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I make handmade soaps out of my tiny Manhattan kitchen. Read all about me and my soapmaking adventures as I share tutorials, pictures of my soapmaking process, and stories about me, my life, and my craft.

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  • Just checking in...

    Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 15:50 in Wedding, vintage, at home, thrifting

    The wedding is quickly approaching and I am in full planning mode. We have been collecting candlesticks and milk glass vases and mason jars and wine boxes....I scour Ebay and the local thrift stores constantly for anything vintage I can find. I rea...

  • How Does your Garden Grow...

    Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 13:05 in gardening, at home

    At the moment, slowly.  We have almost everything in the ground now.  Our once prolific squash now seems to have some kind of disease on its leaves which I think I am controlling with a neem oil spray (organic of course).  We have already suffered...

  • How Does your Garden Grow...

    Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 13:05 in gardening, at home

    At the moment, slowly.  We have almost everything in the ground now.  Our once prolific squash now seems to have some kind of disease on its leaves which I think I am controlling with a neem oil spray (organic of course).  We have already suffered...

  • A Perfect Saturday Morning...

    Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 09:14 in at home

    How was your weekend? Mine was very relaxing. I spent time with family and caught up on my ever growing pile of magazines...Photo: Candice...

  • A Perfect Saturday Morning...

    Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 08:48 in at home

    How was your weekend? Mine was very relaxing. I spent time with family and caught up on my ever growing pile of magazines...Photo: Candice...

  • Our seedlings

    Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 20:25 in gardening, at home

    Here's the first round of seedlings. We started two varieties of tomatoes, chives, lettuce, spinach, cilantro, and basil. There are more seeds on the way: onions, winter squash, carrots, lavender, and leeks. We went to talk to a neighbor the other...

  • Gardening

    Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 11:39 in gardening, at home

    Sorry it's been quiet around here for the past few weeks...we've been busy getting our new garden ready!  In Florida the Fall season is the best time to grow.  According to a book we bought specific to Florida gardening, you can grow year round her...

  • Our seedlings

    Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 11:39 in gardening, at home

    Here's the first round of seedlings. We started two varieties of tomatoes, chives, lettuce, spinach, cilantro, and basil. There are more seeds on the way: onions, winter squash, carrots, lavender, and leeks. We went to talk to a neighbor the other...

  • Gardening

    Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 14:30 in gardening, at home

    Sorry it's been quiet around here for the past few weeks...we've been busy getting our new garden ready!  In Florida the Fall season is the best time to grow.  According to a book we bought specific to Florida gardening, you can grow year round her...

  • Settling in...

    Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 14:10 in at home

    Well the last of the boxes have been unpacked. I guess you could say we are officially moved in! It only took two + months to do it! There is still A LOT to be done. I honestly get really anxious when I think about all the things that have to be ...

  • Settling in...

    Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 13:57 in at home

    Well the last of the boxes have been unpacked. I guess you could say we are officially moved in! It only took two + months to do it! There is still A LOT to be done. I honestly get really anxious when I think about all the things that have to be ...

  • Missing you

    Posted on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 at 13:39 in blogging, etsy, Projects, at home, kopah

    I've been missing my little blog lately...I've just been so crazy with other projects (i.e. wedding & honeymoon planning!) that I haven't really had the time or energy to post here and the day-to-day life of me has been rather uninspiring lately....

  • Content

    Posted on Monday January 12th, 2009 at 09:00 in at home

    This weekend was spent huddled up inside, watching the snow fall, catching up on reading, baking and eating, playing our new Wii, finishing the final book in the Twilight Series, drinking wine, eating cheese, having tea, being lazy, staying in our pa...

  • Post holiday blues...

    Posted on Monday December 1st, 2008 at 13:38 in at home

    My future in-laws left Saturday. I was sad to see them go...Mike and I are spending Christmas apart this year (I'm headed to North Carolina, he's going back home to Florida) so I won't see them until January when I head to down for my best friend's b...

  • Apple Cookies

    Posted on Monday October 20th, 2008 at 20:09 in baking, at home

    The first hint of cold weather and I am already preparing for hibernation mode! This weekend Mike and I stayed in and did a lot of cooking and baking...which included these yummy apple cookies courtesy of bread and honey, one of my favorite cooking ...

  • 3 days and counting...

    Posted on Tuesday August 26th, 2008 at 09:16 in at home

    There is so much anticipation of our trip on Friday but Mike and I still managed to have an amazing weekend. I planned a special day for him on Saturday to celebrate his birthday since we will be on a remote island with no tv, internet, phones, store...

  • Crafting

    Posted on Thursday August 7th, 2008 at 14:53 in sewing, crafting, at home

    I made some cloth napkins for the house a few weeks ago...my stash of fabric is starting to take up greatly coveted space under my bed and I have a loooong list of things I want to sew and napkins were the first easy thing I could think of to make. I...

  • Things I'm loving right now...

    Posted on Tuesday July 1st, 2008 at 10:00 in at home

    Lemongrass tea...the perfect summertime accompanimentMy ever growing book collection...I can't seem to get through them fast enough. I'm looking forward to laying on a beach this weekend catching up on my readingMy best friend's pending addition to h...

  • A weekend of food...

    Posted on Monday June 2nd, 2008 at 10:33 in cooking, new york, at home

    Wow! Where do I start...Mike and I did so much cooking over the weekend. I made homemade bread and some delicious herb egg salad, homemade semolina pasta, honey ice cream, and bison burgers. We went to the farmers market in Union Square to pick up...

  • Food wise

    Posted on Wednesday May 21st, 2008 at 11:48 in farm, cooking, at home

    Mike and I finally found a CSA to join for the season. We were lucky to get one with a pick up location in our neighborhood. Some of the other ones we found were on the Upper West Side (we're talking 125th St!) which is just way to far to trek to o...

  • Baking and famous people

    Posted on Monday May 19th, 2008 at 12:31 in cooking, new york, at home

    I was hoping for a shop update today but unfortunately I wasn't able to get everything done this weekend, Saturday was so beautiful that Mike and I spent most of the day outside. We were given free tickets to Taste of Tribeca and while we were there ...

  • Baking

    Posted on Thursday May 8th, 2008 at 14:03 in cooking, at home

    Mike got me this Kitchenaid Mixer for my birthday, isn't he the best?!?He gave it to me last week before we went out of town and I was too sick to use it so now I am gearing myself up for a weekend of baking! I am going to make oatmeal cookies that ...

  • Thank you Martha...

    Posted on Thursday May 1st, 2008 at 12:10 in cooking, at home

    It is sort of a tradition for Mike and I, on the weekends, to make a brunch with all the things left over from the previous week's meals. Sometimes we will fry up left over pasta noodles with some egg and sausage and whatever veggies we have left ove...

  • The Binder(s)

    Posted on Tuesday April 15th, 2008 at 13:08 in creativity, magazines, inspirations, at home

    Hello my name is Candice and I have a magazine addiction! I seriously can't stop! At last count I was up to 16 a month and since then I think I have added at least 5 more, not counting my new obsession with international design magazines that I grab ...