Last year my husband and I took a quick trip to NJ. and since we flew in and out of NY, we allocated some time to do some sightseeing there. I knew I wanted to go to the Statue of Liberty since last time we went, we did not get to do it. Then when… Continue reading Starry Night, but made it Christmas
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
Before getting into the soap, I will tell you about my weird dream, and then hopefully I can segue it into the soap theme. I woke up from what at first seemed a weird dream this morning. In my dream I had been given charge of three future babies (they had not been born yet).… Continue reading Dreamy Place Soap: Monet water lilies
It has become a tradition now to make a gingerbread house soap every Christmas. I wanted to try something different to my previous attempts (the gingerbread embeds, the giant gingerbread house, and the full bar gingerbread house). So, I went with a gingerbread village instead! This soap is also my collaboration to the Christmas Soaps… Continue reading Gingerbread Village Soap
I had been considering making a portrait style soap for a while, but hesitated because I could not figure out how. I have done some painting style soaps before, like the Starry Night, the Sunflowers or the Puzzle Soap; however, I did not think the heavy texture of those soaps would translate well into a… Continue reading Frida inspired Soap
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
Some of you may already be familiar with the Soap Challenge Club and Amy W., who owns it. If you are not, you can check it out at Soapchallengeclub.com. Recently Amy was diagnosed, underwent treatment, surgery and overcame cancer! (Yay!). One of the facebook group admins (there is a group made for the registered members),… Continue reading Bengal Tiger Puzzle Soap
This soap was my entry for this month Soap Challenge club, which was about using soap curls in your soap. “Sometimes the things we do second time around are better and hold more value because we take the time to reflect and review, and revive them through a higher love. Don't be afraid to try… Continue reading Starry Night with Soap Curls
Soaps by Glenda 