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Sorry for the lack of posts, but it’s been really stressful around here dealing with family health issues! Rest assured I’ve been working on blog things, like developing new recipes for the upcoming summer products e-zine my July Patreon subscribers will receive, and writing posts. (That’s an awesome aloe vera gel! It feels as nice...
Happy Canada Day, everyone! I generally celebrate July 1st by being out of my home and native land camping and visiting my American friends, but we’re home this week, and I’ve been busy in the workshop making all kinds of wonderful and wacky things with new and familiar ingredients. (I have been listening to a...
Update: After some serious thought, I’ve decided to answer questions and comments as best I can. Please click here to see some things you can do to make it more likely I’ll be able to answer what you ask! As a note, as much as I love seeing your comments, I’m assessing whether or not...
I was thinking about resuming Newbie Tuesday in the near future to make facial products, like a moisturizer, toner, or cleanser. I thought we could develop a base recipe, then add some cool extras to it, like cosmeceuticals, extracts, botanicals, and more. What would you think of this idea? Or would you prefer to work on...
Follow @SwiftCraftyM I thought I’d share as a quick note that I’m finally on Twitter. You can find me there as @SwiftCraftyM and subscribe or like or whatever one does to follow someone. (Funnily enough, I couldn’t get my whole real name or my silly nickname in there as there were too many characters!) In...