Remember a month or so ago I made soap for the first time…
It’s soap…
It suds…
It cleans…
All that’s left to do is some
pretty packaging.
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Just a few things I whipped up the other day.
I’ve been blessed this week with some wonderful gifts from some wonderful ladies.
First I got this wonderful little journal from my dear friend Elizabeth.
She knows I have a fondness for pink, so she was sure to include many splashes throughout.
It truly was a gift from the heart…
Thank you so much Elizabeth.
Next my mom made a nice big batch of sandbakkles.
They are a traditional Norwegian cookie.
The kids are loving them.
Yesterday I met my knitting group for lunch.
Afterward I was given this yummy plates of goodies for the kids by our “teacher”.
How sweet is that?!? No pun intended.
It’s been a long time since I had a Tea Tuesday post…mostly since I always have a super busy Tuesday and I don’t often schedule my posts. Likely because I’m not very good at planning ahead. I’m sort of a fly by the seat of my pants type of girl.
I just had to show you the teacup candles I made.
Once again, something I’ve been wanting to do for a long, long time but just never did…until now.
I’m totally in love with them. They turned out perfectly.
I couldn’t have imagined better results!
Hooray! Love it when something comes out right!
Continuing one with my need to melt things…I made some candles.
Over time I’ve collected containers and supplies at garage sales to create some OOAK candles.
This one in the tin is so feminine. It has a nice soft scent…not flowery as the flower on top would suggest. Just soft, sweet and slightly fruity.
For this one I placed chunks of a darker, broken candle in the glass jar before filling with the new wax. I was hoping for a more dramatic look but what can I say…I’m experimenting.
I’m showing my age with that quote.
Remember the show
Friends: The One with Frank Jr.
Anyway…I do like to melt stuff.
We have piles of crayons. I think they are reproducing in the cupboard.
I’ve recycled crayons many times with varying degrees of success.
Cheap dollar store variety and the free crayons from restaurants contain too much wax and not enough pigment. The best ones are the Crayola.
My technique:
Spray mini muffin pan with olive oil to act as a release agent.
Melt in a 230° oven for about 10 minutes.
Cool completely.
Color.
(I set the pan in the garage overnight to harden.)Now we have a fun, chunky set of crayons to spark some renewed interest in coloring…hopefully.
In my previous post I mentioned a quilt…my first quilt…that was made nearly 13 yrs ago. Long, long before I started blogging…probably even before blogs were a thing.
I made this quilt during little boy nap-times.
The front is warm tones and the back cool blues.
It’s a perfect throw blanket on cold winter nights.
In fact, there is sometimes a fight over who gets to use this quilt when we are all watching TV because it’s the best one to snuggle under.