Today I will tackle a few more of the requests from my much smaller pile of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Let’s go and check out these easy formulas! Kelly wrote, “Could you come up with a recipe for me for a leave-in hair conditioner? […]
Monthly Archives: December 2012

It was so chaotic during early December, that we temporarily postponed the Freebie Friday project so we could focus on sending orders out. As things have calmed down and we are currently on our Christmas break, I am going to give away another Freebie Friday! All comments from December are […]
Freebie Friday!
I hope you have all had a wonderful and safe holiday! I’m glad to be back in the saddle working on more formulas. (I still have a mountain!) Before I continue with today’s post, I have a question for you. Would you like us to continue the “From the Cupboard […]
Soap and Lip Balm with Ingredients from Thompson’s Cupboard
As a child I loved calendars. I would quickly read each one like a new released novel. Many holidays were marked for their religious association, but one always puzzled me. Boxing Day. Why marked for Canada and the UK? Did they have a love for boxing as a sport? Did […]
Boxing Day
When I sat down to write my blog entry for Christmas Day I had so much I wanted to cover. I wanted to tell you about Snap Day, the day I snap and just can’t wait anymore so we open our presents and have a great time. Snap Day occurs […]
A Magical Season
Today I will tackle a few more of the requests from my mountain of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Let’s go take a gander at the recipes I’ve come up with! Karen commented, “I rec’d a jar of cream made with your cream base. I […]
More Moisturizers with Ingredients from the Cupboards of Karen and ...

For my family, the Christmas season is time to spend together. We watch movies, play games, read books and generally lounge around the house. Because one can’t just lounge around the house properly in jeans, my family started a tradition of Christmas pajamas, or PJs as they are called at […]
Christmas Traditions – PJs
I’ve only received one soap request from the Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post Cindy wrote, “I want to make a soap that has great lathering capability, is long lasting, moisturizing, and feels good on the skin.” As Cindy has a fairly standard soap maker’s cupboard, I decided to […]
Soap with Ingredients from Cindy’s Cupboard

Today I will tackle a few more of the requests from my mountain of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Following the post from yesterday, we are going to focus on facial moisturizers today. These are recipes that would also work as light weight body lotions. […]
Facial Moisturizers with Ingredients from the Cupboards of LuAnn and ...

Today I will tackle a few more of the requests from my mountain of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Following the post from yesterday, we are going to focus on anhydrous products today. These are recipes that are still great for pampering hands (or the […]
Pampering Hands with Butters and Salves with Ingredients from the ...
I’ve received a whole mountain of requests for our Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post! Today I decided to tackle several requests for various hand lotions and creams to help you make your Christmas gifts before it was too late. Let’s go take a peek at the recipes I’ve […]
Pampering Hands with Lotions & Creams with Ingredients from the ...
At the end of November, I ruminated about the closure of the Hostess Brands company. In that post, I also talked about shopping to support small businesses and local economies. Even after writing that post, I couldn’t get the idea out of my mind about shopping and showing support for […]