Nearly two years ago I started teaching our beeswax wrap workshop in person around the West Michigan area. Once the pandemic hit, it took some time to figure out how to move this workshop virtually and crank out thousands of cotton face masks for sale and donation while also balancing personal life like homeschooling and our new normal at home. The struggle was real! I chose to take some time off late summer, early fall because my soul was craving a slower pace to tend to my mental health (I think many of us can relate to this. I hope you took some time to tend to yourselves too!). In October 2020, My Lovely Muse collaborated with Yelp! Grand Rapids and put on our first Virtual Beeswax Wrap Workshop. I put together kits with all the tools and materials and offered it on my website so each participant could have everything they needed to make three wraps, from a distance. This year, I’m offering one beeswax wrap workshop per month. Kits and additional solution bars can be purchased on our website.

Don’t know what beeswax wraps are? You aren’t alone! I often have people sign up for class and haven’t ever used these wonderful wraps before. Beeswax wraps are used as an alternative to plastic wrap. Use beeswax wrap to wrap half of an avocado, onion, or orange. Lost the lid to a piece of Tupperware? No problem! Use a beeswax wrap as a lid to cover your leftovers inside the Tupperware container. Larger beeswax wraps (I prefer at least 17” square) are great for covering half of a watermelon or a couple slices of pizza. Just remember to keep the wrapped food next to an ice pack if you’re traveling with it in the summertime, just so the wrap doesn’t melt to the food. With heat or warm water, the solution will melt off of the fabric wrap, so make sure to wash in cool water or keep next to an ice pack when traveling. To clean, since under cool water and use a mild dish soap. Easy peasy!

Here some details of what’s included in each kit (with alternatives/my preference in parenthesis):

• popsicle sticks (bamboo toothbrush handles or an old stainless steel butter knife)

• clothes pins (silicone finger potholders)

• upcycled cotton or cotton/polyester blend fabric

• parchment paper

• take-and-bake bread pan (double water boiler or small crockpot with removable crock)

• beeswax solution bar made with local beeswax from Freeport, MI, sustainably harvested pine resin, organic jojoba oil

Look under our Events tab or on socials to see when each monthly event is scheduled.

Shop for beeswax solution bars and beeswax wrap kits and sign up for your event! You can also purchase beeswax wraps already made if you’re not the DIY type.