In cleaning up and getting ready for upcoming fairs, I decided I really didn't like some of my soaps I'd made. So I chopped up one that was made of goat's milk coloured in green, and clear soap coloured pink, separated them out and mixed up the pink with some leftover brown-y coloured soap. Should be a strange combination right? I wanted them to mix, but not mix, so I sort of followed the instructions for swirling on Soapqueen, but rather than pour the colours on top of each other, I poured them side by side.
After I did that I had no freakin' idea what to do with it. I thought I'd cut out embeds, which I did, but they don't show the full swirly effects of the soaps. So I used a circle cutter and made a crescent shape with some of the leftovers. Have I mentioned I'm a leftover fanatic? I love leftovers when it comes to food, but I don't like having a lot of leftover soaps. So I took some leftover blue for the sky, and then put the crescent shape over top for a moon and sprinkled the whole thing with gold glitter for a starry effect. Oh and it's scented with creamsicle cybilla, so guess what you're getting Teresa? ;)
Another project that I found during cleanup is what I call my happy accident. I made alphabet soaps a while back using goat's milk and some lab colours and some of the colours from Soapylove's jewel set. The soaps have developed glycerin dew, which will have to be cleaned up (that's not the happy part) but the colours also melded into each other, creating a much prettier palette than I had originally done.
Hope everyone's had a great week and a wonderful weekend.
Your moon looks like it took a dip in the swimming pool. It is so cute and I really like the colors!
ReplyDeleteIt does, doesn't it Silvia? Hope it's not too chlorinated. :D
DeleteWoOt! Creamsicle soap...score! Thanks, hon!! :)
ReplyDeleteI prefer to be called a Trekker but I have no idea what Alondra you're talking about.
You're so welcome! Thanks for taking the soap off my hands. :)
DeleteI always thought Trekkers were more fanatical, but what do I know? I chose an obscure planet on purpose, that way it's harder to say I did a bad portrayal of it. ;)
Such a shiny moon! I love this blue, it really reminds me of sea!
ReplyDeleteAnd the letters are just gorgeous! I still think you can make people's names of them
I'm big into shiny things, can you tell? ;) I guess another way to look at this soap is it's a reflection of the moon in the sea, thanks Maja!
DeleteYou're absolutely right, I need to make some names with these alphabets, I think it'd be very popular.
Cute soaps, Monica! I like the moon embed, and the way the colors bled together in the alphabet soaps is really pretty. Best of luck to you at your upcoming fairs!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenny! I need different shaped cutouts to create different embeds but the moon seemed like a fitting thing to do especially since we'd just finished with the Harvest moon not that long ago.
DeleteThanks, I'm looking forward to the craft fairs, but at the same time, it's a little nerve wracking thinking of all the things that still need to get done.