See my ice dyeing article in the Aug/Sept issue of Quilting Arts.
Tag Archives: homemade gifts
Christmas Idea #2 – Quick and Easy Journal
This is one of the quickest art journals I’ve ever made. I could see this made with Christmas colors with pictures of the recipient. It could be given without painting – just blank – for an art journal friend to … Continue reading
Posted in acrylic paints, art journals, crafts, paper, tutorials
Tagged art journals, crafts, homemade gifts, paper crafts
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Coconut Lime Soap
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
Posted in body care products, Recipes, soap making
Tagged coconut lime soap, Coconut milk soap, homemade gifts, homemade soap, soapmaking
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Pizzelle – Oh my!
My love affair with this cookie started a year or so ago when I bought this tin. I never really thought about making them. We liked them so much that we hopped online and bought several tins. And we ate … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, gadgets, Recipes
Tagged cookies, homemade gifts, pizzelle, pizzelle maker
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Smelling good – Solid Perfume
When the last of my perfume ran out over a year ago, I decided that I wouldn’t buy any more. Instead I would make my own. I finally got around to making some last week and thought I’d share my … Continue reading
Posted in body care products, crafts, tutorials
Tagged crafts, homemade body care, homemade gifts, perfume, solid perfume
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Out of my comfort zone
One thing I wanted to do this year was to really push myself and explore my artistic side. Writing and photography have always been loves and comfortable, but drawing and sewing have been really pretty scary. For the last 20 … Continue reading
Reviewing Our 2010 Soaps
This year Dave and I decided to bake all of our bread this year. I started with the HB in Five group attempting to bake through the book. Dave made a variety of wonderful breads from other resources. It was … Continue reading
Shea Mango Body Whip
I’m still looking for that perfect body whip and I think I found it! The Mango Body Butter I made several weeks ago is great, but it’s really a butter. It whips up nice, but doesn’t stay soft. I still … Continue reading
Posted in body care products, crafts, Recipes
Tagged homemade, homemade body care, homemade gifts, Mango Shea Body Whip, Recipes
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Dark Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti
It’s time to start baking biscotti and what better day than yesterday when it was cold and snowy. So I got a couple new ingredients together for this batch. Please refer to my basic recipe. We bought some King Arthur … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Recipes
Tagged biscotti, chocolate, chocolate biscotti, cookies, Dark Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti, homemade, homemade gifts
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Mango Body Butter
Wow! It has been a busy week here. I spent three days at our church making sure the Operation Christmas Child program volunteers had enough food to keep them going! Our church was selected to be one of the regional … Continue reading
Posted in body care products, crafts, Recipes, tutorials
Tagged body butter, crafts, homemade, homemade body care, homemade gifts, mango body butter
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Cocoa Sugar Scrub Bar/Great Ebook
I’ve started working on some goodies for Christmas presents. This summer I made mango lotion bars. Lotion bars are nice because you can easily carry them around and they don’t spill. (However, I wouldn’t leave them in a hot car … Continue reading
