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weekly photo challenge: pattern

phrogmom — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:12:04 +0000

strangely organic, considering the mechanical nature of the subject.

happy mother’s day!

phrogmom — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:45:52 +0000

for some reason this photograph really made me feel the magic of childhood. i remember having the power to imagine my stuffed animals into real flesh and blood friends.

weekly photo challenge: from above

phrogmom — Sat, 04 May 2013 23:37:37 +0000

mysterious mushrooms

finished little green monster

phrogmom — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:50:59 +0000

just a little closure. i finished my little green monster and shipped her off to her new family. she seemed so full of personality and flair that i made her a purple tutu. it is possible that i secretly want a tutu myself, and i might be projecting…

rosemary and shea soap!

phrogmom — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:18:04 +0000

although the scent of rosemary in this soap is very light, even with three days of steeping, the soap itself came out nicely. i used some coffee grounds from a k-cup to give it a little texture and visual interest.

little green monsters

phrogmom — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:11:10 +0000

i am pretty excited about the way these are evolving.

scenes from the birthday party

phrogmom — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:36:05 +0000

rosemary steeping

phrogmom — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:45:15 +0000

i have been too busy with party planning to make any soap this week, but i have some rosemary from my garden steeping in olive oil so that i can make goat’s milk rosemary soap next week!

birthday preparations!

phrogmom — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:19:41 +0000

i have been working hard to get ready for the squirm’s birthday party. today my mom and i made these monster pops to decorate the cupcakes. of course i found the idea on pinterest!

soap making, champagne bubbles project

phrogmom — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:29:10 +0000

for my second soaping project i decided to try to use two colors and a pringles can. one can order colorants online, but because i haven’t done that, i used cocoa powder to color half of my soap “batter.”

you use a funnel, and alternate pouring the different colors into a freezer paper (on in this case parchment paper) lined pringles can.

the resulting design should be concentric circles. you have to wait until the soap hardens enough to pull out of the can and cut to see what really happened!