In case you missed it....I'm posting more soap photos. =o)  

I had to gather up some soaps for an upcoming interview for a local daily newspaper.  And of course since I had all that gorgeous soap together it called for my own personal photo op!  

If you think it looks good...you should get a whiff of it!  Any word on long it's going to be before they get that smell-ivision thing going?  

Have yourself a Happy Friday and fabulous weekend!

These little soaps (below) are cut photos of the Christmas Coal soap I made on Wednesday.  I tried a new decorative approach called a "pencil line".  Additional powdered mica colorant is added between layers to create a thin line.   =o/  It's turned just slightly better than ok.  Note to self:  add peaks to the soap batter before adding the mica and adjust the layers better

But overall I am thrilled with the initial feedback on this soap. Methinks I should make another batch just to make sure I got plenty during the holidays!  

Ta-da!  Soaping for Christmas!  Christmas Coal...lightly colored with black oxide and fragranced with Peppermint.  Is Santa gonna be good to you this year? 

Any fragrance that uses vanilla in it will cause soap to turn varying shades brown.  It's pretty much impossible to prevent.  A soaper just needs to know it's going to happen and be prepared for it.  

This is my first version of Happy Birthday soap.  Why Happy Birthday?  Because it smells like buttercream frosting!  Yum.E!  Plus I plan to have  it available with special packaging for those who want to give a special gift.  

I say it's my first version because I plan to tweak the look a bit.  I don't know about you but I love me some extra frosting...So I got to work on getting the "white frosting" part thicker! =o)

The following photos were taken over the span of about a week.  The first photo is fresh cut.  You can see how the outer part of the soap log already turned brown.  But the parts not exposed to air hadn't.  Watch as the days go by how brown it gets.  Fascinating, no?   

I've done a lot of research and trial on my lotion recipe.  I feel I've come up with a product that is both a great product but yet reasonably priced. 

The good news is that my lotion has been a tremendous hit!  *Happy Dance!* I have people sample it when they visit my booth at the markets and fairs.  Typically they'll purchase at least one bottle.

The bad news is that I have almost sold completely out of lotion!  Yikes!  I have a few bottles left of Smoky Patchouli left and two bottles of Strawberry Passion.  That's it.  I will be purchasing more ingredients and will rebuild stock ASAP. 

This is Myrt. I was taking new photos for the website and caught him behaving for once. Laying about quietly and not getting into something.  Thought I'd capture it for posterity's sake.