Challenge: Six ingredient lotions

Welcome to the six ingredient lotion challenge! The rules are simple – make a lotion using only six ingredients. Water, preservative, fragrance or essential oils do not count towards the six ingredients, but everything else does (including hydrosols or aloe vera that you might substitute for the water portion). You can make type of lotion you...

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Challenge: Are you trying new things?

Happy sneak some zucchini on your neighbour’s porch day!  As I’ve decided this is my year for trying new things, I’ve been trying new things (including being obvious Swift!). I put out the challenge out in the middle of June to try something new, and I set out my own goals…and I haven’t really updated...

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Back to basics!

I taught a craft group about a month ago where I taught my teens how to make a lotion. The recipe was one of the first recipes I tried myself, a body mousse with a six ingredients – water, humectant, oil, emulsifier, thickener, and preservative. It is absolutely lovely and a staple in my recipe...

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Challenge: We were jamming!

Wow, did I have fun yesterday or what? My friends and I set June 20th as our challenge date for making jam, and we went nuts making all kinds of gooey strawberry concoctions! We bought a 30 pound bucket of local strawberries from the Rotary Club, and they were already washed, cleaned, and packed in...

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Challenge: Start with the basics!

I’ve been thinking a lot about how overcome our crafting fears, and I’ve realized I’m part of the problem – if you ask me the time, I tell you how to build a clock. It’s a little overwhelming at times to take in a ton of information or recipes and sort those through your head...

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