Simple OHM, but I think it turned out pretty

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TessC

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This was my first soap using FO, and I'm addicted. The Soap Silly OMH from Day-Star smells soooooo good! The soap itself is goat milk, honey, and some really finely ground oats. I love the scalloped edge from the vinyl downspouting it was molded in, and it slid right out. I also broke in my freebie stamp from Owosso, they did a really nice job on it. :)

Anyway, they're not showy or colorful, but I like the way they turned out,

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The mica makes the stamp look neat from an angle, looks gilded:

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The scalloped edges on the soap are neat, I'll definitely be using the downspouting again!

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I am so pathetically hooked on soap now, lol.
 
Tis ok TessV, you're amidst likeminded friends lol, that stamp makes your soaps look really elegant. The down spout you speak of, is that the same as our Australian "down pipes" that lead the water off the house roof?, if so then that a fancy looking down pipe, i've never seen one like that here in Aussie.
If you hear on the news over there that someones been "appropriating" downspouts, don't worry, it's just a few of us Aussie soapers bringing back our "new soap molds" for our soaping hehe.
 
LOL, it's definitely better to use the neighbor's downspout than your own! Yes, it's the part that carries the water down from the gutter to the ground, I got a ten foot length of it for just a few dollars. It's made of a thin, flexible vinyl material, so it was easy to cut into smaller, more manageable pieces with my little hacksaw.
 
Oh em gee!

That soap looks absolutely awesome Tess! To make the stamp that pretty, did you powder the soap stamp with it, and then use it? Such a cool effect! If you ever decide to sell, people will definitely be attracted to it :D
 
Yes'm, the first few trial runs wit the stamp involved some...uh..operator error, lol. I finally got it right, and what worked was dabbing just a tiny bit of olive oil on the stamp with a cotton swab, then dipping it in the mica and tapping off the excess.
 
I absolutely love it, jut gorgeous! That is my style of simple elegance.

How do to secure the end of the downspout so that you don't have soap running out?
 
MsBien said:
How do to secure the end of the downspout so that you don't have soap running out?

I just used a piece of a plastic trash bag, held in place with duct tape. The bottom end of the soap had little ripples from the plastic, but not too bad.
 
love that soap as well, did you have to oil the pipe for easier removing of your soap.....
 
I love the shape that drain pipe makes those soaps, really pretty!
 
Very, very nice! Your idea with the stamp is fantastic too and it truly does create a soap that has a simple elegance. Nice job!!!
 
Very Nice Soap!!

TessV. I recently made a batch of OMH using the downspout too. Mine turned out nice and didn't stick either. Wooo HOOOO!!!

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