September 12, 2011
by Julie
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I’ve been busily restocking soaps the past few weeks and made a total of 8 batches. I made mint and eucalyptus with charcoal soap for my guys, coffee and lemongrass kitchen soap, garden soap (mint with apricot kernel for extra … Continue reading
November 19, 2010
by Julie
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The pumpkin lasagna only used half the pumpkin so what to do with the leftovers? How about moist and delicious pumpkin cake. I replace 3T of oil with butter, added pecans and baked mine in a round pan rather than … Continue reading
November 17, 2010
by Julie
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There is a lot of conflicting information out there on soap making both in books and on the web. I’ve been gradually finding out what works for my base recipe and I think I have finally found the bottom and … Continue reading
June 12, 2010
by Julie
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Way back when I first bought my soap molds, I noted the soap cutter and thought I’d like to eventually get one. It’s quite easy to cut the soap by hand with a butterknife but the bars vary between 3 … Continue reading
June 8, 2010
by Julie
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I was chatting to someone on the phone over the weekend and we’d been talking about soap at one point and then later on I was telling her how I made fruit/veg bags with nylon netting from JoAnns so I … Continue reading
May 17, 2010
by Julie
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Over the weekend I organized my soaps and fiber samples. The soaps had been hogging counter space while they cured but now they are neatly stowed away in boxes the perfect size for 5 pounds of soap. The fiber samples … Continue reading
May 8, 2010
by Julie
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I made more than a little soap last week and it was amazing how differently each batch worked up. It seems that I need to use less fragrance oil than I do essential oil and I took notes accordingly. I … Continue reading
April 27, 2010
by Julie
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This week I’m planning to make several batches of soap. I’m out of lavender which is just unacceptable and I have some new scents I want to try. First up is coriander which I combined with a sample matcha tea … Continue reading
November 22, 2009
by Julie
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The best flowers are the ones that show up completely unexpected as these beauties did Friday night. Daniel was up and about early yesterday morning trolling the kitchen for something to eat. I have all sorts of lovely summer fruit … Continue reading
October 3, 2009
by Julie
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All week long I’ve been busily making soap. The last batch has gone into the molds this morning so I’ll have plenty of soap ready for holiday gifts. Seen here I have lavender with rhassoul clay, rose with jojoba beads, … Continue reading
