Handmade
4 Steps to Making Homemade Soap
November 6, 2009
I've been blogging for many years and for a couple of those years I went through a soap phase, writing about soap making. This is one of those posts. I still make my own soap but I don't write about it much these days. Some of the information may be ...
my first knitting project ~ done
November 3, 2009
It only took me 8 months but I'm done my first ever knitting project, a little shoulder shawl. SouleMama talked about this pattern ages ago and I fell in love with the striped effect and thought "that's looks easy enough for me to do." Well it was easy, but time ...
she's making a list... checkin' it twice
October 16, 2009
In case you're like me and haven't given it much thought yet Christmas is right around the corner. I know many of you are way ahead of the game and have been making gifts for months. But I was too busy figuring out school and enjoying fall to give much ...
Together we sew ~ Together we stand (hee, hee)
October 14, 2009
When I was a kid growing up in church these two little ladies (and I mean little, back then we called people of short stature midgets but I think the more modern and appropriate term is "little people"), sisters actually, would regularly sing a song for the congregation with the ...
Making time for mama to craft and sew
October 8, 2009
If I'm going to be successful in the long term as a stay-at-home mom and homeschooler I have to carve out a little time each week and each day doing something I want to do.
How to Make Lotion ~ A Photo Tutorial
September 29, 2009
I usually make my soap and body care products after supper, when all my other work of the day is done, which means I don't take photos of the process. Photographing under fluorescent kitchen lighting is just nasty. But today since I had natural light I thought I'd share it ...
they grow up too fast
September 21, 2009
We all say it because we know it to be true. Even through those difficult stages; the colicky baby boy, the strong willed toddler (she's still strong willed and always will be but it's not quite so exhausting anymore) and the growing pains of independence. Our mama hearts know the ...
