I was up early and out to meet my mother in the city as I had no work today. We had a nice catch up over a cup of coffee - next time we meet we plan to go for brunch which should be lovely.
So if you recall I made a batch of soap a few weeks ago. I had to leave it for 4-6 weeks to cure. So after the drying and curing process had taken place the soaps were ready to be wrapped. After I got back from town in the afternoon I got out the brown paper and ribbons that I had bought for the very purpose.
Here are the soaps wrapped and ready to go to new homes. I wrapped them in singles and doubles and they are all "Lemon, Lime & Grapefruit flavour"
Guess what I learned to make on Saturday?!
Soap! That's what!
I signed up for a soap making workshop on Facebook. It was held by a lovely lady in her own home (how hospitable) and was free - all she asked was for a donation to the hospice.
It was a lot of fun learning to make soap and it was also lovely to meet like minded people.
I look forward to making soap shortly myself at home. I need to organize myself and buy a few pieces of equipment.
It's not a massively difficult project but serious care is needed when dealing with certain ingredients - in particular the caustic soda/lye.
After 24 hours this is the result of our work. The soap will be cut now and then left for a few weeks before packaging up.
This is the finished product. How great do they look.....and oh my gosh the smell!
Watch this space - I will blog about my soap making once I get down to it.
