and my wedding dress story... I am often reminded that I need to be selective of what I watch, because I am easily influenced by it. And I am not the only one. That is why I cannot watch horror films, my mind seems to record the scary images, and brings them back to me… Continue reading Say yes to the soap dress: My wedding dress story
With the arrival of the Spring (if we can call it that in the Gulf coast), I felt the urge to make another cherry blossoms soap. Recently I learned that in Japan, the cherry blossoms mark the arrival of Spring. By contrast, in Texas the arrival of Spring is marked by pollen, it is like… Continue reading Making a Cherry blossoms 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
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
What is a hybrid soap? you might ask...Well, for me it is a soap made with two different methods. In this case, melt and pour and cold process soap. Though it can be argued that melt and pour is not really soap but a synthetic detergent bar. However, that is not the purpose of this… Continue reading Wisteria Hybrid Soap
Except for the embeds and the river, the rest of this soap was colored naturally.Ā I used spirulina for the first time.Ā I knew it would fade, but I should say it took a while for it to go paler.Ā And I think if I had stored it away from any form of light, it… Continue reading Earth Soap
I got to make another peacock soap! this time with a different technique and it is for the soap challenge club.Ā It is the embroidery technique which Soaping 101 first published in video several years ago.Ā Ā The first step was to make the "canvas"Ā soap.Ā Which IĀ tried to make white.Ā I did not quite… Continue reading Peacock Embroidered Soap
Soaps by Glenda 