Rosemary-Lemon-Oatmeal Soap

This is my very first time making soap!! Just think about it, I am making soap!! The kind that is a bar!!! I can't believe it!! Mom, Kelle and I made soap on Tuesday. Mom was the stirrer, Kelle put the ingredients in, ( I helped a little with that!!), and I was the photographer!

Here are our supplies

 Mom has been making soap for years, but this time we tried a different recipe from the Homestead Blessing Soap Making Video.

As soon as we put the lye in, the bowl started to get hot, and I saw steam coming out of the bowl!

 At this point, we were almost done, as you can see, it started to thicken and oh, did our kitchen smell good! 

We put fresh rosemary, lemon extract and oatmeal. Mmmmm!! 

 Then we made it well insulated. Meaning we put a Tupperware cover and a quilt over our soap.

 The next day our soap was hard enough to cut!!  

 Mom did the cutting, I just took the pictures!!

 And now this morning, mom took them out of our box and put them in a basket to dry for 2 weeks!!!

 Only two things I don't like about soap making,

1. You have to be careful of the lye.

2.You have to wait two weeks to use your soap.

Other than that, I had a fun time making it and I'm sure I will have a fun time using it!!!

Joyfully in Him,

    Diana<3

{DSP} Project #2: Decoupage Notebook

 The second project!!! Yay!! I made a journal out of a composition notebook! All you need to start is a composition notebook, Mog Podge, 4 sheets of scrapbook paper.

 And then, of course, your decorations. You can use whatever you want on the front and back.

Paint the front of your book with mog podge and place your scrapbook paper on top and smooth out all the air bubbles. Cut your paper so that there is about an inch of the side. Make a crease where the edge of your book is and put glue on the inside of the book where the paper is sticking out.

Fold the paper over the edge and fold the corner. Then, cut a piece of the paper so that it covers the white spot. :)

Cut a piece of your scrapbook paper to fill in all the white and glue in place. Then repeat for the back of the book.

Now it is time to decorate. Be creative! Have fun!!

After you decorate your book, now it's time to put mog podge on every page. It's okay to cover everything in it, it will dry clear. When I made my first I was so scared that it would ruin my book but my friend said that it would be alright. After you paint the front, inside front, back, and inside back, and you let it dry, you are finished!!!! Yay!!

Crochet Trim

Today, I made the cutest Crochet Trim ever!!!  I started out with a dish cloth that someone gave my mom. Here is the dish cloth before............

  

 And here is the dish cloth after.

 I think this is so fun to do. I am going to put some directions up to show how to do it. 

 Here are the supplies that you need. a dish cloth (or what ever you want to put a trim on), a skein of yarn (any color you want), a crochet needle (I use a 6 mm size needle, but you can use what ever size you want.), and some scissors.

 To start making your trim, you need to make a slip knot on your crochet needle.

After you make your slip knot, you want to take you dish cloth and poke your needle into the top corner of your dish cloth.

Then you want to wrap the yarn around your needle one time.

After that, you want to pull the rag through over your yarn so you end up with two loops and wrap your yarn around again.

Then you want to pull through the two loops so you end up with one loop on your needle.

 

Then you want to do what is called a chain and chain five.

After that, you want to poke your needle about a half inch from where you started and repeat the steps until you get to where you started.

 

After you finished all the steps till you are at the end, to end, you chain five and poke your needle into the hole you started in.

After that, you need to wrap your yarn around your needle and pull through so you have a loop.

Then you want to cut the loop.

Then pull the extra string.

Now you have two strings.

Tie them together and cut.

Your crochet trimmed dish rag is complete!!! Congratulations! :)

Thank you for joining me on how to make a crochet trimmed dish rag. May God bless your day!