favourite things of 09
a random round up of some of my favourite people/things/places of 2009. gudrun sjoden’s catalogue rajasthan, particularly dungapur. the perfect potion’s four season’s soaps villa awang awang with good friends reliable inexpensive prescription glasses online lily allen terry nisbet …you know why, nizzy! my new kitchen (this will probably be a favourite for years and [...]
the skogkatt
in nov 08 we adopted a beautiful fluffy 18 month old boy cat from the local RSPCA …brought him home and named him norbulingka. sometime in the first half of the year, my mother was at the vet and noticed a large poster with various cat breeds depicted upon it. she came by to tell [...]
the frugal life
just waiting for a new pair of reading spectacles to arrive by mail:
the Wet
boxing day, 2009 and it feels like the wet has finally begun…..after an unusually dry year here. after days and days of horrendously oppressive build up, the skies opened this afternoon and it has been belting without restraint down for 2 hours so far….and no sign of letting up either. o the relief! simply glorious. [...]
christmas menu
it’s about a million degrees celsius here at this time of the year….the traditional northern hemisphere type of christmas dinner is completely out of the question! i’ll be starting the day with a trot around the lake as usual and maybe a swim afterwards. i’ve decided on a baked ham and some simple salads, then [...]
triple your soap giveaway WINNERZZZZ!!!
i do apologise for being a day late with the announcement! it’s been going wild over here with the soap orders! my lucky winners are: 1. michelle latham of NV, USA!! 2. michelle vivado, australia!! 3. libby van shaick, australia!! your orders and prizes have all shipped today….congratulations to you all. and a million thanks [...]
christmas cake biscuits
a friend posted a recipe for fruitcake cookies recently. they looked delicious, but involved soaking fruit overnight and then chilling the dough for four hours. i just didn’t have time, but i wanted those flavours in a biscuit right away. i adapted the famous edmond’s cookbook vanilla biscuit recipe. 250g butter 1 cup soft brown [...]
it’s our 8th birthday! there is free soap to be had!
on december 15th, our little soap company will be turning 8 years old. we are very happy and grateful to have come so far and lasted so long. it doesn’t feel like 8 years….that’s for sure. time really does fly when you are having a good time! and it’s been a very good time. to [...]
ratatouille
i’ve got friends coming for the day tomorrow and i’ve been thinking about what to feed them. it’s very hot here right now…..nothing too heavy for sure. one of the neighbours gave us a bag of button zucchini and i had some tomatoes and eggplant and capsicum and onion and garlic lurking about. it was [...]
opening hours over the holidays
we wish to advise all of our lovely customers that we’ll be open, taking orders, and shipping daily, every day apart from the statutory holidays. between christmas day and new year’s day, our courier office will be closed….but if you have a soap emergency during that time, we’ll be happy to ship your parcel via [...]
so good….
one of my customers took this photo ages ago….her very handsome cat considering my soap:
orstralian soaps
some years ago, i created a pretty awesome (if i say so myself) range of six soaps, with an australian flora theme. i used plenty of native australian essential oils, many of which had only just recently become available commercially, and also lots of new (new at the time) australian therapeutic clays. i borrowed some [...]
december full moon soap
the full moon peaked at 6.33pm here last night, so i was duly mixing lye into oils at that moment, as per my own astro-soaping-rules-of-engagement. she’s a blue, white and silver soap again….i can’t resist it….and i made a blend on the fly of: lime/vetiver/basil/lavender/may chang/black pepper. i free-poured eos until they smelt good together [...]
