Every single winter I put on weight. It’s like freaking clockwork, I tell you. First up we have Christmas and everybody’s making all sorts of food and sometimes you go to more than one Christmas dinner and there’s CANDY freaking everywhere. Then it’s New Year’s Eve and maybe you resolve to lose weight but to…
DIY Soap Dough for Bath Time Fun
Read moreThe other day I was remembering a time when I was little and didn’t want to take a bath. It was in the very first house I ever lived in and I have no idea WHY I didn’t want to bathe but I knew that I did. I remember sitting on the edge of the…
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Unicorn Sugar Scrub Recipe
Read moreWant to skip the chatter? Get my Unicorn Sugar Scrub Recipe at Mom Spark. What’s your favorite fantasy creature? Mine is definitely a mermaid, and I even have one hanging up in my office ’cause they’re awesome, but not far behind mermaids are unicorns. And so it just so happens that I whipped up some cotton candy…
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DIY Soap Eyeballs
Read moreI have literally been making eyeball soaps for almost 2 weeks, now. It has been this crazy ordeal where I have tried multiple molds and ideas and techniques and not until here recently did anything yield really nice looking results. And what the heck is the point of sharing a project if you’re going to…
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Epsom Salt Soap for Sore Muscle Relief
Read moreFor the past few weeks I’ve been super busy. Not in the fun, making lots of tutorials busy but in the carting a sick cat around to multiple vets (seriously, 3 in as few weeks) kind of a way. My kitty Marla went to have an ultrasound a little over an hour’s drive away from home…
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DIY Jelly Soaps
Read moreI love when things wiggle and jiggle. Maybe that makes me childish but maybe that just proves that I can be grown up and still love awesome things. And so when I noticed a bazillion packets of gelatin in my pantry and a need to knock out some tutorials for the blog I got super…
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Inexpensive Essential Oil Storage
Read moreI’ve gotten in this nasty little habit of losing things and if I’m not careful it’s gonna lead me right on down to the point that I lose my mind. Okay, so perhaps that’s a bit melodramatic but I do have these insane little wig-outs when I can’t find what I need to find. And…
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Homemade Menthol Shower Tablets
Read moreIsn’t it amazing that you can go to bed one night and you breathe freely and don’t think twice about it only to wake up the next morning with your nose stuffed up and a general feeling of grossness? Suddenly you realize that you totally didn’t appreciate what you just had when you could actually…
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Loofah Soap Bars
Read moreLearn how to make homemade soap, adding loofah to the mix for the perfect exfoliant. Perfect for even a first-time soap maker, these loofah soap bars are super simple and make great gifts! I have a tendency to go through crafty phases where I’m absolutely in love with something, buy tons and tons of supplies for…
