Back in 2020 I shared a divider pine tree soap video that became one of the most watched videos in my channel during Christmas time. (The blog version is linked here.) This soap is a version of that technique, but done in a cavity mold instead. Also, with a 3d printed divider instead of the… Continue reading Pine tree soaps
Growing up, the neighbors across our house had an almond tree, when we wanted to eat an almond (the actual fruit, not the seed), we would either pick it up from the ground after making sure it didn’t have bat bite marks (another neighbor had a capulin tree/Mexican cherry that bats particularly liked) or throw… Continue reading Soap inspired by Van Gogh’s Almond blossoms
When I first tried the Pour/pull through soap technique during the Soap challenge club of 2019, I learned that it was a technique that came from the painting world (acrylic pour painting), and have always seen it done as a vertical upward pull. During the soap challenge, we were encouraged to do repetitive patterns in… Continue reading A pull screen for soap but moved from side to side
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
I love watermelons, and ate them a lot when growing up. Not cut up in small cubes like I cut it for my hubby, but I ate it straight from the slice I was given, it was messy, but yummy. Imagine my surprise five years ago when one of my allergy test show me to… Continue reading Watermelon Soaps
The inspiration for this soap came when I was watching a murder mystery TV show ("Only murders in the building") starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez. Though I generally like murder mysteries, I try not to watch them in the evening because it affects my dreams a bit too much, but this particular… Continue reading Tie dye Soap
I have wanted to make a Wonder woman soap ever since seeing the movie that came out in 2017. I felt pretty much like this girl after watching it. But like many ideas on my Soap idea list, it was buried by other soap projects. I even considered using the Wonder Woman TV show of… Continue reading Wonder Woman Soap
The soapmaking forum June challenge of last year was an inspiration challenge, meaning that as long as you were inspired by the challenge theme, any technique could be used in the soap. I signed up for the challenge with nothing concrete in mind. The theme was Garden Inspiration, and not necessarily one's own garden. It… Continue reading Garden Inspired Soap
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 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
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