January 2025 SMF Challenge - Confetti!

[Relle]

My first picture somehow bumped itself down the line in the entry thread and is no longer first. I'll have to try editing my entry post and get it back to the top. Seems I read that happened to someone else in a previous entry thread.

I can delete the first 4 photos for you then that should move the 3 bar photo to first place again. I say should, if it goes wrong I can't change it. I don't know why they play ring around the rosy.

 

[Vicki C]

My first picture somehow bumped itself down the line in the entry thread and is no longer first. I'll have to try editing my entry post and get it back to the top. Seems I read that happened to someone else in a previous entry thread.

If you are able to do that, great - otherwise I assume it’s the one with the three bars? For some reason it’s very blurry when I try to enlarge it - ant chance you have a higher resolution photo? Your soap is beautiful!

 

[ackosel]

If you are able to do that, great - otherwise I assume it’s the one with the three bars? For some reason it’s very blurry when I try to enlarge it - ant chance you have a higher resolution photo? Your soap is beautiful!

I'll fiddle with it today and see if I can find a better quality photo and put it where it should be. Is it permissible to take a new photo if I can't find a higher resolution?

 

[ackosel]

I'll fiddle with it today and see if I can find a better quality photo and put it where it should be. Is it permissible to take a new photo if I can't find a higher resolution?

I was able to revert back to the original resolution, and it looks less fuzzy to me. Let me know if it needs anything different.

 

[VikingChick]

Just for fun, here are a couple bars of soap that I made in December. I was just a little ahead of the game, I guess!

 

[Tammyfarms]

I can delete the first 4 photos for you then that should move the 3 bar photo to first place again. I say should, if it goes wrong I can't change it. I don't know why they play ring around the rosy.

It’s magic. Computer magic.

 

[MrsZ]

I don't think I'm going to manage to make a challenge soap after all. Our family was sick for 2 weeks and I'm still catching up on everything.

 

[ackosel]

I don't think I'm going to manage to make a challenge soap after all. Our family was sick for 2 weeks and I'm still catching up on everything.

I'm sorry you've been sick! And I'm sorry we won't get to see a challenge soap from you. Your soaps are always so pretty.

 

[Tammyfarms]

I don't think I'm going to manage to make a challenge soap after all. Our family was sick for 2 weeks and I'm still catching up on everything.

Oh no! Hope you are all better.

 

[MrsZ]

Oh no! Hope you are all better.

Thank you, we are now.

 

[Cindy D.]

To enter the January 2025 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding your name and the next number at the bottom.
Sign-up list:
1.MrsZ I think I can swing this one!
2. Bookworm42 I was just planning on this for my next batch
3. Justsomeguy
4. basti - what a coincidence. i was already going to make terrazzo soaps this week
5. dibbles - what a coincidence. I made a batch today that unexpectedly accelerated - I'm sure it's destined for shredding.
6. Tammyfarms - perfect challenge for the new year.
7. ScentimentallyYours - Confetti soap was already on my list with NY resolution to declutter my soap stash.
8. McKherring Farm
9.Firefly24~
10. BobbiOh
11. KiwiMoose - I'm doing the 'fetti and I'm doing it now!
12.akseattle- I'm excited to try making this confetti soap!! Thank you for including M&P scraps in this challenge!
13. Shirley-D my first challenge, yabba dabba do!
14. Mobjack - I’m in pieces, bits and pieces…
15.humblegoat - tossing something a little different around in my mind, not sure it will work. My 1st challenge, excited!
16.Midnight_sun - i already have soap i was planning to shred! Thank you for this challenge!
17.mobe_45- sounds like something to rid myself of some very drying soaps for a while back.
18. Artemis -- I know I have some shreds somewhere...
19. dmcgee5034 - cut my soap into pieces, this is my confetti soap
20. Ackosel
21. VikingChick - Sliding in at the last minute, since I had a day off and lots of scraps!
22. Relle
23. Cindy D.

 

[KiwiMoose]

I'm making another one today - I don't think my last one was >50% confetti, so better to be safe than sorry.

 

[Cindy D.]

I'm making another one today - I don't think my last one was >50% confetti, so better to be safe than sorry.

Are you making an embed with confetti, that was where the >50% came from?
Later it's started " *If you choose to use the calculator I have provided I recommend not going above 30% for the weight of the confetti compared to the total loaf – but feel free to experiment, and report back!"

 

[VikingChick]

@Cindy D. I love your soap!!

 

[KiwiMoose]

Are you making an embed with confetti, that was where the >50% came from?
Later it's started " *If you choose to use the calculator I have provided I recommend not going above 30% for the weight of the confetti compared to the total loaf – but feel free to experiment, and report back!"

Oh - maybe I'll re-read the rules

 

[Vicki C]

Oh - maybe I'll re-read the rules

The soap should be at least 50% confetti soap, visually - so for example you could make a layer of confetti soap and a layer with some other technique, as long as half of it is confetti soap. The amount of confetti you use in your confetti layers is up to you - in my experience it’s hard to cram in more than 30% of the total batter weight in confetti. Does that make sense?

 

[Cindy D.]

The soap should be at least 50% confetti soap, visually - so for example you could make a layer of confetti soap and a layer with some other technique, as long as half of it is confetti soap. The amount of confetti you use in your confetti layers is up to you - in my experience it’s hard to cram in more than 30% of the total batter weight in confetti. Does that make sense?

That makes more sense!

 

[artemis]

The soap should be at least 50% confetti soap, visually - so for example you could make a layer of confetti soap and a layer with some other technique, as long as half of it is confetti soap. The amount of confetti you use in your confetti layers is up to you - in my experience it’s hard to cram in more than 30% of the total batter weight in confetti. Does that make sense?

Now I don't even know if I qualified. I didn't measure my confetti at all, either before adding it, or visually after I cut...

 

[justsomeguy]

Now I don't even know if I qualified. I didn't measure my confetti at all, either before adding it, or visually after I cut...

My read is your soap qualifies because it's a 100% confetti soap. Even if it's only 10% confetti in the soap.

Did I get that right?

 

[Cindy D.]

@VikingChick thank you!
I was having trouble posting my photos also until I changed the settings on my phone camera to 12m. Just to the right of top center, on my phone, normally it's set at 64m.