Today it's my pleasure to feature Enchanting Yuletide: A Multi-Author Anthology as well as share a poem and recipe from a couple of its authors. So enjoy and Happy Holidays!
Authors: Jena Baxter,
Raven Williams, Ellie Lieberman, Barb Lieberman, Guy Donovan, CK
Brewer
Genre: Holiday / Fantasy
Publisher: Pipe
and Thimble
Date of Publication: November 15th,
2017
ASIN:
B076LLT6JD
Number of pages:
184
Cover Artist: Raven
Williams
Book
Description
Six stories of the holiday season, guaranteed to put you in a
festive mood. So, grab your hot chocolate and snuggle up to experience the
season as you've never done before. After all, tis the Season for
Magic!
Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/wXp54hQMP90
Meet the Authors
Author Raven Williams shares a Holiday Poem
It’s Christmas
It’s Christmas.
A time of family and joy,
Delights for every girl and boy.
It’s Christmas.
A time to gather around the tree.
The children’s voices filled with glee.
It’s Christmas.
Santa’s come, leaving presents galore.
Wrapping paper strewn across the floor.
It’s Christmas.
The long Solstice night has come to pass.
The morning sun shines brightly through the glass.
It’s Christmas.
A time to spread love and good cheer.
Let’s continue to do so throughout the New Year.
©2018 Raven M Williams
About Raven Williams
A prolific writer, Raven began her career in 2010 with a blog and non-fiction, then moving to fiction in 2014, when she began Elven-Jumper, the first book in the Realm.
Jumper Chronicles. She now has 30 books to her name, spanning the Realm Jumper Chronicles, Raven’s Twisted Classics, and the Demon Stones Saga, as well as her non-fiction, with more planned.
When Raven is not writing, she is creating art in the form of abstract paintings, fractal designs, and jewelry pieces that tie into her stories. She is also a caregiver for a disabled family member and two cats. She physically resides in the Northwest Florida Panhandle, but spends most of her time mentally in her Mystic Realms.
Will you join her?
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Author Jena Baxter shares a Holiday Recipe
I love special soaps and toiletries and sugar scrubs are on the top of my list. There
are all kinds. Some require special attention, and others are downright easy. I
don’t recommend the traditional oil and sugar, unless you want to slip and
slide, then spend the day cleaning your tub. I think this one is much better,
and the ingredients are easy to find. They make great gifts too.
Homemade Glycerin Soap Sugar Scrub Cubes
Once you have all your ingredients together prepare to work
fast.
The first thing you need is a glycerin melt and pour soap base. Most craft stores
carry it. Michael’s now carries some great detergent-free
bases
You’ll also need a skin friendly oil. Fractionated coconut oil is a great choice and
can be found in your supermarket. Sweet almond oil, avocado or olive oil
will work well too. Macadamia is wonderful, but not as easy to
find.
A SKIN SAFE scent and colorant if you want them. They will be available in the
area you find the glycerin soap. Read the label, they MUST be skin safe. Don’t use
candle colorant. Choose a nice fragrance for the season. Peppermint, pumpkin,
cookies, or
gingerbread.
Sugar – Sugar can have large or small grains. For this recipe, I use regular white
granulated sugar. For a face soap, I would probably use brown sugar. For a
foot soap, I’d use demerara sugar, because the granules are
larger.
You will also need a mold. No need to run out and buy one for this recipe however.
You can use a silicon mold or ice tray, or a sanitized milk carton cut to
size; the box quarts are pretty perfect. Line it with saran wrap. You want the
mold to give, so you can push the scrub out once it’s set. If you use the milk
carton, you can carefully rip the paper
off.
To Make Your Sugar Scrub
½ Cup
Oil
1 Cup Melt and Pour
base
2 Cups plus
Sugar
Use drops or a half teaspoon to get
the fragrance you want. Be cautious not to use more than necessary because even
skin safe fragrance can be harsh on your skin. 1 teaspoon per pound of soap base
is the limit.
Instructions:
Have your mold ready before you
start and remember to work
fast.
Melt your soap base on very low heat. A double boiler is good, or you can
microwave it in 30 second pulses. I use 30 seconds to start and stir. If I need more
time, I do 15 second pulses. You don’t want it to get too hot, because soap can
burn.
When the base is completely melted, pour into a large bowl, add your oil. Mix
well.
Add your colorant one drop at a time until you get the shade you want but use as
little as possible; too much colorant can stain washcloths. Mix
well
Add up to a half teaspoon of fragrance. Mix
well.
Add your sugar and mix fast; You don’t want it to harden on you. You want
to pour it as soon as possible. When it’s
incorporated pour it into your mold. If it’s too thick, spoon it in and press it
down.
Once the soap is set. (I’d give it at least a couple of hours. I leave mine
overnight). Carefully remove it from the mold, placing it onto a plate, or anything oil
can’t seep through, because there is always some oil that seeps out of the
soap. Work gently because the scrub will be crumbly.
Carefully cut it into 1-1 ½ inch squares. If there is a lot of leftover oil, I cover and leave
it, so it can soak some of that
up. There will usually be seeping oil.
Your sugar scrub soap is finished and ready to package. You can use cellophane
wraps or jars, label it, and add trinkets or bows to the top. Be creative.
Just remember to use something the oil can’t seep through. I also place a note on
the label telling people to be careful in the shower or tub, because oils can
make it slippery.
Instructions: Break off a piece from the cube. Scrub an area until the sugar is gone.
Rinse well, and pat dry. It usually takes one or two cubes per
shower.
Have fun with it. Once you’ve tried these, I think you’ll be addicted.
WARNING: If someone is allergic to a food
product, (Like nuts, avocados, etc.) they will be allergic to the oils produced
by that item as
well.
About Jena
Baxter
A prolific writer, Jena Baxter creates characters with depth
and stories filled with action, emotion, and a little bit of romance. She loves
building fantastical worlds and
cultures.
Living in Northern California with her husband, Jena enjoys
soapmaking, her pets, and writer's conferences. She also reads for a screenwriting
contest on an annual basis.
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2 comments:
The Anthology sounds wonderful.
Thanks you, Mary, and Thanks for posting for us Sky.
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