In November, I participated as a vendor in the Dickens by the Creek show. For the show, I had made some Gingerbread houses with some cavity molds I had bought at HEB (a famous Texan grocery store) last year. It looks like this mold. (affiliate link). My plan was to make a gingerbread house "village",… Continue reading Gingerbread Soap Houses
In about one week, I will be participating as a vendor at the Dickens by the Creek Market. It will be my third year participating and I am contemplating whether the last one. As usual, as the date gets closer I start contemplating my life choices, and start regretting signing up to begin with. Usually that… Continue reading Heavenly tips for making bathbombs
Ever since I made my first pull through screen soap, I have tried my hand at making different screens and testing the results, like the honeycomb one, the heart shaped, and snowflake among others, with mixed results. I know, in theory, what works best for this technique: a recipe that stays fluid (at trace) for… Continue reading Floral Kaleidoscope Soap in loaf mold
I recently watched the movie “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (from 2005); and it reminded me that I had made a soap inspired by its predecessor, “Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory” last year. It turns out that the video of the making of that soap was almost completely edited in my iPad. So I… Continue reading How to avoid brown soap discoloration and making a Chocolate Factory Soap
Orange is one of my favorite scents, and a difficult one to find for soap. Most citrus scents are notorious for fading in cold process soap, and orange is no exception. They do not like high alkalinity! And it is also difficult to find one that smells like an actual orange and not like an… Continue reading Orange Soaps: looking for the perfect orange fragrance
The first time I tried piping the top of my soaps, the process was very messy, but fun. While my piping technique has improved slightly since, it is still a messy process for me. I often find I lack the patience or time to wait for the soap to be ready to be piped. So,… Continue reading Soap “Piping” with a Scraper
Soap done with split cup pour Like many painting techniques that have made their way into the soap world, the split cup technique originated there. It is used to create abstract paintings like these: google search image results from split cup painting In the soap making world, it can be used to achieved similar effects… Continue reading Split Cup Pour Soap
When I do face painting ( weekends gigs), one of my most requested designs from little girls is a unicorn. I have painted so many that I might be able to paint it with my eyes closed! So I thought it would be good to make a unicorn soap as well. Last time I made… Continue reading Unicorn soap
Ballerina soap front and back This last weekend I participated in a Christmas in July Show. One of the soaps designs I wanted to make sure I brought were these ballerina soaps. I actually made two versions of them, one like the ballerinas from last Christmas, and these, a ballerina that goes all through the… Continue reading Ballerina Soap with Extruder
About once a year I get a craving for a cinnamon roll from Cinnabon. (I do not dare making them myself as I believe me capable of eating an entire batch, like I have proven I can do with Brazilian cheese bread.) Earlier this year, I got a different kind of craving, I wanted to… Continue reading Cinnamon Rolls Soap
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