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What a great trip! We ended up at Fintry Provincial Park between Kelowna and Vernon, B.C. It was a lovely site with Okanagan Lake a mere 5 minute walk away and lots of frogs, crickets, and owls to make the park sound more rustic. We did a lot of resting, sleeping, dozing, lounging, and roasting...
I’ll be away for a few days – probably until Thursday or Friday – on our end of summer camping trip. Not really sure where we’ll end up as we plan to pack up the car with all the stuff we need and we’ll start driving. When we get somewhere we like, we’ll stop driving...
It’s been a great but busy week as I’ve been offering craft groups every day! Yesterday, our local TV station stopped by to interview Raymond and me about our groups, the blog, and my obsession with cosmetic chemistry. Today we had 19 tweens make bubble bath from scratch followed by 26 teens making mud masks,...
Why are you scared to make a lotion, a shampoo bar, a conditioner (and so on)? What’s holding you back from getting into the workshop and trying something new? I know, there’s the chance of wasting supplies, and wasting time, but those wastes will teach you something you can use for your next project, which...
The Presidents of the United States had it right when they sang about peaches – there are indeed million of peaches, peaches for me and Raymond and Wanda and my mom and everyone else I know! (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, click here for the video, which is a good representation of a...