My sweet DH and I were talking the other day and it seems that every time we turn around it's Friday... I reckon that's what happens when you begin to get old.. :)
I've spent the last hour looking at photos to see if I can find something to paint. Today is one of those days that seems to fly by with nothing happening.. lol My brain is on autopilot and seems to be stuck in neutral.. no decisions made today.. :)
I was over on YouTube.com the other day and watching a video by the frugal crafter Lindsay Weirich. She was talking about all the uses for glycerin in the craft room. One of the uses is for adding glycerin to inexpensive watercolors. So... I ordered some and have been adding it to my watercolors. It truly does make a big difference.
Two weeks ago I decided to put together a cream that might be good for face cream. A friend of mine is fascinated with the process so I told her I would make some and see what she thought of it. So I put together a recipe using Kukui nut oil, borage oil, Tamanu oil, vitamin E oil and .. believe it or not... Crisco and it is wonderful. Definitely needs tweaking... got too much rose absinthe in it and you can smell it across the room..lol .. but it is a wonderful skin softener. I used distilled water with a bit of beeswax with a tiny bit of borax for the emulsifier.
In case you are wondering about the Crisco... Crisco is made up of soybean oil and palm oil. The soybean oil is relatively neutral on the skin, but does help your creams hold their consistency. But the palm oil... a true wonder for the skin. It's been used for centuries as both an edible food and as a skin moisturizer. And it's been right there in your kitchen all this time... :)
The rain has arrived. Thunder boomers into the night last night. I haven't looked out to see what's up today, but we are supposed to get this rain into the weekend... and that's a good thing. Loving the cooler temps.
I've decided to paint my Christmas cards this year. With the price of postage going up so much over the last decade or so, Christmas cards seem to be going the way of the dodo bird. And that's just sad.
I have no plans whatsoever for accomplishing anything today except to finally be able to spend the day at home and cuddle our puppies.. lol I may do a marathon watch of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in Sherlock Holmes .. you never know.
Have a wonderful day today.. :)
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