The Makers of Nyquil Thank You

Keep your stinky, icky nasty germs to yourself, Here's how:

1. Wash your hands. There's a reason it's called universal precaution. Use soap and water for at least 20 seconds and scrub. Sometimes you can't be near soap and water so carry a good sanitizer. I'm a huge fan of Germ-X

2. Cover your mouth and nose with the crook of your arm or a tissue or handkerchief. It blows me away how many people sneeze and cough right out into the open air! Manners people!!! Besides, it's disgusting!

3. Disinfect your house, your area, your work space. Do it with Lysol, bleach, vinegar, what ever. Especially at work and school where people are right behind you at every turn.

4. Use disposable things, like towels, cups, etc. That way it isn't laying around where any one can just pick it up. Homes with little hands that grab at things, we don't want our little sugar plums sick.

5. Take care of yourself. Plain and simple. Get plenty of rest, lots of vitamins and vitamin C. You've often heard it said, "How can you take care of others if you don't take care of yourself?"

Obviously, we're going to get sick at some point. I understand that, but by following these very simple things we can lessen the potential spread of those icky, nasty germs.

Thirty-One

I'm so excited. I have become a Thirty-One consultant again. I love, love, love their bags! Looking forward to this second and hopefully successful go 'round

Not Bad For A Crazy Woman

I did my first batch of real candles, with scents and dyes and everything. I have to say I am very impressed with the outcome.  Before you start, heat your oven to about 120. I just turned mine on warm. Put your jars on a cookie sheet and put them in the oven. You don't want to pour hot wax into cold jars. Leave them in there while the wax melts. I took them out as needed. On warm they shouldn't be too hot but still be careful

Ten pounds of soy

Very easy to work with

Use about a pound and put it in your pouring pot. Don't forget to use a pan you won't really care what happens to it. Fill it with about 2-3 inches of water and you have a double boiler

Lavender dye in the wax. Heating to between 160 and 180 degrees. (Add your dye and fragrance oil after it is melted. You will need approximately 1 oz of fragrance oil per pound of soy and shavings or drops of dye. Play with it til you get the color you want.)

Add your glue dot to the bottom of the wick

Use a straw to put the wick in and give it a firmer press to the bottom of the jar

Use a wick bar to keep the wick centered and pour your wax

Once you know the wick will be stable you can remove the wick bar and cut the wick to about a quarter inch. Put a lid on them and let them cure about a week before you light them.

Pictured is Blueberry and Apple n' Peel. I also made Autumn Harvest and Coconut milk with kiwi and lavender.

Autumn Is Here!

Autumn Harvest fragrance oil, that is! I can't wait to get in the kitchen and start playing with my candles.

Stay tuned. Pictures of the process to come later today.

Happy First Sunday Of Fall

Good Sunday morning my little ducklings. I've missed you so. The antivirus ran out on my laptop so it was time to renew. Some (as my grandson would say) stoopie website connected itself to my computer and I can't get rid of it. I stayed off of the computer as much as I possibly could, so as not to get a bad virus. Kind of hard to blog from your phone or Kindle Fire.

At any rate, I finally got my candle making kit from Lonestar Candle Company. I am so excited. I will be a candle making fool tomorrow. I was a little disappointed, though because it is missing one of the scents I ordered. Now I am waiting for three of them to get here.

I am using soy this time so I really think I am going to have better results with this batch. I am not really impressed with beeswax for candles. I have quite a bit of old candle making supplies that I think I will just get rid of and start fresh.

So until tomorrow, have a wonderfully wonderful first Sunday of fall

WOOOHOOO!

I'm like a little ole kid in a candy store or a happy kid on Christmas morning...call it any cliche you want to call it but I got my candle making kit today. They aren't necessarily the scents I would have chosen, but hey, any reason to play with hot wax and burners, I'll take it.

I have my candle testers ready so they can test the burn time and the strength of the scent. I am so ready to market these babies. The closer I get to making these and selling them the more excited and impatient I get.

I'm still trying to get my Washington State Business license set up and to find out if the name I have chosen has been taken but other than that, that's all that's left to do and I can really start getting in to the craft.

There are so many things I want to try. Styles, scents, shapes, designs...it's endless. Just when I think I want to try one thing, I see something else. It's been a long time since I have found a hobby that I am this excited over.

I can't wait to see what happens next!

Frustration

I am trying to get everything registered so I can start experimenting and building my business. I'm trying to register and apply for everything online and the darn Washington State licensing site won't let me sign in! I just want to get this done so when I am ready everything is in place.

Sheer frustration! I've vented now. Back to work