For the past three weeks I have ventured into the world of Pinterest which turned me on to making homemade soap. I just sat down at my computer and thought to myself, " I should write a blog about soap". I googled free blogs and low and behold an old blog of mine popped up. How funny that I was thinking the same thing two years ago when I started my initial blog. It has definitely been a while, but here is a re-cap of major events and then onto the fun.
A lot has happened since the last time I wrote: mom passed away last march, so yes I guess you could say I am an orphan. I read my old blog and thought it was funny that my friends previously referred to me as a pillar of strength, when my husband told me the very same thing after losing my mother. I guess if enough people are considering me that I should take some of it to heart. Again, I still consider myself as plain old Lindsey, but I have a feeling there is something special in me that people see and I am just now opening my eyes to. Here is me and mom...
School is almost finished and I am once again without a job. Funny that I left the bar for similar reasons that I left the corporate job. I sometimes wish God would just place a big sign in front of my face as to what I am supposed to do with my life.
I will say that my husband told me these last three weeks of being home he has seen a positive change in my attitude, so I guess this is also a blessing in disguise. I like the concept of writing because it allows you to get things out of your head, and believe me, there is a ton in there!
Now let me get back to the whole soap idea; I absolutely love it! Making soap makes me feel like I am fulfilling some type of a roll. It is weird that something like this could be so fulfilling but I absolutely love it. I feel the same way about baking, but with soap it seems like the possibilities are endless. I was so proud of my first few batches, but I must confess looking back on them and the stuff I am producing now makes me giggle a bit. You see, I did not know you were supposed to grind things like oatmeal up prior to putting them in, otherwise you get a coarse soap, which is only good for exfoliating. I have been experimenting a lot with melt and pour soaps but actually got up enough nerve to make my first batch of lye soap today! I am tickled pink and cannot wait to take it out of the mold tomorrow! there is so much time, love and craftsmanship that goes into making homemade soap, that it brings me such joy!
The creative juices have really been flowing! So Far I have made: (Coconut), (oatmeal with brown sugar and cinnamon), (yarrow root, elder flower, spearmint, and goats milk), (clove, eucalyptus), (Frankincense, tea tree, goat milk, and lavender), (Patchouli, goats milk, Shea butter), ( fresh mint), (strawberry), (lemon verbena, and lemon zest), (oatmeal, goats milk, and sweet almond oil), (lavender, and elder flower), and finally my lye blend of soybean, olive, canola, and coconut oils, Shea and cocoa butter, goats milk, cinnamon, coconut essential oil, and sweet almond oil!. I know that was a lot to absorb, but I am so excited! I really hope and pray that this takes off and I can master the art so I can give people the gift of using all natural products :)
The one in the mold is my first batch of Lye Soap! My friends were over and I let her husband pick the flavor-oatmeal-coconut-cinnamon-sweet almond!! Sounds good enough to eat! Tomorrow I do the un-molding of the breakfast bar so stay tuned for more soap fun from Lindsey :)
A lot has happened since the last time I wrote: mom passed away last march, so yes I guess you could say I am an orphan. I read my old blog and thought it was funny that my friends previously referred to me as a pillar of strength, when my husband told me the very same thing after losing my mother. I guess if enough people are considering me that I should take some of it to heart. Again, I still consider myself as plain old Lindsey, but I have a feeling there is something special in me that people see and I am just now opening my eyes to. Here is me and mom...
School is almost finished and I am once again without a job. Funny that I left the bar for similar reasons that I left the corporate job. I sometimes wish God would just place a big sign in front of my face as to what I am supposed to do with my life.
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