When my husband told me that a coworker of his had a pet hedgehog, I was intrigued. How does one handle a thorny-spikey animal? Can you even handle them? And off I went into an internet search that brought me to this cute video of a hedgehog getting a bath. That was only one of… Continue reading The making of a Hedgehog Soap
This was my first attempt at a Taiwan swirl and I have my husband to thank for it. After being my collaborator for the Soap Challenge Club, he got the soap bug and wanted to make more. He started watching soap making videos and found Tree Marie SoapWorks Taiwan Swirl one. He wanted to make… Continue reading Making Taiwan Circling Swirl Soap
This month's challenge for the Soap Challenge Club was the Collaborator Challenge. As soon as I learned of it, I asked my husband if he would be interested in being my collaborator and he agreed. I told him he could choose the colors. Any colors, I said, even neons; confident in my well stocked… Continue reading Teaching my hubby to make soap
Soaps from my first year of making soap - 2017 Below is what I would tell you if we were talking in person and you asked me how to make soap. (yes, I would talk your ear off before giving you a recipe and instructions). When I started making soap, I learned primarily from videos… Continue reading How to make Soap
For some reason, I tend to make my beach themed soaps only when the summer is ending. Perhaps I think it is my last chance to do it, perhaps I like the deadline! I suppose if I sold my soap at markets, I would be more seasonal minded. The temperature where I live is 89… Continue reading Sea Life Beach Soap
I got to make another peacock soap! this time with a different technique and it is for the soap challenge club. It is the embroidery technique which Soaping 101 first published in video several years ago. The first step was to make the "canvas" soap. Which I tried to make white. I did not quite… Continue reading Peacock Embroidered Soap
This soap could easily be a "Galaxy Soap" famous in soap making circles, if you forgo the star trek embeds. The galaxy soaps I have seen though, are usually made with soap balls, which are usually formed with soaps shavings from other projects. This one is a bit different in that regard. I wanted a… Continue reading Star Trek Inspired Soap
One of my earliest memories (as in earliest in life) is the one of waking up, in the same room as my mom and my youngest brother (he was baby#5 and I was #4) and seeing two baby bottles on the cabinet top with warm milk. One was brown because it had chocolate, and the… Continue reading Salvadoran Cocoa and Coffee Soap
