First day of summer today. And it was a pretty nice day… even hot!
Anyways, just a bit of this and that from the last week.
I picked more dandelions to infuse into oil since I liked the first dandelion soap so much… I’d like to recreate it. (Pip thinks this table is his current snooze spot)
I did a bit of craft work with a cereal box as I want to box these soaps up ‘fancy’ (but keeping up with recycling)
I’ll get Jeff to handwrite on the front (Dandelion & Goats Milk Soap) then will paste a printout on back of all the good stuff in this bar)
And seal with one of my cool stickers!
Ugly soap!! Haha and oops. The mixture thickened up too much for the design I wanted to do and I should have just changed my plan on the fly.
Never mind.
I liked the top.
I had to stock up on lavender and peppermint…
Pretty pretty!
I’ve also finished my basket… I haven’t gotten a snap of the actual finished product but its not a great deal bigger than this:
I was pretty happy with it in the end. I enjoy the relaxing process of creating it.
I am trying a new one now using some of my stash of yarn and winding it around a thicker rope. (I’d like to make some as soap display bowls or for a gift pack… but it can’t take as long as the above to do to be practical)
Last Saturday was the Uniting Churches annual big Flea Market. I love it. Set up the evening before and stroll in in the morning ready to go.
I’d kept a lot of my new designs aside so I could have the baskets full of mostly new stuff… and I loved the look!
I kept my layered soap up the back… I have a bit of a ‘thing’ about kids coming up to the stall… snatch a soap, wipe their snotty noses on it then slam it back into the basket. Then proceed to the next soap!!
I put up a sign this time to handle with care and supervise children haha – actually only had one little snotty octopus this time – he threw one on the floor.
Happily the mother bought it. (one of the more $$ ones and I hope she likes peppermint!!)
Anyway, it was a great market and I sold really well.
I was lucky and my market neighbour was a friend of mine from basket weaving classes
Jude had a fantastic table full of gorgeous and interesting plants, fruit and veg and some excellent eco products.
And the best thing about a country church market? Someone gives you a cup of coffee and some fresh made scones!
Bliss!
The very next day I had organised another Anniversary Bay Loop hike and this time seven people turned up!
Down on the beach we found an echidna!
S/he was the subject of many photos before we moved on
We had a beautiful day for it… even got quite hot!
I dipped my feet into the water which was lovely
I am enjoying showing some local people this walk.
Anyway, fingers crossed this weather will keep up and no more snow!
Hope your day has been great!
Cheers
