April challenge

[houseofwool]

It didn't turn out quite as I had hoped, but my 10 year old figured out what it was supposed to be without any hints from me, so it can't be too far off the mark.

Since we don't have smell-o-vision, I am going to cheat on the scent and pretend I used something along the line of grass.

 

[houseofwool]

Whoops, I just realized that I forgot to 'splain.

I am in a semi-rural part of the Dairy State and the main cow raised here is the Holstein. I had an order of activated charcoal already on its way.

If I do it again, which I probably wii, I would make sure that sculpt the white layer a bit more before spooning in the black so the bottoms of the markings would be rounder.

 

[WallFlower]

Very nice! I love the cow pattern!! That is a really nice background to design a soap over. I love cows hahahaha! Love the soap, great job!!

 

[Badger]

LOL! I love it, I was trying to figure it out when I first looked at it. Now I have to ask, did you use milk in it?

 

[melstan775]

I think it's great. I thought cow right away too.

 

[houseofwool]

No, I didn't use milk because I wanted to gel it and I didn't want it to discolor.

 

[Genny]

I figured cow as soon as I saw it Did you use tallow?

 

[dianne70]

Love the cow soap

 

[houseofwool]

I figured cow as soon as I saw it Did you use tallow?

I figured that you would get it right away. Using tallow would have been awesome, but sadly no. I don't have any.

 

[Mommysoaper]

Love your Holstein! Tons of dairy farms near where I grew up!

 

[Pepsi Girl]

I have Holstein cows (not live ones) all over my kitchen! Nice Job!

 

[newbie]

I'm too focused on the weather. I thought it was of the ground as the snow finally started melting, revealing the black earth underneath. I'm in Wisconsin too so I'm still in cold mode, unfortunately. I love it, whether it's of a cow or of melting snow!

 

[theath2010]

AMAZING you just gave me inspiration for my next soap! I love cows and cow print, not I need to order some activated charcoal. Love it

 

[SueSoap]

Very creative.

 

[judymoody]

Silly me, I grew up around birdwatchers and the first thing I saw was a loon's head in profile.

Nice soap!

 

[houseofwool]

I totally see a loon's head. Next time I do this I will try for a slight thicker trace and will sculpt out the white a bit more before layering in the black. I'm stuck on how to scent it since I only use EO.