Fun Soap

I was just browsing for inspiration and loved this bar of soap.

 here is a link to her etsy site.
I generally don't dress up my soap. But I sure get a giggle when I see artistic soaps.  I was in love with a soap that looked just like a goldfish in a bag that you would win at a fair. I hunted for the goldfish, purchased glycerin melt and pour, and bags. I hated making it, and I was really dissapointed with the outcome. sigh...

 So, you might say I am a little chicken to try anything fancy, but maybe banana pudding would work....
I do have yellow color left from vanilla sugar soap....

Welcome to my laboratory

I am participating in a woolen fair this month, and I need to make some fresh bars of soap. So I cracked out the goodies, and began a recipe I designed as a shampoo bar.

I am always amazed at how many supplies I need for  each bar of soap I make. And my kitchen is not the same again for several days. Here is my sampling of fragrances and essential oils. I decided to do a berry and cream from Crafter's Choice. I buy them from Wholesale Supplies Plus. I must tell you that the cabinet I keep them in, smells wonderful. I generally go very light on fragrances, because I have sensitivities to fragrances. I use the fragrance calculator on Majestic Mountain Sage, and then back it down a bit.

I'm in a lather

Just a wee bit of snow.....

And Joann Fabric store was closed! Seriously? What else to do in a blizzard but sew?  And what about those of us who start machine quilting a quilt, a small one, mind you, who run out of thread? Oh sigh. And my dutiful husband, out for a couple of hours,  shoveling our driveway, so I can go to Joann's and purchase a non- descript spool of thread?  Goodwill was open, my favorite Chinese restaurant was open, Walmart had the decency to be open, why not Joann?

Using my cricut

I discovered that my local library has cricut cartridges available for check out. I am excited to try cartridges that I would not buy and see what they are like. This cartridge was called destinations.
I'm sure I will never visit enough destinations to warrant the purchase of this cartridge, but I did enjoy playing with it.

I have a son who lives in the windy city, and one who served a two year mission in Rio, and I really hope to see the statue of liberty before I die. And I have one son who was married in the Salt Lake temple. I have borrowed Boys will be boys cartridge next.

My New Toy

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I just added this great tool to my work room. I will most likely use this to scrapbook, but I also plan to to make signs and tags for my soap. I replaced this tool

which I am selling on ebay. I just wanted to have a bigger roll of adhesive to work with before I have to change it. The new ATG gun works very smoothly, and is a dream to operate. I feel like I have more control over where the adhesive begins and ends.

Oh Baby!

I have just made a new soap that I designed as baby soap. I infused the Olive oil with calendula for its microbial properties, and scented it with Lavendar Essential oil for its calming properties. It is rich and sweet. I tried a new mold, that I am not going to use again. I had a hard time removing the soap, so it is not as smooth as I had hoped. It is available in my Etsy shop Country Closet.