i really enjoyed the soaps everyone made. They are amazing. I haven't had a chance to make soap in a month and I am sorry I missed this challenge. Hopefully next month things will lighten up.
SMF February 2021 Challenge - Circling Taiwan Swirl
- Thread starter dibbles
- Start date
Help Support Soapmaking Forum:
Everyone has voted, so I won't make you wait until tomorrow 
First Place: The_Emerald_Chicken
Second Place: Jersey Girl
Third Place: Mobjack Bay
Congrats to the winners, and to everyone who entered. The soaps were outstanding! You all get a participation trophy.
First Place: The_Emerald_Chicken
Second Place: Jersey Girl
Third Place: Mobjack Bay
Congrats to the winners, and to everyone who entered. The soaps were outstanding! You all get a participation trophy.
Thank you @dibbles for hosting and for everyone who participated. This was a fun challenge! And a big congratulations to @The_Emerald_Chicken and @Mobjack Bay! There were so many gorgeous soaps in this challenge that it was truly hard to pick just three. So much talent in this group! 
Well deserved wins! Gorgeous soaps! So much fun and good learning! Huzzah!
Congratulations @The_Emerald_Chicken @Jersey Girl for your beautiful soaps and to everyone for the fantastic inspiration and a really fun time learning this month. And @dibbles ♥♥♥
Thanks everyone! I love the encouragement and inspiration that comes from this group. So many creative soaps this month....way to go! And a big congrats to @Jersey Girl and @Mobjack Bay as well!
Everyone has voted, so I won't make you wait until tomorrow
First Place: The_Emerald_Chicken
Second Place: Jersey Girl
Third Place: Mobjack Bay
Congrats to the winners, and to everyone who entered. The soaps were outstanding! You all get a participation trophy.
I loved the first prize entry (which I voted for) but would loved to have seen it photographed like the others to see the pattern they form together.
Congrats to the winners! So many entries and so many posts about experiences and hints, this one really generated a lot of energy and interest. Can't wait for my trophy to come!!!Everyone has voted, so I won't make you wait until tomorrow
First Place: The_Emerald_Chicken
Second Place: Jersey Girl
Third Place: Mobjack Bay
Congrats to the winners, and to everyone who entered. The soaps were outstanding! You all get a participation trophy.
I'll take a pass on the trophy--one less thing to dust, clean, organize, and brag about.
Seriously, I had a LOT of fun with this challenge. My very first crack at Taiwan Swirl was enjoyable and gave me a feeling of accomplishment. Heck, I pulled off three dividers and five colors!
P.S. I still haven't cleaned off the dividers.
Guspuppy
Well-Known Member
Congrats to the winners! There were some seriously pretty soaps in this challenge. So fun!
KimW
Well-Known Member
I'll take a pass on the trophy--one less thing to dust, clean, organize, and brag about.
Seriously, I had a LOT of fun with this challenge. My very first crack at Taiwan Swirl was enjoyable and gave me a feeling of accomplishment. Heck, I pulled off three dividers and five colors!
P.S. I still haven't cleaned off the dividers.
That is definitely the right attitude! My first challenge and I have to be happy that I even felt comfortable to actually enter! I do have to learn when to quit though - 4 tries overall - guess my friends will be getting a lot of gifts in the near future.
FYI: your soap was my daughter's favorite. She'll be delighted knowing that you won first place.
Well, I did cry on my husband's shoulder for a few hours before I managed to muster up the humility to congratulate everyone. I'm kidding, of course--I only cried for a few minutes.That is definitely the right attitude! My first challenge and I have to be happy that I even felt comfortable to actually enter! I do have to learn when to quit though - 4 tries overall - guess my friends will be getting a lot of gifts in the near future.
I put forth four tries, too, @SPowers . After the first, it felt like a compulsion.
I think the reason I didn't clean off the divers (at least subconsciously) was to prevent myself from attempting it a fifth. Can't do another TS if my tools are a mess, now can I? This is also why I posted my soap as soon as possible. I'm actually really competitive and knew that if I waited until everyone posted theirs, it would have impacted any subsequent batches. I didn't feel comfortable with that. I prefer to be driven by my creativity and not tainted by that of others.
It's no coincidence that I made chocolate chip cookies today.
Your soap was stunning. Truly, you made a masterpiece. I hope they were congratulatory cookies, not consolation cookies!
I did three tries, and the second one was so bad that I blocked it out of my mind ... but when I logged into the SMF calculator, it showed recipes for SMF Feb Challenge 1 and SMF Feb Challenge 2. I honestly had to wrack my brain to remember what #2 even looked like - that's how quickly I washed it out and went on to the next one.
Which is so funny, because when I make one I like, I can't leave it alone. I'm in the soap room checking on it several times a day (like it is going to wander off??) till the next favorite batch comes out of the mold.
ETA: I agree, @The_Phoenix your soaps were beautiful! And so were yours, @Vicki C! Other than the one soap that I picked as my favorite, there were EIGHT others that vied for spots 2 and 3 - and yours were both in there!
Which is so funny, because when I make one I like, I can't leave it alone. I'm in the soap room checking on it several times a day (like it is going to wander off??) till the next favorite batch comes out of the mold.
ETA: I agree, @The_Phoenix your soaps were beautiful! And so were yours, @Vicki C! Other than the one soap that I picked as my favorite, there were EIGHT others that vied for spots 2 and 3 - and yours were both in there!
KimW
Well-Known Member
Yay - I'm not the only one!!
Similar threads
