The Soap Challenge winners

Congratulations to the winners of the soap challenge for this month.

Amy Burdick of Tenth Avenue Soapworks won first place finish with Fresh Snow soap:

Sharon Phillips won second place. She created an this beautiful contrasting white and bright rainbow soap for the challenge:
 



And the third place was a tie, Kevin Devine AND Jaime Taht of Sleeping Gypsy Designs.
Next month we will be using squeezie bottles to create some fun soaps. I am looking forward to it.


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Steam away Soda Ash

I recently saw this post from The Soap Queen. I got so excited because it meant that my soaps would ALWAYS look pretty and perfect. As I have a clothes steamer I decided I had to try it.

See for yourself. 

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You can also see the Youtube video here. I would imagine you could also use a steam iron if you have one that shoots out a jet of steam with a specific button.

 Thanks Anne Marie. This is so great to know.

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Dandelion Soap - a tutorial

I have been really sick so I have missed three blog posts. Sorry guys. It it the soap challenge once again from Great cakes soapworks. This week we made Dandelion soap using a technique from this site. What a great technique. This results in a very delicate set of lines in your soap. Really beautiful.

You You can see the YouTube video here

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Getting ready for Christmas

Christmas will be here before we know it. I am furiously getting pretty gifts together. Stay posted.

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