See my ice dyeing article in the Aug/Sept issue of Quilting Arts.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Our Three Soaps
Before I review our three soaps that have cured and we are using, I wanted to let you know that I won a $25 gift certificate from Majestic Mountain Sage for submitting our Lavender Goat Milk soap in their milk … Continue reading
Posted in Cleaning, crafts, soap making, tutorials
Tagged crafts, homemade, homemade body care, Recipes, soapmaking
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Soap #4 – Lavender Goat Milk
This procedure was a little trickier than the others because of the small amount of water and adding the goat milk. There are several different ways to handle milk in soapmaking. After lots of research I decided to try the … Continue reading
Posted in crafts, Recipes, soap making
Tagged goats milk soap, homemade gifts, lavender, lavender goats milk soap, Recipes, soapmaking
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A Bit of Green Here
Well, I missed posting green on St. Patty’s Day, but thought I’d share with you some of the green (and purple and yellow) I found today at Happy Acres. I’ve never grown this allium before. One of my master gardener … Continue reading
HB in Five Mid-March Buns
This week for our HB in Five Bread Challenge we made two great breads – Avocado-Guacamole Bread and Pesto Pine Nut Bread. Both of these were great breads – easy and fun to make. Unlike the others in the group, … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, HBinFive
Tagged avocado, guacamole, HBinFive, healthy breads, homemade, Pesto, Pesto Pine Nut Bread, Pine nuts
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Blackberry Cobbler
On my last post I talked about how blessed we are with blackberries. I will be making that Blackberry Syrup in the next couple of weeks, but just thinking about that made me hungry for Blackberry Cobbler. So I made … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Recipes
Tagged asparagus, blackberries, blackberry cobbler, homemade, organizing, Recipes
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Blackberry Syrup and Soda
Now that the season will soon be upon us I need to move some blackberries out of that prime real estate known as the freezer. Last year I found a way to use up some of those blackberries by making … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, gardening, Recipes
Tagged blackberries, blackberry acid, blackberry soda, blackberry syrup, gardening, homemade gifts, Recipes
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Third Soap – Citrus Coffee Hand Soap
Below you will find our recipe. I’ve included the percentages so if you want to make a bigger batch, you can enter these numbers into the calculator. A note with dealing with lye. Caution needs to be taken when using … Continue reading
Posted in crafts, gardening, Recipes, soap making
Tagged Citrus Coffee Hand Soap, coffee grounds, crafts, gardening, soapmaking
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On Coffee Grounds
Nothing makes me happier than a bargain. The other day on my way out of the local grocery store, there sat a bag of used coffee grounds next to the bag recycling bin. Above the bag was a sign: FREE … Continue reading
Posted in Cleaning, crafts, gardening, soap making
Tagged coffee grounds, homemade, soapmaking
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Apron Memories
With another Writing Your Story class completed, I am still thinking about all of our life stories that need to be told, if not for ourselves, for those we leave behind. Every day I seem to run into something that … Continue reading
