Christmas from Scratch: Jar Candles

Most of my projects are pre-meditated, researched... thought out at lest to some degree.  Not this one.  Despite all the info available on the internet, i just did it... and it took over a month because of it.  Oops.

This time last year, I was given this box of barely-used, Christmas-colored pillar candles.  It'd been sitting in the basement of the church I grew up in for FOREVER (probably since we had our madrigals) and they were tired of looking at it.  How did I get it?  Because Mrs. Campbell decided if anyone could make use of it, I could.  

Christmas from Scratch: Record Bowls

The only thing better than being frugal and green, is being frugal, green, and on trend.  These little buggers are all of the above.

Christmas from Scratch: Hand Milled Soap

I know Christmas is still a little ways away, and I'm no fan of Walmarts putting out Christmas stuff before the Halloween  candy is gone but I figured it was high time to start the Christmas from Scratch series.  Making presents takes time, after all.

There are a few reasons to hand-mill soap.  Sometimes, It can save a batch of homemade soap with some imperfections in it.  Mostly though, you do it for nicer soaps.  There are materials you can put in hand-milled soap that you can't put in regular soap.  Also, compared to hot process soap, hand milled soap takes to molds much better.