See my ice dyeing article in the Aug/Sept issue of Quilting Arts.
Tag Archives: homemade gifts
Calendula Olive Oil Soap
Well, I’ve been wanting to make this soap for quite a while. My friend Marsha is allergic to all nut oils so I’ve been itching to make some olive oil soap for her. In fact, my whole reason for infusing … Continue reading
Posted in body care products, crafts, Recipes, soap making
Tagged calendula infused oil, calendula soap, crafts, homemade, homemade gifts, olive oil soap, soapmaking
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Fresh Lavender Wreath
It’s been real smelly around here lately. I’ve been harvesting lavender. I harvested Dilly Dilly in Dave’s Butterfly Garden and couldn’t stop singing “Lavender blue dilly dilly, Lavender green dilly, dilly …” Dave hadn’t heard of the song sung by … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, homemade, homemade gifts, lavender
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Recycled Jewelry Art
This week’s column in The Evansville Courier and Press was about Debra Talley and her recycled jewelry art. Check out her story here. I especially love this box and this beautiful frame. Here’s Debra holding my favorite box of her … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, Debra Talley, Evansville State Hospital, Harry Shoemaker, homemade, homemade gifts, telling your story
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Dreamsicle Face Lotion
When I was a kid, I just loved Dreamsicles. Well, I still do. We have a local ice cream shop here – a small neighborhood stand with just outdoor seating and a limited menu. If you are looking for a … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, dreamsicle face lotion, homemade, homemade body care, homemade gifts, Recipes
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Cherries and Chocolate!
Now to the chocolate. Dave’s been wanting to make a chocolate soap. Well, it didn’t take any arm twisting to get me to put together a soap formula involving chocolate. Yum! It smells like chocolate already, but will smell even … Continue reading
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Tagged cherry trees, chocolate, chocolate soap, homemade, homemade gifts, 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
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Tagged goats milk soap, homemade gifts, lavender, lavender goats milk soap, Recipes, soapmaking
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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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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 … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, homemade gifts, homemade soap, oatmeal honey soap, pepperment, soapmaking
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Cocoa Butter Creamy Lotion
A couple years ago for Christmas I renewed an old interest in making beauty supplies. Several friends received peppermint lip balm, lavender eye pillows, and body cream. I notice just this past couple of weeks that I was running out … Continue reading
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Tagged cocoa butter lotion, homemade, homemade body care, homemade gifts
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