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Revisited -> mini moo card book

My first attempt at binding moo cards is posted in a blog post here: mini moo card book

I took that one apart and started over. I used embroidery floss this time. I didn't separate it, but used it all as one thread. I used the tickets that come with moo card orders as front and back covers. It's a silly little thing, really. But fun to make and look at. :)

s u m m e r t i m e

Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong



Citrus essential oils for summer

ruby red grapefruit

lemons

oranges

lime

rose white

This fragrant soap is scented with an essential oil blend of Rose Geranium and soft Bulgarian Lavender. We've added Calamine Powder for rich lather and topped with a layer tinted with rose clay. Rose White is very floral and is popular with women.

Ingredients: Olive Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Coconut Oil, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Rice Bran Oil, Essential Oils of Bulgarian Lavender & Geranium, Calamine Powder, Rose Petals

new look to an old favorite

Vetiver Balsam - Smokey vetiver with just a hint of slightly sweet peru balsam (essential oils) combine to give this soap an earthy, faintly musky yet clean fragrance. White clay makes for rich, dense and stable suds. The scent is considered a masculine blend, but in our experience, men & women like it equally. - Please note that this soap does look different, it is the same formula and scent. I just needed a change.

Ingredients: Olive Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Coconut Oil, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Rice Bran Oil, Balsam Peru, Vetiver Oil, White Kaolin Clay

the person who left the comment

I apologize for deleting your comment. I thought you were someone else. I do appreciate the comment and the link. You were very kind to take the time to comment.
Here is the link:
http://www.ladyartisan.com/bookbinding/archives/category/ksproject

There's no second chance for a first impression, so I'll just leave it at that.

two bookbinding experiments

This is something I have been wanting to try. I used Sculpey polymer clay to make the covers.
The clay wouldn't get as hard as it should have. It's still pliable.

The pages are mat board. This is a rough experiment at best I love things with textures and this certainly has that.

I had a couple swatches of curtain fabric, so I added them, too.










This one was quicker and easier than I expected.



I used construction paper and colored pencils.



Now I have that song "i can sing a rainbow" going through my head...

motorhead soap

Motorhead is a little larger than our usual soap. It weighs in at 4.5+ oz and contains pumice, poppy seeds, clay oat flour and zinc oxide. It has a bit of scrub, but not enough to scratch. The fragrance is a clean blend of sweet orange and fir needle. I love this blend. The fir needle and sweet orange complement each other very well. This is a good soap for hands and feet. Not recommended for face or body.

Ingredients: olive oil, palm kernel oil, coconut oil, water, sodium hydroxide, pumice, Australian washed blue clay, essential oils of sweet orange & fir needle, oat flour, poppy seeds, zinc oxide

Motorhead.

mini moo card book

I made a little book out of my mini moo cards. I didn't add front or back covers. I just bound the cards together:

grape must bread

Remember the grape must / rye sourdough starter blog?

Here is the resulting bread. It's good, but I prefer not to work with rye. It's a little more dense than wheat. I added roasted walnuts and they give it a lovely warm taste.
I do enjoy working with 'wild' yeasts. I plan to pursue that more fully.

grape must / rye sourdough starter

This is the grape must. It is 240 gr of chianti & malbec juices on the way to becoming wine.



180 gr organic rye flour




Mixing the rye flour with the grape must




Rye flour and grape must mixture, it's an interesting rich plum color



This will sit covered overnight to ferment. Tomorrow I will stir it down and allow it to sit overnight again.

I'll post more as things progress. I should be baking bread with this by Tuesday or Wednesday.

moo cards

Moo cards are like business cards only smaller. Moo card dimensions are 28mm by 70mm, which is very roughly 1" x 2 3/4" just to give some idea.

Cards are purchased 100 at a time and you can use up to 100 different images. Info is on the back, so you get full use of the front of the card. They are fun and new enough so that people take notice when you share them. Moo cards may be purchased from MOO.com.

Here are my past and present cards:

black tea leaf soap

I posted this image on my flickr account and it immediately received quite a few views. Here it is complete with description.

