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Its been an entire month since I've felt well enough to soap. My weekends have been spent in my chair embroidering in the living room because I just haven't felt well. This past weekend I felt much better and made soap in my favorite scent and using my favorite colors. BB Lemon Verbena and...

I learned the very basic stitches of embroidery when I was a little girl, but wow, I love the modern thread painting look and how far we've come from stamped flour sack dish towels! I hadn't embroidered in over 30 yrs, but recently watched a few videos and subscribed to some Instagram accounts...

My 22 yo dd and her gf came over last night to do laundry and eat dinner with us and I showed her my new soap. She asked if she could go upstairs and get some. Her gf has very sensitive skin, so she went up too. They came back down with their hands full asking for a bag. I laughed. My daughter...

In all things in life, color is my jam ;) Saturday, I made more campfire scented soap in the stone mold. These molds are a bit deeper and wider than others I have, so I think I need to increase my recipe a bit to fully fill them all. I only got 5; and they aren't full. I do love how the blues...

Dh purchased stone shaped silicone molds for me (and they took forever to get here-lol, but they were worth the wait). I used my normal soap recipe and added titanium dioxide, rust and brown micas. I scented with his favorite of my fo's, campfire. I'm really pleased with how these turned out...

I made my usual soap recipe and used BB Blooms and Berries fo and purple and green micas. This is my 2nd time working with micas, and my first with this particular fo. This was my first attempt at an in the pot swirl. For my first mica soaping I mixed the micas with a little almond oil before...

My dh is traveling for work this week. He travels probably 2 or three times a year. I know how lucky I am that it isn't more often. But.... I still really miss him when he goes. We are approaching 30 years of marriage next month. I guess I've gotten spoiled. There were so many long...

This is my 2nd go at making soap with goat's milk. My first bars were for dh and I used a simple rectangular silicone mold and scented them with spearmint and eucalyptus. I made them last week. These are for my dd & me and are scented with white tea & ginger from BB and I used a pretty silicone...

I've been working on tote bags for an upcoming Christmas gift exchange at my church since July. I made a total of 5 and will share two of my favorites (so you don't get picture overload :) ) I dyed the teal fabric on the black and white polka dot bag; wrapping the fabric around coarse ropes and...

I call this my "secret squirrel" soap because it felt like a clandestine operation ;) I'm fairly new to soap making. This will be year two I've been making and using and sharing with family my creations. I stick to one basic recipe that I absolutely love, and have decided 2019 will be the year...

2 years ago I went to the local Farmers Market and bought 2 soaps (one cinnamon, one cherry almond) from a local artisan. I immediately fell in love with hand crafted soap. My bars ran out and the Farmers Market was closed for the year so I decided I would learn how to make soap. I watched a lot...

Hi. My name is Janelle and I began making soap for personal consumption and gift giving 2 years ago. I went to my local farmers market and bought two bars of handcrafted soap. I fell in love. I panicked when I was close to running out and the farmers market had closed for the Fall/Winter. I...