My hollyhocks are blooming like crazy right now. I love all the color!!!

I even decided to make a hollyhock doll.

Have a great day :)
Connie

Inky, painty fun :)

I wanted to play with my paints and spray inks today. I grabbed a piece of white card stock and kraft card stock and went to it. I do like doing it on white paper better, I think the color "POP'S" better, but it was kind of one of those experiment type things. I think i'm going to cut the papers in different sizes and use them in my art journal pages.

White card stock

Kraft card stock

Connie

New Art Journal Page

Connie

Chicken Salad

This chicken salad recipe I wanted to share. It comes from my mother in law and is so yummy. The combo of miracle whip & cool whip sound weird, but works and is yummo!!!

Good on a croissant or as a salad.
Connie

Tomatos Baby :)

Oh ya, the first tomatos of the season. They are small, early girls but they were sure yummy. Like a lot of gardeners I know, we just have to plant tomatos and everything else is a bonus. This year I am really trying to grow more greens. There is a you tube channel I am a fan of called Growing Your Greens.com. He encourges you to grow more greens. So this year I am trying. Growing more like broccoli, cauliflower (they are so small right now), more green peppers, more yellow summer squash, lots more lettuces and more.

Have a happy day,
Connie :)

Soap peek

Here is how my finished soap turned out.

Have a happy day :)
Connie

Happy Soap Day

I have been wanting to make a soap the past few days. It has been awhile. Last Christmas time was the last time I made one, so i'm way over due. Hubbys soap is almost gone so I wanted to make another. I usually make him lavender, but right now lavender and most essential oils are so darn pricy. I had ordered some stuff from Brambleberry awhile ago and decided to use the Energy fragrance I got from them.

So here is the recipe I used. I love the yummy, creamy lather and it always turns out awesome.

This is the start of making this soap. I melted the oils, then added the lye and water to the oils. I started mixing with my stick blender. I did add a little lemon yellow color to this stage of the soap.

The yummy, fresh, citrus scent. After I was done making my soap my son came downstairs and said it smells like fruit snacks in here :)

Adding some Energy!!!

Mixing in the poppy seeds. Hubby loves them in his soap, me too !!!

Added the first layer of soap to my mold. Then I added a little coral color in the bowl, mixed it in and added it in.

Then next step I added lots more of the coral and mixed it in. Then I added it to my soap mold.

I added some neon pink to the last of the soap in my bowl & mixed it in.

Here is all the soap in my mold. I did take my spatchula and run it through the soap to hopefully give it a swirl.

I wanted to add some texture to the top, as this will be the top of the soap. So I took a straw and swirled it through the top.

TADA !!!

Night, night my litttle soapy, I will see you soon :) lol

Here are the colors I used.
I will post a pic when my soap is ready to take out of the mold.
Now I wanna go and take a peek, I can't resist :)
Connie <3