a mommy first...

As much as i love love love making/selling/sniffing/using/dreamingupnewsoap- i love my babies more. by 'babies' i mean my daughters. i have two. and in 3 weeks, our youngest will be moving away for 2 (or more) years! where is she going, you ask? she is leaving all her friends and family, all that she has known, loved and found comfort in, to live in San Francisco- in the Tenderloin District- doing missionary work with YWAM- Youth With A Mission. You see, she hooked-up with YWAM back in September of '08- serving 5 months- 2 of which were spent overseas in Vietnam and Thailand. She loves the street people of San Francisco, however, and upon her return, she applied for a staff position- and was accepted! Her heart is so geared toward loving these 'unlovable' people that she sold her car, quit her job (after working as long as she could, saving her earnings) and is moving up there. This is not a paid position! She needs to be fully funded to do the Lords work- being the hands and feet of God- something that most of us would not want to do, sadly enough, me included! We are so proud of her. If you have a heart for helping people but cannot leave it all behind to go live where the need is- perhaps you will consider helping another way? Carrianne has a blog set up- please go visit her there- on the blog you will find info on ways to support her. Also you can view what she did during her last missionary excursion- both in the city of SF and South East Asia. Most importantly, she will need prayer support! This is not the best of locations to send our precious daughter! Yet it is where her Heavenly Father is calling her to go- where the neediest of souls reside! If you are unfamiliar with the Tenderloin District of San Francisco, I strongly suggest you perform a google search, you will see what I'm talking about! Go to the blog, sign up for email updates and watch as God moves in her life, and in the lives of those she touches. Watch the next few weeks- new activity will be posted- and please pray for our baby girl!

Thank you!!! In Jesus' name, Christine

soap favors, the next stage...

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well i finally finished making, cutting and curing all the guest-sized soaps for wedding favors. today i began the task of labeling and packaging- 100, out of the 200 i need to have completed by june 5th. these particular soaps will be coupled with a business-card size refrigerator magnet- instead of the usual printed ribbon. i wanted the favors to be special, since the young woman getting married is so very special to me- so i had Vista Print print up some magnets that i designed right on their website- as a keepsake! along with the soap, which will eventually (and hopefully) get used up, they compliment each other nicely. they are all tucked into an ivory-colored organza drawstring bag. later, we will tie a small twig of manzanita branch and they will be ready to give!

here's 100 bars laid out, before & after labeling...


here's 60 in their bags, boxed up.
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more BAMBOO & HEMP, but with a twist...

i chunked up some of my green-swirled bamboo/hemp soap that were cut too small for favors, and made a big fresh batch to add them to. i think they turned out really pretty, don't you?
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another batch of wedding favor soap...

This is a lovely Black-Raspberry Vanilla scented soap with a purple swirl. Wild raspberry tea added for a scrubby effect- and extra glycerin to moisturize. Each bar weighs in at approx. 1.85 oz- that's a good-sized sample that will last for several showers. Smells heavenly! Can't wait to label and wrap all these bars up in their beautiful cream-colored organza bags!
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