Friday, November 4, 2016

THE EASY WAY : MELT AND POUR GOAT MILK SOAP RECIPE


All you need to do is buy an organic goat milk soap melt and pour base on amazon for example. Just make sure to read the ingredients so they are indeed natural and organic. Then all you need to do is melt and pour the soap base, add natural colorant if desired, a little extra moisturizer if desired and then pour the mixture into the silicone containers!
It’s super fun to play with spices like cinnamon to create colors. You can also add some loofah, orange peel, sugar, Himalayan salts or grounded coffee to exfoliate….The possibilities are endless!
Melt and Pour Organic Goat Milk Soap recipe with Himalayan salts

How to make goat milk soap with a melt and pour base:
  1. Cut the melt and pour soap base into small cubes so they melt faster
  2. Add them to your double boiler on low to medium heat (basically a aluminum recipient in a pan of warm water)
  3. Continue steering until the soap base is melted
  4. Once melted, add the jojoba or almond oil, mix well. You could also substitute with any carrier oil of your choice.
  5. Add essential oils if desired, mix well.
  6. Put a little bit of Himalayan salts at the bottom of the mold
  7. Pour in the silicone mold.
  8. Spray pure alcohol on top of the soap to get rid of the bubbles if any
  9. Add the Himalayan salt on top of the soaps while the soap is still liquid
Let dry for 24h hours before un-molding. Voila, its ready to use!

2. GOAT MILK SOAP RECIPE USING FRESH GOATS MILK

Amanda from Lovingsoap.com kindly agreed to share her goat’s milk soap recipe using fresh goat milk. Thank you Amanda and shootout to your non profit organization http://www.lovinsoapproject.org. The Lovin’ Soap Project works to improve the lives of women through education and artisan soap making! What a beautiful idea!
Amanda shares with us a great trick: to use frozen goat milk so the lye solution does not overheat the milk. Overheating milk will turn it dark and she says : ” When the soap in the mold overheats you can get all kinds of issues including mushrooming, separation, cracking or other issues. ”
If you are vegan, you could use coconut or almond milk instead.
Fresh Goat Milk Soap Recipe:

3/ OAT GOAT MILK SOAP RECIPE

James from Little Seed Farm is sharing this awesome oat goat milk soap recipe with us, what a delight for dry skin in the winter! Did you know that oats were used by the Egyptians and Arabs to beautify their skins? Oats contains polysaccharides that will help fight dull and flaky skin! It is also a great moisturizer and has wonderful anti-inflammatory properties to relieve skin itchiness.
You will need to scale for this goat milk soap recipe and actually for soap making you should really get in a kitchen scale (this one is only $12!) as this can prevent you from bad soap making batches!
Here are the ingredients of the Oatmeal Goat’s Milk Soap
  • 16 oz frozen goat’s milk, broken into chunks (freezing the milk helps keep the heat from the lye/liquid reaction from burning the milk sugars)
  • 15 oz coconut oil
  • 30 oz olive oil
  • 6.4 oz lye
  • 1/4 cup oats (ground in food processor to a powder) a lined mold
Word of caution when making goat milk soap recipe soap from scratch from James: ***Wear safety goggles, dish gloves, long sleeved shirt, jeans, socks and shoes while making soap to protect your skin from eventual splashes of the lye solution. Keep a bottle of white vinegar and a paper towel to apply it with in case some of the lye solution splashes on you (the acid from the vinegar helps neutralize the alkaline lye).***

