by Daisy | Sep 25, 2008 | Crafts, Soap Making
This Slow Cooker Hot Process Soap Recipe is a good first-timer soap recipe choice. The advantage of hot process recipes are that the bars are ready almost immediately, rather than having to wait the month or more before you could use Cold Process soap. Why Make Soap?...
by Daisy | Sep 22, 2008 | Crafts, Earth-Friendly
As I mentioned in a former post, I have been getting around to making paper from the plants in my yard and environs. This time it is yucca paper. I decided to use the old, dried leaves instead of the green ones. These have been “retted” (allowed to break...
by Daisy | Sep 11, 2008 | Crafts, Woodworking
I built a box to store small garden tools and supplies: gloves, garden knife, twine, secateurs, etc. I am that peculiar kind of lazy which would rather spend days fashioning such a box than go back into the house for a pair of scissors. It is shaped like a shed with a...
by Daisy | Aug 21, 2008 | Crafts, Earth-Friendly
In an earlier post I told you how I made papermaking material out of dried daylily leaves from lovely plants like the one above (the leaves, not the flowers). Here I’ll show how I transformed that “stuff” (an actual papermaking term,...
by Daisy | Feb 23, 2008 | Crafts, Earth-Friendly
At this time of the year, I have all kinds of shredded paper sticking out of my favorite gardening books and a bunch of full size seed packets with a millimeter of seed inside. Messy! How to Get a Free Bookmark with Seed Purchase 1. Bang chosen packet on its noggin to...
