There is something about making something with your own two hands that is magickal, it’s like alchemy to take several things, blend them together, and create something new. My day job is working with computers and theories and I don’t often get the opportunity to create something with my own two hands so it’s always a treat when I get the opportunity to get my hands dirty and make something.
I was especially inspired this week because I found a lot of really cool ideas for things to make and unlike years past where I would have taken the idea and file it away into a the looks cool file and never take action to bring the idea to fruition. This year, I’ve decided that when I see those cool things, I’m going to take action and actually sit down and make them.
Things I’ve Made this Week
When we were at the Farmer’s Market out in Mount Carroll a few weeks ago, I purchased a couple of bags of tumbled stones and wasn’t sure what I’d do with them. I got the idea of making a mosaic with them so I went out and purchased an old picture frame at Goodwill, a hot glue gun,, and some grout and set to work creating a tray. It was a lot of fun to figure out how to place each stone so that it looked random, yet still fit together with a minimum of wasted space. Once I got it put together, I grouted it so that the spaces that were left were filled in. Then I clear glossed it so it was nice and shiny. It looks amazing and is unlike everything I’ve made before.
As you all know, my son Sean is a Batfiend from the word go and I was blog surfing and I found this really really cool batman soap that I could made. We rushed out and got all the stuff to make the soap and I came home and made it last night. It didn’t turn out perfectly because we had some excess bubbles in the soap, but it was really cool and unique and our Batfiend loved it. I’d used up all the Triple Goddess Body Butter that I’d made so another batch of Body Butter, but I tweaked the recipe a little so it was a little thinner and not quite so thick. It smells heavenly and I feel so incredibly special when I layer it on my skin. I layer it on before bed and then head to bed and wake up in the morning with smooth and soft skin.
There is something incredible about making things yourself because everytime you use them you feel another rush of bliss remembering the fun you had making it.
Cairn by Cairn 
