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We a re a busy family full of working adults and social butterfly teenagers. Neither hubby or I have "regular" Monday-Friday daytime jobs at "normal" times, so our schedule "rocks". Maybe I should call it "rocky" instead!
Anyway, we often work holidays and weekends; and sometimes we don't even get the same weekends off. It requires a lot of planning and working at keep our family/marriage alive and well.
Usually, on a holiday, we try to ensure that at least ONE of us adults are home and arr... Read Full Story
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If you know anything about handmade soap, you may have run across this terminology before: cold process, hot process, melt and pour, hand milled...
You may not know what any of that means.
In case you ever wondered, this is the blog read for you.
Well, here is my attempt at briefly explaining what those things are and how they differ from one another.
MELT AND POUR
Let's start with just your basic melt and pour. This is a method of soap making where you purchasing a pre-made soap prod... Read Full Story
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Want something to soothe those sore tired muscles after working out at the gym, or yard work, housework, or coming home from work? This is your handmade soap! Perfect for hard-working, sweaty bods needing a top-notch clean up!
Each soap is approximately 3 oz each and loaded with natural oils to soothe your dry skin, and loaded with oils that soothe your aching muscles and joints.
This soap contains Eucalyptus oil, which is said to stimulate and aid in concentration. It also helps to reli... Read Full Story
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Yes, it's a movie; yes, it is an odd conglomeration of Spanish and English tossed together. It is a melding of cultures in a language format.
Our kids were raised in Spanglish due to the uniqueness of our own multicultural marriage. Dad's first language is Spanish and mine is English, although we often drift into the other language. Besides that, because both of us worked when the kids were younger, we had to have babysitters. We chose sitters that spoke Spanish, figuring that English wou... Read Full Story
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Frankincense and myrrh is just one of those fragrance combos that remind us of Christmas because both of those are mentioned repeatedly in the Bible. These were expensive back in biblical times, used for many things. In the scriptures, it is included with gold as gifts to Jesus by the wise men, showing their importance.
"On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gi... Read Full Story
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Yes, 'tis the season for Christmas bazaars again. For those of us who are handcrafted vendors and take our craft seriously, this is a real busy time. For those who are Christmas bazaar attendee addicts, well...the same goes. It's a busy time too.
Before I got into soap-making, I had never attended a Christmas bazaar. Well, I digress a bit; I had attended a few in my past, all of which contained items I would never have given to anyone I knew, nor would I have bought them for myself. I gue... Read Full Story
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Our family took a vacation this past summer. A real, actual vacation; not a day trip or an overnight trip, or a business trip or a trip out of necessity. We chose to take a vacation. Not extravagant; we didn't go over our budget which meant we spent overnight most of the time at friends and family. We had a great time.
Our first stop was sunny southern California with all that it has to offer. Great beaches, amusement parks, great weather. It really is a great vacation spot. I was born and... Read Full Story
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Handmade soap using real coffee! Coffee is known to get rid of unwanted odors. Coffee grounds are added in the soap for exfoliation. Great for cleansing without drying your skin. What more could you want in a hard-working soap like this? Only one thing... It smells fantastic!
This soap was recently made and now listed on two of my shop sites. It has been a hit so far in men's soap collections, spa baskets and individually.
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Donald MacKinnon is the Candle Guy and sells his amazing candles on Artfire.com. I chose to feature him due to his unique history and how he came to be making candles.
He is a retired principle engineer and a Vietnam Veteran. While in Vietnam he was assigned to the 170th Assault Helicopter Company, where he served as crew chief on a "huey". In the picture below, that is Donald on the far left.
After retiring and moving to Florida, he became extremely ill resulting in a permanen... Read Full Story
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What? You never heard of this kind of handmade soap? It's amazing! Made from real Japanese Plum wine, it has the sweet, heady fragrance of the sweet dessert wine, plus an added berry wine fragrance to make it a "dessert soap".
Each bar is hand-cut, approximately 3 oz each.
Talk about lather! This soap has lather that doesn't quit; and leaves the lingering scent of the soap behind.
The perfect holiday gift! This was the first time that I used the plum wine for soap-making and it turned o... Read Full Story
