SMF November 2024 Challenge - Hello Yellow!

[dibbles]

@GuacamoleSalad Welcome to the fun of divider techniques! Your soap is really lovely - I'm glad you decided to enter the challenge this month!
@Tammyfarms Beautiful soap, as usual! I like the tea speckles.
@Firefly24 I always love a pretty hanger swirl. I'm not always a fan of neons, but your yellow is
@MrsZ Your color choices are gorgeous, and the delicate swirls are so pretty!
@justsomeguy Your swirls turned out very nicely even with a portion of the batter getting thick. Thank you for sharing the amount of turmeric infused oil you used - that is helpful.

 

[CLMP]

Hi everyone looks like I get to make soap all my oils just arrived. My mold for the embeds didn't make it here on time though so I'm going to go a head and make my soap with out my embeds to decorate the top of my soap. So I will be very busy the next day or two. I love everybody's soaps very nice!

 

[Zing]

To enter the November 2024 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. Ford....
2. Justsomeguy...
3. CLMP - Oh this will be fun!
4. Nona's Farm - have just the soap in mind
5.Firefly-
6. Tammyfarms - I love yellow in soap.
7. McKherring Farm
8.akseattle - I've been super busy at work and haven't soaped since August 31, but this seems low key enough that I can do this!!!
9. not_ally - Love yellow but don't think I've ever done a majority yellow soap. Also, @dibbles, I have ombre envy as usual when I see one of yours.
10. ScentimentallyYours - ️ need to browse for ideas!
11. Cindy D. Can't wait to see all the creations!
12. MrsZ - I think I'd like to join in this one!
13. Midnight_Sun - sure why not sounds fun!
14. GuacamoleSalad - first time entering a challenge, thanks for making it halfway-doable for a newb
14. @Zing Will be cutting it close to the deadline with that whole GMT conversion thang.

 

[Zing]

So many super cool entries but will single out @GuacamoleSalad , your first time you go with a divider?! Who does that? Nice work.

Today I made my essential oil slurry. Guess I'm committed now. Gotta watch the clock on this one. Some people, ahem, have a different definition of "November" than I do....

 

[MomInWA]

@dibbles thank you! I really had fun with the yellow and if it wasn't for the challenge I never would have thought of the bees. It took awhile to figure out how to make bees out of what I had. But they are pretty easy if anyone wants to make them. A half circle for the head, the rectangle shape 2 black and 1 yellow, and then the triangle for the tail, then the tear drop shape for the wing.
@Firefly24 thank you! It took longer to make the embeds than it did to make the soap, but it was mostly the flowers that kept falling apart.

@Cindy D. Your bees are the Bees Knees! Everyone's work this challenge is great!

 

[GuacamoleSalad]

So many super cool entries but will single out @GuacamoleSalad , your first time you go with a divider?! Who does that? Nice work.

Thanks, @Zing ! Y'all are so friendly and encouraging.

And all these entries look amazing. @McKherring Farm I love those colors. @Tammyfarms I don't know what a slurry is yet but I love the look of your soaps! @MrsZ I'm going to have to learn a feather mantra swirl I guess ... @Cindy D. incredible bees!! @Ford such sweet colors, I like that. @Firefly24 what a great hanger swirl. @justsomeguy rhubarb and turmeric, my word ... that's gorgeous.

 

[Tammyfarms]

I am loving everyone’s entries! Such great soaps.
@GuacamoleSalad a slurry is just a mixture of essential oils, kaolin clay, castor (or another) oil, and in this case, tea. Mix it up and let it sit for at least 24 hours. The theory is the slurry helps anchor the essential oil scent so it doesn’t fade.