Toronto Craft Alert

making soap by c a i tlin

The first Beehive activity I participated in was soap making back in May and I am still enjoying the beer-rosemary-avocado-coconut (what!) shampoo bar that I made in the workshop. I thought I’d pass along this opportunity to purchase a whole set of supplies for those who are interested in getting their hands dirty, er, clean, with soap making.   My sense is that this lot of supplies for sale by Jen would [...]

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Organic Glycerine Soap Workshop for Kids & Caregivers

When: Sunday, December 6, 3 to 5pm

Where: Anarres Natural Health, 12 Ossington CRESCENT
Cost: $25 plus $5 materials per kid ages 3 to 12 yrs
Register here: http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/271
for more info, call me at 416 535 9620 or email anarreshealth@gmail.com

Love to use or give those beautiful clear glycerine soaps with flowers, or toy spiders, photos, or secret messages inside?

The vast majority of melt and pour soaps have preservatives and sodium laurel sulphates in them, but Anarres serves up [...]

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Reykjavík is a really intriguing place.  Though it’s a very small city (only about 100 000 people live in the downtown core), it is completely filled with art spaces: designer-run shops, tiny galleries, national galleries, public art exhibitions, city-sponsored street art.

One especially interesting part of the Reykjavík art and craft scene is the number of women’s art collectives.  There is the Icelandic Love Corporation, a small group of recent grads from the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts in Reykjavík who have a major following outside of Iceland for their performance and [...]

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