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Follow @SwiftCraftyM I thought I’d share as a quick note that I’m finally on Twitter. You can find me there as @SwiftCraftyM and subscribe or like or whatever one does to follow someone. (Funnily enough, I couldn’t get my whole real name or my silly nickname in there as there were too many characters!) In...
Someone asked if I could post a link to all my e-books. (The permanent link is in the right hand side column of the blog.) As you know, all the proceeds from these e-books go to our youth programs, collectively called Rated T for Teen. The pictures you see here are from our recent groups....
The strawberries are out and the raspberries are ready early. It’s almost summer, and I thought I’d offer you a few thoughts about summer products! Please please please please please don’t make your own sunscreen. I say this every year, and I’ll continue to say it this year. You simply can’t be sure that what...
I wanted to thank all of you so much for subscribing to the blog through Patreon! If you sign up between now and June 30th, your subscription starts on July 1st. But I’ll be doing the live Q&A and the duplicated recipe this month as my thank you for signing up early and believing in...
I’ve noticed a lot of people using potassium sorbate and sorbic acid as the only preservatives in a product. Neither of these are what we call broad spectrum preservatives, ones that will take care of bacteria, fungus, yeast, and mold, so you have to pair them with another one. Neither of these are good with...