I have done my share of gemstone inspired soaps. Perhaps it is because of my background of making jewelry (I still make jewelry, but mostly as a hobby now). So, when I put together this collaboration, I wanted to challenge myself to do something slightly different. In this case it would be doing an opaque… Continue reading Malachite Inspired Soap
I like making a Japanese Cherry Blossom soap every year, and every year there is the challenge of the design, considering the fragrance causes the soap to thicken up rather quickly. Last year I opted for a close up of the blossoms, and this year is more of a landscape view of the tree. I… Continue reading Cherry Blossoms Soap
I had been thinking about 3D printing an extruder for a while, but before I got around to doing that, I was able to make one with items found at a hardware store. I had stopped using my makinās extruder after noticing that some of the embeds I made with it developed DOS (Dreaded Orange… Continue reading DIY Extruder
When a year ends, it is popular in the churches I have attended in the past, to have a āwordā for the new year. Something like āstrongerā, or ādeterminedā. Personally, I do not recall embracing it usually, but if I had to, this year the word would be āpurgeā. I have found myself in a… Continue reading Flamingos Soap
The beginning of the year is the time I make Valentine themed soaps and rose soaps are usually one of them. Usually I make rose embeds to be placed on the top such as in here and here or here. Mainly because rose fragrances cause acceleration of the soap batter (it thickens up really fast),… Continue reading Rose embed Soap
I have come to realize that the Glenda who volunteers herself to do something in the future, or the one who signs up to be a vendor at a craft show, is a different person from the Glenda who has to actually do those things. The Glenda who has to fulfill the obligations really resents… Continue reading My craft show experience as a vendor
I love the scent of coffee, and I make sure to always have this fragrance in stock. The flavor of coffee?? Not so much, I am not a coffee drinker, to the surprise of most caffeine addicts, I mean, coffee drinkers around me. I find it ironic, considering I am from El Salvador, and coffee… Continue reading Coffee hearts and Feathers Soap
When I was kid, I remember watching this show, and I liked it a lot. The show was apparently done to promote the sale of a doll (Barbie like), so it only lasted 3 years. However, according to this article, it has developed a cult following (not literal cult, of course) throughout the world. Most… Continue reading Jem and the Holograms Soap
A long time ago, I attempted to enroll in a correspondence drawing course by Art Instructions Schools (now closed). They were famous by posting ads in the papers like this one. And the school's most famous alumni was Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts. (He also worked there for a while). They sent an interviewer to… Continue reading Rose soap with pull screen method
I made this soap for the November challenge from the soap making forum. The challenge was a good motivation to test an idea I had, of making a layered soap without actually making the layers and instead, I used dividers like those for a Taiwan swirl. Except that the dividers would be closer together. And… Continue reading Making Rainbow soap with dividers (not layered)
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