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
I did not think I would make Christmas soaps this year. I had not signed up for any craft fairs and that is usually what pushes me to do them. Then I got invited to participate in a small post thanksgiving show. It would be at the host's home, so I accepted as it seemed… Continue reading Revisiting the Gingerbread House Soap and a bad review
Back in 2020 I shared a divider pine tree soap video that became one of the most watched videos in my channel during Christmas time. (The blog version is linked here.) This soap is a version of that technique, but done in a cavity mold instead. Also, with a 3d printed divider instead of the… Continue reading Pine tree soaps
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
For the first two years of my soap making journey (2017-2018) I did not get any DOS (dreaded orange spots). I had read about them, and I had seen other people’s experiences with it, and I thought myself special that I didn’t have any. Until one day, I started to notice that a soap of mine… Continue reading My soap is yellowing
