Beacon Creations

Cool Illustration

I found a really cool illustration that explains the process of how soap is made.  It's perfect for those of you  who still run across comments like: "The natural soap I buy, was made without any lye." or "My skin is really sensitive to lye."  I  still get these comments no matter how many times I explain:

1. No lye, No soap

2. When soap is properly made, there is no lye left behind anyway.

Does anyone else run across these types of comments?  I can't be the only one  Well, here is an illustration that is perfect tool for explaining the saponification process: SOAPMAKING, SAPONIFICATION AND SUPERFATTING SIMPLIFIED.

Just a thought...

EVERY ADVERSITY,

EVERY FAILURE

AND EVERY HEARTACHE

CARRIES WITH IT

THE SEED

OF AN EQUIVALENT

OR A GREATER

BENEFIT

Checking in on my tomatoes

There's nothing like homegrown vegetables and herbs. I read a really helpful article about it before I sarted growing my own. Tonight we had spaghetti with fresh sweet basil and chives from my little garden.  De-Li-Cious.  We relocated to North Carolina a month ago and  unfortunately, I had to leave my tomatoes and cucumbers behind.  Fortunately, I started everything in pots, so I was able to get baby-sitters for them.

 My Dad's been taking care of the tomatoes. (Thank you Daddy!)  He called today, on the video phone, to show me the first ripe tomato.  I'm so proud. It looked great.  I called back and asked to get a picture so I could add it to my blog and he was like "Well, no.  Actually, I can't show it to you again".  So I'm like, "Why not?" And he holds up this super juicy, dripping chunk of tomato and pops it in his mouth! Hee,hee, hee.  I'm sitting there watching him smack and lick his fingers off my tomato!!  I guess I can let him off this time since he's been so great about taking care of them for me :o) 

Fortunately, there was an even bigger tomato still on the vine, so he went out to get it for me.  I'm going back to Maryland this weekend so I can get a few to bring down here.  I can't wait.

  

This is my Dad showing me one of the tomatoes on our video phone.  That's Brandon and I down in the corner.

 

Looks yummy!!

I hear the cucumbers aren't doing as well though. We left those at Brandon's parents house.  So, we'll have to stop by for a little look-see during the next visit to Maryland.  I'll post some pics.

Leogistic Creations, artistry at its best.

Since I’ve become a member of Etsy, I've come across some really great crafters.  One of them is a young man named Lawrence.  He has some really unique items in his shop.  One of them is this item which is cleverly named the Barack O' Bottle

He takes some unique and interesting facts about our new president and places them on handmade sheets of parchment paper. The parchments are then rolled, placed in a clear glass bottle, and tied with a red, white and blue ribbon.  I really love the idea!  I don’t normally display alot of keepsakes around my house, but I like the idea of having all of this information inside of a decorative bottle displayed and readily accessible. I can pull out the parchments occasionally to show guests or my children and then put the parchments back into the bottles for safe keeping. It makes a really great conversation piece!

   

 

You can find Lawrence here: www.leogistic.etsy.com Be sure to visit and support this young artist!! He is doing some great things.