Creations By Dawn Gallop

Thursday, March 12, 2026

100 Day Project Continues……Days 40-50

Hello and welcome here are the current or shall I say last 10 days. It has been going fast…… I am enjoying it. I have leaned so much. If you would like to see the others days here are the links http://creationsbydawn.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-100-day-project-first-10-days.html

The second 10 days http://creationsbydawn.blogspot.com/2026/02/100-day-challenge-days-21-30.html

The third http://creationsbydawn.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-second-10-days-of-100-day-project.html

http://creationsbydawn.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-fourth-10-days-of-100-day-challenge.html

Some of them I may have showed on the last pages.

Today we visited the recruiters office for Dusty. He has been considering this for a long time.

I hope you enjoyed the paintings.

We are on Day 50 today.

Another 50 days to go………

Much love and good vibes,

Dawn Gallop

They are calling for 5-8 inches of snow tonight.

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Soap Making Since 2003

Hello and welcome today I thought I would share some of the stories of our years of soap making. It all started in my single wide trailer in 2003. We had six children and one on the way. I had been messing around with all the body products for years. So I started off with melt and pour soaps. It was wonderful. Being a Mastergardener I was growing all kinds of herbs and infusing them into the oils. I ordered lye and started making the cold process soaps right in the kitchen. Bruce would come home and tell me you can’t be doing that. Oh YES I CAN!! I did! It was fun and I felt like a scientist. I’ve always said everything I do is science but I don’t know the exact details of it. The chemical composition or makeup. Once I was in a class oh gosh I loved this women! I am terrible with remembering names always have been. She was a chemist who was a jeweler. She taught me many things on jewelry making. That’s a whole different story. I digress. Sorry. Anywho she would tell us oh you need to buy that just mix this and that together. Oh how I wish I could of gone to college. Being self taught on many levels it would of been very interesting for me to be able to go to college. I didn’t have that opportunity in my life. I was told at 18 your gone! I left at 17. Why wait??

I would employ the boys to box the soaps 🧼 this is Colten I have come across a many of these types of pictures of the boys boxing soaps. They were very good at it.

We did lots of shows back then. I was doing craft and garden shows right after we got married. I would make bookmarks and painted stuff to sell.

Bruce made soap the other day the Palm Free Lavender

These are our five pound molds. This was the patchouli saffron. We have 15lb molds as well but with Bruce’s neck he doesn’t want to use them anymore and it takes so much more product to make them and then you have a whole lot more of one type of soap and no variety. You basically put all your eggs in one basket making the larger molds. Unless you are selling a lot. Then it’s all good!

These are some of my besties over the years. I miss them all so much. We all would always to get together and make art. Just lovely. Kathy, Carol and Julie. Waving at you Guys! Love ya! Miss our charm swaps, doll swaps and get togethers. Good times!

This was when I had samples out to smell

Here we are around 2014 at the Smithfield Farmers Market

We had our soaps in many different stores

Here I had wood burned the dog on the rack Bruce had made plus I painted all the signs. This was for the Suffolk Art Museum. I also had some of my copper jewelry there too. That was great happenings for me in my life. Having my art pieces in the museums store.

One of our favorite sellers

Drying racks as the cold processed soaps take longer to cure. Between 4-6 weeks depending on the humidity or if you use a dehumidifier. I let it all be au natural.

This is one of my favorite pictures. Cody would do a market on Wednesday morning and I did one on Wednesday afternoon so he would meet me there after his market and help me set up etc. plus he had three different jobs and was in high school. Of course this was summer time. He slept on the cooler full of eggs. I love you Cody!!! Well I finally have internet back this morning. Colby woke up and his money was in his account and yay! I asked immediately can you turn the internet back on? Within minutes it was back in service. Thank you Colby we really appreciate it. He even bought me home a goat cheese and some gluten free crackers today and some eggs. I was so grateful. Thank you!! Well today was my three hour paint class and I was so glad the internet got back on. Yay!!!! It is so nice to be in communication and community with these amazing ladies. Thank you!

Happy dance and I should be back to normal by tomorrow. Maybe or maybe not???

Good vibes, 😎

Dawn Gallop

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Hello and Happy Tuesday

The snow is melting yay! Not much I can say but wanted to share a few things for today. We had to go to town to get a few items and pick up Bruce’s medication. We are completely out or everything it seems except for the things we have grown or harvested ourselves.

Bruce got the two for $7 fish sandwiches. I am gluten free so not for me.

Still no internet but the plants are growing well.

In the greenhouse

Beautiful moss growing on the tree.

Much love and I hope you had a wonderful Tuesday. Hopefully I will be back with internet soon.

Peace, ☮️

Dawn Gallop

Monday, March 9, 2026

No Internet 🛜

Hello and good evening I am running so late on the blog. We woke up this morning without internet and idk how I will do my art classes. Since our budget is so low my son whom is 21 pays for the internet but he missed his paychecks and now the internet isn’t paid for. I know how can this happen? Well it does! Today was a beautiful day outside we collected 5 1/2 buckets of sap today which I rode in the gator to watch. It’s pure ice and mud on the path. I transplanted some of my plants Bruce carried to the greenhouse for me. It was amazing in the greenhouse. My happy place!!! Oh my goodness is it ever! I just feel so much joy and energy there.

We had a simple meal of rice and two jars of canned deer meat one was from 11/2021 where Colten and I canned all the deer up he had gotten that season. I didn’t even know I had one jar left. I’m going to make it short today. I have been feeling like I am having allergies what???

The kids played so nice outside that day. They told their dad they wanted to go to Lego land.

They helped dad clean all his heavy equipment. Well we are using Colby’s hot spot to get this up so fingers crossed. They are calling for snow tomorrow. Ugghh!

Sending much love and positive energy,

Dawn Gallop ☮️✨🌀

Sunday, March 8, 2026

Just a Few Things….. Happenings Happy Sunday

Hello and Happy Sunday. Daylight savings time is in full forward mode. We have officially sprang forward until late fall. Spring is now trying her best to emerge is some areas. Today in North Carolina where my oldest son lives with his wonderful family; it was a beautiful sunny spring day. Hallelujah! He is a gardener and has planted seeds already along with the help of Clarissa.

Levi found a few lucky 🍀 four leaf clovers. That is amazing!

This was from yesterday Cody had made a delicious smoked pork roast and brought it over with a jar of bbq sauce and it was most appreciated and delicious. It went fast. Colby praised Cody!! Thank you Cody.