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    Hoschton Fall Festival – Guiness record

    5,441 scarecrows certified with Guiness book of world records! I went to the festival just to see these artful images. All the scarecrows had to be handmade and let me tell you, the creative was definitely abound. In addition to the festivities, there was a long wall of documented scarecrow pictures with notes on who the “artists” were. Awards were given for the most original of the LARGE bunch. I think my favorite ones were the wizard of oz, the choir at the baptist church and the two power men up the telephone pole! It was a really fun fall theme.  Here’s a collage of my shots of them from…

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    Hoschton Scarecrow Record!

    Well! Looks like the folks in my zipcode have done it! It’s not official but it will be soon that Hoschton has the Guiness Book of World records for the most scarecrows in one zipcode! To celebrate, I thought it would be fun to make a scarecrow soap!  Now I’m a basics kind of soapmaker. I place herbs and essential oils in my regular ol’ wooden molds and then cut with a crinkle knife for the most part! I’ve not spent a lot of time with Melt and pour type soap making.  I’ve made friends with some soapmakers that have it to an art form.  If you don’t believe me,…