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Thank you so much for all your wonderful support of our youth programs! Here are a few examples of pins made last week with the (used) badge maker we bought for the group! We can’t thank you enough for all your generous donations! ...
I wanted to remind you to check out the products great for foot care! I was at a conference on Friday, and I was shocked to see the state of some of the feet in sandals out there! Holy cow! I thought my slightly dry feet were in bad shape? I encourage you to make...
Hi everyone! Sorry for the dearth of posts lately, but it’s been a weird few weeks with being ultra busy and feeling awful with this stomach flu- like thing that randomly shows up! I’ll have some blogging time this long weekend, so look for responses to your comments and new stuff then! Thanks for your...
Woo! This is going to be fun! I’ve been asked to run two workshops at this year’s 1st Annual Conference for the Canadian Guild of Soapmakers, Chandlers, and Cosmetic Makers the weekend of October 16th to 18th in Banff, Alberta! I’ll be running two workshops sponsored by Voyageur Soap & Candle – lotion making and...
Happy International Tabletop Day! Wherever you are, I hope you’re playing a board or card game today! As you may or may not know, we are big gamers! We run a board and card game night for the youth every month, Raymond runs three Dungeons & Dragons sessions every fortnight for the youth, and we go...