I hate to do this, but I want to be upfront. I had a grand plan to get my blog up and going, and keep up with it, and I was doing well for a month there. However, we've had a huge set back in the form of a family emergency. I will be taking a break during this. I'm not sure how long I will be gone. Please, check back from time to time, or subscribe and you'll get updated when I return.
Thank you.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
My Non-Illustrated Attempt at Incense
Normally, I like to have at least one image to post with my updates. However, my images, while looking AMAZING, are not currently accessible, and I don't want to wait to post them. Also, while they look awesome, my first attempts at incense: not so awesome.
I read a lot about incense making before I tried it. Got all the suggested materials, and I decided I was going to try two types: self igniting powder incense, and honey incense.
Firstly, the self igniting powder. While this sounds like it could be potentially bad (and it may still have that potential) for me, it turned out to be as dangerous as a newborn kitten. I lit my self igniting powder, and watched it slowly turn into a still mass of non-lit powder, and then just a still mass without any smoke. Bummer. Though, when placed on a charcoal disk, it DOES smell very nice, the whole point of being self igniting is to get AWAY from the disk. <sigh>
Secondly, the honey incense. No, this doesn't mean honey smelling incense. It means incense made with honey as the binder. Apparently, this is a Middle Eastern technique (also, sometimes used are figs or raisins), but when I tried it, I got solid-ish chunks of incense smelling honey that melted when lit, and bubbled like honey-created lava. I was disappointed.
So, the experimenting continues! I will keep you posted. I want to start making all SORTS of stuff for bartering, so you'll probably see more here, and then even more. :)
-Me
I read a lot about incense making before I tried it. Got all the suggested materials, and I decided I was going to try two types: self igniting powder incense, and honey incense.
Firstly, the self igniting powder. While this sounds like it could be potentially bad (and it may still have that potential) for me, it turned out to be as dangerous as a newborn kitten. I lit my self igniting powder, and watched it slowly turn into a still mass of non-lit powder, and then just a still mass without any smoke. Bummer. Though, when placed on a charcoal disk, it DOES smell very nice, the whole point of being self igniting is to get AWAY from the disk. <sigh>
Secondly, the honey incense. No, this doesn't mean honey smelling incense. It means incense made with honey as the binder. Apparently, this is a Middle Eastern technique (also, sometimes used are figs or raisins), but when I tried it, I got solid-ish chunks of incense smelling honey that melted when lit, and bubbled like honey-created lava. I was disappointed.
So, the experimenting continues! I will keep you posted. I want to start making all SORTS of stuff for bartering, so you'll probably see more here, and then even more. :)
-Me
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