 hours. If it takes longer, I will still honor the discount and refund you if you end up paying the full price. Just send an email my way explaining @ pleasewritetojes@hotmail.com so that I know. Hope this helps! :)

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  9. Thanks Jes - just bought the book, it's fantastic. I signed up through the affiliate program and sent you a message through your selling site. Please let me know if you didn't get it. Thanks again for sharing your wealth of knowledge. I can't wait to delve into these resources. ~ Abby

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    1. Thank you and how exciting! I will be responding to your email ASAP :) Nice hearing from you again Abby! You are a sweetheart!

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  10. I just bought your book and can hardly wait to read in it. I already make make a practice of using scraps and peelings, but not in the wonderful way you do. Cannot wait to learn!
    Thank you

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    1. Thank you! I do hope you enjoy it! It is meant to be a fun and resourceful book! Happy kitchen-crafting! :)

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  11. Congratulations, my friend! What a fabulous idea for a book and I know it must be spectacular since you are a beautiful of knowledge and ideas.

    Hugs and joy to you, dear JES!

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  12. Oh, I am so excited to finally be purchasing your lovely new ebook, JES! I can't wait to begin reading...
    Blessings and love to you,
    Kelly-Anne

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    1. Thank you! I hope you enjoy it and get many useful ideas for your home Kelly-Anne! :)

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  13. I'm not a crafty person by any means but I'm seriously considering buying this book. I'm much like one of the other readers who likes to have a book on the counter for a reference and just add to my collection :-) I love these ideas for using leftover food scraps being Frugal. Love it love it love it! :-)

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    1. Hi Gwen! Thank you for your interest and kind comment! I appreciate it very much! :) Also, no need to be crafty for this book, I certainly am not! But I do love to make things from nothing for my home and pretty them up... That sums up the book in many ways! Have a wonderful week!

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  14. I just bought your ebook Jes and I love it!!! So many good ideas can't wait to try some of them. Thank you :)

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    1. Ah, thanks for letting me know Anne-Marie! I appreciate it and I hope you have fun with it!!! :)

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  15. I just bought the e-book, but I'm a tactile sort of person. Really wish you had this available in a printed version. Love it even still. I'm hoping I could get this printed as a book at somewhere like Staples without violating any copyright laws.???

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    1. Hi there Alice! YES, you can print it out -- in fact, I have written about some ideas here --
      http://strangersandpilgrimsonearth.blogspot.com/2016/11/ebook-tutorial-tour-free-printable-tabs.html

      -- I too like the printed version and sort of explain things in the referred post. Thank you for your purchase! Love, JES :)

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  16. Thanks for letting me send a money order.Most states they are good for at least a year.Some up to 3 years.It might be a little bit before I send.You know they say life happens,well,life happened. I am enjoying reading your posts,I feel like I found a kindred spirit. I want to try all your recipes. My main cleaning oil is tree tea.But yours smell better.I just enjoy reading them so much.My 21 year old son leaves Monday for boot camp.Reading your post helps me keep my mine off of it.Hè is the first out of 6 blessing to go so far. Look forward to ordering.Have a blessed day

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    1. You are most welcome! Thank you for sharing a bit about yourself! I am very glad to "meet you" :)

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  17. I ordered this over a year ago and love it! I recently lost my,downloaded copy (long story)And,tried to order it again today. However it has,not shown up in my e-mail and I think I might have done it wrong. Is there any way to check? Janie. Waco, Texas usa

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    1. HI Janie! Thanks for your support! If you send me your email address, then I will send you out a fresh link! Thanks and sorry for any inconvenience! My email is pleasewritetojes@hotmail.com

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  18. Is this still available? I'd like to purchase if possible.
    Thank you. Kim

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    1. HI Kim, thanks for your interest! The Ebook is still available on Kindle -- just click on the Amazon link above. Happy kitchen-crafting! Love, JES

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  19. I just ordered your ebook through Amazon....looks wonderful! One question, though. Is there a pdf version that I can print?
    Thank! Amanda Copeland

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    1. HI there! Thanks for your purchase! We used to have a PDF format for sale but I had to eliminate the service because the blog is currently inactive and it was too expensive to run. At this point we are only offering the Kindle. I am so sorry! I do hope you enjoy it though! Love, JES

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  20. While I am still sad that you are not posting at this time, I am excited that I can finally afford to order your e book. I just got it, and I am excited to begin reading and trying out all the recipes. I miss your posts so much, I pray you are well.

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  21. I purchased your ebook on amazon and am reading it right now and as you said I did hand inter the address for the printable labels and one other and the did not work. Would you put the link here so I can get the labels and other printable
    Blessings Gena

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    1. Hi Gena, thanks for your purchase! So sorry about the problem! Please let me know if this link works! :)

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ziSUHDiskQj_ouIpFjvGMoMuC5nlpHxENS_3qIqJbTE/edit?usp=sharing

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  22. UPDATED LINK:

    Hi Gena, thanks for your purchase! So sorry about the problem! Please let me know if this link works! :)

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-u1o1gJ_PK0cnpLVDFKVERaOGc/view?usp=sharing

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  23. JES--again, I am so happy you are back, just sayin'! I bought your book a while back, but I didn't realize it was the Kindle instead of the PDF. Is there anyway I can get the PDF version so I can print it out and bind it for easier use?

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    1. Hi there! Hopefully this comment will go through as I am having trouble leaving comments for some reason! :) Anyways, I had tried to email you a while back but my email got kicked back... perhaps it was an outdated one I used? If you can email me @ pleasewritetojes@hotmail.com -- we can maybe work something out! :)

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