Most products aren't made for where you live.

Notes From the Kitchen Table is a monthly letter from Kalgoorlie-Boulder - practical, honest, and made for women living somewhere real.

✦ What I'm making and when drops open

✦ Practical notes on regional life and stocking a pantry

✦ Upcoming workshops and how to book

What lands in your inbox on the first Thursday of every month

Short, useful, and always worth reading. Here's what to expect.

One practical thing to make or stock

What I made this week, what's worth preserving right now, or what I picked up cheap at the supermarket.

Real notes from real conditions

Honest writing about living and making things in regional WA. No pretending it's easy. No pretending the heat doesn't matter.

What's coming up

New drops, workshop dates, and kit releases - so you hear first before anyone else.

Made for a very specific kind of woman.

✦ You live somewhere regional and most advice, products, and recipes assume you live near a city, and you're tired of that.

✦ You want to be more self-sufficient but nobody around you is doing it the way you want to do it.

✦ You'd rather make something yourself than buy a version that doesn't work in your conditions.

✦ You believe that practical skills and honest products matter more than trends.

Hi, I'm Donna. I make things from scratch in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

I'm a mum of six living in the Goldfields of Western Australia. I keep bees, grow vegetables, bake sourdough most days, preserve everything I can get cheap, and make my own lip balm and soap because most products don't survive the heat out here.

You Beaut Co started because I got tired of advice and products that assumed I lived somewhere mild and close to a city. Now I make what works, teach what I know, and share what I learn along the way.

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Notes From the Kitchen Table

Women resourcing women in real conditions, not perfect ones.