You can make a great soap that is able to clean a baby’s skin thoroughly yet gently right at home. Using olive oil, carrot puree, and buttermilk, you can make a wonder soap for a baby’s bath or to get baby-smooth skin of your own. It makes a great gift for expecting mothers. For a full recipe, please click here:: Buttermilk Bastille Baby Bar
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The Creepy Craft of Taxidermy Drones
Someone had the idea of taking a taxidermied animal and put onto a remote controlled helicopter, plane, or drone. Bart Jenson decided to give his beloved housecat a second life by making “Orville” into a quadcopter after the kitty’s passing. Check out video and read more about this odd hobby craft by clicking here:: 4 Taxidermy Drones: Yes, That’s a Thing
A Wondrous Dreamy Cold Process Soap
You can make a lovely multi-colored soap inspired by princess stories and magic. Using avocado butter, coconut oil, palm oil, and bubble gum colorant, you can make some lovely cold process soap that little girls will love. It makes the perfect gift for little ladies and for soap shop customers to buy for their little princesses. Get the full recipe here:: Once Upon a Dream Cold Process Tutorial
Celebrate Spring with a Tulip Wreath
Prepare your home for the upcoming spring sun by donning a tulip wreath to your door! It’s easy to make a quality welcoming wreath by using two bunches of artificial tulips, a grapevine wreath, and a glue gun. Make the sunny door decoration by following this tutorial:: Simple Tulip Wreath Tutorial
Lip Gloss with the Sweetness of Black Cherry
You can treat your dry lips with a sweet black cherry taste. Make your own black cherry lip gloss at home using lip balm base, alkanet root powder, and cherry kiss flavor oil. It makes a fine lip gloss for you or the lips of your soap shop customers. Get the full recipe here:: Recipe: Black Cherry Kiss Tinted Lip Gloss
Tools Every Crafter Should Have
If you sew, make soap, draw, or sculpt, there are a number of specialized tools to choose from. However, there are some tools that every crafter should have in their home. Tweezers can help make intricate paper crafts and help insert rhinestones into clothing or jewels. Sharpie markers can help scrapbooking, taking notes, or marking measurements on fabric. For a full list of crafter must-haves, click here:: 10 Tools Every Crafter Should Own
Create a Quality Carrot Clay Mask
Tone and detoxify your maturing skin by making a carrot and rosehip oil clay mask. The rosehip seed oil is known for its anti-aging properties in skin care and carrot seed essential oil can rejuvenate skin and remove wrinkles. It can easily be made at home for yourself or your craft soap shop customers. Get the full recipe here:: Natural Carrot and Rosehip Clay Mask Recipe
Make an Essential Oil That Embodies Spring
You can make an essential oil that adds a spring-like scent to soaps or room sprays quickly and easily. Using lemongrass, lavender, and ginger essential oils you’ll be able to add a spring day scent to almost any soap product. Get the full recipe by clicking here:: DIY: Purely Spring Essential Oil Blend Recipe
Pucker Up with Strawberry Sorbet Lip Butter
Treat yourself and your cracked lips with a lip butter that taste of strawberries. You can make a strawberry sorbet lip butter at home using shea butter, castor oil, and strawberry sorbet flavor oil. It makes a fine product for you or your soap shop customers. Get the full recipe here:: Whipped Lip Butter – Strawberry Sorbet
Homemade Nourishing Nail Polish
Save some money and make your own colorful nail polish at home. Using skin-loving argan oil, you can make nail polish that is not only fashionable but can also strengthen the nails and care for your skin. It makes for a great personal nail polish, but you can also make batches for your soap shop customers. Get the full recipe here:: Nourishing Nail Polish Formula