I have finally made another batch of soap. It feels like it's been forever! I made a batch of soleseife. The colours didn't turn out as well as I thought they would but I don't really care; I love my brine soap and that's all that matters.
And perhaps I will grate & package my 100%CO soap to prepare for making more laundry butter.
Just about all packed up for my fair this weekend. Off to the Tulip Festival in Holland MI. First show of the year.
What's laundry butter, please earlene?
Maybe I should just make unscented soap!
Maybe I should just make unscented soap!
The trouble with clearing things out and reorganizing your space is you have to trash your space to unclutter your space. I am trying to unclutter my home and make room for my soaping obsession. I've cleared out my "sewing" room, which is a room I designated in 2009 as my craft room. I've cleared out the corner that had my shelves for the soaping supplies and moved that shelf set into the curing room because I don't have anymore space for soap to cure. I had a bunch of plastic "drawers" left over from my mother that are now holding a lot of the soaping supplies, which is actually good, because it keeps the dust and dog hair off of them. However, I've lost a lot of height for storage. I'm going to have to see if I can buy more of those plastic things and stack them on top of the ones I already have. (That sounds like a disaster waiting to happen!) I still have a bunch of kitchen equipment that I don't really use anymore that I can put away and use that space for soaping supplies. But, everything is looking much neater than it was before, especially my micas. They're not in paper bags any more!
I did the same with my micas. Put labels on top of them so I can tell what is what without picking them up I mean. I have little notes and codes on mine as well. If anything ever happened to me, no one will be able to figure out what the heck I'm talking about on them lol
Today I finally got my packaging for soaps sorted, so now just waiting on the glossy stickers to arrive and very excited to be having a somewhat new look. I also introduced a new soap to my fb page which is a beautiful soft rose purchased from a supplier here in Aussie. I was pleasantly surprised as it played nice enough to do a drop type swirl so very happy about that.
I got a lovely compliment today from a friend who actually buys handmade soap and she said she no longer buys it because mine is better!!!!!!
I blogged about my Soleseife, made on Thursday and unmolded this morning. I should have waited another day as it was still a bit soft. It's just for me, though, so aesthetics aren't as important. I'm also planning on making a Buttermilk Bastille soap... after my husband gets up. After that, it's prepping time for Mother's Day dinner (pork ribs in the crock pot).
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