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This is similar to my method. I print my recipes from the calc and put them in a plastic sleeve in a 3 ring binger. Notes, labels and everything else for that batch are slipped into the sleeve as well. I also have digital copies of each backed up in a Soap folder. I also put notes on my wall...

My gripe, outside everything else going on in this crazy world right now, is the amount of DIY, Homesteading, Prepping and other places all suggesting that SaHMs (and others) start making and selling soap. They don't specify exactly which kind of soaps to make, but it really gets my goat that...

Since I generally use pigments for my CP, my labels are listed with the base ingredients, fragrance/essential oil, Iron oxides and/or TD. I've got a tiny little box to work everything into, so the labels have to be reworked. I'm probably going to switch to the saponified names.

One of my cousins is dyslexic. Wonder if gram and his mom had done that, if it'd have helped him any. Took years before they were able to get him tested for it. By the time he was acknowledged as having it, he'd grown too freaking lazy to put forth any effort on things. While I love being able...

I love that! I was made fun of in school because I always read either the dictionary or encyclopedias during free time. But, ya know? I always made high grades in nearly all my classes. I still have the massive Webster's dictionary my mom had growing up. Printed in the 1960's, complete with a...

I learned quick to never claim boredom around Gram, lol. She'd find some chore or another for me, be it tending the animals, mending fences, gardening or crafting. To this day, I have to have my hands occupied with something no matter what my brain is occupied with. I can't even watch TV or a...

As of today, the Hobby Lobby I work at is officially closed until further notice. Even though we sell essential oils, we are not considered an essential store. (someone actually called and asked that according to my CSM) We stayed long enough to unload and process the truck and make sure the...

My family loves ramen, even though I refuse to go near the stuff. I'm actually surprised they had any this time since the stores were out of them the other day. My youngest was heartbroken the other day when she found out her butter noodles were sold out. Seems her biggest thing lately is tomato...

Looks like my SO was able to snag a bag of macaroni noodles this morning, along with his precious ramen (yuck!) and some TP, lol. He had to wait for the store to open after he got off work this morning. May have to pull out the pasta maker and move my soaps just to have a place to dry that stuff.

It was a bit strange for me to wander through Smart & Final a couple of days ago. I always stock up on dry goods, but other than the dry noodles, the baking isle was pretty much untouched. They did have a limit on the eggs from what I saw. People were clustered around it, so I'm not sure. I...

I've got 4 oversized totes overfilled with yarn, along with a couple of suitcases and several large bags tucked around the apartment. My fiancee told/asked me last year to not bring home any more yarn after I cleaned a couple of thrift stores out, lol. He's perfectly fine with the constant...

That's how it was for us yesterday at Hobby Lobby. There might have been a total of 100 people come through my entire day shift. Fun part was when it seemed like they all wanted to come right as our power went out for 20-30 minutes. I don't know about the other 3 cashiers, but I rang up an awful...

I had a coworker ask me today if I made hand sanitizer after a couple of customers asked if we sold the it. I told her that since the kids and I are allergic to the stuff, I refuse to touch it. Same for bleach, Lysol and the other "germ killers" on the market. Soap and hot water are generally...

Sure seems that way. Grinches and Scrooges all the way around. At least night gave us some amusement. Except for the poor girl that it happened to. She's scared she'll get in serious trouble for what happened. My son and I were in papercrafts doing the last bit of go backs before we clocked out...

I don't know about elsewhere, but here, we got our first shipment of Christmas stuff in the first week of May. The first week of November started our Spring Collection, which has been 40% off since pretty much Thanksgiving. We've had Valentine stuff out for about a week now. Normally, I enjoy...

Strangely enough, to me at least, the guys I work with go crazy over the Oatmeal & Honey and Lemongrass Verbena soaps and lotions. Both of which I always considered to be more feminine scented. Granted, I think the OH is a classic scent that pretty much everyone loves. A guy my fiance works...

Hello all. I've been lurking about the forums for a while now, and finally decided to chime in. I started soaping at my grandmother's request, back around 1994. She was extremely sensitive to the store bought stuff and we had an excessive amount of milk from our herd of dairy goats. Figured...