What New in Soap

Well… its snowing around Tassie at the moment!!
I am glad I delayed putting my seedlings out. Its not snowing at our place but I sure do have the fire back on!!
The last couple of evenings I have sat in front of the fire after dinner with some Netflix on and making up soap dough flowers for future projects.
I found a little set of daisy flower cutters which makes the process… faster!

One of my cousins came around the other week to make a few of her Christmas Presents ! We had a fun morning

Which reminds me… I like this swirl method and need to try it again

Beck also decided on using the Oatmeal Milk and Honey fragrance… always a comforting scent!

I got to and made my last Christmas soap batches and was pleased with the results

Above was Apple and below, Apple and Peppermint

I had another workshop the other weekend too – only three people this time but it was a nice group of ladies, they found other common ground with bee keeping and other things so that was lovely

Nadeane chose the Anjou Pear and Lemon Zest… with lovely ribbons of purple and yellow through her soaps. She also had a bit of fun with the decorating

Her daughter Emmy wanted to use the same fragrance but in the end opted on something different so they could share (Crisp cedar and amber)

That fragrance caused the mixture to thicken a lot more quickly so we abandoned the ‘drop swirl’ design and did a manual swirl with a skewer. Turned out great!

Kay had a go at a Taiwan Swirl, and with those soft colours – it looked gorgeous

Smells amazing too… Lemongrass and Exotic Lime

My demo to cut soap I used Lemon Verbena… mmmm

I might have been in a hurry as the shimmy design was a bit chunky – but still cool and exciting enough for the cut.

I decided on Australian Lavender for the show off demo soap with some soft colours

I think we were going to call it ‘Nanna’s Retro Kitchen’
Its still sitting in our dining room smelling lovely!

I haven’t done a lot more with soap since then – the nice weather said “Get your butt into the garden!”

I did start a new basket… using the raffia this time. Its been growing quickly

Its nearly finished… just have to cut some more flax from the garden to do a few more rounds. Finishing with the blue/green again.

Of course, why finish a project when you can start another?
Grabbed some of the crazy vine at the side of the house and made this open air basket!

Pretty quick and fun to do! (Although it probably won’t hold water…)

Thats about it from me!
Fingers crossed the weather gets warmer again.
I’d love to get some tomatoes in the ground as well as the pumpkin and plant the corn! Its mid-November after all… time to get a crack on!

Hope your day is great
Cheers!

(Somebody is broody!)