This year Dave and I decided to bake all of our bread this year. I started with the HB in Five group attempting to bake through the book. Dave made a variety of wonderful breads from other resources. It was fun and healthy and we’ll do it again in 2011. If you’d like to read…
Read MoreWe made three more soaps over a month ago. I’ve been wanting to post about them, but just haven’t had the time. The first is Lily of the Valley Olive Oil Soap. This recipe is the same of the Calendula Olive Oil soap except I left out the calendula and added lily of the valley…
Read MoreThis is the second soap we made Thursday. I really can’t wait to try this one. It smells divine! Here is our recipe. If you are not familiar with cold process soapmaking, please read and print out the instructions Here. [stextbox id=”custom”] Cocoa Mango Soap [print_link] A Happy Acres Original 10% Cocoa Butter- 90 grams…
Read MoreWell, Dave and I are at it again! We made two soaps yesterday. This first one is made from lard. We wanted to try lard since that’s what soap used to be made with. We used lard from the store and it was S-T-I-N-K-Y! But today with the vanilla creme fragrance oil, we can only…
Read MoreWell, I finally tried the Calendula Olive Oil soap I made for my friend Marsha. If you missed the post, here is the recipe. It has a great lather and feels really conditioning on the skin. Since it is 90% olive oil, it is a soft soap and probably won’t last long. But I’m happy…
Read MoreWell, I’ve been wanting to make this soap for quite a while. My friend Marsha is allergic to all nut oils so I’ve been itching to make some olive oil soap for her. In fact, my whole reason for infusing calendula flowers in the olive oil was for her soap. Anyway, last week I finally…
Read MoreI’ve been wanting to infuse some herbs for our soaps and body products. Our Calendula did not do well in the garden this year, so I ended up purchasing some dried organic Calendula flowers from Mountain Rose Herbs. Thanks to Katie, a soapmaker on one of the soaping groups, for these instructions. Fill the sterilized…
Read MoreBefore I write about lessons learned, I wanted to thank everyone who entered my giveaway of the Eco Craft book. Janice of Flushing, New York won it. It will be in the mail to her tomorrow. Stay tuned for more craft book giveaways. Also, we finally got rain last night – a whole inch! It…
Read More[donotprint] Two of favorite things are cherries and chocolate. I love cherry anything including cherry jello. And I can eat about anything covered in chocolate except bugs! Last year our cherry trees didn’t produce at all. This year it looks like we will have enough for several cobblers and to add some 2-cup bags to…
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