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10/23/09

Soapmaking . . . .



Well, I need to add another $25 to the cost of soapmaking. I had borrowed the above book by Delores Boone from the Aurora library. On the way home there was a leaky gallon of water on the floor next to the bookbag and to make a long story short, the book soaked up lots of water. It was damaged. When I showed the librarian what happened, she thought I needed to buy it. So, okay there goes $25. But I like the book and I had already tried to find it online and take them a replacement. Much to my surprise Amazon is showing 2 copies of this out of print book for $100!!!!! Maybe I can list it on Ebay after I finish my soapmaking or become bored with the process and no longer need the info.


I have made three batches of soap: hot process, cold process and another process where old scraps were thrown in and hot process continued. Kind of fun. I'm still looking for a source for Palm Kernel oil other than Ebay where shipping is more than the product. I have the name of a shop in Metamora to check out, the Smelly Gourmet, that might offer this and other soapmaking supplies. Next trip to Aurora, I will make this little detour.
Enjoy this lovely Fall day.

10/4/09

Okra Santas


I had hoped that the article I saved on Okra Santas contained information on how to make them. Unfortunately when I dug out the saved article it was only one page. It was mostly about drying the okra with one sentence about how the Santas are made: . . . . .I made Santas out of the Okra using a polymer-clay mixture.
Here, Here (picture soooo small, but directions included) and Here (these have handmade hats!) are some articles I found on the web with Okra Santas.