Resources

Below are links to items and online resources that I have either used to build this website, or take pictures of our travels, items I can't live without, or other things I think might be helpful for you. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me directly HERE!

Disclaimer: Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links and I will earn a commission if you purchase through those links. I use all of the products listed below and recommend them because I have found them reliable, easy, and budget friendly. Please let me know if you have any questions about anything listed below!

Get Started with your Own Website!

Believe me when I say, starting a website is NOT easy. Unless you have some sort of graphic design/web design background, or just love code, you will probably find building a website pretty intimidating. I've found most bloggers promote/recommend Bluehost and Wordpress. I don't. I started my first website with bluehost/wordpress, and struggled with it for about 3 years. I say struggled, because I got some basic content, and then avoided doing anything else because it was such a headache! I have since moved both of my websites to Weebly. I love Weebly, I find them not only easy to use, they also have great customer service!
Now, Bluehost and Wordpress offer a much more lucrative affiliate marketing program, which I suspect is why so many people recommend them. But this is a hobby for me, and I only want to promote something that will be easy for the average person to use, without an extensive computer programming background.

Beautiful Pictures!

Most of the pictures you will find on my website are taken by me, but at work I use Unsplash a LOT! If you need a picture for a graphic project your working on, an E-News Letter, or background image, you will probably find what you need on Unsplash. I also recently discovered two other open source photography sites called Pixaby, and Pexels, they also have a lot of high quality images free for personal and web use. Sometimes I do use pictures from these sites as the background header image (like on this page). All the recipe pictures on this site are taken by me.

Interested in Starting your own Food Blog?

When I first started building this website, it was because I found a food blog called Pinch of Yum. Lindsay and Bjork Ostrom run Pinch of Yum, and built Food Blogger Pro to help other food bloggers learn how to make a food blog. I love to cook and so it seemed like a logical path for me to build a food blog. I didn't get too far with it, only because I had trouble with word press, and my health declined, so cooking, staging, and photographing food, was just too much. If you aren't intimidated by coding and technical web design, I highly recommend Food Blogger Pro. It is a wonderful community of food bloggers who use the platform to communicate, answer questions, and learn new blogging techniques.
Bjork and Lindsay also have a wide video library of how-to videos that walk you through setting up your wordpress site.

Kombucha Resources

This is the continuous brew glass drink jar I use for my Kombucha. It has worked wonderfully, and I will probably be purchasing a second one, now that Tommy has decided he likes this new fizzy drink. I highly recommend using this if you are considering making your very own Kombucha!

I also recommend this replacement spigot for your new jar. The one it comes with works fine and I wasn't planning to replace it. But when I accidentally broke my first jar, I figured I'd try a new spigot too, and let me tell ya, what a difference! It used to take me a while to fill my bottles because the liquid didn't come out very fast. But this new spigot, I can have all my jars filled in 15 minutes, well worth the extra investment IMHO.

I use this green tea for my kombucha. I try to avoid caffeine whenever possible so I always use green tea for my brewing. Because the SCOBY "eats" the caffeine, the already low levels in the green tea are perfect for me. If Caffeine doesn't bother you, black tea is what most people use for their Kombucha.

I use these Avery Labels for the wide mouth pint jars I grow baby SCOBY's in. They fit the lid perfectly! Whether you are giving them away as gifts or selling them at a craft fair, these are high quality labels. My only caveat is that the template provided by Avery does not work! I ended up creating my own template in publisher. If you don't have publisher, here is a PDF version. I hope this will help you create your own beautiful labels!
ALWAYS print a test page on plain paper and hold up to the light to be sure it is lined up correctly before printing on the labels. Since every printer is different, I can't guarantee the template will line up exactly for you, but it should be closer, and easier to adjust then the Avery template.

Work with me

If you like my website and would like me to help you build one like it, please contact me! I am not an expert, and I don't have any programming or web design background, but I enjoy playing with the three websites I run. If you like them, and would like something similar "built" for your own use, let me know! I'd love to help!
BasileLimeade@gmail.com