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There’s a dearth of local Vancouver suppliers all collected in one place for people making soap, bath bombs, candles, etc so I thought I’d write out some of the gems I’ve found so far to help other people. Not everything has perfectly accurate prices/sizes because … well, I wasn’t really paying THAT close attention at [...]

So with this new fascination with making soap & other bath products, I need to rebuild my fragrance/essential oil collection. Or more to the point, create a fragrance collection, and find my essential oil collection somewhere in my parents basement. And add to it. Last night, I picked up some citronella, sweet orange, and tea [...]

Or maybe a delicious smell. Whatever. Yesterday, I took my very first Blim workshop. It was a “Guest Workshop” run by Beata of Soigne, and it was awesome: I learned how to make cold process soap, and as an added bonus, bath bombs! The almighty k-dot was in attendance as well, and we had a [...]

Why do I get these ideas when I only have a week to implement them? So, next Tuesday, Nick & I leave for Clinton for a week. For those who don’t recall, this is a rather large SCA event/war in Clinton, BC. I showed up for a couple of days last year, spawning such pictures [...]

If you needed more evidence that I’m slightly deranged, good news! Here’s some. So, a few months ago I found this interesting little jars of seed beads at the dollar store. The beads are always useful, but I was much more fascinated by the little jars. They’re quite tiny, about an inch high at most, [...]

I feel ridiculously productive. I like that Nick goes to fight practice on Monday nights (the first rule is that you don’t talk about it) as I generally spend the evening trying to be productive. Tonight was an EXCELLENT example. I made a giant stir fry (and should have leftovers for a week), patched two [...]

Last night, I write a quick twitter update that claimed I had a “bun in the oven”. Of course, knowing me, most people knew that “bun in the oven” is not a euphemism in my world, and in fact I was playing around with baking. Not DOUGH, of course, but polymer clay is just as [...]

So I’m on this craft kick, right? I suppose it really started about … 6-7 years ago, when I first learned to knit. But knitting was really my only craft until the last year. Now I do candles, soap, knitting, a little sewing, and my latest obsession: Polymer Clay. Jenn & I hit up the [...]