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Including natural colorants. :)

So I have tool envy. Lisa at "I Dream in Soap" uses a dual platform scale. 🤤 Question is, worth the money? Not much money, granted, but I do already have two scales that serve fine so I'm struggling with wondering if it will really be so much of a game changer to be able to weigh two things...

We have one of these doo-dads installed prior to our 3-sump water filter system. Brand is Rusco. Does anyone else have one of these installed? We're having a very difficult time with removing the clear housing to clean the mesh filter. Rusco's response was that this sometimes happens and...

Any woodworkers out there who could help a sister out with some guidance on making a soap planer? A shop on Etsy that made a fab planer was taking a break because the owner had health issues. This morning that shop is no longer on Etsy. I'm so sad for that family in what that probably means...

Hubby asked if we could send some soap to my MIL for Mother's day. I have plenty cured to send her, but since I have time I'd like to make a special batch just for her. I just love this woman to bits. I'm looking for suggestions of a design that isn't so pretty that she won't use the soap...

I'm guessing this is a really dumb question. Consider it your entertainment for the evening. Our honey comes in PETE 1 containers. I know I can't use them for lye solution, but has anyone tried using these with soap batter?

Oma just got a fab haircut. I teased saying that perhaps I should drive the 700 miles to have her stylist cut my hair. Excerpt from her reply: [Lady at church who I also know] always said that she would go there, but I am sure that she never did or her hair style would have improved. 🤣 🤣 Oh...

During one of the challenges I used exclusively non-gmo canola and corn oil as an experiment, with the intention of salting them out for laundry soap. I've always used salted out olive oil or OO/CO soap for laundry. Here's the problem: After drying, in the dryer or line dried, clothes washed...

Has anyone ever tried using Hydroxyethyl Cellulose to thicken liquid soap? It's not that spendy, but no use wasting even $10 if someone knows better! TIA!! Oh, so there I was...thinking, "I wonder how 90% RBO liquid soap would turn out?" :dance: ETA: I found a very old thread about using...

Girl Scout Cookie order was delivered today - ordered from our grand niece. I made the decision that rather than quarantining them for three days, we should treat them like groceries and wipe them down and then dive in. Hubs agreed. YES!

Anyone know if there's such a thing as a short/mini immersion blender? I'm on the hunt for something that looks just like a regular immersion blender, but shorter and with a smaller bell. Ideally something no taller than 8 inches when fully assembled. Does it exist? I have an old mini mixer...

Not sure if this is the right place to post this. I really like their cutters. Workshop Heritage is moving to another state and don't know when they will reopen. Last day to order: February 15, 2021 Looks like it's time for me to stock up on all those cool things I've put off getting!

Sooooo - after so long making soap with no colorants, or using just plant based colors, I'm hankering to take the plunge into making boldly colored soaps. Yay me. I blame the Monthly Soap Challenges. 🤣 I'm looking at micas on Nurture Soap and I'm finding that so many of them are not FDA...

My quilting mentor, who is Dutch, sent me a recipe for "Olie Bollen", a New Year's tradition from her homeland. Apparently it translates literally to "Oil Ball". 😄 Essentially, they're fried donut holes. Made mine with sourdough starter instead of "store-bought" yeast. Delicious! Happy New...

Anyone care to share a tried and true recipe(s) that uses a lot of cabbage? I already have stuffed cabbage and cabbage rolls. :) Hubby grows lettuce, arugula, basil, cabbage, etc., hydroponically. So, I'm looking for more recipes to use the delicious cabbage!

While diluting soap paste into liquid soap, it has a layer of soap on top that will not dissolve. I've had it heating for a total of 8 hours in a crockpot (4 the other day and four today). There is a thin layer of bubbles on top, but under that thin layer of bubbles there is a layer of white...

Looking for ideas on how to quilt this quilt top. Not quilting pattern, but quilt method - as in, ideas on how to baste, and then manage this big and heavy quilt while quilting. Hope that makes sense! FYI: I use two 6ft X 3ft tables and a regular sewing machine to quilt. The second pic is...

Has anyone every made Butterscotch Baking Chips from scratch who would care to share their recipe? Can't find them up here and while I know I can order them online, I thought maybe I could try making them. I was failing miserably at making Butterscotch candy until @cmzaha helped me out (thank...

For the Sept/Oct soap Challenges, I used single oil soaps with the intention of salting out and processing into laundry soap. Today was processing day and I experimented to find out which had the most suds (bubbles) and dissolved most thoroughly. FYI: When I make soap just for salting out...

Hubby needs a very aromatic soap for deer and critter deterrents for his Hazel Nut Tree "fledglings", and Irish Spring has always worked. He's wondering if I can make him some "stinky soap" since soaps are strangely still in short supply here. I don't use FOs, so I have no idea where to...