Black Tea Leaf - Our Black Tea Leaf is scented with Clary Sage & Cardamom. It reminds us of a strong cup of black tea. This bar is loaded with black and orange pekoe tea leaves to give it quite a bit of scrub.

Ingredients: olive oil, palm kernel oil, coconut oil, water, sodium hydroxide, rice bran oil, essential oils of clary sage & cardamom, black & orange pekoe tea

-> Please note that our exfoliating soap has quite a bit of texture. If you have a more delicate skin, you may want to avoid this soap or limit it's use to feet and hands.

Black Tea Leaf can be purchased at spartasoap.com

Gingered Spice - New spice soap for summer

We've reformulated our All Spice soap for summer. Gingered Spice has a more subtle scent and is lightly warm & spicy. The predominant scent is ginger.

Ingredients: Olive Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Coconut Oil, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Rice Bran Oil, Essential Oils of Cinnamon Leaf, Benzoin, Clove bud, Ginger, Nutmeg, & Allspice, Allspice, Paprika Extract

Note: People with sensitive skin should avoid spice essential oils and spices in soap.

Gingered Spice can be purchased @ spartasoap.com.

"Cimmeria"

A very nice film:


Here are scans from The Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 No. 24 November 1977
Featuring "Tower of the Elephant"

Poem by Robert E Howard
Art: Barry Smith & Tim Conrad







Cimmeria
by Robert E Howard

I remember
The dark woods, masking slopes of sombre hills;
The grey clouds' leaden everlasting arch;
The dusky streams that flowed without a sound,
And the lone winds that whispered down the passes.

Vista upon vista marching, hills on hills,
Slope beyond slope, each dark with sullen trees,
Our gaunt land lay. So when a man climbed up
A rugged peak and gazed, his shaded eye
Saw but the endless vista--hill on hill,
Slope beyond slope, each hooded like its brothers.

It was gloomy land that seemed to hold
All winds and clouds and dreams that shun the sun,
With bare boughs rattling in the lonesome winds,
And the dark woodlands brooding over all,
Not even lightened by the rare dim sun
Which made squat shadows out of men; they called it
Cimmeria, land of Darkness and deep Night.

It was so long ago and far away
I have forgotten the very name men called me.
The axe and flint-tipped spear are like a dream,
And hunts and wars are like shadows. I recall
Only the stillness of that sombre land;
The clouds that piled forever on the hills,
The dimness of the everlasting woods.
Cimmeria, land of Darkness and the Night.

squalane - revisited

Sparta Soap is now offering Squalane in 0.5 FL oz square hand frosted bottles:


Squalane can be purchased from the Sparta Soap website: spartasoap.com
Use the menu on the left of the page and click on Squalane.

More information:
Olive Squalane is a colorless, light oil derived from olive oil. It has a silky feel, sinks in fast and is not greasy. It is excellent under make-up or before bedtime. Like olive oil, it does not interfere with normal skin functions. Our Olive Squalane is packaged in our own hand frosted 1 fluid ounce dropper bottle and a hand frosted 0.5 ounce square bottle. A few drops is all most skin types need. We've tried various serum pumps, but they often stop working before the product is used up. Our squalane is unscented and odorless. Ingredients: Squalane

i love paper

This was made with inkjet vellum paper, commercial handmade paper between signatures, sewn with hemp twine and covered with watercolors of quinces.

almond apricot, rosemary tea thyme, rose white, chamomile

Almond Apricot, Rosemary Tea Thyme, Rose White & Chamomile (5 ways)are back in stock.

Almond Apricot - Our Almond Apricot soap is made with almond meal and apricot kernel. The scent blend of Bitter Almond & Palmarosa is a little sweet and a little "fruity". As always, the lather is rich and creamy!
Ingredients: Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Water, Sweet Almond Oil, Rice Bran Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Essential Oils of Bitter Almond & Palmarosa, Almond Meal, Apricot Seed, Annatto Seed Extract (color)

