We have two soap making classes on Saturday. They are at 10 AM and 1 PM. This beginners class is to help ease the mind of what happens in the soap pot and how to become a successful soap maker. Certainly one can not learn everything about soap in a […]
Monthly Archives: April 2013
12 I don’t know about you but I suffer from flyaways. It’s enough to drive me crazy! I will brush my hair, have it looking all nice and 15 minutes later it looks like I did my hair with an egg beater. It gets especially bad if the weather is humid. […]
Spray-In Hair Treatment
4 Do you know what I have been thinking about today? A vacation. Just get away from the stress of everyday life. I am imagining a sandy beach, a iced tea and lots of sun. Though I can’t just pick up and leave as much as I would like to, I […]
Virgin Coconut Oil Lotion
2 Hand sanitizer what a great item to have around, expecially this time of year. You do not want to catch a cold, so wash your hands often and when you are not able to wash with soap use a hand sanitizer. We made some great hand sanitizer gifts in our […]
Hand Sanitizer
3 I left the Ground Vanilla Beans tincture in the cupboard for approximately two weeks, during which I noticed that the liquid turned a beautiful coppery-brown color. After the two weeks I checked it and decided to leave it in longer, I wanted to see if I could get more color […]
Tincture – Vanilla Beans, ground
The rosebuds and petals tincture was the fastest to make approximately three days and I felt that the process was completed. The dried material broke down fairly fast and the rosebuds turned into a faded pink color. All the color ended up in the liquid portion exactly what we were […]
Tincture – Rosebuds & Petals
1 I left the peppermint leaves tincture in the cupboard for approximately two weeks, while I did notice that the liquid turned a dark green color fairly quickly the leaves did not break down and change in color as fast as the rosebuds. After the two weeks I felt the process […]
Tincture – Peppermint Leaves
4 The tinctures have been sitting in the cupboard for a few days to three weeks now, this has been a fun project. I going to show you how to finish the process, then in some future blogs I will be taking the tinctures and using them in recipes. After putting […]
Making Tinctures – What I Made
8 I had formulated this body cream and had created a small pile of notes about why I had made this simple body cream and even for whom I had created this formula. I had transferred the formula to my computer so I could create a testing schedule, but I didn’t […]
I Lost My Mind Body Cream (Or the Importance of ...
17 I have gathered my supplies and I hope you are ready to make some tinctures with me. When making tinctures there are many herbs or botanicals that we can use, just remember this: DRY IS THE WAY TO GO! I’ve collected some items from our blog kitchen and will start […]
Making Tinctures – Supplies Needed
14 This is a new area for me and before last month I had never heard of the word – tincture (yes, I had to look it up). I have heard and used extracts and infusions, I just didn’t realize that I could make my own own tinctures, extracts, or infusions and incorporate them […]
Tinctures, Extracts, and Infusions – Oh My!
12 Today I have spring on my mind. Spring is amazing to me. The world is waking up, sprouting, budding, etc. It is the one time of the year that our landscape is completely carpeted with green. (Living in a desert does not do much for having greenery.) However, spring also […]