Passions I can't deny
Posted in Recipes, body care products, crafts, soap making on Sep 2nd, 2010
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 calendula flowers in the olive oil was for her soap. Anyway, last week I finally [...]
Posted in body care products, soap making, tutorials on Aug 20th, 2010
I’ve been wanting to infuse some herbs for our soaps and body products. Our Calendula did not do well in the garden this year, so I ended up purchasing some dried organic Calendula flowers from Mountain Rose Herbs.
Thanks to Katie, a soapmaker on one of the soaping groups, for these instructions. Fill the sterilized jar [...]
Last year I bought some sunprint paper to print in the sun. I thought it was neat, but the paper is really expensive! I also wanted more colors than blue.
I found this tutorial on 3 Creative Studio where I don’t need anything special just fabric, some fabric paint, and things to mask out the sun. [...]
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, preserving on Aug 5th, 2010
While we were over at Reid’s Orchard picking up some peaches, we also picked up some early apples. We usually wait for the main harvest to come in, but thought we’d like to see what these tasted like. They weren’t real good for eating – a bit too mealy for us – but they make [...]
Hubby and I were heading out to a book discussion group Sunday and I thought it would be nice to take something to eat. And what better to eat while discussing The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle than chocolate chip cookies?
These chocolate chip cookies come from the Deceptively Delicious Cookbook by Jessica Seinfeld. I bought [...]
Posted in Sewing, crafts, telling your story on Aug 1st, 2010
My column this week in the Evansville Courier and Press is about Donna Bische and her quilts. Check out her story here.
I remember my grandma quilting. I also remember always having one of her quilts on my bed. Here is the one I lived with growing up. Oh, the stories it could tell!
The materials in [...]
Posted in Ramblings, Recipes, gardening, preserving, tomatoes on Jul 17th, 2010
I’ve been busy drying tomatoes and putting up our blackberries and blueberries. Before I write more about that, Kristina had asked what the tomatoes look like when they are dried. I’ve never looked at them side by side, and thought it would be neat to see how they compare.
Here is our favorite to dry – [...]
So here is my recipe.
So let’s get started!
I put blackberries in a sauce pan.
I simmered them bringing them to a boil. Then I turned off the heat and gently pushed down on them, releasing more juice.
I let them cool for awhile. It was now time to get rid of the pulp.
After pushing the juice through [...]
This week’s column in The Evansville Courier and Press is about Jane Vickers and her jewelry from what most of us call trash. I’ve known Jane for many years and remember attending meetings where she’d be sitting and keeping her hands busy by making her jewelry. I was always amazed that she could listen and [...]
Posted in Ramblings, soap making, tutorials on Jun 28th, 2010
Before I write about lessons learned, I wanted to thank everyone who entered my giveaway of the Eco Craft book. Janice of Flushing, New York won it. It will be in the mail to her tomorrow. Stay tuned for more craft book giveaways.
Also, we finally got rain last night – a whole inch! It was [...]
