Our recipes section is finally getting an update of all the recipes that I’ve included in the blog since the blog started! You can now find the recipes that were made on the blog in the recipes section. I’ve been working hard on transferring the recipes and they will be […]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
7 As I stated yesterday, I love to look for crafty things at the local Gardner’s Market. I’ve noticed that some of the vendors have tester cream jars of every scent in just one style of cream! This method takes up a lot of space and uses quite a bit of […]
Farmer’s Market Help for Bath and Body Vendors
8 In my eyes, it is officially growing season now, even though I’ve already started my tomato seedlings in the house weeks ago. Why is now growing season? Saturday was the first day that our local Gardener’s Market was open for the year. I always love to go and see what […]
Saturday Gardener’s Market
2 Yesterday I showed making a creepy critters soap and I thought I would expand on the embedding objects in soap. Today I’ll show making a soap that will have any pirate running off with your soap to hide the treasure. Collect needed supplies Transparent Melt and Pour Soap White Melt […]
Pirate Treasures Soaps
Have you ever looked at melt and pour soap and seen the embedded objects in soap and wondered how it is made? Today I’m going to show how to embed objects in melt and pour soap. Today I’m going to show snakes and frogs in melt and pour soap for […]
Creepy Crawly Critter Soaps
I was given 12 jars of the Hemp Butter in a 4 ounce size and told I could give them away to 12 people that comment on our blog. I still had my comment list from the Mother’s Day Gift Basket Drawing, so I added all the comments we have […]
Random Hemp Butter Drawing
10 Many of you have been clamoring for photos of the Cold Process Soap with Rose Hip Powder after it came out of the mold, so here are the finished results of this batch. As you can see, these soaps are beautiful. I used a bench knife to cut this into […]
Finished Cold Process Soap with Rose Hip Powder
I’ve gotten a few responses from my questions on last week’s challenge. Today, I’ll answer a question from tamithornton with help from Technical Support. 1) I would love to find an awesome recipe, helpful tips, and packaging ideas for body butter. Body butters are generally all oil mixtures, not always, […]
Blog Readers Challenge Questions Answered, Part 4
I’ve gotten a few responses from my questions on last week’s challenge. Today, I’ll answer two questions from KimVH with help from Technical Support. 1) The thing I struggle with the most is knowing why one oil/butter is used over another. Also, if I don’t have a particular ingredient is […]
Blog Readers Challenge Questions Answered, Part 3
I’ve gotten a few responses from my questions on last week’s challenge. Today, I’ll answer a few more of these questions from different readers with help from Technical Support. From jaspersgarden) I struggle the most with which ingredients are best for which products. For example – I formulated a very […]
Blog Readers Challenge Questions Answered, Part 2
I’ve gotten a few responses from my questions on last week’s challenge. Today, I’ll answer a few of these questions from different readers with help from Technical Support. From jaspersgarden) My absolute favorite thing to make is soap ~ CP and/or hot process with a crock pot! This past Fall, […]