Candy Cane

I was finally able to get some of those Wilton holly leaves and berries.  The do bleed some on your soap but it isn't a big deal.  I think they look so pretty on the soap.  This is scented with all essential oils and I used Byrdi's Tri-Vecta R1 recipe.  I got the smoothest texture I've ever gotten with any soap.  When I cut it the inside looked like it had been planed.  It is a very dense soap.  I did a hot process batch of this recipe to see how I liked it.  It was a little drying at the beginning but I believe it will mellow out and be fine.  It was a dream to soap.

Indian Pottery

I made another round of Prickly Pear because the first one turned out so nice.  The only thing I did differently with this one is to add candy pearls and glitter to the top.

Made this soap on Wednesday after Linda left because I wanted to stay busy so I wouldn't be sad.  I so enjoyed her visit and hope she will come back in the Spring.

This soap is scented with Herbal Essence from Brambleberry and it smells very nice.  I put milled lavender in the entire batch and you can see the speckles throughout the soap.  I left the main batter natural and did a hanger swirl with two shades of purple and white.  This soap puts me in mind of a painted Indian pot therefore I'm calling it Indian Pottery.  I added lavender buds and glitter on top.  Byrdi told me I should try this hanger swirl with some football colors because this swirl reminded her of a flag flying.  It does kinda.  I really like this technique because it is easy and you're never quite sure of the look you're going to get.