I am still sewing. I promise. It's just everything I make recently is a Christmas gift and I can't share my projects until I share the gift.
So I will share this with you instead.
(Lavender soap with dried lavender buds)
A couple of years ago I took a class with Tracy Adams at the John Campbell Folk School on soap making. If you ever get a chance to go to the Folk School take it. It is a truly wonderful place to learn all sorts of traditional skills.
(Citrus soap with bergamot, sweet orange oil and calendula flowers)
Since then, a couple of times a year I get to work making soap. It is pretty much the only soap my family uses and I give a bunch of it out at the holidays. I skip all the dyes, colorants and fragrance oils which can irritate your skin and use only essential oils and natural ingredients.
This year a couple of my gal friends and I got to work mixing up some amazing bars of soap.
(Creamy mousse soap with patchouli and balsam peru essential oils)
It really isn't that hard once you learn the basic process and it's tons of fun dreaming up new flavors.
There are great resources online, just google, and wonderful books like the one below to get you started.
yum! we still have a week to wait, yes? thanks again for having us, it was so fun. <3
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A Fantastic preparation for an extreme problematic skin, with dehydration, and a disturbed barrier function, showing sensitivity and redness. In addition, this cream can be used on a normal skin.
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