Play Clay Recipes – Homemade Clay Made Simple

                                              BASIC PLAY CLAY RECIPE
1 cup flour
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 cup water
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar
Heat, stirring constantly, until ball forms. Knead. Store in airtight container or plastic bag. Makes about 4 portions.
Add-Ins for Color
Food coloring
Kool-Aid
Fruit-flavored Gelatin
Add-Ins for Scent
Peppermint oil
Lemon oil
Vanilla extract
Gingerbread: Ground Cinnamon & Ginger
Add-in for Sparkle
Glitter
Gluten-Free Play Clay
For children who can’t tolerate gluten or food coloring, substitute rice flour for white flour and natural beet (red), spinach (green) or carrot (orange) juice for color.
Pumpkin Pie Play Clay
Large batch is perfect for your Halloween party!
5 1/2 Cups Flour
2 Cups Salt
8 teaspoons Cream of Tartar
3 1/2 Cup Oil
1 1/2 ounces Pumpkin Pie Spice
Orange Food Coloring (2 parts yellow, 1 part red)
4 Cups Water
Mix all of the ingredients together. Cook and stir over medium heat until dough forms. Knead dough until smooth.
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EDIBLE CLAY RECIPES
These yummy edible clay recipes can be enjoyed as snack food after the creating is done!
Peanut Butter Play Clay
Peanut butter
Honey
Dry powdered milk
raisins, peanuts, chocolate chips, coconut, sprinkles, pretzels (for decoration)
Mix equal parts peanut butter and dry milk. Slowly add honey to desired consistency. If too sticky, add more dry milk. If too dry, add more honey. Form clay into shapes or roll into balls to be served as cookies.
Easy Chocolate Play Clay
One 16 oz. Container read-to-spread chocolate frosting
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar
Combine all ingredients and you are ready to play!
Chocolate Modeling Clay
The secret of pastry chefs for making tasty cake decorations!
10 oz. chocolate chips (or colored candy disks to create different colors)
1/3 cup light corn syrup
Heat chocolate carefully until melted, stir in corn syrup and blend. Pour onto a waxed paper sheet and spread to approx. ½ thick. Cover loosely and let stiffen for a couple of hours or overnight. Chocolate will become very pliable.
Use Your Play Clay Recipes to Make Party Favors –
Basic play clay makes a great party favor too! Put a portion of clay in a plastic sealable bag along with a label with the party guest’s name, decorated with markers or stickers. Add a colorful cookie cutter or cut a 1/2 inch dowel into 4 inch lengths to serve as a little dough roller.

Craft Recycled: 10 Necktie Craft Projects

Ready to get your craft on? Here are 10 ways to upcycle those vintage neckties!
1. Need to organize your craft supplies or tools? You can turn an old necktie into a hanging holder!
2. Grab your seam ripper and reconstruct an old necktie into a fancy cowl.
3. At Dollar Store Crafts, they made this necktie bunting for Father's Day, but you could use this idea to whip up bunting for any occasion.
4. Grab a few coordinating ties, and make yourself a cute, patchwork purse.
5. Got a lot of neckties? Like, a ton of them? You can make them into a beautiful quilt!
6. Next time you're making a tote bag or purse, use a necktie as the strap instead of sewing a strap or buying webbing. For extra pizazz, attach the tie to the outside of the bag, rather than tucking the ends in.
7. Need a new dress? I am in love with this sweet necktie dress over at Craftster!
8. Do you have a necktie that is just a little...blah? Jazz it up with a freezer paper stencil!
9. Even if you just have necktie scraps in your stash, you can whip up this stylin' corset belt from Craftster.
10. Spice up your next dinner party with these awesome necktie placemats and matching napkin rings 

How to Remove Ink from Plastic Containers – Reuse Your Containers

Remove Ink from Plastic Containers

Don’t you hate throwing away plastic containers, especially those that you know would work perfectly to keep something else in?! I never did that because most plastic containers would have the ink printed labels on them and to use them for something else just seemed tacky.
I found out that you can use 100% Acetone (nail polish remover) to remove the ink from plastic containers and then you have a pretty white container, voila! Non acetone polish remover will not work nearly as well, so make sure you’re using 100% acetone!  Now you have a clean container that you can do anything with

Craft Recycled: 5 Ways to Repurpose an Old Sweater

It is officially sweater season, but what do you do when your sweater stash runneth over?

Don't despair! You can use your crafty skills to turn a shrunken sweater into all sorts of fun, cold-weather gear. Here are some crafty projects to turn those old sweaters into something that you can wear again.
  1. Make an Infinity Scarf - It's super simple to turn an old sweater into a hip, cozy scarf.
  2. Sew a Capelet - This sweater capelet looks as comfy as it is cute!
  3. Sweater Leggings - Over at Cut Out + Keep, you can learn how to use an old sweater to make super sassy leggings.
  4. Make a Hat - You don't need to be a knitter to make a hat. Cal Patch at CraftStylish shows you how to make a new hat from an old sweater.
  5. Make Mittens - The ever-fabulous Martha Stewart makes an old sweater into a pair of mittens.