It has been a busy time here as I am preparing to stock my soaps and candles in a great shop here in Brisbane that is a franchise from Melbourne. Great concept...........All Aussie Handcrafts and no commission taken on sales............Just a weekly rent and I am contracted to three months rent. Am I excited.... HECK YEAH LOL it makes me feel like I may possibly make one of my first goals. That goal is to be able to give up one nursing shift a week to craft. I also have a fab Etsy photographer going to take some pics of my soaps and candles for me so slowly I will revamp my Etsy store as well. I am not a great photographer and have decided to give that headache away.
So new pics coming in the next few weeks :-) until then it is my pics. I have done a few new soaps and the one I am going to share today is fragranced with a dupe of Lushes Karma...........I am yet to rename the soap.
I think your pics are good already, so if they are going to get better then I am looking forward to seeing that! Have fun with your new venture :)
ReplyDeleteooh, another one like my no.11!
ReplyDeleteTopcat I spend forever trying to get shots that look okay and the camera we have isn't great for macro shots and I love the macro shots.
ReplyDeleteHi FuturePrimitive this soap would be the poor cousin to your beautiful no.11 :-)
Hi Lyn:
ReplyDeleteDidn't you do a tutorial on layered soap with a cocoa line? I followed the instructions and was able to successfully create this two-toned result, except my peaks were not as lovely and high as yours.
I love yours.
Very nice soap throughout your site.
You help me stretch my soaping skills.
Best regards,
April
Hi April thanks so for the lovely comments. I have not done a tutorial on doing the cocoa line not sure who that would be but there is quite a lot of discussion around this technique on some of the soaping boards :-) . As for getting the peaks on your soap it is just a matter of getting it to a nice thick consistancy so that the peaks will sit up on themselves like when whipping the cream. People use lots of different utensils to form the peaks and I personally use popsicle sticks as I work in logs and find them great for running up the side of the logs and I fold the soap in towards the middle from each side and then just mess it up a little. Hope that is of some help to you :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Lyn. I must have read someone's explanation on SMF. I really appreciate your guidance. I love this high look. It sets the soap apart. I keep checking back on your blog for more. Your pictures are great also.
ReplyDeleteBest regards,
April