At least that is what our weather man says. He has a Doozometer and we are between Bamboozy and Doozy...not quite worthy of a REAL Doozy, but we have a Snow Day from school out of the deal, so that means another soaping day for me! We are expecting 12-18 inches of snow with this storm, and hubby is excited as this means the snowmobile season got a little boost and isn't quite over just yet.
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| Hyacinth Soap |
Last night I cut up the logs of soap I made on Saturday, and am delighted with the outcome of each one. I have to say that the Hyacinth soap was a fun one to make, and I loved how it looked in the mold. The bottom of the soap was created by swirling three colors in the pot then I created a textured top with the hyacinth blue and spring green colors, and garnished the top with iridescent glitter. It smells heavenly.
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| Strawberries & Champagne Soap |
Strawberries and Champagne was created with the same in the pot swirl method using two colors, and garnished with iridescent glitter and sugar pearls to give the appearance of champagne bubbles dancing on the top.
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| Bay Rum Soap |
Bay Rum! I am most excited with the way this batch turned out. The photo gives the appearance of the color brown, but it is really the color of a dried bay leaf. I made this one by dividing the soap and coloring half the batch. Alternating the bay leaf color and white, I poured a strip of soap down the middle of the mold over top of each other. It took quite a bit of time to finish the pour, but it was well worth the effort as the end result is amazing!
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| Pale Ale Soap |
Pale Ale about killed me with the fragrance when I was working with it. It has mellowed out in the soap now that it is cut and drying out a bit, much to my relief. I wanted to give this one the appearance of foam on top, so I tinted the top white, and used cocoa to make the pencil line. I will go a bit easier on the cocoa next time, as the line is sort of heavy looking to me. Regardless, it is still and eye catcher.
Today I am going to be working with my brain idea for the blueberry embeds made over the weekend, and the rootbeer soap idea floating in my head. A new slab mold with dividers arrived yesterday and I'm twitching to break it in. I bought the additional dividers to make guest/favor size soaps so this will most definitely be a well used mold and with all of the ideas rolling around in my head, I may need more than one of these molds to satisfy that creativity.
2 comments:
Tell your weather man that Spring is supposed to start tomorrow...what's with all this snow!
But glad you're getting an extra day in your soap room :) Love the Strawberries and Champagne! And the Pale Ale is fun!
The guest/favor soaps will make great wedding favors!
All of your soaps are so pretty! I especially like the looks of the Pale Ale soap, and the swirls on the Bay Rum are so cool. Sounds like you're getting quite a bit of snow. Not quite a doozy, but more than a bamboozy. Maybe a bamdoozy? :)
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