Notes

Welcome to the notes section of this Hobbyist-ing world I'm creating, one page and product at a time. I'm SO happy you've made it this far!

These notes (aka blog posts) will cover a range of topics – stuff like navigating motherhood in a remote surf town (even though I don't surf) to my journey into female entrepreneurship, the what's what on setting up shop at the market, and of course, the ins and outs of soap and candle making, with all the tips and tricks I've picked up along the way! #nogatekeeping

My hope is that by sharing what excites me it might make the idea of pursuing your own passions feel a tad less intimidating and a whole lot more doable.

Saying Yes to Less

Saying Yes to Less

You Should Be Able to Recognize the Ingredients Creating the Scent of Your Perfume

You Should Be Able to Recognize the Ingredients Creating the Scent of Your Perfume

Most Candles Are Designed to Smell Like Something.

Most Candles Are Designed to Smell Like Something.

What Most People Don't Know About Soap

What Most People Don't Know About Soap

The Four Pillars Holding Up The Hobbyist

The Four Pillars Holding Up The Hobbyist

I Plan My Business Around My Cycle. And I’m Not Going Back.

I Plan My Business Around My Cycle. And I’m Not Going Back.

If there’s no sodium hydroxide, it’s not soap.

If there’s no sodium hydroxide, it’s not soap.

Botanical Bubble Bath with Wild Hydrosols | Made in Tofino

Botanical Bubble Bath with Wild Hydrosols | Made in Tofino

Make Something

Make Something

What’s on The Hobbyist Bookshelf

What’s on The Hobbyist Bookshelf

When the Goalpost Keeps Moving

When the Goalpost Keeps Moving

The Best Stops on the Drive from Nanaimo to Tofino

The Best Stops on the Drive from Nanaimo to Tofino

Gaia Soap

Gaia Soap

My Go-To Coastal Morning Smoothie

My Go-To Coastal Morning Smoothie

Plant Perfume, Made Slowly in Tofino

Plant Perfume, Made Slowly in Tofino

Good Soap Doesn’t Need Big Promises

Good Soap Doesn’t Need Big Promises

A breakfast I keep coming back to

A breakfast I keep coming back to

The First Full Moon of the Year

The First Full Moon of the Year

Softening the January Blues

Softening the January Blues

Winter Solstice: Why I Pause Here

Winter Solstice: Why I Pause Here