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@Calli

Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 1682
Location: Galway

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 09 10:44 am Post subject: Creative soapmaking
I know there are some creative soap-makers but these are amazing... Creative soap I love the tiny soap hands - "wash your hands!!"[/url]

Bulgarianlily

Joined: 01 Jun 2008
Posts: 1667
Location: South West Mountains of Bulgaria

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 09 11:39 am Post subject:
Looks like they are all made from a commercial 'melt and pour' base. Not 'real' soap making! But they are fun, except for the poor little hands which remind me of the gruesome body part statues of her children that Queen Victoria used to collect!

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 20809
Location: sunny wales

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 09 12:08 pm Post subject:
I liked the leaves agree it looks like melt and pour- I have mixed feelings about the stuff but there is no doubt you can do very pretty things with it

Ginkotree

Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Posts: 2956
Location: south west wales

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 09 9:20 pm Post subject:
I like the leaves, a nice idea as one leaf would probably do one wash, not soap mess in the dish and lovely for visiters. Very clever what can be done, a bit like with wax but would only buy the leaves if I was feeling luxerious. My nan used to use Bromley Lemon soap when I was young, they sell it in the old chemist, bought back lovely memories.

Lynn956

Joined: 10 Mar 2009
Posts: 8

Posted: Fri May 08, 09 10:50 pm Post subject:
Interesting designs, but more interesting to get into the "real" soap-making starting from base. There are some good sites where you can buy different moulds to create your own soaps without resorting to melt and pour bases.

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
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Location: sunny wales

Posted: Sat May 09, 09 7:43 am Post subject:

I had a bit of a phase buying commercial soap moulds, but I found them fairly hard to use reliably.It might be that I make hot process, so the shrinkage isnt as great as cold process as it cures, but I always had the devil of a job to get the stuff out of the moulds. Ought to have another go I suppose, got all the moulds still sat, but most of my batches now I just cast as a slab and cut up with a knife afterwards

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sat May 09, 09 9:50 am Post subject:
I used those flexible ice cube moulds to make little soap fishes. That was fun. I must make some more soap sometime, it was good fun. I've got masses of chocolate moulds, some of which are probably due for re-use.

towerhill

Joined: 06 Apr 2009
Posts: 332
Location: Pembrokeshire

Posted: Sat May 09, 09 10:37 am Post subject:
Read this thread as Creative SOUPmaking. Doh!

Mrs R

Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 7202

Posted: Sat May 09, 09 11:15 am Post subject:
brilliant! Loved the leaves, and the cake/ice cream ones makeme hungry

TheGrange

Joined: 12 Apr 2009
Posts: 874

Posted: Sat May 09, 09 9:18 pm Post subject:
i love the roses one, they would be a nice addition to a wedding table instead of the almonds .. i'm sooooo sick of them

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