• Blog - Crafts - Kitchen

    Good clean fun

    November 13, 2012 - By 
    I successfully made soap!!
    I’ve been nervous to try it on my own but figured with the month of cure time for this cold process soap that I better get over it and do it.
    This is a coconut oil and olive oil soap with no added fragrance or color. Figured I better start with the basics and work my way up.

     

    I have to tell you that I was super worried yesterday.
    I never got a good “trace” before pouring it into the mold.
    So maybe I shouldn’t say that it’s a success yet….
    I’ll let you know in a month.

     

  • Blog - Kitchen

    Scrappy, scrappy

    November 11, 2012 - By 

    I’ve been working on loom knitting again. I have an order for 10 dishcloths and am expecting I’ll be getting a few more orders real soon. I decided to use some of my scraps of yarn to give some visual interest to these cloths.  Waste not, want not.

    As long as I was thinking scrappy…

     I put together the first in a series of journals. The cover is a print of one of my kaleidoscopes. I believe this one started as a rose.

    I love the look of all the different papers. It’s up to the recipient to decide how to use them.

     

     

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    Still here…

    November 8, 2012 - By 
    Just trying to claw my way back to the functional world again.
    Isn’t it amazing how strong yet fragile we are as humans. Something microscopic can take us out of commission for days.

     

    I’ve had a “flu-like” virus.
    The kind that makes you feel like a wet noodle. The kind that makes the 10 step walk to the bathroom and back to bed seem like a 10 mile hike.

    Mr. G  stayed home from work to look after me when my fever was 103°F.  He also made me Jell-O when I mentioned that it sounded good. That may not sound like a big deal to you but it certainly was to me. As the kids would say, “Dad is not a cooker“.  Makes me smile.