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Sorry for the last few days – life and work have become insanely busy, and I’m trying to figure out how I can use my new iPad to blog on the go! Don’t you love this case? It’s a pattern by Whistlepig Creek Productions, the e-Cozy Palooza for the iPad mini. It was super easy...
I’m not trying to be mean when I say I can’t come up with oil combinations for you because I really can’t! It’s all about your individual skin’s preferences and sensitivies, and learning what you can handle can take some serious time! If an ingredient is acnegenic, it can take up to seven days for...
As I’ve mentioned in the recent past, I’m obsessed with a Song of Ice and Fire (aka Game of Thrones), and I thought I’d share something I thought interesting… In one of the later books, one of the characters is asked when he/she returns from the outside world, “What three things do you know now...
I hope you are enjoying 2013 so far, which, I have to admit, is a weird sounding year. I guess it’s the 13…but I digress. I’m a big fan of goals, but not a big fan of resolutions for myself any more. A recent study showed that we do best in changing our behaviour – quitting...
It was really lovely to get all those nice e-mails and comments from you about the products you had made for Christmas with the recipes on the blog. I’d love to see more! Comment here or email me at swiftcraftymonkey@swiftcraftymonkey.blog and share your pictures with me. (If you don’t want me to put those pictures...