DIY Days Return

     ​Has your inner creative self been looking for something new?  Tired of knitting or crocheting all winter and thinking there must be a different craft you want to try?   All Cricutted out?  Want to be a more daring DIY Diva?  Been wanting to try soap-making but too afraid of lye?  Fear not!  Yes, lye (sodium hydroxide) is caustic and scary, but with proper safety and care, it’s really not so scary. 
Truth is, people have been making soap since possibly as early as 2800 BC in Ancient Babylonia!  In an archeological find, a soap-like substance was found in clay cylinders, leading to the conclusion that soap was being made even back then.  The Ancient Egyptians in later years used wood ash mixed with animal 

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