November 18, 2015
by cablackmar@yahoo.com
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Sometimes a gift box is in order–for example, when you spend $200 on craigslist to purchase a clan of discontinued Harry Potter lego mini figures for your 7 year old’s birthday. As crazy as that sounds, I bet the gift … Continue reading
September 1, 2015
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Comments Off on Blue Dot Soap–Ocean Beach
In the category of brilliant ideas that someone actually got their crap together and acted on is the soap refill depot “Blue Dot Soap Refill,” that I’m proud to say popped up in my hometown of Ocean Beach, CA in … Continue reading
August 31, 2015
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Earlier this year a co-worker from the Bay Area came to stay for a night at our apartment so that we could leave early for a meeting the next day. I always get a little nervous when new people stay … Continue reading
December 23, 2014
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Comments Off on Bacon Soap 2014
[simple-flickr set=”72157649494084490″] This is the third year I’ve made soap using our year’s supply of leftover bacon grease (see prior full post on the process here). When you only do a craft once a year, it’s hard to get good … Continue reading
December 2, 2014
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The year has flown, and here we are already on the first day of Advent. I feel like it takes me by surprise every year. I’m not an early adopter of anything, and it’s an annual struggle to transition from … Continue reading
January 9, 2014
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Comments Off on In order to get clean, something has to get dirty–A history of ‘Sunday Best’ Bacon Soap
Update: Check out my more beautiful 2014 Bacon Soap slideshow here! My inspirations for making bacon soap were manifold–first, like many people, I was inspired by the scene in the movie Fight Club when they harvest the bags of fat … Continue reading
October 30, 2013
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Comments Off on Healthy Halloween Giveaways: Candy Corn Crayons
Three years ago, this was our healthy giveaway: old crayons re-melted into the shape of candy corns. Our son has always been a big consumer of Crayola products, and its a relief that at least some of them can be … Continue reading