Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 October 2014

What's on my work table.. October

Want a little sneaky peek as to what is on my work table right now? Okay, admittedly it was from about 2 weeks ago, but you get the idea :-)


My work table is in fact our old kitchen table which I moved into our spare room (my soap room). For a few months after we bought our new dining table we actually had both tables occupying our dining room, one for eating at, the other for storing my soap and packaging supplies on.

Eventually enough was enough and I had to move the old table.

So what have we been working on here? As you can see at the back is my multibar soap cutter and sewing machine, which both live at my table at all times. Then the little Christmas trees, and cookie shaped items are my limited edition "Bath Cookie". Right in the middle are my latest batch of Green Tea Champagne" soaps, and at the front on the left is a batch of "White Tea & Ginger" waiting to be sliced.



 
These are one of my latest creation: Bath Cookies. They are very similar to my bath truffle melts but these ones bubble a little and contain Shea Butter. They are a little bigger than the regular bath truffles and you need to break these up under the running water.





 Here is my latest batch of Green Tea Champagne.


White Tea & Ginger waiting to be sliced.

 And just for a treat I thought I'd add a photo my curing soaps :-)

 

Thursday, 7 November 2013

Christmas is Creeping Up Fast....

Christmas is Creeping Up Fast....


.......Which for a soapmaker is sooner than you may think! With 4-6 weeks curing time needed for cold
process soap, a soapmaker really needs to be thinking about any Christmas Limited Editions as well 
as ensuring enough stock of their regular soaps at least 2-3 months in advance.

I think I have run out of time.


Knowing this, I am super anxious as I only make soap on a weekend, and at the moment my soaps are 
selling like hotcakes (which I'm so happy about). I need to restock a bunch of my soaps as well as trying 
to make a few new ones.

I have a bunch of fragrances I really want to try. Some of these include: Almond Biscotti, 
Oatmeal, Milk & Honey, Blackberry Sage, White Tea & Ginger. Also some Essential Oil only soaps - 
Spearmint, and Tangerine.

I am really pleased that I get to remake a few designs and that people are enjoying my soaps :-)

It looks like this weekend is going to be hectic! Hectic, but fun :-) 

 
Wish me luck on my soapmaking marathon!