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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 this. We open our kitchen window to give the room ventilation during the soap making, even [...]

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Another Day, Another Soap

Please go HERE for the actual cold process tutorial. I would recommend printing it out so you can work from it as you are making soap. As I’ve mentioned before, there are a lot of great soap-making resources online, but this site is my favorite. Since I changed her basic recipe, I also consulted our [...]

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One UFO sighted and finished

In an effort to “clean up” my office/studio/woman cave, I have been looking at my UFOs (unfinished projects). I came across this washer bracelet I started over a year ago. I was making this for my friend Marsha for Christmas 2008 and just quit. Since I had all of the necessary supplies to complete it, [...]

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It's Soap!

It sure has been a long 24-hours waiting to see our soap!
First, let me tell you how this all came about – making the soap, that is. I’ve always liked the idea of making our own stuff – back to when I had the first three Foxfire books. But with working and all, I abandoned [...]

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Putting away the gourds

Today is one of those days for getting ready for the new year. After we took down and put away our Christmas decorations, I checked in the workshop on the irises I potted for next year’s Master Gardeners’ sale. I like to pot them up in fall when I still can identify them. I’ll write [...]

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All Tied Up

Here is my finished product – filled, tagged, and tied up – ready to be given out.
So let’s get started. I’ve only used grosgrain ribbon for this technique because that’s my favorite ribbon, but you might experiment with others.

There you have your own personalized ribbons. Add a name or initials and you’ve personalized the gift. [...]

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