Category Archives: soap making

Swapping and Thrifting

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Lynda

Yesterday I received in the mail this wonderful package of soaps from Wendy Lorimer of Lorimers’ Soap in Scotland. Wendy had emailed me about my marbled fabric. Since I also love to not only make soap but to try others, … Continue reading →

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Soap Recipe: Chocolate Almond

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Lynda

Dave and I made some more soap the other day. Our supply is really low and with spring coming and all of the gardening chores ahead of us, we need to get on the ball and replenish our supply. Monday … Continue reading →

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Saturday Soapmaking: Tea Tree Lemongrass Avocado

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Lynda

Our friend Carla had been wanting us to have another soapmaking lesson at our house so we got together Saturday with our friend Teresa and a new friend Donna and made two soaps: Tea Tree Lemongrass Avocado and Peppermint Honey … Continue reading →

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Soap Making Demo

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Lynda

Dave and I hosted a soap making demo at our home a couple of weeks ago for the Evansville Homesteading Co-Op. Lisa Garrett, the “Party Crasher”  with the Warrick Section of the Evansville Courier & Press joined us covering our … Continue reading →

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Our luffas

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Lynda

Dave planted some luffas for us last summer, growing them in tomato cages. I harvested these gourds, also know as Dishrag Gourd or Vegetable Sponge, back in November. Since then they have been drying in the garage. I checked on … Continue reading →

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Coconut Cocoa Soap

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Lynda

We made so much soap last year, especially in November and December. I’ve wanted to blog about some of these new soaps but there just hasn’t been enough time. However, I just had to tell you about this one. This … Continue reading →

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Coconut Lime Soap

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Lynda

We’ve been making quite a bit of soap lately. Since we loved our 100% goats milk soap, we thought we’d substitute coconut milk and see what happens. We are really happy how they turned out. It’s still too soon to … Continue reading →

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Felting Soap

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Lynda

As I mentioned earlier, my interview with Karen really inspired me to felt. And what better project than to felt our homemade soap! However, if you want to do this, you can use any soap bar you have around the … Continue reading →

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Banana-licious Olive Oil Soap

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Lynda

As mentioned earlier, we tried our hand a couple weeks ago at making a 100% olive oil soap. I was really kind of scared to try this. We had made 90% olive oil soap this past year and it was … Continue reading →

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More Soaping Here

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Lynda

Well, we are back to making some soap. Our supply from last year has been given away or we’ve used most of it so we’re on to another couple batches. Hubby blogged about it here. We made our first 100% … Continue reading →

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