This is probably one of the easiest fruits to make with soap dough. Especially if you go with the simplest version. (I made several versions!) One of the reasons why I prefer to hand make my embeds vs getting a mold/mould, is because 1. I have a problem with hoarding tendencies!! 2. since I am… Continue reading Making Blueberries with soap dough
A while back, I made some soap dough* colored with turquoise mica (The mica in question I do not remember, but it was either Synergy mica or Sea green mica from Nurture Soap). For the longest time, I did not know what to make with it. So I ended up using most of it for… Continue reading Soap turquoise gems
"Holmes smiled. He was always warmed by genuine admiration—the characteristic of the real artist." The Valley of Fear Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I have always enjoyed reading the Sherlock Holmes stories, and I have watched several movies and TV shows inspired in him as well, it was then, quite elementary that I would attempt… Continue reading Sherlock Holmes Soap
I have been looking for a video of the Wizard of Oz movie in which Dorothy arrives at Emerald city, and she goes through an array of items that are green and and most of them are like gemstones or emeralds. I did not have much luck finding a snippet in youtube, so I may… Continue reading Emerald City Soap and copyright issues
I know more about baseball than I care to know. And I knew my husband was into baseball before we got married, but I had only seen the mild side of it. I am currently experience the full blown out baseball fan side of him. It's baseball season and that's all he talks, thinks and… Continue reading Baseball and Yankees inspired soap
I used to belong to a local polymer clay guild a few years ago, and one time one of the members showed us how to make seahorses, which she had learned from someone else, so now I will show you what I remember of it and how I adapted it to soap dough, and thus… Continue reading Soapy Seahorses
I was fascinated by a peach soap dough embed someone posted at one of the groups I belong to a couple months ago, it looked so realistic, and it was done with soap dough. It reminded me of a Southern Peach and Maple fragrance I had bought, and how ideal they would be for it. … Continue reading Soap is a Peach
Probably the trickiest part of making these strawberries out of soap dough, was getting the right red for the soap dough. Red is famous for being difficult to get in cold process soap, and since soap dough should not go through gel process, it is even trickier. I used Nurture Soap Really Read mica for… Continue reading It is strawberry season: Soap dough strawberries
These were fun and easy to make. If you have some yellow soap dough, give them a try. I plan to use these on a soap that I will make using the fragrance Monkey farts. (Which I bought since it seems to be popular, however, I was not very impressed). This is part of my… Continue reading Going bananas
Last week someone in one of the Facebook groups I belong to asked if anyone made embeds. I replied asking what she had in mind. She said fruit and gum balls type of spheres. I told her I could give it a try with soap dough and send send her pictures. I have been meaning… Continue reading Fruit stand
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