Author: russell

This time of year always feels like we have finally reached the backside of an uphill slog. We now gain a whopping six minutes a day in sunlight (a whole hour every week and a half…, for the math-allergic). But much like dieting, the Crafter doesn’t pay attention to just the numbers on the scale,… Continue reading Valentine Huggin’ & Granola Eatin’

Fear not, we are back in the workshop again, but I thought I would share some other pretty things while the soaps set up…. Those who know the Crafter, know her proclivity for all things ‘artisan’. ar·ti·san   [ahr-tuh-zuh n]  noun 1.      a person skilled in an applied art ; a craftsperson. 2.     a person or company that makes a high-quality, distinctive product in small quantities, usually by hand and using traditional methods adjective 3.     pertaining to or noting high-quality, distinctive products made in small quantities We simply… Continue reading Pretty…Handmade…Things…(drool)…

Happy 2013 to all!! If anyone can figure out what happened to Oct, Nov and Dec, would you please let us know…. We seemed to have misplaced them. So let’s catch up. The Crafter began December in glorious Grand Prairie (a nice temperate Southern destination) at the Farmer’s Market Christmas Craft sale, the highlight of… Continue reading Catching up with us

I love cake.  All flavours of cake. All styles of cake. Of course it is just as spectacular when made of soap (though the aftertaste is pretty nasty). But we are talking here about the hip-enhancement varieties of sugary, eggy, creamy, spongy delight. Though not the most accomplished of cake makers (unlike her friends and… Continue reading Just Food

I hope this post finds you idling luxuriously by some body of water (not the kiddie pool) with a refreshing fruity (slightly fermented) concoction beside you (and I assume an electronic device in your other hand reading this). Our time here with family in the Niagara region is melting away ever so quickly. Of course, this might be due, in… Continue reading Taking a Peek Under the Parka

…Of course you wouldn’t know from the frequency of my posting! 🙂 One more shout out is in order to all our ‘homies’ that stopped by the booth at the Trade Show mother’s day weekend. Initially, we were not planning on attending, but we missed those familiar faces and needed to meet face to face… Continue reading Fresh is Best!

It’s ‘candling Friday’ here (with some solid shampoo-making thrown in since our personal stash was running low), and we are pouring some soy wax tarts too. But we thought we’d catch up on some photos while the wax comes up to temperature! You must come and see us at the trade show (I am just… Continue reading Pouring into the Weekend….

Ahhh, the warm weather will be here soon. We know this because the parking lot at the grocery store is chock-a-block with tractor trailers, refrigerators humming away in anticipation of the ice road break up. Not that is seems near warm enough yet. We thought at least the ‘willow’ ptarmigan would have been long gone, but peering… Continue reading Shows: Outdoors and In.

We have had a busy week here, what with the new website going live, banding soaps, whipping up gratuitous quantities of sugar slather and getting our last bridal order of the season out the door…. Whew, time for a chocolate-bunny filled weekend breather. Nevertheless, the Crafter is keeping the soap moulds full and playing with her… Continue reading April Snow Showers