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Hey reader, Ok before I get into this newest bath bomb upcycle project. I need to complain about something. You know I am pretty crafty. As such I have an affinity for craft related YouTube accounts. Some of them are great. My newest obsession is Positive Couple . They are a YouTube duo based out of Russia and they make some incredibly gaudy and completely epic desks that I am living for. They aren't the subject of my rant though.  This is a rant about 5 minute crafts . First of all, these people have 52 million subscribers on their channel. Their videos frequently are life hacks rather than crafts, and I can guarantee they will take longer than 5 minutes. Still, I find myself watching, yelling at my monitor, crying alone about how someone is making millions of dollars on the ad revenue. It is a vicious cycle. This recent upload  is inexcusable. I am filled with an unhealthy rage about it. I timestamped it so when you click it will go right to the offending "craft....

Hey Reader! It's that time of week again! This week, I wanted to expand my bath bomb skills a little further and use some new ingredients - namely sprinkles. I have been using the non-lush bath bombs from my local supermarket for a while now and have noticed the decision to include sprinkles.  Are sprinkles appropriate for bathtime now? Maybe it is just something we do to allow us to eat donuts in the tub. I am totally cool with that. In the interest of tub related sugar rushes, I decided to make doughnut bath bombs! Is "donut" acceptable? My spellchecker doesn't think so. I guess to look at it without the Dunkin' context that is really "DO-nut."  I still have my doughnut molds from my FoodStirs experiment a last year . If you have forgotten, FoodStirs is an awesome box subscription service from Sarah Michelle Gellar. Go month to month, or just pick out your favorite thing and try it out. They are having a big sale this week if you use the ...

Hey Reader, This is the last of my bath projects for a while. I really need to get back to the walls eventually! I wanted to make some hand soaps for my powder room, and why not have them be puppy prints! You know I have been obsessed with my new scents from P&J . Every time I talk to them I imagine Peter and Janet (I don't know if that is right, but go with me) having a child named Brad and changing their name to PB and J. I have my own fun. Anyway, I did one minor bit of experimenting on this one. See, I only had a small amount of the opaque soap mix left from my orange creamsicle soap. It was definitely not enough for a whole batch of puppy print soap. However, I did have one bar of that soap left. I wondered if I could harvest it and use it again. I can't smell the orange anymore. It probably isn't an ideal situation, but it worked for this. I was again reminded to microwave your soap in 10 second increments. I definitely boiled over and it is quite diffi...

Hey reader, You know how I love a bath bomb. Well this week I am making cotton candy scented bath bombs and finally using a baking tray I bought nearly a year ago. It is a glorious day. I finally think I have found a bath bomb recipe that I enjoy. I tried using all different kinds of oils and it just made the bath too oily to be enjoyable. However, when I finally discovered witch hazel that changed everything. I had done a plain white test batch a bit ago and am ready to do some colorful bath bombs again! You know all about my cotton candy oil from P&J. A little bit goes a long way, and I went a very very long way with these bath bombs. I had found this super cute silicone mold of paw prints and I knew I wanted to make bath bombs or soap out of it (Spoiler, I am definitely making both). The problem I have found with silicone molds for bath bombs is two fold. First, you don't have a nice finished edge like you do with hard circular molds. These molds have undersides. ...