Category Archives: Crafts

In A Lather

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Dave

Thursday was soap making day here at Happy Acres. We’ve got several new creations we want to try, and after a busy summer it was finally time to get down to it. And since so much time is spent on … Continue reading →

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A Little Bit of Soap

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dave

Today was an exciting day here at Happy Acres. We got to try out our first batch of soap! It had cured for 4 weeks, and was a basic, unscented soap recipe. We both tried it out in the shower … Continue reading →

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Is It Soap Yet?

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Dave

We made our first batch of soap here 3 weeks ago, and now we are waiting for it to be ready. And waiting. And waiting…you get the picture. We are waiting for our cold process soap to cure, which takes … Continue reading →

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Homemade: Merry Christmas 2009

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Dave

I can only hope everyone had as nice a Christmas as we had here at Happy Acres. It wasn’t a White Christmas, but that’s not a bad thing. We had a monster snow for Christmas in 2004, and that was … Continue reading →

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Homemade: Ornaments Part 2

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Dave

When my wife and I celebrated our first Christmas together in 2005, I was inspired to make an ornament for the occasion. I was probably also trying to impress her with my crafting talents, though I think she is far … Continue reading →

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Homemade: Ornaments Part 1

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Dave

I’m not sure how I got started making Christmas ornaments, but I’ve been doing it since I was a kid. My mom and other relatives got in on the act also, as this early ornament proves. It was given to … Continue reading →

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