Peppermint 100% Coconut Soap

If you’re new to the blog, you might not know that Dave and I make our own soap and have done so for the past seven years. If you’re interested in our soap recipes, check out this link. When we were in Hawaii several years ago we met a soap maker. That’s not really unusual…

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October 20 Sunday Roundup

Good Sunday Morning all! I bought a new Brother Innov-is 950D embroidery and sewing machine!  I love my old Elna, but it seems lately that it takes more time to get her up and running. Once I finally get her humming I’m out of the mood. A week ago Saturday I was ready to start…

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September 8 Sunday Roundup

First of all, I want to thank Judy for this beautiful stepping stone. Here it is in the trunk of my car. We’ve not decided where it will call home.  It is so beautiful. I met Judy when she attended my marbling class. She was the one who took vacation days to take my class!…

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Sunny Calendula Soap

Our last soaping session was in late April, right before the gardening season really took off. Dave grew some Calendula just for us to use in lotions and soap. It’s not a real impressive plant. But the blooms are beautiful. Last year we had to fight the deer for the flowers, but we still had…

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Cocoa Coconut Milk Soap

If you’ve followed this blog you know that we make our own soap. We started with this basic bar and graduated to using goats milk instead of water. We found that we absolutely love goats milk soap since it gives the soap so much lather. Well, we have moved on to our new favorite –…

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Soap Recipe: Chocolate Almond

Dave and I made some more soap the other day. Our supply is really low and with spring coming and all of the gardening chores ahead of us, we need to get on the ball and replenish our supply. Monday we made two soaps – Chocolate Almond and Eucalyptus Peppermint Honey Oatmeal. This chocolate almond…

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Soap Making Demo

Dave and I hosted a soap making demo at our home a couple of weeks ago for the Evansville Homesteading Co-Op. Lisa Garrett, the “Party Crasher”  with the Warrick Section of the Evansville Courier & Press joined us covering our fun time. Her article and pictures were in the paper Friday. Unfortunately, there is no…

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Coconut Cocoa Soap

We made so much soap last year, especially in November and December. I’ve wanted to blog about some of these new soaps but there just hasn’t been enough time. However, I just had to tell you about this one. This is my favorite soap so far. However, I tend to say that after almost every…

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Banana-licious Olive Oil Soap

As mentioned earlier, we tried our hand a couple weeks ago at making a 100% olive oil soap. I was really kind of scared to try this. We had made 90% olive oil soap this past year and it was so hard to get out of the mold. However, we loved the 100% olive oil/…

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