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Susan Barclay-Nichols As I’m waiting for my wonderful husband to wake up and choose the next Iron Chemist ingredient, I wanted to share a few thoughts based upon the e-mails and comments I’ve seen this week… CHEMICAL EQUALS BADI mentioned the other day it’s the International Year of Chemistry and I think one of the things I...
As I’ve mentioned repeatedly (and probably annoyingly) this week, work has been incredibly busy and I’ve had little time to play in the workshop. As a result, I failed in making the two Iron Chemist products this week. I did make one, but I didn’t make a second – but I plan to do that...
I’ve been asked many times to help make an eye cream, so I thought I’d give it a go. I haven’t used eye creams in the past as I find they tend to be greasy and get all over my eye lashes and bug the heck out of me, so I thought I’d figure out...
It’s been a wacky and busy week around my house, so on this last day of work before a week of holiday time to be spent bumming around the house crafting and writing, I give you a few thoughts for Friday… If you get a chance, read this wonderful dialogue between a University of B.C....
Valentine’s Day will soon be upon us, and the best way I know of to tell someone you love them is with loads of chocolate. So why not make your own? It’s easy to make chocolate bark – get something you want to add to the chocolate, like cinnamon hearts, almonds, macadamia nuts and coconut,...