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My 2025 calendar!
I have a busy schedule for 2025! Here's where you can find me. (Some events at Geneva may depend on weather). You can always order ahead and pick up at any of my events. I will probably not have wax melts during my summer/hot outdoor events. Saturday 5/24 - 8am - 1pm Geneva Welcome Center Farmer's Market Saturday 5/31 - 8am - 1pm Geneva Welcome Center Farmer's Market Saturday 6/7 - 8am - 1pm Geneva Welcome Center Farmer's Market Saturday 6/14 - 8am - 1pm Geneva Welcome Center Farmer's Market Monday 6/16 - 5-8pm Music Monday @ Geneva BiCentennial Park ...
Keeping track of soap recipes
A lot goes into soap making. First step is to figure out the design and how I want the soap to look. And this goes along with having to figure out which mold to use – do I want a slab? Do I want individual loaves? Do I want a slab with dividers? When I’m ready to start my soap I use a soap calculator and run all the ingredients I’m going to use for that soap in the soap calculator. I figure out the size of my bars, which will also depend on which mold I’m using, calculate the...
The truth about lye
Every time I make soap and mention my “lye water solution” I get questions about the lye. All soap is made with sodium hydroxide, which is known as lye. Soap cannot be made without it. Whether I’m making cold process soap, hot process soap, or melt & pour soap, it is all made with lye at some point. People seem to think that melt & pour soap is not made with lye, because you’re just melting down the soap, adding fragrance, additives and pouring into a mold. But the truth is the manufacturer who made and is selling you the melt...
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