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
A few years ago I wanted to buy a pair of long shorts (sounds like an oxymoron, right?). After going to the mall and some stores, it appeared such item did not exist. There were short shorts though, but I wanted something that at least reached my knees or below. (I did not want to… Continue reading Pour Pull Screen Technique Soap
Last year I made a dreamsicle soap that I liked very much for its fragrance, however, it got very dark brown due to the vanillin content of the fragrance. I wanted to use the fragrance again and experiment using a vanilla stabilizer from scratch, one I had read about here. When I say "from scratch"… Continue reading How to make Ice Cream soap and a cheap Vanilla stabilizer
I have had a chessboard soap in my idea list for a while. I remember when I added it: I had just done the Alice in Wonderland Soap and I started reading the follow up book: Through the Looking Glass; which is pretty much a chess game in narrative, though I did not know that… Continue reading Chessboard Soap
Cosmic Swirl Attempt rainbow colors This soap brings some bittersweet memories for me, it was the last soap that my husband made with me during his soap making streak; he has since returned to a hobby he finds more fascinating: defeating gravity and making foam planes fly. (Rc wings). Here is a short video of… Continue reading Attempting the Cosmic Swirl Soap technique
Soaps with clamshell technique in pink, green and turquoise This soap was my entry for this month's soap challenge, the clamshell technique, which was taught by Teri Endsley (from Tree Marie Worksoaps). The colors were chosen by my husband, and he also helped me while making it, which came really handy when adding the two… Continue reading Cotton Candy Soap
Soaps by Glenda 