Soaps yet to wrap - Cut pics added at end

[Woodi]

This is NOT my favorite part of soapmaking, but a necessary step...

so I have just two weeks to wrap the rest of the 300 soaps I made 6 weeks ago for a Spring Artisan tour here. This is what my dining room looks like at present:

and more here: (the goat heads will go into bags with labels)

Anybody live near me who wants to come wrap soap? I can feed you up real good...

 

[craftgirl08]

HOLY MOLY!! That is alot of great looking soaps!!

 

[supersoaper3000]

Lol! great looking soap indeed. I am the same way if it makes you feel any better. Wrapping is by far my least favorite activity in soaping. I really need to coerce my kids into getting involved more with that :roll:

 

[IanT]

lol Ill help!! Im just like 2 or 3 thousand miles away but who cares?!?!



Ill bring some tea... we'll sit down and chat and before you know it..poof! no more soap to wrap!

Those looks awesome!!!

I love the goat soaps! Im sure those will be a HIT!



I envy your soap collection!

 

[topcat]

That is a very tempting offer Woodi - I love to wrap soap! Throw in the plane fare and I will be there like a shot....who wouldn't love to visit where you live?

Tanya

 

[Galavanting Gifts]

Yep, i'm with Topcat on this one, maybe we should start up a soap wrappers club or something, everyone coming from far and wide hehe.

 

[Woodi]

A soap wrappers club! Now that would be fun...(except for the airfare, travel time etc....)

 

[NancyRogers]

I'm too far away from you down here in the deep south, but I wish I could come play with your soaps.

 

[CherryGardenGirl]

lol, I must be one of the weird ones . . . I LOVE wrapping soaps. But I suppose it does get a little old 300 bars later

 

[Woodi]

I suppose, with the right attitude, we can make any task a pleasant one. I put on my fav music, set up a table in a spot I enjoy....

Here are the cut pics! (the one chai tea bag into the lye water turned the soaps a deep pink....I like!)

The bottom four have been super-trimmed and polished; the topmost two still have some rugged bits on.

but I wasted over 4 ounces of soap with the excessive trimming. When very dry, I will grind these up and use for bubble bath.

I hope the soap doesn't turn caramel-colored.

 

[Woodi]

and a question for you:

Would YOU trim up those top two bars, removing the rough spot? This will make smaller bars, but more soap scraps for the bubble bath... :roll: I do prefer cleaner looking bars myself, and usually I make 'em as pretty as I can, although I know the rustic look appeals to many also.

What do you prefer? Are your soaps trimmed and polished, or do you leave them rustic?

 

[NancyRogers]

I personally love the rustic look, but I'm sure there are just as many people who prefer the clean look. Of course, having all of those shavings to do stuff with is fun too.

 

[ChrissyB]

All of those soaps are beautiful
The purple ones are lovely, and you must have a stack of those goat head moulds!!
They'll look great all wrapped!
I'm either/or regarding the rustic look/neat and tidy look. I've seen both and like both, depends on the soap I guess. I think yours look lovely untrimmed, but you've done most of them now so may as well do the last couple.
You could always make a laundry gel/wash with the offcuts and shavings.

 

[Galavanting Gifts]

Ohhhh, I LIKE, they look good all trimmed up

 

[April]

Hi there:

Beautiful soaps. I am in Ontario too, but I have visitors these days.

Sounds like a wrapping soap-a-thon would be great fun though.

Best wishes,

April