Last night I was at the Toronto Etsy street team workshop for bookbinding class.
I was going to make a journal for a long time. Even found some video tutorials. But…. I have so many things going around that this project was just in my plan. Lucky me, the team organised this event so I was the first who signed up. Time flies when in good company with teammates and our teacher Carolyn, and three hours later each of us ended up with a beautiful journal/notebook.
Defiantly going to make more.
As I mentioned in my first post on this blog – I like to make soap. But I never posted any evidence of my soap making. So, now I’m going to cover this blank spot.
I created this recipe myself and am now going to share it with you. The reason behind this is my daughter’s problematic skin. This soap really helped her to improve her skin condition. It contains French green clay, tea tree oil and green tea. I kept some small tea leafs and small fractions of clay for gentle scrubing effect.
Recipe:
1 pound white soap base
1 tbsp French green clay
4 oz strong green tea
3 gram tea tree oil
1,5 gram any other oil on your choice (lavender, mint, grapefruit)
Melt the base in 30 seconds intervals, stirring well till all chunks dissolved, add hot tea and clay with oil. To get a smoother consistency, mix clay with small amount of tea to get rid of clumps. Pour in soap moulds and spray with alcohol to remove bubbles. Let it cool down and harden enough to take out of moulds. Wrap each one in parchment paper and keep in the fridge.
So, I’m vegan. Again! I was vegan for some time, but... I got pregnant. 17 years after my first child (I blame yoga and vegan diet – just kidding). And my little man was craving for a big juicy stake. Well, I’m done with mommy’s feeding duty, gaining 10 kilo (25 pounds)on the way. So, I’m back to my routine.
I enjoy every vegan meal! I have collected many good recipes and have my favourite food blogs. One of them is Oh, she glows! Angela Liddon is a Canadian and a wonderful vegan cook! I’ve tried many of her recipes, and they are always successful! Today I made a Pumpkin smoothie, again! Oh boy, this is delicious! And my boy enjoys it very much! I can prove it! Just look at the pictures! He couldn’t wait for me to take the pictures! By the way – he seems to be vegan too. He refused to eat meat and drink regular milk. I’m having a hard time feeding him any meat. I have to be very creative to camouflage the meat taste. And his favourite drink – soy milk!
So, he is the first! My first experience in soft textile sculpting and my really first drawing. Really! I failed drawing class at school. But, I always had the passion to do this. So, the first step is done!
Roy has a lasso and a hat, just like any proper cowboy should. And what kind of cowboy would he be if he wasn’t tempted by a shot of scotch?
Chocolate – last one from my Spice Girls collection. To be continued! Promise!
Circle print on this chocolate colour fabric make he look like an Aero Chocolate. To enhance her fluffiness I decided to make a tulle petticoat . Truffle like sleeves were a surprise for me. When I started with them I had no idea of the final result .
Cake- It was fun making it. I’m going to order felt and make a whole bakery of cakes, they look real from afar!
When asked which image she represents, my husband replied- Donut! Haha, apparently the circle print confused him! In his defence, she didn’t have a cake when he first saw her. Enjoy!
Русскоязычную версию можно прочитать здесь.
Continuing with the Spice Girls streak. Today is Orange!
As you can see I found good use for the orange print fabric. And I had the perfect buttons to match. Time to dry the oranges – 6 hours in the oven on 200F. The house smelled fantastic the whole day! Put everything together – and voila – Orange spice Girl!
Let the changes begin! I made a decision of splitting my blog into two. One is for my Russian readers and leave the existing one for the English speaking audience. I have news and surprises for each blog ! Stay tuned!
Итак, настало время перемен! Я приняла решение разделить мой блог на русскоязычный - "Ветер перемен" и оставить уже имеющийся для моей англоязычной аудитории. Для каждого блога я приготовила сюрпризы и новости. Не пропустите!
