A walk down memory lane... some of my first batches

[Lolly58]

I love the honey comb effect on the milk and honey. I'll understand if you don't want to share how you did that, but inquiring minds would love to know!!! lol

 

[Cindiq4u]

Looking Good!

 

[chicklet]

Wow - those are gorgeous! I especially like the zen soap.

Lolly - bubble wrap will give you the honeycomb look. I really like the layered look on that one.

 

[Momonga]

Really nice! And these are your first soaps? I hope I have that kind of beginners luck!

Oh, so that is "soap porn"! I never click on those links from my government computer. Just kidding.

 

[RocknRoll]

Really nice! And these are your first soaps? I hope I have that kind of beginners luck!

Oh, so that is "soap porn"! I never click on those links from my government computer. Just kidding.

lol! these are some of my first cold process soaps. When i started making soap about 8 years ago (and I only went in spurts) i did mainly hot process :-D but started with melt and pour.

 

[RocknRoll]

I love the honey comb effect on the milk and honey. I'll understand if you don't want to share how you did that, but inquiring minds would love to know!!! lol

line bubble wrap in the bottom of your mold, its so easy!!!

 

[RocknRoll]

Thank you all for your kind words. It's good to hear I have done something right lol

 

[dianne70]

beautiful....as always

 

[danahuff]

Ya, I dont know how well I will do on there, I have my page set up sorta, not fine tuned but I havent listed anything yet. After figuring everything out fee wise, I lose nearly 45 cents per bar. I hear ya, the posts tend to get "burried' as new soap pics are listed. Maybe someone will let us know of their soaping successes with Etsy?

It's not so bad. I sell on Etsy, and I think some of my sales are driven by friends and my husband's friends, but a guy contacted me before Christmas because he wanted to buy local handcrafted gifts, and he found my soap store that way. If your soap is good, you get repeat business. I have a repeat business coupon to encourage that. I sell more to people at work than on Etsy, though. Still, it is a good way to get your soap out there, and I think it gets more attention on Etsy than it would on a personal website precisely because people are just surfing the site, so they find your soap more easily than they would by searching Google.

 

[RocknRoll]

It's not so bad. I sell on Etsy, and I think some of my sales are driven by friends and my husband's friends, but a guy contacted me before Christmas because he wanted to buy local handcrafted gifts, and he found my soap store that way. If your soap is good, you get repeat business. I have a repeat business coupon to encourage that. I sell more to people at work than on Etsy, though. Still, it is a good way to get your soap out there, and I think it gets more attention on Etsy than it would on a personal website precisely because people are just surfing the site, so they find your soap more easily than they would by searching Google.

Very good point! I have to admit that exposure is good too and theres always a price for that. I will try it regardless but im hoping to do more direct sales

 

[Pamela]

Beautiful soaps....I never get tired of looking at soap pics :wink:

 

[kellistarr]

Before I go to sleep, I like looking at lovely soaps. You rock with these awesome soaps. The Honey Comb is my favorite!

 

[RocknRoll]

Before I go to sleep, I like looking at lovely soaps. You rock with these awesome soaps. The Honey Comb is my favorite!

Thank you! i so wish i had kept that "honey" recipe. It was a custom one I made up messing around with soapcalc a few years back. It was so creamy looking. My new recipe for this bar is nice and bubbly but I dont get the same look. It must be that I am using different (but incidently BETTER ingridients) now a days. Thinking back, I think it was either the grapeseed or corn oil I was using. Now I use shea and cocoa butters.