From the Land of the Midnight Sun

I made a new soap yesterday and I took pictures at each step for about half of the soap making procedure, before I gave up.  At that point, things did come out as expected.  It is very pretty and the scent is so so wonderful!  I love the fragrance Tresor, but I had to search high and low for the fragrance.  I found it at Save On Scents.  I added a little (free) Meyer Lemon from Bramble Berry to the fragrance.  (Thank you Bramble Berry.)  I have used tangerine with the fragrance in the past and it worked well too.  The bottom of the soap was to look like wheat and it did not even come close to resembling wheat.  The top was to look like a sky and clouds, but the clouds turned yellow despite the use of titanium dioxide which helps keep the soap white.  The sky turned a purple with specks of purple.  I tried 3 different blues and 2 of them wanted to go gray since cold process soap is high acid.  The third one I mixed in and swirled it somewhat.  All is topped by glitter and the bottom had a tad bit of brown glitter to look like ground and green for the wheat that was not ripe, but it turned teal.  Well, No wheat field here.  For some reason it looked like Pop Art and "From the Land of the Midnight Sun," popped into my head.  You caught the pop pun, right?  Well, the new soap was born.  It will never be duplicated and as it cures it may change a little.  I already see the yellow clouds lightening and the purple sky darkening.  This will soon be available for purchase.  The best thing about this great smelling soap is the fact that I put shea butter in it, along with sunflower oil, coconut milk powder, and several other good things for your skin.  I think it is pretty too, but not in a wheat field way.  "Gosh I hope you like us!  (The last comment is local humor from Wichita in the late 70's.....  I think you had to be here for that one. 

Notice my new kitchen gadget.  A girl can not have too much pink!

Yes, I took the pictures at night.  The more purple pictures are closer to actual color.

I hope everyone had a wonderful mother's day.  Thank you for reading my blog.  I know you probably had better things to do.  LOL  Blessings to you and yours!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all Women!

Chocolate Covered Cherries

I just finished making a small batch of chocolate covered cherries soap.  I did have a hard time not wanting to lick the bowl because the smell was so good!  For the soapers:  It is a cold process, silicone loaf molded, in the mold 3 color semi-swirl, non-gelled soap.  I did a little different technique on the top of each mold.  This batch was made in response to a chocolate soap request.

Sty in your Eye

Have you ever had a sty in your eye?  I feel like it should be in a country song like "there's a tear in my beer, and I'm crying for you dear....."  I haven't had a sty for 40 some years.  I didn't remember how painful it was.  I had this sty for 5 days.  I had a bruise under the eye and I was in pain, so I went to the doctor for antibiotics.  It is going away now, but it was not fun. 

This is from emedhealth:

Sty Overview

A sty is an acute infection of the secretory glands of the eyelids.
This common infection results from blocked glands within the eyelid. When the gland is blocked, the oil produced by the gland occasionally backs up and extrudes through the wall of the gland, forming a lump (chalazion), which can be red, painful, and nodular. Frequently, bacteria can infect the blocked gland, causing increased inflammation, pain, and redness of the eye, and even redness of the surrounding eyelid and cheek tissue. The medical term for sty is hordeolum.
The lump can point externally (outward) or internally (inward). Frequently, the lump appears with a visible whitish or yellowish spot that looks much like a large pimple. Usually, one obvious area of swelling is apparent on one lid, but many styes can appear on one or both eyelids simultaneously.
The lump frequently goes away when the blockage of the gland opening is relieved. Furthermore, the infection goes away when the pus is drained from the sty.

Big Boo Boo

A couple weeks ago, I shared with some of you about a boo boo made by a student in soap class.  I think a picture is worth a thousand words will work for this real well.  To make a long story short, his spatula was missing, so I got another and continued helping decorate the top of the soap with the student.  Well, as he cut the soap, he found the spatula.  Maybe he can use the hole to hang a rope through for a different version of soap on a rope.   

Getting Ready for the Week End

I will be at the All About Her Expo at Century 2 this weekend.  I am wrapping and labeling as fast as I can.  Here is some of the progress.  I also purchased a new camera and I had to test it out.  This was in the evening in the living room.  How does it look?  Come out and see me.  I will have a lot of lovely products to purchase.  Blessings to you and yours!  Dawn

Getting Out of Bed

Anyone that knows me will know that I am not a morning person.  Well, today was no exception.  I hit the lamp next to my bed as I was rolling over to get out and the top came off and landed on my nose.  Then I had the nose bleed from hell!  It poured from my nose all over me, my clothes, and the floor.  It finally got under control after ice packs and time.  I will be black and blue later today.  Today was one of those days that I would have been better off staying in bed.  LOL  Blessings to you and yours!  Dawn