Last year I started watching a multi talented artist in YouTube. She is from Sweden and is a painter, photographer, singer, musician, etc. Several of her videos include footage of the Aurora Borealis, and that was partially what inspired me to make this soap. If you want to learn more about the Aurora Borealis or… Continue reading Aurora Borealis Soap
Over the years, I have tried a wide variety of containers as soap molds: plastic tool boxes, milk cartons, corrugated plastic DIY molds, regular cardboard, pringles cans, tupperware, etc....and of course, the standard silicone molds and liners. Lately I have come to prefer the uniformity that a silicone liner inside a wooden mold provides. The… Continue reading Making a Soap Mold
Last year, I had to take a crash course on making soap with a PVC pipe as a mold. I confess that I never liked the idea of a round soap, so I had not bothered to learn. However, I have learned they make great hand soaps, in an ergonomic kind of way. In the… Continue reading Making a Heart Soap in a PVC pipe
Several years ago when I visited the Natural Science museum, they were selling unopened geodes outside the main exhibits. It was a round rock that would fit in your hand; and after you bought one, you could have it cracked by a machine or tools they had, and see if you got any crystals inside.… Continue reading Making a Geode Soap
Sometimes I wonder if I am determined or simply stubborn when it comes to certain projects. I do value time, so I usually give up when I feel I am wasting it and nothing seems to be working out. After all, I did abandon a Christmas tree pull screen idea after three or four failed… Continue reading My seventh attempt at a Snowflake Soap
When a soap does not turn out as expected, I usually end up embellishing it. Lately I have had a lot of soap design fails, especially when experimenting with pull screen discs. So I have gotten to practice my post decorating skills a lot. It is actually very easy. Especially if you have soap dough… Continue reading Embellishing Soap
The place was a palace in England. The year? anywhere between 1543 and 1603. The request? "You shall make biscuits that look like my guests, so that they shall eat their own likeness at the party". At least this is what I imagine Queen Elizabeth I told her head chef. I can also picture the… Continue reading Gingerbread man soap
This has probably been the most difficult soap for me to make. Not because of the technique (though it was time consuming) or the amount of colors I used (Seven!), but because it forced me to revisit a memory that causes deep pain still, and that is the loss of our dog Queenie, she was… Continue reading Memories Soap Collaboration
In last week video (the design fail) I sneaked a koala embed with a Santa hat. He was originally part of this Koala soap loaf but there was not room for him there. (I like to make extras just in case). So here is the rest of the gang. This soap is scented with a… Continue reading Koala Soaps
I am really happy about how this soap turned out! Especially after a failed attempt at this idea. When I participated in the ghost swirl challenge last month, I decided to make a second soap for the bonus category (in it, colorants could be used). Because I thought I could try this pine tree swirl… Continue reading Pine Tree TP Divider Swirl Soap
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