Shopping

Yup! We got to Bunnings today.
Its treated pine but with a nice dark stain so a bit different to the normal look.
We’ve gone for slightly shorter lengths – I can make it work in the area and it made a fair difference on the $$ (as in over $70 better)
They were pretty heavy.
We bought 4 of the 3mt lengths and got the shop to cut them into 1mt pieces – they are the side pieces and it was easier to get them in the vehicle. (Plus we don’t have to cut them at all now.)

I am looking forward to actually building them. I hope its as straight-forward as my imagination says its going to be!!

Luckily I took Jeff into town to collect the coffee grounds! The little bin was full to the brim! No way I could lift that myself into the back. I should have gone in Monday but somehow the week disappeared.

So… here is some of the soap I made solo.
The light isn’t great, so the colours aren’t quite right, but nevertheless… you’ll get the drift.
This batch has almost a mauve swirl… I thought it was going to be more brown, but the clay colours do different things.
The fragrance used is ‘Rustic woods and Rum’
It was so strong when I first did it. Happily its calmed down and I really like it now.

This batch’s fragrance is Meyer Lemon. Its quite a sweet scent.
I am liking the swirls.

I tried out putting a loofah in a couple. I will have to do it slightly differently next time but it wasn’t too bad

The batch always has a bit more than the one set of moulds can take.
So I have some random extras. I like the dragonfly pattern 🙂

I think I made a failure tonight. I was so keen on it too 🙁
Espresso. It wouldn’t reach ‘trace’ for ages and the cheap little hand mixer was about to blow up I reckon. I finished using my other one and it seemed to go ok… but its not setting as fast as the others have done so sadly it might be a washout – without the soap!! I used a better olive oil – pure virgin cold pressed, but I wouldn’t have thought it wouldn’t work!
And I am out of goats milk. I’ll have to get in touch with Sharon!
I am not daunted. I am keen to try more.
Should smell the library! No more old book smell… haha. (Which is a bit tragic really)

Hope your day has been great!
Cheers