Well, 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…
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Calendula Olive Oil Soap
Well, 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…
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I’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 MoreSoap Lessons Learned
Before 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 MoreCherries and Chocolate!
[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…
Read MoreOur Three Soaps
Before I review our three soaps that have cured and we are using, I wanted to let you know that I won a $25 gift certificate from Majestic Mountain Sage for submitting our Lavender Goat Milk soap in their milk soap challenge. Here is my entry on their blog. Pretty exciting! Can’t wait to order…
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[donotprint] Well, we are at it again. Yesterday we made our fourth soap – Lavender Goat Milk. We liked the goat milk soaps we purchased in Florida and at a local craft show so we thought we’d try one and add lavender from our garden. Also, I read The Sage blog where they are having…
Read MoreThird Soap – Citrus Coffee Hand Soap
This is the updated recipe for this soap. (3/23/2013)Â [donotprint] If you follow hubby’s blog you know that we finally tested the very first soap we made four weeks ago. It was so bubbly. Check out his picture here. A week ago Dave and I went to a local craft fair that had all homemade/handmade…
Read MoreOn Coffee Grounds
Nothing makes me happier than a bargain. The other day on my way out of the local grocery store, there sat a bag of used coffee grounds next to the bag recycling bin. Above the bag was a sign: FREE for your compost, worm garden, or roses. Well, of course I can’t pass up a…
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