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Term Break

Term Break has meant time in Dunedin with family, creative moments and playing with my camera!  Yesterday was 'Scrap Saturday' where a group of local ladies get together to make stuff with paper generally although there were some knitting needles out & about yesterday.  I worked on the below layouts.  '12' & 'Hi' were part of a 'kit'challenge that we had each made up our own kits (shopping from our stash) & we had some things to do on our pages to go in the draw for a prize.


Having 8 ladies to your home to scrapbook requires liquid handsoap in the bathroom...we were out so I made some:-)  Rose essential oils make this one smell delighful and I smile each time I wash my hands (kind of like my rose multipurpose spray too).  Julia asked for the recipe...I made mine from Wendyl Nissen's book and you can find it HERE.  I added rose geranium & indian palmarosa in equal quantities.  I didn't use sunlight soap either - used some Dr Bronners bar soap.  This only makes enough for about 250ml liquid soap.


Last week I had the double pleasure of catching up with a uni friend and her delightful daughters and nephew to take some photos as I learn my way around my camera more.  She made some delicious ham soup and used the left over fat from the ham to make bird feeders with these three.
 
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Janine said…
oh what a lovely break you have had thus far. What a wonderful scrap Saturday you had. Funnily enough I made liquid handsoap a month ago, I went for lemongrass and lavender.Great thing was it made enough for four bottles, two bathrooms, one toilet and one kitchen bench and still managed to 3/4 full a litre bottle. I love liquid handsoap.

What a great catch up you had with your uni friend.
5:21 pm
Lara said…
Julia said...

Sounds like you have been having fun break! I love your pages..and very inspired to scraplift the bottom right one.

What was the "liquid" of your handsoap? Water? or something else?

Blessings
Julia
3:16 pm
Jenny said…
Love holidays and time to catch-up things! Glad you've had a good time
1:05 pm
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