Explore the Homestead
Learn the time-honored skills of home canning, from-scratch cooking, gardening, and simple homemaking. Drawing on years of real homestead experience, each tutorial is crafted to help you preserve your harvest, nourish your family, and create a grace-filled home rooted in faith and the seasons.
Every recipe, project, and tutorial is created and tested in my real, working home... where from-scratch cooking, small-scale homesteading, and simple, faithful living meet real life. Looking for the tools, books, and staples I trust? Shop my favorites →
From My Kitchen to Yours
I’m Danielle... the Catholic homemaker behind The Rustic Elk, where I teach real-home homesteading, from-scratch cooking, canning, and faith-filled living.
I started this space to show that a simple, intentional, handmade life is possible anywhere. Whether you’re learning to preserve food, build homemaking rhythms, or create a home rooted in faith, you’re in good company here.
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Coming Soon: The Rustic Elk Mercantile
A gathering place for the handmade, the faithful, and the from-scratch life.
Here you’ll find limited, meaningful pieces for your home and heart:
- 📿 Rosaries & Chaplets - prayerfully made, each one a reflection of faith and craftsmanship.
- ✨ Jewelry & Accessories - bracelets and small tokens to wear as quiet reminders of grace.
- 🕯️ Seasonal Goods - candles, ornaments, and gifts celebrating the beauty of the liturgical year.
- 📖 Books & Devotionals - reflections, prayer guides, and seasonal devotionals for life at home and in faith.
- 👕 Apparel - soft tees and cozy hoodies inspired by faithful, from-scratch living.
Each piece is created in small batches, crafted with care, and meant to bring peace, presence, and purpose to everyday life.
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