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I’m in my local newspaper with some ideas on Christmas crafting, including jewellery making, bath salts, chocolate, and Shrinky Dinks! How exciting is that? Click here and see my stuff on pages 4 though 7! As a quick note, this is the craziest week of the year for me with the Yarrow and Chilliwack youth crafting...
I regularly get questions about using emulsifiers like Polawax or Ritamulse SCG in our conditioners, and the general answer is no, you can’t use those emulsifiers to make conditioners. We use ingredients like Incroquat BTMS-50, Rita BTMS-225, and cetrimonium bromide to create conditioners and they are emulsifiers, but that isn’t their only feature: We’re using...
I love this cosmetic bag pattern! I made a ton of them for the kids in my group last year, and I’m making some more this year because I love them so much! If you have the time and energy, make a lining for the bag. I take one to the gym every day, and...
Last night during How’s that Made in Chilliwack, we made some lovely Christmas jewellery! I think these are my favourite type of earrings! Visit a shop that sells Christmas decorations – make sure you get the small to medium sizes – put a jump ring in the top, add some earring hooks, and you have...
One of my first projects was making bath bombs. This is one of those things that can seem completely easy or unbelievably hard, and I’m not really sure why some people succeed so well at making them and others have so much trouble! One of the big issues is water – whether you’re adding it...