Halloween is almost upon us! In case you missed my last post on the subject, Halloween is my absolute most favorite holiday. Chris’s too! So you can imagine how distraught I was to get tagged for a business trip to Colorado that had me flying out on October 31st. We …
I finally did it! I finally did it! I finally made soap! I started with the simplest soap kit that I bought — the Relaxing Lavender cold process soap kit from Brambleberry. This particular soap is all-natural. It uses a natural oxide pigment, ultramarine violet, for color, and it uses …
Happy Sunday, y’all! Sunday mornings mean one thing for me… bagels! I will never forget my first bagel. After moving to Nashville in my early 20’s, I was working at a bar downtown singing and slinging beers. On the weekends, we opened around lunch, and one Sunday, in a rush …
You guys. It finally got here. My Brambleberry order has arrived! You might remember from my welcome video on YouTube that I recently fell into a rabbit hole of videos about soapmaking. One eensy weensy little recommended video on my front page, and all of a sudden I’m subscribing to …
I recently shipped a set of cookies to a friend back home, Katie, that I grew up with. Her daughter, Izzy, just turned 10-years-old, and Katie wanted two dozen cookies for Izzy to share with her friends at her bunking party (or slumber party for those of you who didn’t …
At the beginning of the month, I had an order for my side business, Smart Cookie Sweets, for a dozen chocolate cupcakes with custom cupcake toppers. The woman who ordered them is actually a friend I met through my sister-in-law. Her daughter, Sophia, turned one-year-old on October 1st, and although …
Halloween is my absolute most favorite holiday of all time. And I’m not talking about the cutesy little witches and sexy nurse versions of Halloween. I’m talking about the supernatural, mysterious, terrifying version of Halloween. The Halloween that makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck. And …
Welcome to Creative Adventures! My name’s Rachel, and I’m a no-kidding craft junkie. Like, for real. I think I have a problem. So, who am I? I’m a software product manager by day, and I own a side business baking and decorating cakes, cupcakes and cookies from my home in …