Rosemary Tea Thyme - More than Rosemary, our Rosemary Tea Thyme soap contains an herbal blend of Rosemary, Tea Tree, Spearmint & White Thyme. The scent is herbal and very fresh. We've also added extracts of Parsley and Green Tea.
Ingredients: olive oil, palm kernel oil, coconut oil, water, sodium hydroxide, rice bran oil, , essential oils of rosemary, tea tree, spearmint & white thyme, extracts of green tea & parsley

Rose White - This highly fragrant soap is scented with an essential oil blend of Rose Geranium and soft Bulgarian Lavender. We've added Calamine Powder for rich lather and topped with rose petals. Please note that rose petals may be brushed off before use.
Ingredients: Olive Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Coconut Oil, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Rice Bran Oil, Essential Oils of Bulgarian Lavender & Geranium, Calamine Powder, Rose Petals

Chamomile - Our Chamomile soap is most luxurious. We've used Chamomile five ways for this soap: Roman Chamomile Essential Oil, our soap oils have been infused with Chamomile Flowers & Calendula Petals, Chamomile Tea instead of water, a little ground Chamomile added to the soap and Chamomile flowers on top. Please note that the chamomile scent is light.
Ingredients: olive oil, palm kernel oil, coconut oil, water (infused with chamomile), sodium hydroxide, rice bran oil, chamomile, essential oils of german chamomile & roman chamomile, chamomile, calendula & annatto seed extract

Can be purchased at spartasoap.com

squalane is back at spartasoap.com

I have brought back olive squalane and re-packaged it in a dropper bottle. The bottle is glass as is the dropper. The bottle is hand frosted and no two are exactly alike.

Squalane can be purchased from the Sparta Soap website: spartasoap.com
Use the menu on the left and click on Squalane.

More information:
Olive Squalane is a colorless, light oil derived from olive oil. It has a silky feel, sinks in fast and is not greasy. It is excellent under make-up or before bedtime. Like olive oil, it does not interfere with normal skin functions. Our Olive Squalane is packaged in our own hand frosted 1 fluid ounce dropper bottle. A few drops is all most skin types need. We've tried various serum pumps, but they often stop working before the product is used up. Our squalane is unscented and odorless. Ingredients: Squalane

handmade paper @ etsy

I love handmade paper. I have had incredible handmade recycled paper from etsy sellers. They take something that was on its way to the trash and turn it into something beautiful. I plan on using my recent purchases for a bookbinding project. But not yet, I need to work on my neatness issues. Neatness does count, doesn't it?

Here is a book I made from some of my early purchases. My binding is bad, but the paper looks great together.



View more images at my flickr account.

Ali18974

Natural Collection of Handmade Papers 12 Piece Assortment Free Handmade Paper Tags with Purchase of this Paper Assortment

ClaudiasCreations

Handmade Recycled Paper - 10 Sheets - 8 1/2 x 11
Handmade Recycled Paper Black, Dark Grey - 5 Sheets 8 1/2 x 11
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - Handmade Recycled Paper - 5 Sheets 8 1/2 x 11

PhoenixPaperDesigns

SALE Handmade Recycled Paper GREEN LEAVES Art Paper 8 pieces
SALE Handmade Recycled Paper MOSS GREEN Assorted Art Paper 16 sheets
SALE Handmade Recycled Paper BROWN Art Paper 13 pieces
SALE Handmade Recycled Paper TAUPE and KRAFT YELLOW Art Paper 11 sheets
SALE Handmade Recycled Paper TERRA COTTA Art Paper 8 sheets
SALE Handmade Recycled Paper RED FEATHER Art paper
SALE Handmade Recycled Paper FEATHER Art Paper
SALE Handmade Recycled Paper YELLOW FEATHER Art Paper

ragqueen

Handmade Paper Multi Pack (C)
EtsyPaper Street Team Paper (4)
Handmade Paper Multi Pack (B)

SherryRenee

4 Sheets of Recycled Handmade Paper
4 Sheets of Recycled Handmade Paper Set 3
Handmade Paper with Potpourri added
4 Sheets of Recycled Handmade Paper Set 2

sivatonight

Variety Pack of HANDMADE PAPER in Various Colours

thegreenefairy

Handmade Recycled Paper (Pack of 4)

underpalace

Handmade paper

edit 04/08/2008 to add flickr account link