New soap and body product classes

Joan Morais, a certified aromatherapist and instructor, is teaching some great classes this year!

Here’s just a sampling:

NATURAL SKIN & BODY CARE PRODUCT MAKING COURSE
JULY 23, 24, 25, 2009 Last one for 2009!
Thurs, Fri, & Sat, 9:30am-4:30pm
Courtyard Marriott, Fairfield, CA

Learn how to make body lotion, anti-oxidant facial cream, anti-wrinkle eye balm, purifying facial toner, facial cleansing milk, and more.

NATURAL SOAP MAKING COURSE
AUGUST 9 & 10, 2009
Sun & Mon 9:30am-5:30pm
Courtyard Marriott, Fairfield, CA

Learn how to make cold process soap, goats milk soap, marbled soap, honey, oats, herbal tea soap, shea butter soap, moisturzing complexion soap, hand milled, rebatched soap, shampoo bar, and even a pet shampoo bar and more!

NATURAL SKIN & BODY CARE PRODUCT MAKING COURSE -intermediate level
OCTOBER 16, 17 & 18, 2009
Fri, Sat, & Sun, 9:30am-4:30pm
Courtyard Marriott, Fairfield, CA

This course is for those who have taken the beginner level course and will teach more advanced techniques to lotion maing and aromatherapy, as well as perfumes, body oil, massage oil, and deoderants.

Glow: Create Your Own Aromatherapeutic Skin Care Products and Candles
OCTOBER 25, 26, & 27, 2009
Kripalu Center for yoga & health
Stockbridge, Massachussetts

Please visit her website for more detailed class descriptions and registration info.

Looking for a herbal shampoo? Check out our DIY recipe for making your own natural herbal shampoo with basic supplies. We also have a herbal conditioner recipe too. Home-made shampoos and conditioners are a great way to strip back to basics and control what herbs you are putting into your hair shampoo and products. Store-bought herbal shampoo contains lots of numbers and ingredients that as the consumer we know very little about.

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Summer is the time for sweet treats, whether eating them or stitching them. This collection of patterns is full of designs that are good enough to eat. Almost.

This year of ice creams from Simone Balman Art is lots of fun, and you could also stitch up these treats individually if you’d rather. The full piece is 210 by 300 stitches, though it’s not full coverage. It uses 25 colors and comes out to 13.6 by 20.1 inches, or 34.5 by 51.2 cm, as shown on 14 count fabric.

These mini Popsicles from Mariana Gonclaves ART as super sweet and quick to stitch. These would also be a fun border to another summer project. The full design is 43 by 46 stitches, which is 3.1 by 3.3 inches, or 7.8 by 8.3 cm, on 14 count fabric.

Sam X Stitch has this fun sweet treat sampler, which again would be fun to stitch as individual pieces (maybe on napkins?). In all it calls for 18 colors and measures 153 by 153 stitches. That comes out to 10.93 inches or 27.75 cm on 14 count fabric.

Another great sampler is this one with ice cream and other sweet treats from Cute Patterns by Maria. At 119 by 132 stitches total, working the full pattern would be about 8.6 by 9.4 inches, or 22 by 24 cm on 14 count fabric, and it uses 33 colors. You can also stitch individual designs, which range in height from 35 to 45 stitches, and in width from 11 to 28.

This collection of four sundae patterns from Stichrovia would be fun to make for a kitchen or a teen’s room. Each pattern is around 40 by 50 stitches, so they should fit in a four or five inch hoop if worked on 14 count fabric.

Or stitch up one of the treats from Stitch Chart Studio‘s collection of seven ice cream cross stitch patterns. These range in size and in number of colors needed, but most would fit in a five or six in hoop (and one in a four inch hoop).

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